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Live Music: The Black Keys
2008-06-06 15:25:00
I was apathetic about "Attack and Release" at first, but I love that album more and more everyday. The latest song off A&R that I've fallen in love with is "I Got Mine", and here's a vid of them performing that song at their AMAZING show at the Astoria last week:
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Covers: Amy Winehouse and Goddaughter do Alicia Keys
2008-06-06 14:53:00
It's been a while since we posted about poor crazy-ass Amy Winehouse , so I decided to throw this clip up. Amy Winehouse filmed an acoustic performance of her and her goddaughter (who I've heard is 12, but I'm not completely sure) performing "If I Ain't Got You" by Alicia Keys . The Goddaughter's got a beautiful voice for her age, and Amy supportively playing the guitar next to her is really cool to watch for some reason. The person that posted the video on Youtube disabled embedding, but you can go to the clip at this URL:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTQgo2 amQLk
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Leaks: Coldplay's "Viva La Vida"
2008-06-05 04:14:00
So, Coldplay's new album leaked today. It's... not great. It's not awful, but it's by far their weakest album yet. This was supposed to be the album where they stretch their limits, but 2/3 of the album is just so shockingly boring. And I was never one of the people that thought they were boring before. I thought "Parachutes" had a lot of great songwriting, "X&Y" was sonically flawless, and "Rush of Blood" was a nice balance of the two, but this new album just doesn't have anything worth connecting to. The only really surprising, intriguing, memorable song in the whole set was "Yes!/Chinese Sleep Chant". It's the only departure from the earlier work that's actually any good.Yes!/Chinese Sleep Chant - Coldplay
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New Music: Weezer
2008-06-04 02:41:00
New Weezer is out! "Because why not?" seems to be Rivers' motto as he skydives into this new set of songs. It's one of the most ambitious albums of the last few months, and it pays off well. It's instantly accessible, but you appreciate it more every time you hear it again.Weezer - Weezer (The Red Album)
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Covers: Watch Prince perform "Creep" before it gets deleted
2008-06-03 02:33:00
Prince's latest hissyfit has been about banning vids of his performance of Radiohead's "Creep" from Youtube, even though HE DOESN'T OWN THE SONG. I really wasn't that interested in this, but I watched it from beginning to end to spite him. It made me feel better somehow. It's not a bad performance. As of 7:36 CST on 6/2/08, this video was functional.
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Acoustic: Carolina Liar
2008-05-31 03:06:00
I heard these guys in an interview with 105.7, the alt-rock station in St. Louis, and thought they were pretty cool. They did an acoustic version of their new single "I'm Not Over" and did a damn good job. I couldn't find that performance on the internet, but I found a similar version that they did for another radio station. Surprisingly, I thought that their acoustic version was better than the studio version.
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Remixes: Santogold drunk on Bud Light
2008-05-28 02:52:00
Here's a phenomenal remix of Santogold's "Light s Out" that is being listed as "The Bud Light Remix", which is weird, because I'm almost 100% sure that the "Lights Out" that you hear in the Bud Light commercials is the studio version, so I have no idea why this remix exists. It doesn't matter though, because it's fantastic. It's my favorite kind of remix, as in a remix that doesn't sound like a remix. It's sped up a little, the pacing is toyed with, the synths are swapped out, and the result is a tighter, more energetic song that's on par with the original. And here it is:Lights Out (Remix) - Santogold
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Music Videos: "Flashing Lights", Part II
2008-05-27 03:15:00
So, Kanye West made another crazy-ass video for "Flashing Lights " because he wasn't getting enough attention this week. Apparently there's a third one coming too. I liked this one better than the first; there's less shock value, but it's so much more interesting visually. I hope this video trilogy stunt brings more attention to this song, because it really deserves be the hit that "Stronger" was.
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Remixes: Radiohead, the Rainydayz mixes
2008-05-23 22:45:00
Quick Friday pre-weekend post 3 2 1 go...Radiohead Rainydayz Remixes
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Live Acoustic: Dustin Kensrue
2008-05-23 02:22:00
This is at least three years out of date and I have no idea why I'm posting it now, but it's nice and makes me happy, so here it is. Dustin Kensrue. '05 solo tour. "Stare At The Sun". Live . Acoustic . Completely loveable.

Music Videos: New Alanis
2008-05-22 04:43:00
I knew relationship drama would be the best thing to ever happen to Alanis Morisette. Artistically, anyway. The video for her new single, "Underneath", hit the internet today, and it's the coolest thing she's done in a while. The melody is nice and the lyrics settle in better each time you listen to it. It won't evoke the same response that "Jagged Little Pill" did, but this seriously might be the most interesting work she's done since then.
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New Music: Foxboro Hot Tubs
2008-05-21 04:37:00
Green Day is back, but you might not notice at first. As a brilliant ploy to hide from the backlash of long-time critics and the restrictive expectations of long-time fans, Green Day has released an album under a completely different style and name: Foxboro Hot Tubs. FHT is wild experimental ride through old school rock that won't seem fresh for very long but is a hell of a lot of fun for the here and now. Check out the stream:Foxboro Hot Tubs
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Covers: Usher as classical music
2008-05-20 05:22:00
WE'RE BACK! Finally. Anyway, here's a vid of phenomenal pianist David Sides performing "Love In This Club" as a full-scale piano solo. It works so much more than you would ever expect it to.
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New Music: Death Cab's "Narrow Stairs"
2008-05-15 04:19:00
OK, update: we're hoping to put up a couple more posts by the weekend, and then be back FULL TIME again starting Monday. Apologies for the sudden flatline in posting, but Best Buy customer service has been our worst enemy for the last couple weeks and internet access has been a challenge. But an end to the ridiculousness is in sight.Anyway, new Death Cab is out. And it's fantastic. It doesn't have the same deep personal connection as "Plans" or "Transatlanticism", but it's still an amazing achievement. It's one of those albums you need to listen to a couple times to fully absorb it. Here's the iMeem stream of the whole brilliant thing:
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New Music: Surprise NIN
2008-05-08 04:07:00
Massive apologies for the sudden lapse in posting. We're experiencing some extreme difficulties with our laptop's internet connection, and until that gets worked out, expect slightly more sporadic posting. Hopefully it'll all be resolved in the next couple weeks.In the meantime, let's celebrate the fact that NIN followed in The Raconteurs footsteps and sprung a new album on us out of nowhere, and then followed in Radiohead's footsteps by giving away the album for free on their website. It's called "The Slip", and it's Trent's attempt at a healthy balance between the extreme-left-center experimental work from "Ghosts" and his Saul Williams productions and the (relatively) more accessible work of "With Teeth" "Year Zero". The album is uneven at best, but still has some good moments... namely "Echoplex", which we've uploaded to iMeem just for you.
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Music Videos: Radiohead
2008-05-01 04:45:00
After starting the pay-what-you-want mini-revolution and a remix competition that gave them their highest-charting single in a decade, Radiohead is still getting attention. This time, it's for their new video for "All I Need", a video driven by the clever concept of a side-by-side comparison of a day in the life of children in the West and East hemispheres.
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New Music: Nine Inch Nails and Coldplay
2008-04-30 03:43:00
New aingles by NIN and Coldplay are surfacing this week. Trent and Co's new track is called "Discipline", and it's from their next album which doesn't seem to have a title yet (if you downloaded the song from their official site, the ID3 album label reads "?"). After "Year Zero" and "Ghosts", it's a little surprising how much more accessible this track is, but the essential DNA of NIN is still all there.Also, the first single from Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" is out. It's called "Violet Hill" and it's 10 degrees to the left of being exactly what you'd expect from them. They're trying to stretch, but not very far. The note-lacking guitar solo proves that they're outside their comfort zone, but they got a lot of potential here to work with.
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Live Music: The Verve at Coachella
2008-04-29 03:30:00
We're baaaaaaaaack. And first up: The Verve , on the edge of a comeback. At least in the alt rock world. But how cool would it be if they got back on the radio? Anyway, The Verve played at Coachella '08, and their latest performance of "Bitter Sweet Symphony" is safe but really gets the nostalgia flowing. Here's hoping for some "Urban Hymn"-quality new material from them this year.
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Mini-Hiatus
2008-04-22 04:53:00
Because of time constraints and technical issues, we're taking the week off for the first time since the holidays. We'll be back next Monday with more A/V finds. Until then, enjoy Elbow's new album ("The Seldom Seen Kid"), released tomorrow, because it's kinda amazing.
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New Music: Weezer
2008-04-18 00:27:00
The full Weezer single is here! "Pork and Beans", the first released track from the upcoming self-titled Red Album, has been posted on Weezer's official website. The first thing we did when we saw it was turn on Audacity so we could post it here. It's what Weezer does best: loveable nerd rock juxtaposed with electric guitars that can kick your ass. Fans put off by Weezer's "Beverly Hills" era should be happy with this song, because it could have easily been on their first album.
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Music Videos: Sia's New Single
2008-04-18 00:08:00
"The Girl You Lost to Cocaine" (Sometimes abbreviated to "The Girl You Lost", depending on where you see it) has been my favorite post-"Breathe Me" Sia song for months, and now I finally have a crazy-ass video to enjoy as well. The video's concept as simple enough (Sia singing the song with dozens of insane costume changes), but the videos still somehow more riveting than any "High-concept" video out there right now.
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New Music: Phantom Planet
2008-04-16 04:35:00
Phantom Planet 's new album "Raise the Dead" is the biggest surprise of 2008 so far. The album kicks off with a title track that takes Arcade Fire's sound and molds it into something more accessible (Not a bad thing to do at all), and every track that follows is an indie gem in some way or another. Unfortunately, these days, the mention of Phantom Planet's name leads to a lot of eyerolling among alt music fans, but hopefully this album will win them back some the respect that they deserve. Here's three standouts from the album:
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Live Covers: Ted Leo performs Daft Punk
2008-04-15 00:51:00
Ted Leo is one of those indie musicians that has tons of extremely loyal fans and has been around forever, but has somehow managed to be spared from getting declared "The Next Big Thing" by alt music media, a gift and curse that inevitably ends in a bitter backlash and has-been status. Thankfully, he's still loveable with no judgement, and his funny covers are always entertaining to go through. If you read a lot of blogs like this, you've probably already seen his semi-joke hybrid of "Since You Been Gone" and "Maps", so we'll skip that one and post his Daft Punk cover in Austin last year.
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Music Videos: New Steve Winwood
2008-04-11 23:53:00
And now for our usual 3-sentence Friday post before we rush out to start the weekend... New Steve Winwood! He's back, and his video for "Dirty City" is pretty good. He sounds as good now as he did in his Blind Faith days, and it's nice to still have him around.
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Remixes: Non-blasphemous mixes of Johnny Cash's "Hurt"
2008-04-11 00:11:00
In my own opinion, Johnny Cash's cover of "Hurt " is the most heartbreaking song ever recorded. So when I found out that there are tons of remixes of the song, I was both horrified and intrigued. What could you POSSIBLY do to that song? Apparently, a lot. There are plenty of people who will hate these before even listening to them, and you know you are, so just move along and come back tomorrow. DJ MP3 (seriously, that's the most creative name you could think of?) has done some interesting things with the song, including a fantastic instrumental overhaul of the song, and a full-scale remix that piles the instruments over the original. The latter isn't perfect, but viewed as a demo, it holds up really well.
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Covers: David Choi Again
2008-04-10 04:07:00
We raved about David Choi 's subversive cover of "Gimme More" forever ago, and now we're throwing some love towards his less groundbreaking still loveable cover of "No One". The guy's voice has a ridiculous amount of soul per square inch, and it shows through in all 40 (!) covers that he's posted on his Youtube page. Honorable mention go to his covers of "Crazy", "Mixtape", and, yes, "Hit Me Baby One More Time".
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New Music: Adele's "19"
2008-04-09 00:18:00
Adele's widely loved debut album, "19", was digitally released in the US today, with a physical release set to happen in another couple months. The album is impressively consistant, with even the weakest handful of songs still earning a solid "B". The best song on the album is the intensely emotional closer "Hometown Glory". She's coming to the US this summer to do a string of small acoustic shows, and you would be stupid to miss her if you have the chance to go-- she sounds just as good live as she does in the studio, if not better.
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Music Videos: The New Blind Melon
2008-04-08 03:21:00
The new video for Blind Melon 's single "Wishing Well" is here. I sense a lot of resentment from people for the original singer's replacement, and while I agree that the remaining members of the band should have just rebooted under a new name and let the Blind Melon title rest in peace, I really don't hate this new lineup. It's almost upsetting how similar the new guy sounds to Shannon Hoon, but if you analyze these guys on their own merits instead of fixating on what they sounded like way back when, they really are a still a good band. This "Wishing Well" is an extremely likeable song, and while it doesn't have that loveable indie-style charisma of mid-90s Melon, this new incarnation will be fine.
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Old Covers: Social Distortion's "Ring of Fire"
2008-04-05 00:20:00
I just felt like going with some good old stuff today, mostly because the weekend officially began 23 minutes ago and I got shit to do. Social Distortion, one of my favorite bands ever, did a bold punk cover of "Ring of Fire " on their self-titled 1990 album, and the risk paid off. The song holds up well and modernizes the original, which hasn't aged well (I mean sonically, it still totally holds up creatively). Have a good weekend, and remember to Myspace us any audio/video content that you think would fit in with our archives.
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Remixes: CSS takes over new B-52s
2008-04-04 00:51:00
The B-52s released a new album recently, an album that I honestly more or less ignored at first because I assumed it was another sad album by a fiftysomething year old band that should have stopped decades ago. But when a friend emailed me the title track, "Funplex", and a CSS remix of the same song, I was really shocked by how good it was. The male vocals are a little hard to take during the first few listens, but the rest of the song is just wild. They've kept up with the New Wave genre and its progression pretty well in the last 20 years, and this song sounds like it could have just as easily been written and recorded by modern new wave bands like New Young Pony Club or Morningwood. The CSS remix adds a little extra bounce with some cool electro keyboard sounds, and this remix could have easily been the single itself.
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