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Erin McKeown "Passes It On"

Dec 3, 2009, 5:54am The XPN All About The Music Blog
Clash of the Legends Radio Hour - 11.10.09 - Minneapolis PT.2
One of XPN's favorite singers/songwriters and all around great performers Erin McKeown takes over the XPN blog this week. Today Erin takes the easy way out and "passes it on."**************i'm going to cheat a little today and spend my blog post highlighting a few of my favorite youtube videos. my favorite part of youtube is that it is a self-defining community. what we put up there, and what we
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What's Erin McKeown Reading These Days?

Dec 2, 2009, 6:27am The XPN All About The Music Blog
Ever wonder what musicians like to read? Erin McKeown, one of our favorite singers and songwriters has taken over the XPN blog this week. Today Erin writes about one of her favorite recent reads in this post she calls "the lady of the house."***************i am a reader, always have been. i can and do read anywhere: the car, on airplanes, at gigs, outside, inside, morning, noon, or especially at
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My Morning Download 12/2/09 - Soulsavers

Dec 2, 2009, 6:03am The XPN All About The Music Blog
Soulsavers' new album Broken seems to have fallen on quiet ears since its release in August. The band's redemptive gospel-goth-rock & soul seems to have gotten more cinematic and sonically expansive since their album of almost two years ago, It's Not How Far You Fall, It's The Way You Land. Mark Lanegan continues to handle most of the vocals along with collaborators Ian Glover and Rich Machin.
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Title:14 Sunrise
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Title:4 You'll Miss Me When I Burn
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Have You Seen Dylan's new Xmas Video?

Dec 1, 2009, 8:05am The XPN All About The Music Blog
Here's Dylan's new video for "Must Be Santa" - a real hoot!
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My Morning Download 12/1/09 - Tindersticks

Dec 1, 2009, 6:00am The XPN All About The Music Blog
Here's a new Tindersticks song from their forthcoming album, Falling Down A Mountain due in February. Sort of reminds me of "Satisfaction" meets "Time Is Tight."Black Smoke - Tindersticksmyspace
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Year:2010

Erin McKeown Blog Takeover - The "East Coast-West Coast Feud"

Nov 30, 2009, 6:06am The XPN All About The Music Blog
One of XPN's favorite singers/songwriters and all around great entertainers Erin McKeown takes over the XPN blog this week. Today's entry is "east coast/west coast feud." Make sure you see Erin's pictures at the end of this post.***************i'm always a little sad when the van turns east and starts to head home. today, at 530am, we left los angeles to bang out a drive to denver in one day.i
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My Morning Download 11/30/09 - The Depreciation Guild

Nov 30, 2009, 6:04am The XPN All About The Music Blog
Dreamy dream pop.New from The Depreciation GuildDream About Me - The Depreciation Guildvia NME's Daily DownloadKanine Records
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Artist:The Depreciation Guild
Title:Dream About Me
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Erin McKeown Blog Takeover #2

Nov 27, 2009, 6:27pm The XPN All About The Music Blog
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My Morning Download 11/27/09 - Beach House

Nov 27, 2009, 6:14am The XPN All About The Music Blog
The Baltimore based duo Beach House are releasing their highly anticipated Sub Pop Records debut on January 26th called Teen Dream. Likely to be the first "big" album of 2010 and for good reason: It's amazing. Can't say it any other way.Here's a song from the forthcoming albumNorway - Beach House
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Title:Norway
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My Morning Download 11/26/09 - Lifter Puller

Nov 26, 2009, 6:07am The XPN All About The Music Blog
Before they were The Hold Steady lead singer Craig Finn and bassist Tad Kubler were in Lifter Puller. The band released three albums and an EP before splitting up in 2000. On December 1st Lifter Puller's catalog ia being released digitally; the records have been out of print since the mid-2000's. Hold Steady fans rejoice!Secret Santa Cruz - Lifter PullerVia Spinner
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Title:Secret Santa Cruz
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My Morning Download 11/25/09 - Xylos

Nov 25, 2009, 6:12am The XPN All About The Music Blog
Thanks to one of Philly's local music bloggers Evan over at Together In Digital Dreams for turning us on to Xylos, a five piece from Brooklyn who play a sort of sensitive and charming kind of indie-pop. They've got a sweet five song EP available for free here; all worth checking out.For you Philadelphians, they play at Kung Fu Necktie on Thursday, December 17th.Wrapped In A Page - Xylos
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Title:Wrapped in a Page
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Year:2008

Bacon brothers supporting the Mummers w/ video

Nov 24, 2009, 1:47pm The XPN All About The Music Blog
Bacon Bros Promo 11_22B.mov
The Bacon brothers Kevin and Michael, are pitching in with Bunny Sigler to try and save Philadelphia's New Years day tradition - the Mummers parade. With the city unable and unwilling to cover the expense the police and clean-up expense any longer, the bacons are holding a benefit concert to help the Mummers parade stay viable.Kevin and Michael explain why and what they are doing to WXPN's
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My Morning Download 11/24/09 - CFCF

Nov 24, 2009, 6:00am The XPN All About The Music Blog
The Montreal band CFCF have returned with just a great new album, Continent on Paper Bag Records. The album will be released on November 3rd. CFCF is the work of songwriter, producer, remixer/DJ Mike Silver and follows up an EP and his collaboration with Sally Shapiro he released earlier this year. File under atmospheric electronica that you can either shake your groove thang to or float off down
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Artist:CFCF
Title:Big Love
Link Text:Big Love - CFCF
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Year:2009
Artist:CFCF
Title:Monolith
Link Text:Monolith - CFCF
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Year:2009

Dinner With Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings

Nov 23, 2009, 6:02pm The XPN All About The Music Blog
Ever wonder what it would be like to have dinner with a band? Well, so does IFC who are rolling out a new show called Dinner With The Band. Hosted by Sam Mason, the well known NYC chef invites a band to his Brooklyn loft where he shows them how to add his signature culinary spin to their favorite "on-tour" food with conversation on food, music, and life while cooking together. The show debuts
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Thanksgiving Day Programming on XPN

Nov 23, 2009, 4:35pm The XPN All About The Music Blog
What's going on Thanksgiving on XPN? The Thanksgiving Day on-air schedule is:6A – Noon Chuck Elliot's Annual Thanksgiving Sleepy HollowNoon-2 – Helen Leicht plays Alice's Restaurant and Seasonal Songs for the Holiday2-4P World Cafe special: The Legacy Of The List, a special show with Rosanne Cash featuring interviews with David Dye and Rosanne, John Leventhal and live performances. Roseanne will
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Edward Sharpe's "Home" Demo video

Nov 23, 2009, 10:38am The XPN All About The Music Blog
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My Morning Download 11/23/09 - Langhorne Slim

Nov 23, 2009, 5:58am The XPN All About The Music Blog
One of our favorite Philly singer/songwriters Langhorne Slim released a terrific new album this year called Be Set Free. We've been playing one song "Say Yeah" a lot and here's another song from the album.I Love You But Goodbye - Langhorne SlimCheck out Slim's concert from the XPN Free At Noon in 2008 hereAnd recently he did a Free At Noon double header with Will Hoge that you can listen to here
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Artist:Langhorne Slim
Title:I Love You, But Goodbye
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Philly Local Pick of the Day 11/20/09: Lizanne Knott

Nov 20, 2009, 2:19pm The XPN All About The Music Blog
Every weekday at 1 PM listen up for the Philly Local Pick of the Day, a song from the new tunes Philadelphia has to offer. ____________Pick of the Day 11/20/09:"Why Baby Why"by Lizanne KnottSinger-songwriter Lizanne Knott boasts one of the most impressive résumés of Philadelphia's music scene. As a managing partner of MorningStar Studios, Philadelphia director of the New York Songwriter's
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Attention Philly Musicians! A Christmas Song for the New Generations?

Nov 20, 2009, 1:49pm The XPN All About The Music Blog
Bing Crosby - White Christmas
By the time mid-November rolls around each year, we can begin to sense the presence of the approaching holiday season – grocery store aisles fill up with candy canes, Starbucks starts to put peppermint in our coffee, shorts and t-shirts sit in our closets developing the film of dust that won't be shaken off until May. Then, of course, there's the music. And no song says, "You'd better string
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Grant-Lee Phillips: Confessions of a Mac Loyalist

Nov 20, 2009, 6:04am The XPN All About The Music Blog
Grant-Lee Phillips may best be known as the front man for Grant Lee Buffalo, however Phillips' career as a musician starts with his first band, Shiva Burlesque, who recorded two albums prior to Phillips forming Grant Lee Buffalo with Joey Peters and Paul Kimble in 1991. With critical acclaim and a couple of "Modern Rock" hits, the band have a creative, highly literate body of work to their name.
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