Based on plans by big box shithouses like Best Buy to begin stocking vinyl anachronistically, MVD entertainment has a few vinyl releases on deck, featuring new and rare music by Devo, GG Allin, The Dwarves, and Wendy O. Williams and the Plasmatics. The vinyl resurgence is making money for many of those labels whose CD […]

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For the announcement of its new single, “Olympic Airways”, Foals plans to release an exclusive iTunes EP, entitled Gold Gold Gold, which includes previously unreleased UK-only b-sides, plus two remixes. The EP hits iTunes on September 9th, followed by a handful of US dates and an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. No dates anywhere near […]

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I’ve always been more of a Superchunk fan than that of Portastatic, much to the chagrin of some huge fans of Mac McCaughan’s side project who are always trying to convince me that I’m a pretty much a fool. Same goes for Sebadoh and Lou Barlow, but the inverse. C’est la vie or ma vie […]

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I still love Sweden, but lately another Scandinavian state has been cropping up pretty regularly in my daily surf.  From blogs like Copenhagenize and Copenhagen Cycle Chic to recent mentions on BigStereo and DiscoDust of the Danish band, Small, Denmark is quickly becoming a focal point for my obsessions.  Small’s Comic Girl and Sunshine Lover […]

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Murder By Death is hitting the road for the next few months. You don’t say? I don’t know how these guys have retained any semblance of sanity with as much touring as they’ve got under their belts. In addition to tour news, though, the band is starting a new 7″ series, whereby Murder by Death […]

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It’s so schmaltzy and cheesy and yet I keep finding myself humming the Pas/Cal song “You Were Too Old For Me.” Please make it stop! I didn’t even realize Le Grand Magistery was still around.

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When you buy the new Walkmen Album for $5 at Amie Street, all proceeds will go to the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center as part of the site’s “Download To Make a Difference” campaign. Not a bad deal if you were planning on buying the album anyway, especially since you’re getting the album early.

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