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New Die Antwoord – I FINK YOU FREEKY

February 3, 2012

I initially resisted posting this video because the name of the song is the grammar equivalent of nails on a chalkboard. It drives me crazy that the song rocks so hard that I would be doing my loyal readers a disservice by abstaining. Check it out below: **Update** Mark from the comments notes that the [...]

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Nicolas Jaar – Materials Video

February 2, 2012

Nicolas Jaar is one of my favorite artists right now (I’ve been listening to a ton of minimal electronic music), and his new music video for ‘Materials’ is equal parts disturbing, haunting, and beautiful. Check it out below:  

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February Miscellaneous Listenings

February 2, 2012

Start the month off right: Check out this avant-pop/electronic album by Boston-local band The Craters:   Check out the video for ‘You’ll See’ by French Indi-pop group Baden Baden:   The stirring video from Feist‘s ‘The Bad in Each Other’: Electro-pop artist Class Actress‘s video for ‘Keep You’:    

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Smith Westerns, Porcelain Raft, and Bleached at Paradise. Concert Review

February 1, 2012

Sunday night, after a long weekend skiing with the bros from my office (my knuckles were sore from so must fist-bumping), it was good to get back in my element for a night of garage/experimental pop at the Paradise. I am excited to say that this is the first concert I’ve been to where I’ve [...]

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M83 + Epic Time Lapse

January 30, 2012

Check out this epic time-lapse video featuring M83‘s ‘Outro’ as the soundtrack. Definitely worth a few minutes. Yosemite HD from Project Yosemite on Vimeo.

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Shows this weekend. Jan 27-29

January 27, 2012

I’m going on a ski trip with my office this weekend, and I’m pretty disappointed I’ll  have to spend the whole weekend fist-bumping the bros while everyone else gets to go to these great concerts. Friday January 27 The Hood Internet, mashup kings of the internet, are playing Middle East downstairs. Tickets are $15, and available here. [...]

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85 Days to Coachella — First Aid Kit

January 25, 2012

In keeping with Sweden’s habit of turning out phenomenal folk artists (see The Tallest Man on Earth), First Aid Kit are a sister-sister duo from the land of Ikea and I’ve been looking forward to their hot-off-the-presses release, ‘The Lions Roar’ for a couple of months now. Even better news: First Aid Kit  are playing Coachella [...]

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86 Days to Coachella

January 24, 2012

The countdown begins. I’m going to try to regularly post (daily sounds a bit too ambitious) some music from some of the artists I’m most excited about seeing at the Indio valley music and arts festival this  year. With 86 short days to go until the festival, I’ll start by posting the incredibly catchy ‘Colours’ [...]

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Odds and Ends

January 19, 2012

I know I haven’t been blogging much lately, and I really do have to apologize to all of my adoring fans out there. I’ve been hella busy lately, but am planning on getting back into the blogosphere very soon. To hold you over, I’ve posted a smattering of things that have caught my attention over [...]

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Get Excited for Real Estate

January 10, 2012

As you hopefully already know (because the show is sold out), Real Estate is playing Brighton Music this Sunday, January 15. To get us amped for the show, Real Estate just released a new hilarious video for their song ‘Easy’. Check it out below: Real Estate – “Easy” from Tom Scharpling

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