2008

Dec

Jeffrey Lewis, A History of Rough Trade Records While this isn’t quite as awesome as his...

The Bicycles, Oh No, It’s Love Out of all the cuteness abounding in this video, which includes...

johnnybluejeans: for jordan: brave horatius july 08 new brookland tavern. hope this connects...

Nov

I don’t want to spoil this moment from the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade today in case you...

Death Becomes Even The Maiden, Frames I know lots of people probably skip over my local music...

Hold Steady, Stay Positive This song randomly popped up on my iPod last night, and I was reminiscing...

Radiohead, 15 Step Another Aniboom finalist turns in their Radiohead video. This one is an anime...

Fucked Up feat. Ezra Koenig, Someone’s Gonna Die (Blitz cover) & Parents (Descendants...

Trailer for Lemmy: The Movie. Hell. Yes.

Radiohead, Weird Fishes Hey, remember that Radiohead In Rainbows video contest? Well, another one of...

Brokencyde, Freaxxx OK, I saw this sometime last week, and I wasn’t going to post it. But...

Amanda Palmer, Leeds United One of my favorite tracks of the summer finally has a video. I find...

White Denim OMFZG!@!!!1!

azizisbored: HOLY SHIT!!! Mr. Sprigg’s BBQ - the EXTENDED REMIX!!!!!!!!!!! FULL MINUTE...

Stream Guilt by Association Vol. 2

Fight Bite, Swissex Lover Great use of found footage in this video. And it’s a heck of a song...

Get the Wrens' Meadowlands for $1.99

Horse Feathers, Curs in the Weeds Ok, ok… I’m totally going to get this album now. You...

stuckbetweenstations: thedailywhat: Brand new Watchmen theatrical trailer. (via.) This makes me...

OKkervil River, preview of tonight’s Subterranean OK, I swear I’m going to lay off the...

Pitchfork Interviews Nick Cave, Part the Second … in which Mr. Cave speaks of literature,...

Pitchfork Interviews Nick Cave, Part the First …in which Mr. Cave speaks of his latest album...

Tegan and Sara blog about Prop 8

New (kinda) official (kinda) Okkervil River...

RIAA Bans Telling Friends About Songs

Okkervil River, Jealous Guy (John Lennon cover)Live in Norwich, 11.05.08 The classic Lennon track...

Fleet Foxes, Sun Giant/Blue Ridge Mountains(on La Blogoteque’s Take-Away Shows) If there was a...

The Raconteurs, Old Enough Jack White, Brendan Benson, and Co. put on some old-timey clothes and...

tasteslikesoap: Jeffrey Lewis Anti Folk Complete History of Punk Rock (via neillondon) Great show...

Monkey Bee This came out a few weeks back, but I keep watching it over and over again. In case you...

“The making of a great compilation tape, like breaking up, is...”
— High Fidelity (via...

FIFTY YEARS OF POPULAR SONGS CONDENSED INTO...

Department of Eagles, No One Does It Like You This might be a contender for song of the year. I love...

Excellent cover news

Nick Cave is awesome.

Brighton Port Authority (feat. Emmy the Great), Seattle I flipped out over Norman “Fatboy...

(via crumbler) Please vote, folks.

Oct

1000 Robota, Hamburg Brennt Man, I really enjoy these guys. Just a bunch of German punk kids....

crumbler: mollyknight: The incomparable Chris Thile covering Wilco’s “Poor Places.” And it’s way...

Ben Folds Five, Narcolepsy So MySpace posted the “Back to Front” show by Ben Folds Five,...

azizisbored: The cover for the new Animal Collective album...

girlwoodie: with absolutely no questions..this is my new favorite song. i can’t believe i’ve lived...

El Guincho Mixtape (as in, real tape...

So GvB just posted a mixtape by El Guincho (whom I’m all about) of a bunch of ridiculously...

Will Scheff sits down and explains “Bruce Wayne Campbell…” with Spin magazine. For...

Okkervil River, Bruce Wayne Campbell Interviewed on the Roof of the Chelsea Hotel, 1979

Matt & Kim, Daylight Aww, this is just adorable. I used to be highly jealous of Matt, but darn...

Jeff Mangum, Engine - 10.19.08 - Columbus, OH OMG Jeff Mangum does something live!!1!!!11...

lizistwentythree: Jeff Tweedy- Acuff Rose (live). It’s a singalong, but that makes it...

The Killers, Human Holy crap. As if the blatant U2 ripoff of the song itself wasn’t bad...

Islands, Creeper Anti released the new Island video yesterday, and I’m digging it. The song is...

Jarvis Cocker's Songwriting 101 And The Worst...

Passion Pit, Sleepyhead While the jury’s still out on Passion Pit’s staying power, I...

The National, What Goes On (Velvet Underground cover)(live, Hammerstein Ballroom - 10.10.08) One of...

Radiohead, A Wolf at the Door(live, Cuyahoga Falls, OH - 8.04.08) If you’ve ever wondered what...

The Friendly Confines, Illusion of Safety So you know I always have to give my propers to my local...

Final Fantasy, The Butcher I’m not a huge fan of this video. Mostly because Squigglevision had...

Emmy the Great, We Almost Had A Baby Cute baby video! With some magical puppet action! Plus...

Ben Folds and Regina Spektor, You Don’t Know Me Live on Conan some time last week. I know...

Radiohead, Reckoner So between vacation/new job, I haven’t had much time to post lately. So if...

joecarryon: compliqated: Cover Band: over 50 artists...

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Red Right Hand I’m going to see these guys tonight at 930 Club....

weekendsofsound: This video — for Max Justus’ “Ctrl_Alt_Dance” — makes me smile. OK, that’s...

Ratatat, Shempi<br><br>New video from Ratatat that is at once disturbing and...

Sep

The National, Slow ShowOne of my favorite National songs done all acoustic-like during the break of...

St. Vincent (Annie Clark) and Sufjan StevensThey would make...

Can, Vitamin C (live in 1972)One of the legends of krautrock, doing their most accessible and...

Okkervil River, Lost CoastlinesThis premiered last night on Subterranean (which is now on Thursdays?...

Annuals, ConfessorSubterranean just debuted the new video from Annuals, whose new album Such Fun...

I CAN HAS SUGJESCHUNS, PLZ?

I’m making a CD to listen to while breaking down film at my new part-time gig, and I wanted to...

Against Me! feat. Tegan Quin, Borne on the FM Waves of the HeartI had to post this for GWood, huge...

lizistwentythree: lilkim: And the remedy for a rotten day is always Muppets. This seriously might...

Radiohead Remix Part Deux

TV on the Radio, Golden AgeI posted this track a while back, and yeah, this video came out last...

The BPA feat. Dizzee Rascal, Toe Jam(probably NSFW, people may get the wrong idea)I talked a while...

crumbler: M83 performs the gorgeous “Kim & Jessie,” off 2008 Crumbler favorite Saturdays =...

Totally Michael, Casual Satisfaction(maybe NSFW, btw, depending where you work)Sure, there are lots...

The Heist and The Accomplice, More ControlOne of the hands-down best local bands playing in Columbia...

William Fitzsimmons, GoodnightSo this is an old track, but I had never heard of Mr. Fitzsimmons...

Tegan and Sara, Call It OffA slightly higher quality version for Gwood. I love videos that look...

Cab Calloway, St. James Infirmary BluesChecking out some of the songs in this post of various...

Tom Waits, Hoist That Rag(live at the Fox Theatre, Atlanta, 7.05.08)Thanks to Drawer B for pointing...

El Guincho, Palmitos ParkHere’s the video for the first track off the upcoming (Oct. 7th) US...

Ben Folds feat. Regina Spektor, You Don’t Know MeDirected by and starring Tim and Eric, who do...

Fun Facts About 'Feed the Animals'

crumbler: Number of tracks: 14Number of samples: 264Most samples on a track: 26 (“What It’s All...

Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit (feat. M.I.A.), Rain DanceI can’t believe that this is my first...

iTunes 8: Genius?

So I downloaded iTunes 8 and have been playing around with it all day, especially the...

Mitch Hedberg, Hot Air BalloonOne of my favorite comedians ever, the dearly departed Mitch Hedberg...

Pogo, AliceMusic and video editing by a 19-year-old Australian kid. And 90% of the music is made...

Lanterns on the Lake, My ShieldI first heard of Newcastle Upon Tyne’s Lanterns on the Lake...

joecarryon: “Answering Machine” by Rupert Homes is probably one of the least well known cheese rock...

Annuals, ConfessorI can’t believe I let this track slip through my fingers until today, but...

Muxtape + Tumblr = TumbleTape, Drawer B

The Last Shadow Puppets, My Mistakes Were Made For YouYes, yes, Last Shadow Puppets is Alex Turner...

Small, Comic GirlI’m really glad that my boys over at Drawer B pointed me towards this...

Unwound, Fiction FrictionNot much time to write today what with the regular work schedule plus...

Jerry Reed, Amos Moses - Toledo, 1983Jerry Reed died yesterday. Another one of the country greats...

Wilco and Fleet Foxes, I Shall Be Released, 8.21.08 For all the Wilco and Fleet Foxes fans out...

Aug

Kenickie, Come Out 2niteNot much time to pick a new song tonight, so I’m going with an Friday...