Jan 17, 2011, 11:10am
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musicOMH interviews Jenny Conlee of the Decemberists about the band's new album, The King Is Dead (out tomorrow). All Things Considered interviews the band's frontman Colin Meloy. Music Ruined My Life shares a soviet punk anthology covering the years 1981-1990. Undertheradar interviews Alex Scally of Beach House . [...]
Jan 14, 2011, 11:18am
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Fergus & Geronimo - "Where The Walls Are Made Of Grass"
Jan 14, 2011, 10:16am
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The Denver Post interviews Liz Phair . Marathonpacks shares sales numbers of Pitchfork's 2010 top 50 albums. The Beatles' Abbey Road was the bestselling vinyl album in the US in 2010 (and 2009 as well). In the Telegraph , Neil McCormick examines whether rich kids can rock. [...]
Jan 13, 2011, 12:13pm
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Wolf People - Silbury Sands 73 Out 3/8 on Jagjaguwar Wolf People - "Silbury Sands"
Jan 13, 2011, 12:08pm
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Chubbyhobby.com Long Long Long - "Mandarin Collars With Women" "It's all a matter of perspective," neither Kira nor Hillary were listening as Mr. Hennesy, that perv, prattled on and on. They were whispering in the dark as he read aloud off the overhead. "It's all how you look at it. If you want to livetweet having sex with Jordan for the first time, then who is he to say no?" Kira had her entitled whispering voice on. Mr. Hennesy, in his old gross plaid shirt with [...]
Jan 13, 2011, 11:59am
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Paste , Dinner Party Download , and Spoonfed , interview the members of the band Tennis . On sale at Amazon MP3: R.E.M.'s New Adventures In Hi-Fi album for $3.99. Tapes 'n' Tapes visit The Current studio for an interview and live performance. Invisible [...]
Jan 12, 2011, 1:59pm
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It's been a long time coming , but the Infinite Best remixed/remastered vinyl edition of Dark Green Sea , the debut album from Chicago's Distractions , is finally here. Well, as of next Tuesday, it's finally here. Combining Arthur Russell detail and Bill Callahan sentiment on a Scott Walker sized stage of weird, this is a record you'll want to check out- and by a stroke of good fortune, you can check it out, right here at MBV. Click, listen, and enjoy, and take note that the LP pressing is [...]
Jan 12, 2011, 1:24pm
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Crystal Stilts - In Love With Oblivion Out 4/12 on Slumberland Crystal Stilts - "Shake The Shackles"
Jan 12, 2011, 12:41pm
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At the Atlantic , Michael Chabon explains how hip-hop music returned to his life. Rocks Off lists the 11 best rock duos. Members of Oh No Oh My talk to Speakeasy about being music blog darlings. Now punctuation-free, the members admit being a music blog darling helped their career, but they don't necessarily think blogs represent bands very well. "They [blogs] [...]
Jan 12, 2011, 8:30am
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Hunx & His Punx - Too Young To Be In Love Out 3/29 on Hardly Art
Jan 11, 2011, 4:44pm
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The Granny Smiths - "Boom Boom" I went gay when you left. Well, I tried, it didn't stick. I sold my pants and my clothes. I shaved "ex-greatest" into my head. I got a tattoo, temporary, of a whirlpool. I was stoned and staring at it in the mirror and just saying "Portal in, or way out?" over and over. Being apart feels like everything. When we get together, you and i, we can still remember what it's like to be apart and that's perfect. When we met it was so easy to remember what it was [...]
Jan 11, 2011, 4:39pm
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Follakzoid - s/t Out 2/8 on Sacred Bones
Jan 11, 2011, 4:38pm
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Facebook How do you like your British Sea Power ? Abrasive and anarchic as on their debut The Decline Of British Sea Power ? Slick and anthemic as on the follow-up Open Season ? Or are you loathe to choose between the two and prefer the middle ground that album number three - Do You Like Rock Music? - treads upon? If you raised your hand for option c), then the Brighton-based Brits' fourth effort [...]
Jan 11, 2011, 4:08pm
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Obits - "You Gotta Lose" From the forthcoming Moody, Standard and Poor , out 3/29 on Sub Pop .
Jan 11, 2011, 4:01pm
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Toro Y Moi/Cloud Nothings - Split 73 Out 3/29 on Carpark