Favorite Songs of 2012: Part 1 (100-51) You will have to take these list rankings with a grain of salt, because although I tried my best to accurately arrange the tracks, I change it every time I listen to one of the songs. I also only included my favorite song from each artist, so there are no doubles (except for I think one person, but they were part of two different groups). A few songs are also technically from before 2012, but they all appear on albums or [...]

My mom told me once that we were all born into this world with a special talent that's unique to us. Well I'm sure glad excellence in handfarting isn't my skill, but I can still appreciate the HandFartMaster . This gentleman has shared his "Handmonica" talents with the world through covers posted on his YouTube channel. Let's start with HFM's take on Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd... Click here to view the embedded video. [...]
I certainly am not the authority on hand fart covers, but I'm going to go ahead and guess this one belongs in the hall of fame. This robotic, expressionless kid (who appropriately goes by the name " HandFartMaster " on YouTube) absolutely murders his performance of Mumford & Sons' "The Cave" in every aspect. Just a panty-dropping experience. The only thing missing was a "drop the mic" exit. This kid is, no doubt, the pride of Italy. [ Uproxx ]
We've already given a round down of our favorite artwork and music videos of 2012, and now we're diving into our choices for the best songs of the past year. To be blunt, we loved a lot of singles in the past 12 months from across the genresphere, though hip-hop and its off-shoots remain the backbone of our selections. For example, Baauer 's "Harlem Shake" most certainly isn't rap music, but the genre's influence breathes through the floor-shaking bass and synthesizers. As such, we didn't want to throw all 100 songs at [...]
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Today was a great show at CHUO ! My special guest in the studio was Scott of whatnik . Check it out! Here is the playlist: Arcade Fire - Neon Bible Office Romance - I Love The Holidays Hey Rosetta! - O Come O Come Emmanuel Dryer - Boat Song Big Dick - Mayday [...]
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This is one of those music that Weird Canada would review and pick up. But looks like it hasn't been reviewed yet. I am talking about Saskatoon's Caves . Caves consist of: Stephen Cooley Angus Dickin Peter Grier Jeremy Kiss They just a dropped a EP called Secretly Dead on November 20th through Leaning Tree Records . The EP is available to order on hand-numbered first edition of 50 professionally duplicated, hand-stamped one-sided green cassette [...]

There are intimate venues in LA and then there is Pappy & Harriet's out in Pioneertown. Inside the western-style restaurant/bar out in the middle of Nowhere U.S.A., Cold Cave (dressed in all black, of course) stood out amongst the locals and high school prom zombies. Wesley Eisold came out sans glasses in complete darkness on the tiny stage area and stared at the crowd as he belted out a short, but stellar set. Drummer London May almost sent food flying from a table of a family sitting nearby. Classic sitcom material. Bassist Hunter Burgan had little room to move [...]

Fest 11 is mere days away and there's an abundance of UK natives heading across the pond for Gainesville's famous punk festival. The question is: Which ones should be keeping your eye out for? Having spent many a night in the bars and basement clubs across this island, I feel it's my duty to let you know who amongst the ones who crossed the Atlantic you should be watching this coming weekend. Sam Russo - Saturday, October 27th @ CMC (1:10pm) [...]
![[Listen] Data Romance- Caves](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/4574501_lg.jpg)
by Tiana Feng Victoria, BC's Data Romance may not be releasing their album Others until February 19, 2013 but they have unveiled the first single Caves . Amy Kirkpatrick's creates some ethereal atmosphere over ever so glitchy beats. A dark video was also released for the song. It's just as glitchy as the song.:

XXYYXX - Love Isn’t Made (Caves Remix) Todays My Birthday……No time to write a proper write up for this track, beers must be consumed. Just note that this song is awesome and I shall be listening to it all day.
I’ve mentioned Vancouver duo Data Romance a time or two here on the blog, and the pair are finally getting around to releasing a proper full length record early next year. Other is scheduled for a February 19, 2013 release via SQE Music and Dine Alone Records, and already has a complimenting remix EP of opener/lead single "Caves" up on iTunes , featuring remixes from the likes of Phon.o. , MMOTHS and Benjamin Damage . Connect to Data Romance: Facebook // Twitter The post [...]

Feeling like a small child getting an early Christmas present, I was unashamedly excited to receive Fitz.'s second single 'Caves'. Far from being a job or hobby to review his latest offering, it's a genuine pleasure to be able to listen to another phenomenal track from an incredibly talented musician and his equally gifted friends and band mates. Fitz.'s music, and his new single in particular, has an incredible raw quality - a certain 'Je ne sais quoi' that can't be summed-up or compared to anything else. The cacophony of instruments, played by talented musicians and [...]

We've found out about yet another Birmingham based band, this time it's Caves. They're a 3-piece Lo-Fi band and we've found this amazing two minute nugget of Lo-Fi magic. The song is 'Rich Kids' and you can download it for free! If you like them, they're playing The Lock Tavern in Camden later on this month, on the 13th of Sepetmer. Follow / [FACEBOOK]

We've found out about yet another Birmingham based band, this time it's Caves. They're a 3-piece Lo-Fi band and we've found this amazing two minute nugget of Lo-Fi magic. The song is 'Rich Kids' and you can download it for free! If you like them, they're playing The Lock Tavern in Camden later on this month, on the 13th of Sepetmer. Follow / [FACEBOOK]

Drag City/Giradiscos Tracklist: 1. WUJ 2. This Is The Best 3. Adam Roberts 4. On The Rise 5. OJ Grabado y Mezclado por Cave y Benjamin Balcom Miembros: Cooper Crain (guitarra, órgano) Dan Browning (bajo) Rex McMurry (batería) Rotten Milk (teclados) Cave son un cuarteto de Chicago, amantes del rock más tranceroso, progresivo y narcótico. Así que, como [...]
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Remember how last week we were all chatting about the B-town apocalypse and whether inner-city beach-heads could ever be a thing. Well, good news guys. That old wound just got blasted wide open by B-town bairns Caves. Recommended to us by Connor [of Jaws] in our interview last week they're exactly the kind of band you'll either love or hate. Lo-fi to a ridiculous degree and chatting away about the beach underneath woozy guitar lines they're yet another band making B-town the new Bude. Not that it even matters. The hype eyeglass is about to point firmly on this [...]

The dog days of summer are coming to a close, so why not woof it on over to some great shows going on this weekend. We're talking Rabble Rabble's epic video shoot at Cole's tonight, the 2nd Annual Rock and Roll Pig Roast at The Standard Bar and Grill on Saturday and The Cell Phones' four-year anniversary party at The Mutiny on Sunday. Let's bark to it, shant we? FRIDAY [...]