Musical Fun Always Wins
03.09.2010
SINGLE :: PANDA BEAR – YOU CAN COUNT ON ME
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Panda Bear is coming in with the good timing! Fresh from his upcoming album, Tomboy, comes ‘You Can Count On Me’ via Domino Records on October 19th. It’s limited to 500 copies. Domino gushes about it below:

“A gentle duet between Panda Bear and himself, “You Can Count On Me” glimmers with third world melodic overtones, an ethereal uplifting number that is over before you become too familiar. “Alsatian Darn” on the other hand is a much different creature…a slightly foreboding track with an off-beat melancholy chord progression that occasionally lets the light break through with a jaunty two-step, if ever so briefly”

Panda Bear plays FYF Fest tomorrow night at LA’s Historic State Park.

mp3 | Panda Bear – Untitled (Tubby Sample)

03.09.2010
DAVILLA 666 + AUDACITY :: LIVE @ THE ECHO | SEPTEMBER 5TH
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You gonna be hungover from FYF Fest tomorrow? Too bad, get your heiny down to the Echo and catch Davilla 666 (playing FYF Fest) and Audacity (not playing FYF) for the cheap price of $5.

mp3 | Audacity - No Future, No Past

03.09.2010
BOB DYLAN FRIDAY #64 :: ACETATES ON THE TRACKS, VOLUME 2
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Welcome to our 64th edition of Bob Dylan Friday. This time it’s a record that I searched pretty hard for because of my love for the First Volume of Acetates on the tracks — one of the records that really spun me the right/wrong way down Bob Dylan obsession. This is absolutely paramount to any fan/collector. Period.

This contains a fast, dirty version of ‘I Wanna Be Your Lover’ which about this time last year was all I would listen to. Also making an appearance is ‘Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window’ which is one of Bob’s most underappreciated songs from the era, and still manages to astonish me with the line “Their religion of the little tin women”. There’s two excellent version and one that barely gets off the ground, but I’ve never been afraid to post unfinished Bob tracks if for no other reason than I love to see how the songs evolve.

01 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?
02 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?
03 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?
04 Desolation Row
05 Ballad Of A Thin Man
06 Ballad Of A Thin Man
07 I Wanna Be Your Lover
08 I Don’t Wanna Be Your Partner
09 Nobody ‘Cept You
10 Visions Of Johanna
 11 Visions Of Johanna
12 She’s Your Lover Now
13 Instrumental
14 Working On A Guru
15 Tomorrow Is A Long Time

03.09.2010
VIDEO :: Slow Animal – theFUNsun
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Slow Animal – theFUNsun from JAXART Records on Vimeo.

If you missed it, not too long ago, I introduced you to New Jersey’s Slow Animal who have a particularly shambolic way of combining pretty much any element that ticks my box: sloppy, lo-fi, garage-punk, sunshine, funtimes, etc. ‘theFUNsun’ finally got a video attached to it, which, however, will do nothing to help getting the song out of my head (it’s been there quite a while now). so check it out above, and then get your hands on the last few copies of their 7″ through Jaxart Records.

mp3 | Slow Animal - theFUNsun

02.09.2010
INTRODUCING :: THE BABIES
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Unlike seemingly everyone else who runs blogs, I don’t give a flying fuck about Vivian Girls or any of their millions of side-projects and shit that always seems to be sprouting up like a giant game of musical Gophers that won’t stay down. And for the first time ever, this is okay because Cassie Ramone is in The Babies. What makes the Babies different, you ask? Well mostly that I didn’t know a Vivian Girl was in it — but also because I started listening to them and loving what I heard. Big ups to Rollo Grady for adding “Breakin’ The Law” to their August Playlist. Equal parts shambolic and catchy — it’s firmly rooted in someones basement/living room and it’s just got a great amount of shouty vocals over cymbals (something I usually love). It reminds me of something I really love but I can’t put my finger on it. You have to hear it anyway.

The Babies are playing the Cake Shop in NYC on September 24th.

mp3 | The Babies - Breakin\' The Law

01.09.2010
MY PET SADDLE :: LIVE @ 3 MEN’S WAREHOUSE
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The small flyer does it no justice but the great My Pet Saddle will be playing with another band we like, Dahga Bloom, will be playing at Three Men’s Warehouse on Friday from 9pm. All you need to do is sign this petition: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/justiceforjulian/ and bring a fiver.

For more info: Facebook Event

mp3 | My Pet Saddle - Laugh At Me

01.09.2010
OCTOBER 2 :: YOKO ONO PLASTIC ONO BAND w/ AMAZING LINEUP
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Whether or not you’re very into Yoko Ono, she’s bringing her Plastic Ono Band to the Orpheum Theatre on October 1st and October 2nd.Although the October 1st show has some amazing guests including RZA (hot off his no-show guest appearance with GZA) and Iggy Pop, the October 2nd show is ridiculous. Featuring tUnE-yArDs and Lady Gaga, this show will surely knock your socks off if they’re not being knocked off at Matador 21 or Lawrence’s Scion Garage Fest. Check out the full lineup of special guests for each show and buy tickets below…

October 1st features Iggy Pop, Nels Cline, Mike Watt, Perry Farrell, Tuneyards, Vincent Gallo, RZA, Harper Simon, Sean Lennon, Cornelius, Haruomi Hosono, and Carrie Fisher! Get your tickets here.

October 2nd features Lady Gaga, Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, RZA, Perry Farrell, Tuneyards, Vincent Gallo, Harper Simon, and Carrie Fisher! Get your tickets here.

mp3 | tUnE-yArDs - News

01.09.2010
VIDEO :: THE RAVEONETTES – I WANNA BE ADORED (STONE ROSES COVER)
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One of our all-time favorites, the Raveonettes, magically covered the Stone Roses classic ‘I Wanna Be Adored’. Colette’s darlings, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, did ‘Dirty Old Town’ which you can view here

mp3 | The Raveonettes - The Christmas Song

01.09.2010
VIDEO :: CEE LO GREEN – FUCK YOU (NEW VERSION!)
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Photo Courtesy of | Michael Shulman

Atlanta’s great Cee Lo Green released the non-surprising smash hit of the summer (doesn’t beat Happy Birthday’s ‘Perverted Girl’ for me, though) finally gets a video greater than the text-only version that hit the interwebs not too long ago. Although the simplicity of that was great, there’s been a more awesome video released that you can see through his Facebook Page (you must like it to see it, but really). Download the track below.

mp3 | Cee Lo Green - Fuck You

01.09.2010
NO JACKET REQUIRED :: FYF FEST PRE-PARTY
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I have no doubt in my mind that the special guest is worth the price of admission alone!