In what promises to be the best MidPoint Music Festival in it’s short history, this years lineup was rolled out in phases over the past couple of months. And now today, we get to take all of those names and match them with a venue and a set time …
The National are back. And it’s not like they really ever left. The band that grew up in Ohio but did most of their musical maturing in New York returned to the Buckeye state Monday night showcasing their latest and possibly greatest album to date, High Violet.
Horse Feathers released one of our favorite records this year with House With No Home and after getting a first hand taste of their live performance, we are even more on board now. And now, another reason to write about the Portland band as they have just sprung a …
24 November 2008
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It’s always bonus when good things happen to great people, and that is just what the past year or so has been like for Bowerbirds. After getting scooped up by Dead Oceans records to re-release their excellent album, Hymns For A Dark Horse earlier this summer, the band have …
14 August 2008
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One of the bands that seems to at least owe a little to bloggers since their start is Cold War Kids. It seems like it has been almost 3 years since I first mentioned them here, wait, it was. Say what you want about them, but the first two …
26 June 2008
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Cincinnati continues to churn out great local music of late. The newest band to impress my ears from the area are The Host, a group that upon first taste might seem a to have more of a hard edge than I usually gravitate towards. However, the rough and …
14 May 2008
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Just in case you only visit this music blog (cause everyone is posting it) even though we doubt you do, here are the two videos of My Morning Jacket performing this past weekend on Saturday Night Live. Remember, Evil Urges is due in stores next month, can’t wait!
12 May 2008
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There is something oddly addictive about the music of ((sounder)), something ever so familiar yet is nothing like you have ever heard before. It dips in and out of several genres and is the type of discovery I love to get my hands on. Especially since ((sounder)) was …
8 May 2008
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Just ran across a new video from Interpol that I wanted to share with you today. The vid is for “Rest My Chemistry”, another tune from their 2007 album, Our Love To Admire. Not your average music video either. Apparently, visual artist, and Interpol fan Aaron Koblin, …
6 May 2008
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If, by chance, you still have not checked out the new album from Elbow, The Seldom Seen Kid, then what are you waiting for? It is one of my favorite albums of 2008 so far, and has quite a few great songs that I am enjoying. This …
28 April 2008
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“Just drive”, says Michael Stipe at the start of one of the take away show videos R.E.M. record with Vincent Moon, who’s Take Away series has seen The National, Andrew Bird, and Sufjan Stevens, among others, take their music out of the studio and venue and into the streets, or …
1 April 2008
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