Via the always wonderful Swedesplease comes word of Japan Air, a twee Swedish pop band if ever there was one. They’d feel right at home on the Sarah of yore, or Labrador for that matter.

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3hive says of Pretty Good Dance Moves “the electronic instrumentation approximates The Postal Service while the lovely female vocals will be a warm wooby for fans of Cat Power and Bat for Lashes.” I’m wont to agree, though there’s something else I’m hearing that I can’t quite place just yet. (via 3hive)

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I’ve completely fallen down on my self-appointed job of finding hidden gems on MySpace. I guess I need to be more diligent in bookmarking my travels across the MySpace musicsphere. Anyhow, here is Chicago’s Plane (MySpace). Their list of “influences” includes the usual suspects like “Joy Division, Guided by Voices, The Cure, XTC, Stone Roses, […]

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Cassetts Won’t Listen – covering Pavement’s Cut Your Hair. (apparently soon to be made available as an mp3 here.)

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