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I Never Took My True Heart, I Never Wrote It Down

August 31, 2010

You should probably go watch the video for Arcade Fire’s “We Used To Wait,” even if you don’t like Arcade Fire. It’s a much-needed progression for the pop-video form. Find it at http://thewildernessdowntown.com — apparently it’s made to work best in Google’s Chrome browser, so, you know, whatever. Browsers. Then toss your computer in the [...]

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So Yeah, I Know I’m Still Afraid:
Sufjan Stevens Gives Us The Ol’ One-Two

August 30, 2010

If you’re a regular music-blog reader you already know this x100, but Sufjan Stevens col’ dropped an EP (only the truly ambitious can call an eight track, fifty-nine-minute recording an EP),  All Delighted People, out of nowhere last week, and then announced that he had an album, The Age Of Adz, coming out in October. [...]

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Passage To Portland Pectacular!

August 20, 2010

I’m 5000, G, Portland-bound. See you next Friday. SFers can appreciate one of my favorite Portland bands, MEAN JEANS, when they play Thee Parkside tomorrow. PDXers can see my very favorite Portland band, THE FRIGGIN TAXPAYERS, on the day I leave. I have to plan these things a little better, smooches. See ya.

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Today’s Vegetable:
Understand, Won’t You Understand?

August 18, 2010

The massive swell of noised-out pop and (shudder) “chillwave” that’s hit us these last few years has mostly left me standing on the shore, gazing out beyond the swell in hopes of seeing a good song coming over the horizon. But as the patient and old are aware, trends come and go, and some of [...]

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Today’s Vegetable:
One Million Light Years Away

August 11, 2010

I’d post anything from these guys just based on the album cover, but luckily Tweak Bird’s self-titled LP is filled not only with heavy stone-jams, but also with woodwinds. (And is currently plugging the hole in my heart left by the disappointing new Early Man album.) Tweak Bird – A Sun/Ahh Ahh from Tweak Bird [...]

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Here Come The Wolfman [video]

August 10, 2010

Now THIS is a rock-and-roll video. Grinderman: “Heathen Child” Directed by John Hillcoat. Grinderman 2 comes out 9/14 on Anti-. They blast the Warfield on 11/29. http://www.grinderman.com/

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Today’s Vegetable:
Let’s Make a Baby, Johnny Boy, Right Here In This Little Room — And We’ll Call It June

August 9, 2010

My crackpot sense is tingling. Jesca Hoop – Four Dreams from Hunting My Dress http://www.jescahoop.com http://www.myspace.com/jescahoop

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WU For LYF

August 5, 2010

This video’s a little vi-o-lent for my tastes, but the music is definitely something worthy of your attention. From the inscrutable WU LYF (aka World Unite / Lucifer Youth Foundation aka Billy Ocean). The word on them via the Guardian is “They twitch about onstage, thrilled at their own genius, impatient for the future, reinventing [...]

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RATATAT Rules The World Of Music Video

August 3, 2010

Nobody’s on point like Ratatat right now as far as videos are concerned. “Party With Children” (I also recommend this user-edited version) “Drugs” (DO NOT WATCH THIS VIDEO IF YOU ARE ON LSD. WAIT IT OUT, DUDE. YOU CAN WATCH IT LATER.) RATATAT bring their multimedia freakout to the Warfield on September 17.

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Bonus Weekend Superjam:
Your Whole Life Has Been Arranged Between A Pillow And A Pretty Soft Place

July 30, 2010

I love, love this song. I posted it under a different name (“Too Poor”) back in November after finding it on a Partisan Records tour sampler. Paleo has since recorded an album for Partisan (due out in September), and this song, now called “World’s Smallest Violin,” will be on it. I don’t think it got [...]

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