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Dirty Projectors Take “When the World Comes To An End” To Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Jimmy Fallon is mostly kind of a tool. I won’t rob you of that argument because you’re mostly kind of right. But he is also miles ahead of most of us when it comes to the measure coolness because most of us have never had the Dirty Projectors do this in our living rooms:

The Dirty [...]

Album Reviews: Will Hoge, Zero 7, <em>Where the Wild Things Are</em> OST

Album Reviews: Will Hoge, Zero 7, Where the Wild Things Are OST

»Album Reviews For Release Date: 09.29.09
by Joshua Krage
Lots of great releases this week — some stellar returns, some small disappointments, even some great country albums, but we’ll let other blogs cover those. Meanwhile, dig in, because your autumn season is about to kick off in a rather big way…
AFI, Crash Love – more than matches [...]

Person L Release Cover Art and Track Listing for <em>The Positives</em>

Person L Release Cover Art and Track Listing for The Positives

It’s been a while since we sat down to talk to Kenneth Vasoli about Initial and what Person L had in store for the fans. With their respected debut album aging, it was time to hit the studio and work on something new and challenging. That new and challenging thing is nothing other than their [...]

Owl City, Unicorn Kid, and Kate Havnevik Play at The School of Rock

Owl City, Unicorn Kid, and Kate Havnevik Play at The School of Rock

Owl City, Unicorn Kid, and Kate Havnevik play The School of Rock in Hackensack, New Jersey.

Free Music: Holopaw, Mount Eerie, and Real Estate

Free Music: Holopaw, Mount Eerie, and Real Estate

Holopaw: A pleasant group from Gainesville, FL who incorporate a wide variety of range into their music.
Preview: “The Art Teacher and The Little Stallion”
First Impression: A little whiny without being too whiny.
Listen To: When you’re bored of your bedtime stories (you still have bedtime stories?).
»Save It: “The Art Teacher and The Little Stallion”

Mount Eerie: [...]

Introducing: Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

Introducing: Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

Don’t be fooled by their name, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros aren’t a group of superheroes. No laser beams or mind fucks here, just the kind of group that tells tales. Not in the sense where they’re making random stuff up in order to gain attention from the tabloids, but in the sense that [...]

St. Vincent Premieres Video for “Marrow”

Terri Timely are fast becoming St. Vincent’s go-to directors, having taken the reigns to her newest video for “Marrow” as well as setting the stage (warehouse) for the video for “Actor Out of Work.” If Annie Clark is ever “out of work” and needs to put Cult Leader on her résumé, the video for “Marrow” [...]

Introducing: The Antlers

Introducing: The Antlers

The Antlers are a small band from New York who seem to be keeping busy. After recently releasing their album, Hospice, they attended this year’s Monolith Festival as an act for the WOXY.com stage (and they aren’t stopping there).
Hospice is a calmly arranged album with hard-hitting lyrics. It’s like a lullaby (but for grownups). [...]

Album Reviews: Joshua James, Brand New, Monsters of Folk

Album Reviews: Joshua James, Brand New, Monsters of Folk

»Album Reviews For Release Date: 09.22.09
by Joshua Krage
Well, I’ll say this much: this week could get expensive. Not just for me — for anyone who reads the list this week. Not just a few great bands from a genre or two, but some of the best and well-known artists across the board are releasing some [...]

Noah and the Whale's U.S. Tour

Noah and the Whale’s U.S. Tour

Noah and the Whale’s First Days of Spring is set to release on October 6th. We filled you in on singer-songwriter Charlie Fink’s idea of what his ideal project would consist of, and the album and the accompanying film’s release date are right around the corner. If you’re getting anxious (you probably are), we have [...]