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I just found out about this guy.
His music speaks for itself, but if there’s just a link and no picture or words, maybe it won’t look like something you should really be paying attention to.
Slow down, dear hearts!
Spend your holiday with Shugo! Get Exit and play it all weekend! ←this is a really good idea.
Shugo [...]

I know you know I loves me some Annie. So when I find out that the release of her new album is being pushed back to Spring 2009, am I bummed?
NO WAY, man. Because she told me herself (on her MySpace blog) that she delayed it because she came up with some awesome new songs [...]

I had this one song I was saving up for Friday, but I guess it’ll have to wait until next Friday because I just have not been able to get “The Glamorous Life” out of my head, and who would want that anyway?
“The Glamorous Life” sounds just like a Prince song and was produced by [...]

There’s been a lot of high-quality poppity pop pop ladies these last few years, and I appreciate the way that they aren’t content to just throw one style at you per album. (AOP?)
Lykke Li played around the U.S. recently earlier this year and left a trail of gurgling happy reviews in her wake, so next [...]

No matter where you were or what you did over the weekend, you need a little help easing back into things today, and nobody can do the job like Olivia.
Her 1989 album Warm And Tender is an amazing collection of lullabies  (“Rock A Bye Baby”) and soft songs of love and encouragement (“You’ll Never Walk [...]

You’re gonna love me in the morning.

Alphabeat - Fascination from This Is Alphabeat (available on import through amazon)
http://www.thisisalphabeat.com
http://www.myspace.com/thisisalphabeat
[allprops once again to Tim Sendra at the allmusic blog for the turnon]

Just because it’s a holiday in the U.S. doesn’t mean I’m not thinking about you. So here’s a late addition for your BBQ, for your post-solemnity moments, or for those precious minutes that come right after you get off work.
Yelle - Ce Jeu from the très délicieux Pop-Up (insound / amazon CD / amazon mp3 [...]

I need to talk to you about an impending onslaught. Santogold is a lady, a band, a collaboration, and probably a summer.
You might have already heard plenty about Santogold, but then again maybe you don’t spend much time strapping on your waders and mucking your way through the world of bands, blogs, and other things [...]

Welcome to my birthday party — I got you something! Hello Vegetables turned one yesterday. 261 songs later, I hope I’ve been of some use to the planet.
Barry Manilow was my first pop-music love, performed my first two “rock” concerts, and recorded two of my first three albums. So I owe it all to Barry. [...]