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Insofar as Crumbler is “about” anything, it has always been a blog primarily interested...

Jul 2nd

Passion Pit + Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Jul 2nd

Show and Smell, St. Vincent. (via)

Jul 2nd

On Living With Your Music

Yesterday, in an interview with Pitchfork, Grizzly Bear frontman Ed Droste said something worth...

Jun 30th

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Phoenix, “Lisztomania.” Also part of the Day in Music, but this was so good it deserved...

Jun 30th

The Day in Music

Buzzfeed revealed the 12 best key changes in pop music, and they were dead on. (via) Beirut got...

Jun 30th

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Dirty Projectors, “Stillness is the Move.” More and more, Dirty Projectors’ Bitte...

Jun 30th

“First off, the Susan Boyle phenomenon truly belongs to the...”
— Virginia Heffernan continues...

Jun 29th

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This strikes me as the best sort of Michael Jackson tribute: Wordless except for the songs, the only...

Jun 29th

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Wilco, “Love Will Keep Us Together (live).” Covering the Captain & Tenille on New...

Jun 29th

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Bruce Springsteen joins the Gaslight Anthem in Glastonbury for “The ‘59 Sound.”...

Jun 28th

onwilco: There will never be a more epic Wilco picture.

Jun 27th

Two David Foster Wallace biographies on the...

Jun 27th

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onwilco: Wilco (with Feist) performing “You and I” for the first time together on stage in Los...

Jun 27th

Someone won the Netflix Prize!

Jun 27th

“Instead of dispersing, the people in the street cavorted...”
— A fascinating eyewitness...

Jun 27th

New Spoon EP! Out Tuesday! It’s only three songs, but...

Jun 26th

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Today felt heavy. So here’s something light: A song about a guy you were just starting to...

Jun 26th

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“I Want You Back (Konishi Yasuharu remix),” Jackson 5 Watching the news coverage...

Jun 26th

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“Carpetbaggers,” Jenny Lewis ft. Elvis Costello. For some reason I didn’t think...

Jun 25th

In Defense of Crowdsourcing Your Music

Recently there was some sort of Twitter conference in which Christopher R. Weingarten, a music...

Jun 25th

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The Carleton Singing Knights, from Carleton College in Minnesota, do right by the Dirty...

Jun 25th

“You have a particular grace and calm that I adore. You have...”
— S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford, in one...

Jun 25th

Jay Bennett overdosed on pain pills

Jun 24th

The National, by Small Stakes. (via)

Jun 24th

“Give your husband a hug from me.”
— Michelle Obama, speaking to a...

Jun 24th

I just turned on the presidential press conference and Obama is talking about copper prices in...

Jun 23rd

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copycats: Sleep All Summer by St. Vincent & The National originally by Crooked Fingers (posted...

Jun 23rd

“It’s almost like Radiohead are using those word...”
— Thomas Mars, of Phoenix, on...

Jun 23rd

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Vampire Weekend plays “White Sky” at the Pitchfork Festival last year. P4K has nine more...

Jun 23rd

“I just kind of want to throw up my hands (or in my hands)...”
— Rich FourFour, speaking THE...

Jun 23rd

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Hey, it’s another episode of Breakfast at Sulimay’s, in which closed-minded old geezers...

Jun 23rd

Lindsay laid off from Videogum

Jun 23rd

Many people have asked this year how Lady Gaga has managed...

Jun 23rd

“In Dallas, a college student sunk his chance to have an...”
— Another reason to hate hedge...

Jun 22nd

Are any of y'all on Last.fm?

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Jun 21st

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Radiohead, “Gagging Order.” This gentle acoustic lament from the Hail to the Thief era...

Jun 20th

“The next time [my agent] Michael called he said, ‘They are...”
— Former sitcom mom Janet...

Jun 20th

Grizzly Bear is in your kitchen, reading the Times.

Jun 20th

“That’s Flavor Flav. He wears that giant clock around his...”
— Triumph the Insult Comic Dog...

Jun 20th

Bradley Cooper > Ryan Reynolds

No contest, pubic hair cover shot or not.

Jun 20th

We’ve had a run of interesting aviation news this...

Jun 20th

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Adam Lambert, “What’s Love Got to Do With it.” This highly danceable cover,...

Jun 19th

“When you show a movie with full-frontal nudity to a test...”
— Judd Apatow, on male nudity in...

Jun 19th

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Best birthday present a guy could hope for: Auto-Tune the News #5! How do these just keep getting...

Jun 19th

Stream the new Regina Spektor

Jun 19th

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Phoenix brings “1901” to Letterman. I know I just posted them playing this, but that was...

Jun 19th

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Rhett Miller, “Bonfire” Possibly my favorite song off his new album, if only for the...

Jun 19th

Wilco poster by Mikey Burton. With any luck I’m seeing...

Jun 18th

“White House staff members report that they and their boss...”
— The New York Times, having the...

Jun 18th

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On one hand, no one has been asking for an acoustic version of Phoenix’s “1901.”...

Jun 17th

The Day in Music

Best cover news in ages: Antony is releasing a cover of Beyonce’s “Crazy in...

Jun 17th

Obama Announces Plans To Run For McCain’s Senate Seat...

Jun 17th

“Well, in retrospect, I was trying to figure out what the...”
— Old 97s frontman and DFW fan...

Jun 17th

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Kanye West remixes Beyonce’s “Ego,” and it’s surprisingly soulful. (via)

Jun 16th

“I Know” is a song about suffering through patience, and...”
— Matthew Perpetua, in his...

Jun 16th

The least appropriate wedding songs ever

Jun 16th

“The administration has had its hands full with the financial...”
— The  New York Times, in a...

Jun 16th

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about-today: White Denim, I Start To Run Continuing on the White Denim domination, here’s their...

Jun 16th

“I think it was the Judge who got me. He was beginning to...”
— Harold Bloom, on Blood...

Jun 16th

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The Ink Spots, “I Don’t Want to Set the World On Fire.”  Huey Long, the...

Jun 16th

The National, by the Silent Giants. (via)

Jun 16th

“I think every artist needs a rule that’s stupid but that...”
— Thomas Mars, of Phoenix, on...

Jun 16th

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“I’m gonna eliminate you — like I did gluten from my diet.” GoRemy on the...

Jun 14th

Great Moments in Television Broadcasting

CNN’s Rick Sanchez, describing a press conference in Iran regarding that country’s...

Jun 13th

A Gay Soldier's Husband on 'Don't Ask, Don't...

Jun 11th

Off to a wedding. Back Monday night.

Jun 11th

Songs That Reference Another Song by the...

kfan: Avril Lavigne: Freak Out (Don’t Tell Me) The Beatles: Glass Onion (Strawberry Fields...

Jun 11th

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The Daily Show visits the New York Times, and it’s one of the most vicious pieces of mockery...

Jun 11th

“There are so many old-fashioned ways of looking at things,...”
— Adam Lambert, who it turns out...

Jun 11th

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Coconut Records, the new band from Max Fischer Jason Schwartzmann, debuts their video for...

Jun 11th

The Day in Music

Stream some new tracks by Discovery, the Vampire Wekend side project that everyone is getting...

Jun 11th

Dan Wasserman’s editorial cartoon in the Boston Globe....

Jun 10th

If you liked it then you shouldn’t have let it...

Jun 10th

The Day in Music

Jack White has a solo record coming out. You can now buy disc two of Radiohead’s In...

Jun 10th

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Beulah, “Gravity is Bringing Us Down” (live)

Jun 9th

Gravity's Bringing Us Down

Part of an occasional series on the oughts’ best music. The Coast is Never Clear —...

Jun 9th

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I’ve always had a guilty crush on Maroon 5’s “Makes Me Wonder.” I’m no...

Jun 9th

glasnost: Quick psychological test administered to Russian...

Jun 9th

Some Things To Do With Music Today

Check out the M83 remix of “Nothing to Give” by White Lies (mp3), even if like...

Jun 9th

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Remember when all the famous people used to get together and use their powers for good, instead of...

Jun 9th

“Push it into your mouth and keep pushing it until it is all...”
— Franklin Roosevelt’s...

Jun 7th

“I love it when people talk about money. It’s a short cut —...”
— David Sedaris, in the Sunday...

Jun 7th

Happiness, Raymond Carver

daveholmes: poetry365: So early it’s still almost dark out. I’m near the window with coffee, and...

Jun 7th

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Chairlift’s “Bruises” is sweet Saturday morning bubblegum.

Jun 6th

“One of them is an autobiographical sort of story...”
— Blitzen Trapper front man Eric...

Jun 6th

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Jun 6th

Black-Eyed Peas own the song of the summer

Jun 6th

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gloriahawa: Conan finally addresses the whole Super Mario/backdrop fiasco of his new set.

Jun 6th

Get 'The Airing of Grievances' for free

Jun 5th

Was Conan’s new set modeled after Super Mario Bros.?

Jun 5th

Santigold gets the 'Grey Album' treatment

Jun 5th

“A staple of the superhero mythology is, there’s the...”
— The late great David...

Jun 5th

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Is there an Academy Award for wedding invitations? Because this just won. It will delight you,...

Jun 4th

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Another day, another Frightened Rabbit acoustic performance! Here Scott Hutchinson does right by...

Jun 4th

“Jonas Brothers are considered a rock band, Nina Simone is...”
— TV on the Radio’s Kyp...

Jun 4th

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In all the hustle and bustle of the world, it’s easy to forget to enjoy the simple things in...

Jun 4th

We're on a roll

The New York Times has now run more than 300 same-sex wedding announcements, and last night had a...

Jun 4th

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DJ Earworm’s latest mashes up: The Fray, “Heartless” (Kanye West Cover) Black...

Jun 4th

Thought for the day: Form no longer follows...

Jun 4th

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Jun 3rd

Fighting to Save the Baguettes in N.H.

Jun 3rd

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Kevin finds a live session from Frightened Rabbit that includes a promising new song: “Swim...

Jun 2nd

Stream the new Dirty Projectors

Jun 2nd

“Well, David, I see you didn’t get the ‘Tonight’ show again.”
— David Letterman’s mom

Jun 2nd

Counting Down the Decade

As of today, there are only six months left in the oughts. And you know how year-end music blog...

Jun 2nd

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shityeahitscool: whoisjaime: AWESOME: What News Anchors Do During Commercial Breaks. TV news in...

Jun 2nd

'Where's Waldo?' movie in the works

Jun 2nd