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Grizzly Bear – While You Wait For The Others

Really, really excited to hear the studio version of this track, after having spent most of my Summer with the “Morning Becomes Eclectic” version and feeling for the tall guy as he suddenly gets all self-conscious (and who wouldn’t?) while singing his big “WHOA-OH-OOOAHHHH!” live on Conan. Who knows if this version will be the [...]
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Sportsguitar – Married, 3 Kids

My pal Rob once said that he had arranged a show for this band to play in Seattle, and then had to cancel. It was too late though, and the guys came anyway. They were pretty sad about it. Sportsguitar has a sound that feels tightly wound together, as though it was recorded in a [...]
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sounds like

I think that one of my great failings as a music listener is my tendency to not take songs on their own terms, but rather to think of them as being in some way derivative of another band, style, etc. Part of this stems from a real lack of knowledge about music proper, and as [...]
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Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Cold Son

March 4, the release date for SM’s new album, “Real Emotional Trash” is really pretty soon. Here is a sweet (meaning, I choke up around three minutes in) cut from the album, “Cold Son,” along with a couple of the song’s sonic forbears. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Cold Son “Cooooooooooooool son!” I like [...]
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About Kids

Here are some songs about having em’. Feist – Mushaboom Pulp – Babies
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