Here’s what I came up with, in no particular order:
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Beck - Modern Guilt
Eagles of Death Metal - Heart On
Jay Reatard - Matador Singles ‘08
Blitzen Trapper - Furr
lackthereof - Your Anchor
Clinic - Do It!
Neon Neon - Neon Neon
Ness - You Can’t Afford to Feel
Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely
Supergrass - Diamond Hoo Ha
Kaiser [...]

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So I went to the Beck show last night.  It only took me about 2 hours to get to the show.  I am a moron.  After leaving my apartment on time, I waited for a bus to take me to a red line stop.  The bus did not come for about 15 minutes.  Once the [...]

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Wow, this is good stuff.  Wish I was there, but this will do.  Thanks SamHain 35.  Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB2UhPLxRRw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sszx0kttvdY

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Via popular request, here’s my top 10.  Now, discuss.
1. Menomena “Friend and Foe”
2. Spoon “Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga”
3. Radiohead “In Rainbows”
4. Queens of the Stone Age “Era Vulgaris”
5. New Pornographers “Challengers”
6. The Hives “The Black and White Album”
7. Of Montreal “Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?”
8. LCD Soundsystem “Sound of Silver”
9. Klaxons “Myths of [...]

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I use up all my best material on bar reviews, leaving these blog entries lacking.  I can’t help it if I’m a better rambler during bar reviews.  It’s true.  Read my St. Charlie’s review and my upcoming Rizzo’s review.  Sure, the Rizzo’s review may turn out much different than what I wrote on the fly [...]

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Sales pitch!
I cannot tell you how many times I’ve wanted to rip a song off an artist’s Myspace page. Stream only? Not cool. Realistically, one could use a recording program to record the song, then edit it and save as a nice little mp3, but that’s a lot of work. [...]

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What happens when you mash up the commercial-friendly song “Young Folks” by Peter Bjorn and John with Sisqo’s “Thong Song” ? Thanks to the Prairie Cartel, we now know.  Check out “Young Thongs” on the Hood Internet here.
I’m having a hard time believing that I actually like a rendition of “Thong Song.”  Prairie Cartel can [...]

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So maybe I had nothing really to do with this video.  But I trickily extracted it from a web site then uploaded it to YouTube.  A great song and video deserves it’s place on YouTube.  So I give you Caviar “Lioness.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMa4BpXCmD0

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Why am I doing this to myself? I’m very bored.
Am I going to regret this? Ask me in a week.
Is it a telling sign that I accidentally typed ‘I am going to regret this’ on the previous line? Probably.
So let me tell you a story.
The year: 2002, I’m a senior in [...]

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In no particular order:
Beck “The Information”
Muse “Black Holes and Revelations”
Tapes ‘n Tapes “The Loon”
Thom Yorker “The Eraser”
Flaming Lips “At War With the Mystics”
Eagles of Death Metal “Death By Sexy”
Gnarls Barkley “St. Elsewhere”
Raconteurs “Broken Boy Soldiers”
Mew “And the Glass Handed Kites”
The Walkmen “A Hundred Miles Off”
I don’t know if that is really the strongest top ten [...]

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