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VEGA spends the weekend in NYC

May 21, 2009

At SXSW this spring, Austin local Alan Palomo, who records under the name VEGA, made waves with his energetic and eclectic performances. He drops his first official release, the “Well Known Pleasures” EP on July 1 through Vogue College Records. Citing influences like 10cc and Todd Rundgren and having notched collabos with Treasure Fingers and [...]

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sick music: Owl City

May 13, 2009

Owl City, the band of singer/songwriter Adam Young, is being incredibly prolific and smart. Instead of releasing a collection of music on one of those heavy plastic things (what are they called, CD?), they’ve opted for a monthly upload of a quartet of songs. The First for May, “Hot Air Balloon” is a very catchy [...]

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sick music: Reni Lane

May 11, 2009

She may have the same hair as the singer of Paramore, but Reni Lane is hardly aping anyone else’s style. Her voice is like a soft pillow and her songs are deceptively simple. Kind of like an American Ladyhawke. Her single “Place For Us” is a catchy one, but the Glitter and Blitz remix of [...]

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Steve Porter raps about Slap Chop

May 7, 2009

“I’m slapping my troubles away,” says Steve Porter when I asked him how he’s doing. By now you’ve seen the viral video known as “Rap Chop featuring Vince,” Porter’s electro-hip hop remix of the late-night TV fave infomercial. If you didn’t know Porter before, he’s been DJing for nearly a decade, where he’s built a [...]

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Seattle’s Capitol Hill Block Party line up is sweet

April 30, 2009

The annual Capitol Hill Block Party returns this summer with a line-up better than ever. On July 24 and 25, Sonic Youth, The Gossip, Black Lips, and a really diverse list of indie acts ascend the Capitol Hill district of Seattle. This will be the 12th summer for the fest, but it now shares a [...]

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Black Lips and GZA premiere official collabo

April 30, 2009

After surprising everyone at SXSW with an on-stage jam, The Black Lips, the band who got themselves kicked out of the country of India, have now teamed up with Wu-Tang’s GZA for a track which premiered yesterday via AOL’s otherwise ignorable music service. The tune, “Drop I Hold,” will be released via iTunes as part of an [...]

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Techno: the new thing Detroit and Torino have in common

April 30, 2009

In a press conference yesterday the mayor of Detroit (the new one, not the in-jail one) and the people of Paxahau announced Movement headliners (below) and a new partnership between Detroit and Torino, Italy (that’s Turin, if you don’t know) designed to promote the Movement festivals in both cities and to “expand the visibility of [...]

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sick music: Maxïmo Park

April 24, 2009

For their third album, Quicken the Heart, Newcastle band Maxïmo Park sound like they’re a bit more relaxed. The frenetic pace on their previous records has been stretched out into a more confident sound that’s just as engaging. On “Let’s Get Clinical,” atmospheric effects round out a sexually charged tune. Paul Smith’s voice harmonizes nicely [...]

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