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Hamilton Leithauser is such an enigma on stage: half...

Oct 1st

When bands become mash-ups

So in the past month, we’ve gotten My Morning Jacket and Bright Eyes and M. Ward as the...

Sep 30th

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The Raveonettes release a video for their fizzy, dreamlike “Last Dance.”

Sep 30th

Finally, a chance to Kanye meme myself

Sep 30th

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“Mamma Mia,” Miniature Tigers (ABBA cover). Arizona’s own Mini Tigers re-conceive...

Sep 29th

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Dirty Projectors bring a majestic new track, “When the World Comes to an End,” to Jimmy...

Sep 29th

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“Exit Music (for a Film,” Scala and Kolacny Brothers. One last one from this Belgian...

Sep 29th

“This 4th of February will be the mightiest day in the...”
— Mark Twain, to his true love...

Sep 29th

The science of Girl Talk

Sep 29th

Bon Iver by Ken Taylor. Sadly, I’m missing his show in...

Sep 29th

Dirty Projectors play the Jimmy Fallon...

Sep 29th

Man's Facebook status given book deal

Sep 28th

Headline of the month.

Sep 27th

100 Percent Songs

Shityeahitscool says: Sometimes I don’t know why I look really hard for new music. I mean, why not...

Sep 25th

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“Fake Plastic Trees,” Scala & Kolacny Brothers. After being enchanted with this...

Sep 25th

Blitzen Trapper by Methane Studios. (via)

Sep 25th

My Living Nightmare Of Encouraging Kids To...

Sep 25th

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Last night’s Glee served as a showcase for the continuing awesomeness of Beyonce’s...

Sep 24th

The United States, visualized as the distance between...

Sep 24th

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marq: Brilliant takedown of that horrible film cliché, “no signal/service” cell situations. He’re...

Sep 24th

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copycats: Friday I’m In Love by Scala & Kolacny Brothers originally by The Cure (posted by mi...

Sep 24th

“I’ve never ever labeled myself. But having said that;...”
— Newly de-closeted pop singer...

Sep 23rd

Stream a Ben Gibbard / Jay Farrar track

Sep 23rd

Twitter starts explaining why topics are trending — an...

Sep 22nd

Catching Up

It’s always depressing to come home from vacation to a thousand or so unread items in your...

Sep 22nd

“Mr. Young says that he assisted the affair by setting up...”
— Former John Edwards aide/fall...

Sep 22nd

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A cute gay boy re-made Shakira’s instant-classic “She Wolf” video as a He-Wolf,...

Sep 22nd

“If Sunny Day’s music had a positive influence on even one...”
— Dan Horner, of the recently...

Sep 22nd

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Yo La Tengo plays their cover of the Troggs’ “With a Girl Like You” and the...

Sep 21st

Album cover paintings by Steve Keene.

Sep 21st

“I’m not going to tell some gay kid in the audience...”
— President George W. Bush,...

Sep 21st

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Sep 19th

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“The Chapter in Your Life Entitled San Francisco,” the Lucksmiths. I’m heading off...

Sep 16th

“What began as a pleasant surprise quickly devolved into a...”
— Nathan Rabin, on eating...

Sep 16th

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Seven months after their legendary performance with Radiohead at the Grammys, the USC marching band...

Sep 16th

Learning tolerance the Hardaway

Sep 16th

New Vampire Weekend, out Jan. 12. Let’s hope it lives...

Sep 16th

“Like serial killers, artists invite long-distance...”
— Sam Kean, in a sharp essay...

Sep 16th

I really could not be enjoying this meme any more. (via...

Sep 16th

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Hey, I think we found a good use for Ratatat! They made excellent backup for Kid Cudi on Letterman...

Sep 15th

This song must have been recorded for a...

Sep 15th

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In a sweet video feature, the New York Times catches up with the first gay couple to ever be...

Sep 15th

“A woman who’s getting married — it’s probably going to be a...”
— Mehcad Brooks, the...

Sep 15th

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A highly entertaining guide to fighting dirty in Scrabble. (via)

Sep 14th

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Mash-Up of the Year: “I Got More Than a Feeling,” Mad Mix Mustang. (mp3) This is what a...

Sep 14th

Bon Iver by Methane Studios. (via)

Sep 12th

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“California,” Mates of State. Whenever I drive back to California I listen to some...

Sep 11th

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If you’re like most people, Grizzly Bear’s “While You Wait for the Others”...

Sep 11th

Daft Punk signs up for DJ Hero

Sep 11th

“One of the leading products of the American food industry...”
— Michael Pollan, in a...

Sep 11th

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Sep 10th

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Passion Pit brings “The Reeling,” among other songs, to P4K. Their album is a lot of...

Sep 10th

Why the express lane is almost never faster

Sep 10th

Okkervil River by FurTurtle Printworks. (via)

Sep 10th

27 Club

Sep 9th

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“They’ll Need A Crane,” the Wrens (They Might Be Giants cover). I’ve been on...

Sep 9th

Five Best Moments in Pitchfork's List of...

Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold on Radiohead’s Kid A: “This is the record I would...

Sep 9th

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In the future, when our grandchildren ask us how the gays spent the summer of 2009, we will tell...

Sep 9th

20 things you did not know about the Beatles

Sep 8th

“Like most people, I was initially confused by EMI’s decision...”
— Chuck Klosterman, in a highly...

Sep 8th

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“It Ends with a Fall,” Charles Bissell of the Wrens (Okkervil River cover). In the...

Sep 8th

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Okkervil River, “It Ends With a Fall.” The original, off Down the River of Golden...

Sep 8th

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“Louisiana,” the Walkmen. It’s sometimes a challenge to decide which song to post...

Sep 6th

“I commend Oprah on being like, ‘This is a...”
— Chris Brown, on the...

Sep 5th

Sep 5th

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Incredible Lego animation of my childhood 8-bit videogames from back in the day. And you can dance...

Sep 4th

Auto-Tune: the iPhone app

Sep 4th

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“Last Dance,” The Raveonettes. I’ve never had much use for the Raveonettes. The...

Sep 4th

Amazon’s MP3 store really is doing everything they can...

Sep 4th

For Some Reason There Was a Crap Ton of...

Thom demonstrated a sense of humor in this clip from the Latitude Festival in July. A British...

Sep 4th

“Are all American bands metro-sexual now? I heard the title...”
— Grandpa Alice Cooper on...

Sep 4th

Mitemite Unnecessary Objects Lab, a Spanish design firm, has...

Sep 3rd

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“Islands,” the XX. (via solino) Music made by young people is supposed to be loud, fast...

Sep 3rd

“I actually apologized to them for any humiliation that...”
— Jeff Tweedy, on what he told...

Sep 3rd

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Auto-Tune the News #8, featuring a cameo from T-Pain that proves he will appear in anything. Not...

Sep 3rd

Fleet Foxes by the Silent Giant. (via)

Sep 2nd

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“My Reckoner,” Party Ben (Justin Timberlake vs Radiohead). A little something for the...

Sep 2nd

“This is the place to include a paragraph and a half of...”
— The ostensibly heterosexual...

Sep 2nd

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Dirty Projectors bring their beautiful, big-hearted “Cannibal Resource” to Letterman....

Sep 2nd

“When I was with the Doobies, the style of music was that we...”
— Michael McDonald, on...

Sep 2nd

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This ad from Ireland is pretty fantastic. (via)

Sep 2nd

Lady Gaga wrote a song for Michael Bolton

Sep 1st