February 2012
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Burning Hearts: "Modern Times" Video
Here is a brand new video from Burning Hearts for this gentle tuesday! I couldn’t be more pleased with their amazing new record and I’m doubly excited that they’ve now made a video for my favorite song off of it! Fall in love.
Again, if you haven’t yet, grab ‘Extinctions’ from Shelflife!
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Modern Charms "When We Get There"
Well, shit. It’s barely 10am on Monday and I’m pretty sure I’ve already heard the best thing I’ll hear all week. With all of the 90s indierock/shoegaze revivalist bands popping up in the past few years, San Francisco’s Modern Charms are a BIG standout for me. Why? Oh, maybe because they sound like some perfect marriage of Drop Nineteens/Swirlies and I can hardly...
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Hospitality: Epitonic Saki Sessions! →
I haven’t mentioned it much on here yet, but Hospitality’s debut Self-titled LP has been getting more plays than probably any other record I’ve heard so far this year. The band recently recorded a fantastic set for Epitonic’s Saki Sessions—including, among others, a fantastic version of “Sleepover” and older favorite “Monkey”—and you can download...
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Twerps "Jam Song" Live Session!
Australia’s Twerps recently played one of my favorite songs—”Jam Song”—from one of my most favorite records of last year on PBS 106.7’s Drive Live show and after watching it five times I felt the need to put it here! If you have yet to have the wildly fortunate experience of seeing Twerps live then this is quite a nice treat! Such fantastic guitar lines all throughout...
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Stream the new Maribel record 'Reveries'! →
Splendour Records just posted the entirety of the amazing new Maribel LP on Soundcloud a few hours ago. Now I know how I’ll be spending my morning! Also, here is the brand new video for “You Bring The Sadness”!
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10,000 Maniacs "Can't Ignore The Train"
I think maybe I’ll just listen to this over and over today. Perhaps you should, too. There is also a pretty fantastic cover by The Popguns that is also quite worth hearing!
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Tickets are now on sale for the two DC Chickfactor... →
Get on it! See you there!
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A Monthly Mix: February 2012!
Hey! It’s monthly mix time again and this month’s is a good one! February is a cold and contemplative month—I think—which led to the inclusion of some pretty weepy gems from The Clientele, Cannanes + Steward, and Weekend, but I tried my best to keep it from turning into bummerfest 2012! With the help of some super good, newer jams from Eux Autres, Burning Hearts, Fear Of Men, The...
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January 2012
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Las Robertas cover Daniel Johnston! →
Head to bandcamp to hear Las Robertas’ haunting and wonderful cover of “True Love Will Find You In The End” for the Daniel Johnston tribute comp ‘Coloreando A Daniel Johnston’! Reina Republicana—another favorite of mine—also make a fantastic appearance with their cover of “Worried Shoes”! Read more about the compilation on facebook.
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Exlovers "Starlight, Starlight" Video
London’s Exlovers play beautiful, driving dreampop that sends your heart soaring and your feet tapping! “Starlight, Starlight” comes from their debut LP ‘Moth’, which should be out sometime this Spring! Incidentally, I’d highly recommend sharing Exlovers with someone you love. I feel like this band could really be a big part of my year, I’m so excited to...
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Anonymous asked: hey do you take submissions?
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La Sera "Please Be My Third Eye" Video
Not much in the way of free time today, but here is the brand new video for La Sera’s “Please Be My Third Eye” real quick, because it is AWESOME. So psyched to hear the rest of this record! Merry Wednesday, pals.
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Liechtenstein "Strange Ideas" Video!
YAY! Check out the brand new video for “Strange Ideas” from ‘Fast Forward’, the sure-to-be-smashing forthcoming second LP from Liechtenstein! It will be out January 25th on Fraction Discs! Mark your calendars and ready your pop-loving ears!
Happy Friday!
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Chickfactor 20th Anniversary Shows!!!
OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG!
OK. Had to get that out of the way! Today Chickfactor announced the lineups for their INCREDIBLE 20th Anniversary shows. I can’t even begin to describe how excited I am.
Chickfactor will celebrate its 20-year anniversary with five blissful nights of sparkling indie pop on the Northeast Corridor of the USA (three in NY; two in DC) including the...
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The Free Design "The Proper Ornaments"
I cannot stop listening to this song today!
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December 2011
16 posts
skipio asked: I am more of an album oriented listener, are you doing to a best of 2011 for albums? If not, what recommendations do you have?
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The Sunny Street "Mottram" Video
New Video from The Sunny Street for their beautiful song “Mottram”. It’s a little treasure of mid-morning melancholy and I’m in love with it. They have a new record, ‘Hidden For Decades,’ out on Plastilina Records right now and if you like your pop songs dreamy, adorable, and catchy then you should most certainly check it out!
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75 Favorite Songs of 2011!
It’s time for my favorite part of the ‘End of Year’ posting festivities: The exhaustive, entirely too long ‘Favorite Songs of 2011’ Mix(es)! I feel like they get longer every year and this year we’ve rounded out at a hefty 75 songs, split up for your convenience and sanity into three manageable 25-song volumes! There were so many amazing songs this year that...
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Allo Darlin' "Tallulah" Video
I’m really in love with Allo Darlin’s breezy and gorgeous new single “Tallulah” and the video, which features candid footage from their past American and European tours, makes it all the more charming! The physical single will be out in February on Slumberland Records with their second LP ‘Europe’ hopefully not soon behind! YAY!
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5 Favorite EPs of 2011
There were a lot of really fantastic EPs and extended singles this year as a result of the quick and wonderful rise of bandcamp. I really love bandcamp. It’s amazing for both bands and fans. I can say with much certainty that as a pretty direct result of bandcamp, I have definitely spent more money on music this year than I have in any of the past five years. Anyway, here are my favorite...
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Maribel "Jezebel Jive" Video
I’ve been talking about Maribel’s new single “Jezebel Jive” all over the internets kind of endlessly since I first heard a few weeks back and now I’m pleased to announce that there’s a video! Maribel’s 2009 LP ‘Aesthetics’ was one of my favorite records of the year and if the sinister, slow-burning beauty of “Jezebel Jive” is any...