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Currently ranked number 1 in the Alt. Rock channel.first single, hope youe like it!

The Grave That We Lay
Currently ranked number 2 in the Alt. Rock channel.Preview off the album "Stories From Yesterday" coming fall 08.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT
Currently ranked number 3 in the Alt. Rock channel.This song won in a MySpace poll we took with our fans as the 'Fan Favorite'. 'Something Like That' ...

Feel Any Better
Currently ranked number 4 in the Alt. Rock channel.Feel Any Better Casey Desmond c. 2006 Casey Desmond...

Throwdown
Currently ranked number 5 in the Alt. Rock channel.

River Cities Reader - Featured Music Articles

A Lot More Than Nothing: Ben Kenney, May 9 at the Redstone Room
If you want to see the full extent of Ben Kenney's talent, check out his video for quot;Eulogy.quot; In the clip (http://www.youtube.c...

Coldplay Unvelils Bonus Single, Free-Concert Details
Coldplay fans should seek out the latest issue of Britain's New Music Express magazine and quickly surf to the band's Web site. The May 1...

Author Learns the Ropes of Songwriting
Two years ago, British music journalist Will Hodgkinson crossed over from gazing wannabe to playing musician by teaching himself guitar in six m...

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chilombo
esau mwamwayaI've posted about "the African Phil Collins" before, and he's since become a staple on our sirius show. Yet somehow, despite the fact tha...

goodbye horses
(photo)This jam has been sort of inescapable lately, whether I'm cruising around Liberty City in a stolen Range Rover listening to Iggy Pop's radio s...

new xxxchange remix: "make it so"
The consistently badass xxxchange of the spank rock crew reworked the first single from Daedelus' upcoming LP, Love To Make Music To (out soon on Ninj...

Largehearted Boy

Book Notes - Tao Lin ("Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy")
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that is in some way relevant to their recently published books. Tao Lin returns...

Shorties
Popmatters examines the music praising US presidential candidate Barack Obama that is popping up around the world. The puppy dogs of America have age...

Bittorrent Brunch (The Hold Steady, Radiohead, and more)
Today's free and legal recordings of live shows, rarities, and demos available via bittorrent: British Sea Power: 2008-05-06, Carrboro [flac]* other ...

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New Gnarls Barkley Video - "Going On"
As we may have told you, much of the Odd Couple will make you fall asleep, though some won't. "Going On" is definitely one of Cee-Lo and Danger Mouse'...

New Human Highway (Nick Thorburn & Jim Guthrie) - "The Sound" & "Sleep Talking"
When not talking about Vampire Weekend and vaginas or performing with his Islands, Nick Thorburn's teaming up with Royal City-associated songwriter an...

Coldplay Will Viva La Vida In Your Town, Probably
Although it's not any sort of epic transformation, the half-the-title-track to Viva La Vida or Death Will Come Before This Album Title Is Over, posted...

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Six Weird Videos - May 9th, 2008
Mothers Day Laughing* Vote Obama** Ferrell and Shaq - old SNL Vodka Pt. 2 Alf en Espanol*** * St...

Herb Lubalin
I spent a good bit of time going through this Tribute to Herb Lubalin. The mastery of type from graphic designers of his era blow my mind - particular...

Surrounded by Bad Blood
I posted a new mix for everyone to download entitled "Surrounded by Bad Blood" - which is really just an 'eerie' reference to the fact that the first ...

You Aint No Picasso

My First Time ... with Cryptacize
You thought it could be killed with finals, but it's back, baby! Here’s the next installment of My First Time, the interview series that gives a lit...

[VIDEO] Islands do Sinead's "Red Football"
I'm wildly in love with Islands' new record Arm's Way and will look for any excuse I can to say so. Here's a video I stumbled across on the interwebs ...

Bishop Allen set spring US, European tour dates
Brooklyn's Bishop Allen are setting off on a string of tour dates later this month that'll take them all along the upper east coast before depositing ...

Popsheep

"Thank you ladies and gentlemen, especially the ladies" - Wolfboy, 2000
Ladybird - Forgot How to RoarLadybird - West CoastLadybird are making their way up the west coast of the US right now. Perhaps you can help them book...

Old and Getting Older
In my attempt to describe the ideal band, the perfect musical career, the ultimate mix of passion, do-it yourself and day job honor courage and commit...

Still A Genius
Photo courtesy of the wonderful & talented Michelle Mayne. That Nick Krgovich is a creative genius isn't news. But when it looked like P:ano was ...

Pitchfork: Today

News: Spiritualized Expand North American Tour
Photo by Natalie Kardos The release of Spiritualized's sixth studio record, Songs in A&E, is approaching at warp speed. Thus, J. Spaceman and co.

News: Iggy, M.I.A., Jenny Lewis on Pancake Mountain DVD
With Built to Spill, Wayne Coyne, X, Nellie McKay Have you seen this crazy "Pancake Mountain" show? It is way crazy, dude. A bunch of pu...

News: Coldplay Announce North American Tour
Now that Coldplay have revealed the release details, first song, and cover art for Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (which, if their previous...

The Catbirdseat - Indie Music, Culture, and Commentary

New Human Highway (Jim Guthrie/Nick Thorburn)
The first track is out from the upcoming Human Highway (Jim Guthrie and Islands‘ Nick Thorburn) album, Moody Motorcycle. It totally reinforces ...

The Mothereffing VASELINES playing Subpop’s Fest???
Perhaps, says the rumormongering over at The Stranger. Yes, folks, if you attend the Sub Pop 20th Anniversary Fest, you may just be graced with a pef...

Streethawk vs. This Night Throwdown
What would you say if I offered you up a 10,000 word debate on the merits of Destroyer’s Streethawk vs. Destroyer’s This Night? On the fr...

Chromewaves

You In Color
Photo by Briana PurserIt's very true that you can't judge a book by it's cover, except that sometimes you can. Consider the artwork that accompanies ...

The Last Day Of Magic
Photo by Frank YangI went into Tuesday night's Kills show at the Opera House most interested in how the duo of Jaime Hince and Alison Mosshart - Hotel...

Kensington Heights
Photo by Frank YangHow about that - shortly after mentioning last week that I'd never seen the Constantines' live, I got an invite from Arts & Crafts ...

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new Gnarls Barkley video, tour dates & Heather McIntosh
Gnarls Barkley @ Highline Ballroom, NYC (more by Jason Bergman) FUN FACT: the person who was playing guitar with Gnarls Barkley at Highline Ballroom...

Lykke Li & El Perro Del Mar @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC - pics
photos by Bao Nguyen El Perro Del Mar joined on stage by Lykke Li Bao told me that...Lykke Li's affectuous pop paired with her bouncing dance mov...

Zombieville Friday (tonight), Tippy Toes play again Saturday
Reggie Watts @ Pianos (more by Ryan Muir) What does tonight's Zombieville show at Soutpaw (May 9) have in common with the Saturday night show at the...

Muzzle of Bees | Music Blog

Video: All The Lost Souls Welcome You To San Francisco
Anybody watch Big Love? Looks like Bill's space cadet mom makes an appearance in the video above. Myspace: American Music Club MP3: American Music Cl...

Review: DeVotchKa - Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee
Last night's DeVotchKa and Basia Bulat show at Turner Hall Ballroom in Milwaukee was one for the memory bank. Basia started off with a crowd silencin...

Photos: Jim White - Orpheum Stage Door, Madison
If I do a list of biggest regrets in 2008, near the top of that list will be missing Jim White as he rolled through Madison last night, playing equal ...

KQED: Arts & Culture

Cool as Hell Theater: Off Broadway West: The Ladies of the Camellias
Michael Rice interviews Joyce Henderson and Richard Harder, co-founders of the theater company Off Broadway West. They are producing the show The Ladi...

Film Review: Redbelt
The only good thing that can be said about the ridiculous martial arts morality play Redbelt is that writer-director David Mamet avoids self-parody. A...

Truly CA Shorts: Howdy Partner
View Christie Herring's short film, Howdy Partner, a spirited visual meditation on how one slippery word means more -- and, consequently, less -- than...

Culturespill

Culturespill Flashback: Donovan’s “Beat Cafe”
After a forty-year run as the master of Mellow, not much has changed on Planet Donovan. It is 2004, and the wisdom is still as abundant as the weed. P...

Tom Waits Announces Rare US Tour
The first-and only-time I ever enjoyed the rare privilege of seeing Tom Waits live was back in New York City at The Beacon Theater. The last time the ...

Visions of Johanna: On the Hunt for the Next Great Songwriter
Leonard Cohen in 1969 "Mona Lisa musta had the highway blues You can see it in the way she smiles." -Bob Dylan, "Visions of Johanna Not too long ago, ...