My newest compulsive music playlist is by the numbers.. finding the best song with each corresponding track number in the title.

1. Daft Punk - “One More Time”
Also “One Day” by Bjork and “One Day” by Nobukazu Takemura, “Only Got One” by Frou Frou, and “One More Robot” by The Flaming Lips
2. J Dilla - “Two Can Win” Also, Grizzly Bear - “Two ( Read more... )

Every once in a while I get to thinking about those bands from the 90s that seemed to have disappeared, and I look them up. Maybe they’re still making music today, and maybe it’s still good, or maybe not, or maybe they broke up. Who knows? This is actually how I found out about Edwyn Collins, previously known to me only as the guy behind “A Girl ( Read more... )

Frankly I was getting a little sick of listening to this amazing mixtape by Cape Town band John Wizards, attempting to find more information on him/them online, and coming up empty-handed. There is, like, zero information, and barely even any blog buzz about them. There's a couple comments on their Soundcloud page, a few tweets, a photo or two on ( Read more... )

Found it.


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( Top Songs of 2010 )

I’m excited to announce that I have an exclusive scoop on the new Sufjan Stevens album, The Age of AdzMuch has been made about the physical pain that Stevens was suffering last year while writing this album. Many people have said that the pain was some sort of virus that affected his nervous system. I have it on good authority that Stevens was ( Read more... )

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This is the most beautifully ridiculous series of videos ( Read more... )

So I'm working on a super-secret list. Okay, it's the best albums of the last decade. I guess I forgot to make one at the end of 2009. But in my research, I found a live video of none other than Zeehas; 12 Wait, a band whose album will probably be in my... wait for it... top 10. They only existed for about a year, 2003. Incredibly, only now did I ( Read more... )

You won't understand a word of this skit.... But wait for it... Halfway into the video... then read on...

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IS THIS NOT THE MOST INCREDIBLE PIECE OF ITALIAN TELEVISION YOU HAVE EVER SEEN? This is even better than that Italian tv show I saw with the monkey dressed as a human talking on a hot dog phone. How I wish Beck had covered this song and ( Read more... )