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Washed Out - Belong (Music Video) from Blake Salzman on Vimeo.

Street performance of 1901. If you're not familiar with La Blogotheque, get familiar here. More Phoenix videos here. The performances of older songs made me realize how great an album "It's Never Been Like That" is.

Phoenix - 1901 - A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.

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Awesome acoustic version of "Go Easy" off the new album, "You Can't Take It With You"

Thanks to http://neoncstar.wordpress.com/ for finding this.

Best interview I've seen with him. Touring the US this fall.

One of my recommended bands from several weeks ago.

Absolutely awesome acoustic version of "Where the Sky Ends"


And "Marionettes in Modern Times"

Friendly Fires will be touring the US in November and December. Check out dates here.

Brand New - At the Bottom (Daisy Sessions) from The Old Man and the Seymour on Vimeo.

Jesus Christ - Daisy Sessions from TheApKproductionCollective on Vimeo.

This is a few months old, but a great performance. Check out the greatest hits collection that came out this summer.

Rumors of a new album this fall.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V9nlXr0mXI

I hate to say it, but I don't think this video is going to win any awards. And what happened to touring behind this album?

Been listening to a ton of new stuff lately. I highly recommend all of the following.

As Tall As Lions - You Can't Take It With You
MuteMath - Armistice
Jack Penate - Everything is New
Mayer Hawthorne
Every Time I Die - New Junk Aesthetic
Thrice - Beggars

Album out 9/22 on Polyvinyl

Check it out here. This is compilation number 6 and you can still get to the other 5 from the link.

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$399 for a fixed gear. Fully customizable. Not horrible.
http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/category.jsp?popId=APARTMENT&navAction=poppushpush&isSortBy=true&navCount=18&pushId=APARTMENT_WHATSNEW&id=A_COLL_BIKEGATEWAY

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124648494429082661.html?mod=yhoofront

Bloc Party - One More Chance

Check this out. You can mix the song however you want.
http://www.mtvmusic.com/artist/coldwarkids.jhtml

"The dirty secret of higher education is that without underpaid graduate students to help in laboratories and with teaching, universities couldn’t conduct research or even instruct their growing undergraduate populations. That’s one of the main reasons we still encourage people to enroll in doctoral programs. It is simply cheaper to provide graduate students with modest stipends and adjuncts with as little as $5,000 a course — with no benefits — than it is to hire full-time professors."

from http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/opinion/27taylor.html?_r=1

Some interesting ideas here.

Interesting. Google sure can't do all of these things. But will it catch on?
http://www.wolframalpha.com/screencast/introducingwolframalpha.html

I'd recommend watching the whole thing, but if you're pressed for time, skip to the sweet outro that starts at 7:55.

Check out http://www.inbflat.net/ for a pretty sweet music collaboration.

Album of the Year? We'll see on May 26th.

UPDATE: Links to preorder the album (CD and vinyl) here. I ordered vinyl from Insound in hopes of getting the sweet poster. Use coupon code SPRING09 at Insound to get 10% off.

Disappointed that I'm missing this tour when it comes around in a few weeks. Find the dates at their MySpace.



Dan Keyes is a great dancer.

This is a band I just happened upon a few months ago when I received Shine a Light from someone. That album is terrific and today I purchased all of their other albums. I would recommend starting with Shine a Light, but their newest, Kensington Heights LP + Too Slow For Love EP, can be had for $5.06 at the Arts + Crafts website. If you don't want to start an account there, get it for $5.99 on AmazonMP3. Listen to some songs at their Myspace.


And guess what? The Associated Press named their newest album the top rock album of 2008. Not too shabby. Check out the article here, including the bands they beat out for the top spot.
http://www.zimbio.com/AP+Entertainment/articles/753/Top+10+Rock+Albums+of+2008

For fans of The Gaslight Anthem, Rival Schools, Fugazi, Springsteen...

Pretty great ad campaign. Definitely capitalizing on the recent Chuck Norris craze...but actually selling something good, instead of a Honda.

Here is just one. More available at the link below. Find out (and listen to) more at Eric Lewis' website.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/apr/29/paul-carr-real-versus-virtual

To say the least.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090427/us_nm/us_newyork_plane

http://www.textsfromlastnight.com/

Possibly NSFW. You should be working anyways.

Stream the new Young Love album, One of Us, at Imeem.

If you were thinking about getting me an early birthday present, these would be a good idea. The Alithia from n.d.c. They have some other shoes that are pretty nice too. Expect to pay $300 and up. Each pair is handmade.

Three videos from Brooklyn's own Matt and Kim.
1. How the heck did they do this? Song from their new album Grand. Check it out at AmazonMP3 or your local independent record store of course.
Lessons Learned


2. No matter what you think about their music, they just look like they enjoy making music together.


3. My first introduction to them. No idea how I stumbled across this video some months ago, but it's pretty interesting. The performances are pretty awesome too.

Listen now before they're selling out clubs all over the place. Listen in better quality at their myspace - VEGA.

Check out some videos of Metric performing and talking about the new album here. Also, pick up the album either directly from their site, AmazonMP3, or Amie Street. I got the whole album from Amie Street for less than $3!

http://www.najle.com/idaft

I'm currently watching the longest men's lacrosse game in NCAA division I history. Its entering the 7th overtime. If I had known it would end up like this, I wouldn't have started watching. Although it has been pretty amazing so far.

I was there for this and it was amazing. I would definitely recommend you go see Morrissey before he retires.

This week is World Water Week. Donate at a local restaurant or online to help bring safe drinking water to children in developing countries. To find a local restaurant accepting donations or to donate, go to the website. This is sponsored by UNICEF.

http://www.tapproject.org/

Itunes, AOL Latino, and Nacional Records are giving away a free 20 track sampler. The tracks include songs from artists such as Manu Chao, Aterciopelados, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Pacha Massive, Plastilina Mosh and Mexican Institute of Sound. Get it here (iTunes will open to download the sampler).

Metric's new album is up for preorder. There are several packages, including vinyl and digital download. The few songs I've heard sound great and some of them can be previewed in the player below or at the bottom of their website. Also, join their email list to get a free download of an acoustic version of "Help I'm Alive".



Personally, I think Emily Haines is the most desirable indie frontwoman around. Any thoughts on this?

New Cold War Kids video. This is by far my favorite song on their new album.

http://www.amazon.com/4498-Nipple-Extractor-1-2/dp/B0002XH4KE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1231187795&sr=1-1

Check out the reviews.

Vinyl is back. While it only accounts for 0.01% of all music sales, vinyl sales went up 89% in 2008 as compared to 2007. It would be interesting to see how these numbers compare to vinyl sales when vinyl was the format to buy music. Check out the article here.