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Another fantastic day party, this time from Chicago's Trouble in Mind label. I'm particularly excited for the chance to see San Francisco's The Wrong Words again. I saw them play out in L.A. when I was there for FYF Fest this past September, and I've been waiting for a chance to see them again. Also, you can't go wrong with Mean Jeans , though I suspect their Saturday night set during the Dirtnap Records showcase will be more of a drunken mess (in a good way). Saturday March [...]

Brand new video from one of my favorite records from 2011. Can't wait to see them again in Austin next month.

SXSW day parties are finally starting to get announced, and Paste's set of shows is an absolutely humdinger. Glen Hansard, The dBs, The Wedding Present, Built to Spill, Hospitality, Crooked Fingers and many, many more. Don't be stupid - RSVP here .

Very cool new video from my favorite album of 2011 . If you still haven't heard this album yet, seriously, fix that at Spotify or Bandcamp or the band's store right frigging now. Also, if you're in Austin for SXSW next month, I implore you to catch these guys live.

Really nice new song from Glen Hansard . It's apparently modeled on (with Paddy's blessing) the also-excellent "Sweet Suburban Sky" by Paddy Casey. You can check out both songs below.

You all can have your new Shins or Radiohead or whoever albums, but one of my most anticipated albums of the year comes from Milwaukee's Juniper Tar . As far as I can tell there's still no official release date, but it's finally got a name, "Since Before", and its very own teaser trailer. Check it out: Here's a fuller song from the band from a couple of years ago:

Gonna try to get back in the swing of posting concert photos on this blog again. Starting... now.

Just an absolutely fantastic new acoustic performance video from Washington, D.C.'s Deleted Scenes . Can't recommend strongly enough that you take 15 minutes or so out of your day and check it out: Deleted Scenes from The Portland Sessions on Vimeo . The band is currently on tour with A Lull for a few more days, and plays Chicago's Subterranean on Monday, February 6th with The Hudson Branch . You'd do well to be there.

Fantastic new track from Chicago's Inspector Owl . Can't wait to hear the band's new record, which was recorded with Josh Miller of the dearly-departed Troubled Hubble .** The band is scheduled to play at The Burlington, 3425 W. Fullerton, on Friday, February 10th with Geronimo! and Deserters . You should join me there. ** Sidenote: Inspector Owl's Corey Wills is also in the excellent Kid, You'll Move Mountains , which features two other former members of Troubled Hubble. So [...]

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Charleston, South Carolina's The Explorers Club are set to release their second LP, Grand Hotel , on February 14th. You may remember the band from their excellent 2008 debut, Freedom Wind , but let me be amongst the first to say that that record really won't prepare you for how good the band's new album is. It's fantastic, and includes at least two songs - "Go For You" and "I've Been Waiting" - which will almost certainly end up on my Best Songs of 2012 list if I actually do one. I [...]

Ireland's The Frames (remember them?) recently recorded a set for Irish TV's excellent Other Voices series. The show will air sometime in 2012, but they've released video of the band performing the always wonderful "God Bless Mom". Check it out: Apparently we can also expect a Glen Hansard solo album sometime this year, though I haven't heard much in the way of details on it yet. Sure hope there's new Frames record coming before too long too.

From one of my top 10 albums of 2011:

Too lazy to do much in the way of discussion of this list. Besides, you've likely already read about 300 top-whatever lists. So I'll just say a couple of things. First, this list is, of course, entirely subjective, and simply a list of my favorite albums of 2011. Second, if you haven't heard Quiet Company yet, you're missing a band that has put out two of my favorite albums of the last few years. I have no idea how they're not better known at this point (well, lack of touring has something to [...]

Brand new video by a band you really need to know more about ASAP. If I ever finish my Best Of 2011 list, you may (err, will) see the name More Humans again. Mason-Dixon by More Humans from NIGHTTIDE on Vimeo .

Can't tell you how happy I am to finally announce the launch of a brand new Washington, D.C.-based record label called Bad Friend Records . The label was started by my good friend Ryan of Tereu Tereu and Tommy from Jukebox the Ghost , and is geared toward giving voice to a lot of great young bands that haven't had a chance to be heard... yet. Anyway, the first two projects for the label are pretty incredible. First up is a 73 release from none other than Travis Morrison of [...]

Strongly, strongly recommend you help out with this if you can. Positive Force is one of the coolest organizations around and a HUGE part of Washington, DC's music scene and overall community. Your donation will help fund what looks to be a fantastic documentary about Positive Force's work over the past 26 years, and a portion will also go to the We Are Family senior outreach network. PS: As of this writing you've got just 57 hours left to contribute!

The Twilight Sad have announced that their brand new, third LP entitled No One Can Ever Know will be released on February 7, 2012. That's the artwork on the right. The band leaked the first track from the album, "Kill It In The Morning" (actually the last song on the album), a couple of weeks ago, and you can listen to it below. You can also stream the track "Sick" over at Pitchfork . There definitely seems to be a shift in the band's sound this time around... less [...]

You've probably already seen some video of this, but here's about a minute of video that I managed to get. Fun stuff.

Holy shit it's a blog post. Okkervil River Ted Leo The Zero Boys Le Butcherettes The Thermals [...]