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Lollapalooza 2008: Wilco Bring New Tune, Not Obama
Artists mentioned:Lollapalooza 2008: Wilco Bring New Tune, Not Obama By Scott Lapatine & Amrit Singh Wilco and Rage Against The Machine went head to head on last night's schedule, and fans of both bands began the trek to opposite sides of Grant Park well before the 8:30 kickoff. We chose Wilco,...(read full post)
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Lollapalooza 2008: Saturday In Photos, Rage Delivers Bruises
Artists mentioned:Lollapalooza 2008: Saturday In Photos, Rage Delivers Bruises By Scott Lapatine & Amrit Singh Saturday was mostly just your standard, hot, sold out, music-filled day at Lolla. Until Rage. Wilco were great and photogenic in the Nudie, but after getting texts about some hairy stampede action at the other side...(read full post)
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Lollapalooza 2008: Surprise! Radiohead Own Day One
Artists mentioned:Lollapalooza 2008: Surprise! Radiohead Own Day One By Scott Lapatine & Amrit Singh Every other night in this weekend there will be a final set showdown -- Kanye or Trent? Tweedy or de la Rocha? -- but the Lolla organizers didn't even bother for Friday. There's this band called Radiohead,...(read full post)
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Lollapalooza 2008: Friday In Photos
Artists mentioned:Lollapalooza 2008: Friday In Photos One day into Lolla, and Radiohead have already made the trip worth it. Also Chuck Bass -- we saw him chilling in the media area. Kanye, Wilco, and Obama (ha) are on deck. Rest assured we are charging our camera batteries and will muscle our...(read full post)
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Lollapalooza 2008: Grizzly Bear Play Four New Songs
Artists mentioned:Lollapalooza 2008: Grizzly Bear Play Four New Songs By Scott Lapatine & Amrit Singh In a sense yesterday was the first show of the Grizzly Bear/Radiohead trek (aka The Best Tour Of '08) -- the Brooklyn faves hitting the Citi stage two hours before Radiohead's day closer -- so we...(read full post)
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New Caribbean Video - "The Go From Tactical"
Artists mentioned:New Caribbean Video - "The Go From Tactical" When I asked the Caribbean about their day jobs (librarian, lawyer, private school teacher), I mentioned "The Go From Tactical"'s references to the end of the Go-Betweens via a vocal line reminiscent of Elliott Smith. That's all there, but a Georgia Perris-animated...(read full post)
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New of Montreal - "Id Engager"
Artists mentioned:New of Montreal - "Id Engager" When we got our early listen to Skeletal Lamping, schizo opener "Nonpareil of Favor" stood out as the mind-melting go-to track. Lead single "Id Engager" isn't the strangest or most ambitious tune on of Montreal's new one, but it involves ninjas, a phallocentric tyranny,...(read full post)
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Bon Iver & Bowerbirds Cover Sarah Siskind
Artists mentioned:Bon Iver & Bowerbirds Cover Sarah Siskind Scott and I were just about to run out and get our Grant Park on here in Chicago, but hey here's a thing. You might have heard when Mr. Stereogum made my buffoonery a national joke, I spent a good 14 hours in...(read full post)
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Be Your Own Pet Call It Quits, Plot Final Tour
Artists mentioned:Be Your Own Pet Call It Quits, Plot Final Tour Sad news for fans of the young TN punkers. This comes via BYOP's MySpace (hat tip to reader John P. for the link): To all of our fans, We are sad to bring you the news that our upcoming shows...(read full post)
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New Vivian Girls - "Where Do You Run To"
Artists mentioned:New Vivian Girls - "Where Do You Run To" As mentioned, Darger-referencing Vivian Girls are one of those newer Brooklyn bands we can't stop listening to. The trio nail a C86 sound (see Shop Assistants) with layers of J&MC feedback and three-part harmonies that hit like Spector girl groups as...(read full post)
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NME's 25 Bands Making America Cool Again
Artists mentioned:NME's 25 Bands Making America Cool Again Wait, we stopped being cool? Regardless, NME's press release does a good job explaining the reasoning behind this list from their 8/2 issue, so I'm going to quote at length: As the USA steals itself for a new president this year, it seems...(read full post)
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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Colbert
Artists mentioned:Crosby, Stills, Nash & Colbert Fresh off of SummerStage sans Young, David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash showed up to The Colbert Report. Stephen had a special chair made for the occasion. He also graciously let the guys know "I forgive all of you for losing the Vietnam War,"...(read full post)
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New Blitzen Trapper - "Furr"
Artists mentioned:New Blitzen Trapper - "Furr" Urban Outfitters = cool clothes. (Not really.) They also = cool music. (Also not really.) Regardless, if you head to the UO blog, you can jump into the LSTN #1 compilation (very RCRD LBL) and download 21 free tunes, including "Furr" from the forthcoming (mighty...(read full post)
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New Electric Six Video - "Formula 409"
Artists mentioned:New Electric Six Video - "Formula 409" Last time we wrote about Electric Six, a number of you were surprised the sextet still existed. Almost a year later, irony-clad vocalist Dick Valentine's still into his flashing codpiece and songs that mix rock anthemics and goofy lyrics. We previously brought you...(read full post)
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Buckcherry Blame Their Popularity On Fake Pirates
Artists mentioned:Buckcherry Blame Their Popularity On Fake Pirates Los Angeles rockers Buckcherry have a new album Black Butterfly. It's their fourth, and you'll be able to hear it at strip clubs across the country this fall. You may be curious why I'm telling you this. Funny story. See, the single, "Too...(read full post)
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Julian Koster Presents The Singing Saw At Christmastime
Artists mentioned:Julian Koster Presents The Singing Saw At Christmastime Anyone who's listened to Julian Koster's work in Neutral Milk Hotel or the (newly revived) Music Tapes knows he's into the singing saw. So, though it's a hot and sticky day and a longtime from the Holiday season, it's no surprise Koster,...(read full post)
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Band To Watch: Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band
Artists mentioned:Band To Watch: Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band are a new Seattle quintet with a long name. We've been enjoying their self-released Weepy EP, so we thought we'd post something from it. "Dull Reason"'s a an angular, noodling summertime pop jam with hills and valleys...(read full post)
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New Lykke Li Video - "Breaking It Up"
Artists mentioned:New Lykke Li Video - "Breaking It Up" We just saw old timey BTW Lykke Li doing a Take-Away or three with Sarah 'El Perro Del Mar' Assbring and friends. In the Sarah Chatfield-directed video for "Breaking It Up," old-school Lykke makes like old-school Madonna, tying up would-be lovers, rejecting...(read full post)
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Lollapalooza 2008 MP3 Mix
Artists mentioned:Lollapalooza 2008 MP3 Mix I woke up to two voicemails, two txts, and an e-mail, all from Amrit. He was waiting for me at the airport because we are traveling to Lollapalooza today. He was 12 hours early. At first I thought he made a dumb mistake, but then I...(read full post)
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Billy Corgan Talks Watchmen Trailer, "G.L.O.W." Single
Artists mentioned:Billy Corgan Talks Watchmen Trailer, "G.L.O.W." Single As you may have heard, the trailer for Zach Snyder's The Watchmen features a Smashing Pumpkins song, "The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning." That's different than "The End Is the Beginning Is the End," which appeared with the former on the...(read full post)
