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I’ve been slacking on my Music Video watching so excuse me if this is a little old, but what simple, cool video… plus it doesn’t hurt that I have heard the song 5,000 times now and still am not sick of it.

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Spoon have a new EP coming out, which you can now pre-order over at merge records.  This new single “Got Nuffin’” is sounding pretty good.  They have added a little more crunch to their sound on this one and it works out well.

Spoon “Got Nuffin”

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It’s one thing to just write a rap about not liking auto-tune.. it’s another level when you can make the song actually good.  The rock/jazz music is great, and Jay-z fills in the rest.

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I was a little surprised recently when I went to put on Pete Yorn’s latest Back & Forth… it’s not that I haven’t listened to Pete Yorn in the past, but I just never realized how good his music was until now.  The big fans are saying this is a good album,  but not his best.  But most people who are fans love the older albums better than the new (damn you old-album-lovers).  I can say that this album is great, and it’s what is going to make me go back and listen to all his past albums.

This year Yorn is recording a lot of material. You could say he is the Joseph Arthur of 2008 or maybe the Ryan Adams of 2005 years ago when it comes to this kind of singer-songwriter music.  He is set to release another record with Scarlett Johanson this year (lucky guy, just look at the cover, I think I would have drool coming down my face if I was in that position…  py to sj: “hey scarlett.. i wrote a song for you.. it’s called ‘let’s do it.. right now’ “).

On top of this Yorn has another album coming out consisting of six songs recorded with Frank Black (no release date yet).  So go back and listen to Music for the Morning After and prep yourself for the Year of Yorn.

Pete Yorn “Don’t Wanna Cry”

Pete Yorn “Shotgun”

Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johanson “Relator”

Pete Yorn “Young Folks” (PB&J Cover) (via )

On Conan

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This isn’t meant to be a political post at all, I was just looking through some rss feeds tonight and saw this, and with the most recent issues with the web, twitter and iran I thought this was one of the most poignant photographs I have seen in a long time.

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Bruno was on COnan last night and it was hilarious. I love that he has a new movie coming out and we can see him in all these interviews.

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I saw this first over at the city paper’s Noise Blog, so thnx to them.   The lineup for the july 10th-12th whartscape festival is:

Adventure, Air Waves, AK Slaughter, Alexis Gideon, Allen Cordell, Ami Dang, Andy Abelow, Annex Theater, Art Department, At the End of Infinite Rope, Bad Brilliance, Barky, BDRM PPL, Beast Master, Bedlam Theatre, Big Bear, Bird Names, Black Vatican, Blood Baby, Blue Leader, Booge Border, Butt Stomach, C Spencer Yeh, Cars Will Burn, Celebration, Chandeliers, Charlotte and Joe, Child Bite, Child Bride, Clarissa Gregory, Connor Kizer and Adam Endres, Crazy Dreams Band, Dan Deacon Ensemble, Dan Higgs, DDMMYYYY, Despot, DJ Dog Dick, Dope Body, Double Dagger, Drip House, Eagle Ager, Ear Pwr, Ed Schrader, Eric Hnatow, Funny Clown, Future Islands, Gary War, GDFX, Golden Birthday, Grasslung, Hair Police, Height, Hooliganship, Human Host, Infinity Window, Jana Hunter, Janitor, Jared Paolini, Jason Willett, Jimmy Joe Roche, John Eaton, John Weiss, Justin Frye Meat Wallet Bells Pieces, Killer Whales, Kokomo, Leprechaun Catering, Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez, Little Howlin Wolf, Liturgy, Living Things, Lizz King, Lo Moda, Lonnie Walker, Lord Scrumage, Magnet City Kids, Mark Brown, Married in Berdichev, Mason Ross, Melissa Moore, Meredith Moore, Mickey Free, Microkingdom Milton Melvin Croissant III, Mincemeat or 10speed, MNDR, Narwalz, Nate Boyce, Nautical Almanac, Needle Gun, Nobel Lake, Nuclear Power Pants, Olaf Breuning, Peter Glantz, Pleasant Livers, Plural MC, Polygons, Ponytail, Quiet Hooves, R.M. O’Brien, Rap Dragons, Roto Romo, Rotten Milk Band, Santa Dads, Schwarz, Sewn Leather, Seyjano, Shams Showbeast, Sick Weapons, Silk Flowers, Small Sur, Smartgrowth, Smarts, So Percussion, Soft Pink Truth, Something by Dina Kelberman, Spellcaster, Talk Normal, Team Robespierre, Teen Girl Fantasy, Teeth Mountain, Thank You, The Creepers, The Degenerettes, The New Flesh, The Title Sounded Better in French (Lola/Anna), The Woes, Trockeneisis, Truth Serum, Twin Stumps, Videohippos, Vincent Black Shadow, Weekends, What Cheer Brigade Marching Band, Witch Hat, Wolf Eyes, Wye Oak, Y2KEITH, Yoshi Sodeoka, Zomes, and Bands We Forgot

Whamcity’s website says “We will begin selling tickets at 12 Noon, Monday, June 29th.”

MEGA PASS - $45
INDIVIDUAL DAY - $18

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I took a little hiatus from doing On Rotations for a while but now I am trying to get back in the routine.  I got motivated to start it up again after hearing all these great albums taht have been coming out recently.

NEW ALBUMS

Deastro - Moondagger
We have done an occasional post on this band in the past and have put them on a couple mixes, but now we get to hear a full album, and it’s really good.  Not sure exactly how to describe the music, it’s like poppy 80’s new wave meets m83, meets shoegaze (some of it reminds me of a more sparkly Brother Kite).  The title song “Moondagger” is my favorite on the album, but this song is great as well. Deastro

Deastro “Vermillion Plaza”

The Antlers - Hospice
This is a pretty heavy album (heavy emotionally, not metal) , very well orchestrated, and completely immersive.  If you like Shearwater, then you will probably like this, and it has plenty of it’s own thing going for it to make it only a loose comparison. purchase

The Antlers “Bear”
The Antlers “When You Sleep” (MBV Cover)

Discovery - Self Titled
A great summer/spring album for the nice weather. It’s got a lot of R&B flavor, including doing an interesting cover of a Jackson 5 song, and a few other riffs/melodies that sound like they came out of a motown catalog. It has the catchiness of the most recent Vampire Weekend and Ra Ra Riot albums with an added electronic flare. Definitely worth checking out.. I’m not sure where I will be with this album in a month, but for now I love it. purchase

Discovery “Orange Shirt”

Dinosaur Jr - Farm
I’ve been a pretty big fan of Dinosaur Jr. since I first heard Been Chopp’n on 99.1 in high school.  I never really followed the solo Mascis years except for a few songs here and there, and I didn’t expect much from them when they got back together. I just figured it would last an album. Well, the second album is proving to be better than the first since the reunion. It’s the same tired vocals over wailing guitars that you have always heard from them, but underneath it all are songs that are catchier than any they have ever written.Here’s to mascis and barlowe setting aside the differences to make good music. purchase

Dinosaur Jr “Over It”

Wye Oak - The Knot
I love that this band is about to put out an album that is better than their first.. no sophomore slump for them.  There are a few songs on it that sound like they have been around forever, they just have a timeless classic feel. purchase

Wye Oak “Take It In”

Rubdown DragonSlayer

When it comes to Wolf Parade and its offshoots I have always put the main band first, then Handsome Furrs, then Sunset Rubdown, then whatever else they do.  But with this new, very accessible, Sunset Rubdown album, the heiharchy might change a bit.  I still kind of wish they would just focus all their efforts on Wolf Parade all the time, but they still make good songs on their own and it’s pretty much a non-issue. purchase

Sunset Rubdown “Idiot Heart”

Bill Callahan Sometimes I wish I were an Eagle

This is one of those albums that I turn on at work and people walk by and ask “What the fuck are you listening too, neil diamond??”.. or something like that.  I’ve never gotten into Smog or previous albums, but I definitely will now. This is just soothing for me to listen to, the lyrics are great and his voice has a Cash-like talking singing cadence. purchase

Bill Callhan “Too Many Birds”

SINGLES

Elephant Stone “I Am Blind”
Pretty mellow fair somewhere ebtween the Papercuts and Belle and Sebastian. Their songs are consistently good, and there is just something nice and relaxing about them.  Makes me want to just sit outside and sip on a cold one.  purchase

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Oh Mew, how I doth love you… I am extremely excited about this upcoming album. We now get to hear another song off of the “No More Stories…” album due out August 25th. The name of the song sounds  a little like someone who masturbates too much, but it’s a really good song and it is very Mew’ish. Plus it’’s fun to just say “New Mew” and “Repeaterbeater” in the same sentence.. i feel like I am on some strange episode of Sesame Street or in a Dr. Seuss book.

Mew “Repeaterbeater” (via spinner)

No More Stories’ EP Tracklist

1. Introducing Palace Players
2. Repeaterbeater
3. Owl
4. Start
5. Swimmer’s Chant

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