oh man, I've been totally digging this new band, Sleigh Bells.

They have this song, Rill Rill:

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and it samples Can You Get To That, by Funkadelic:

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I don't know which song I like more. They're both awesome.

I just wanted to announce my new music blog: http://www.quiet-too-quiet.com/ . It only has three posts, but since I've set it up so all mp3s I post are automatically deleted after two weeks, I figured I better actually announce it ( Read more... )

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Some Indonesian band (Sunny Summer Day) covering The Field Mice's Emma's House.

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More photos. I can't believe what a trooper Kat was on night 3. She saw the entire show with me. All seven bands.

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So...I signed up for an all access pass to NYC Popfest. All sorts of twee bands are coming to NYC starting next thursday until monday. I'm going to try to see them all, besides the 4:00pm day shows.

Anyone want to come? All sorts of bands are playing. All sorts of twee bands, that is ( Read more... )

Super song about imagining what it'd be like if the American president was assassinated. This is not a political song. It's about the spectacle and watching such an event from the sidelines. About huge national catastrophes that affect everyone and define generations.

I've been hearing this great street musician for a while now, but I didn't decide to buy his album until I heard this song which just made my commute home really wonderful. It sounded like some soundtrack's interlude ( Read more... )

I'm not usually into Sinatra style lounge music, but this new guy who's doing that stuff, Tony DeSare does an excellent cover of Prince's Kiss that you should check out.