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Video | Miner – Hey Love

There’s a (very narrow-minded) belief out there that any interesting piece of art has to be “different.” I hear it all the time, and I’m not sure what it means anymore — the qualities that make something unique. In fact, this kind of thinking — that any song worthy of your time must sound like … Read more

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Video | Hem – Tourniquet

In the interest of full disclosure: I loathe animation. Of course, I don’t have kids. And, I’ve never watched a full episode of The Simpsons. Not sure if either of those tidbits of info about myself matter…but, now you know, dammit. Anyway, Hem decided to make an animated video for its first single, “Tourniquet,” which … Read more

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Video | Lucius – Go Home

I’m hard headed But completely soft inside Just a hunch, but Lucius just might become a major force with their debut album, Wildewoman, due October 15th via Mom + Pop. We’ll find out what the future brings, but given recent attention by Rolling Stone, the power of their latest single, “Hey, Doreen,” and the chilling … Read more

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Video | Neil Young – Blowin’ In The Wind (Bob Dylan)

Neil Young at the 2012 Austin City Limits Music Festival | Photo by Nate Burrell The answer, my friend Is blowin’ in the wind The answer is blowin’ in the wind I love everything about this. The way Neil Young gracefully walks around the stage, like it’s no big thing that he’s playing one of … Read more

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Video | The National – Sea of Love

If I stay here Trouble will find me If I stay here I’ll never leave As exhausting as this is to watch (emotions flood near the end), I suppose that’s the reason why we listen to The National: to go all in, 100 MPH into the wind and rain, mostly unprepared for what will happen … Read more

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Video | Ra Ra Riot – Beta Love

The video for the title track off Ra Ra Riot’s upcoming release is thick with nostalgia, featuring footage of ’80s teenagers grooving away unselfconsciously in a TV studio. “Beta Love”, the song, is similar: thick with synthesizers and falsetto vocals, it’s old school in its newness. Beta Love was one of our most anticipated first quarter … Read more

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Video + Video Game | Black Light Dinner Party – We Are Golden

Inertia is real godammit. And sometimes, a teeny-tiny push forward can cause a sedentary stone to shed that layer of moss and become one of those mossless, rolling-stones we hear so much about. But sometimes, teeny-tiny pushes aren’t an option, like in the music world, where pretty much everyone you know has a friend, enemy, … Read more

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Video | Matt Nathanson – Kinks Shirt

Photo courtesy of Matt Nathanson’s Facebook page Meet me at 9th and Irving Let’s do things we can both regret Matt Nathanson is no stranger to catchy tunes, and “Kinks Shirt” is another in his ever-growing arsenal. The song is really about a crush Nathanson had on a waitress in a San Francisco eatery. The … Read more

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Video | Bible Fiction – Mutiny

Listen, you know us, we’re the blog that features everything from Neil Young to Death Grips. Yeah, we’re that well-rounded — it’s just how we were raised.  But if we were forced to illustrate one genre of our beloved rock n’ roll that is sorely lacking from our musical-quiver, it would be best exemplified via … Read more

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Video | Jessie Ware – Wildest Moments

We wrote about British singer-songwriter Jessie Ware last month, impressed by her song “Wildest Moments,” a song off Devotion, an album that will make its U.S. debut in April. For now, us Americans have been offered an EP, If You’re Never Gonna Move, which doesn’t include “Wildest Moments,” the song featured in this post, and … Read more