From the monthly archives:

August 2009

KCRW launches a refreshed online music channel, this time with Chris Douridas

August 25, 2009

If you aren’t in Southern California, KCRW.com is one of a few places on the web where you can hear an interesting and diverse collection of commercial-free music programming. Broadcast from the public radio station’s Santa Monica, CA hub, it’s less folky than XPN.org and more focused than most US college stations. Also, it features [...]

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Islands – “Vapours”

August 25, 2009

Islands have recorded their third album, and its title track marks quite a departure for the Montreal band. Simply put, there’s more flavour in these Vapours than before. With a horn section that complements a rhythm/lead guitar combo, the band sounds much more confident than they did on Arm’s Way. The album was produced by [...]

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M.I.A. has a secret show tomorrow, which is basically no longer a secret

August 25, 2009

If you are in Los Angeles, over 21, and apparently aren’t busy with something like a job today at 1pm, you can buy tickets for the “secret” M.I.A. show tomorrow night at a TBA location Downtown. The show is being presented by M.I.A.’s N.E.E.T. records (home of Rye Rye), promoter/scene machine Media Contender and label/scene [...]

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Willie Nelson is still cool, if we are to believe his MySpace

August 21, 2009

Yes, you should immediately become MySpace friends with Willie Nelson. Especially if you live in Hawaii, where he will be doing a MySpace Secret Show on Tuesday, August 25. Usually these aren’t announced in advance (hence the secret aspect) but perhaps because Willie’s fanbase is a tad, um, older than the typical MySpace user, it [...]

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Wax Tailor featuring A State of Mind – “Say Yes”

August 21, 2009

Child soldiers, Tibetans, and Obama brand Hope all get shout outs on Wax Tailor‘s new single from the forthcoming In The Mood For Life. Featuring some vintage horn samples, a J5-like bassline, with guest flows from A State of Mind. I’m not sure what we’re being told to say yes to, but it’s too catchy [...]

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Juliette Commagère teams with Pete Yorn for a few hot dates

August 19, 2009

One record that keeps getting better the more you listen is Juliette Commagère‘s Queens Die Proudly. The once consummate band member has been rocking mostly solo this year in support of that album, though she’s also kept up her backup singing duties for The Bird and the Bee. Later this week she’ll start a mini [...]

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Justin Bieber is the hot new pedo bait

August 18, 2009

In the ever-growing common demographic of tweens and the creepy adults who illicitly love them comes Justin Bieber, a Canadian tween who boasts an ever-growing collection of YouTube videos, mostly of him doing things like singing. The one that was sent to us last week is especially alarming. It features the young Justin’s pre-pubescent rendition [...]

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Chromeo gets their DJ Kicks on

August 18, 2009

We heart the DJ Kicks comp series because a) it’s good and b) it’s made by good people. With selectors like Tiga, Annie, Carl Craig, and Hot Chip in the catalog, it’s eclectic as the artists’ tastes are electric. That said, with the Kicks’ home, K7 having reduced their output in the last year or [...]

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