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Song of the Day: Yellow Ostrich – “Blue (Da Ba Dee) (Eiffel 65 cover)” <small>[MP3]</small>

Song of the Day: Yellow Ostrich – “Blue (Da Ba Dee) (Eiffel 65 cover)” [MP3]

Jordy Kasko August 5, 2011 0

We all know the song. We’ve all been annoyed by the song at one point or another — but admit it, you sing along occasionally. You may even consider it a guilty pleasure, or

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Review: Beirut – <i>The Rip Tide</i>

Review: Beirut – The Rip Tide

Jordy Kasko August 3, 2011 0

After five years, Zach Condon has finally come home. Don’t you expect to see something like that in a review for this album? After all, The Rip Tide is going to go down in

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Review: Guster – <i>On The Ocean</i> EP

Review: Guster – On The Ocean EP

Jordy Kasko August 2, 2011 0

After their release of Easy Wonderful in 2010, Guster decided to give their fans a mini-release, a six-track EP titled On The Ocean, which includes B-sides, live tracks, and remixes. Many music fans seem

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Song of the Day: ME & LP – “(Bonnie Says) No Shitty Ride” <small>[MP3]</small>

Song of the Day: ME & LP – “(Bonnie Says) No Shitty Ride” [MP3]

Jordy Kasko August 2, 2011 0

You can read everything you want to know about this new indie pop duo from the few sites that are talking them up: RCRD LBL says that ME & LP is “Matthew Embree and

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Playlist: A Beginner’s Guide to Discovering Radiohead

Playlist: A Beginner’s Guide to Discovering Radiohead

Jordy Kasko August 1, 2011 1

One of the first questions I ask when I meet anyone is “what kind of music do you like?” It’s a great way to break the ice; most people will have strong feelings about

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Review: Little Dragon – <i>Ritual Union</i>

Review: Little Dragon – Ritual Union

Jordy Kasko July 28, 2011 0

When I type Little Dragon into my iTunes I see a black square with a music note inside of it signifying that I don’t have the cover art for their latest album, Ritual Union.

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Interview: Kelly Crisp (of The Rosebuds)

Interview: Kelly Crisp (of The Rosebuds)

Jordy Kasko July 27, 2011 0

I recently conducted a phone interview with Kelly Crisp, one half of North Carolina’s indie pop duo The Rosebuds. It is rare to sit down with an artist that is both equally talented and

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DeTune: Rue Royale

DeTune: Rue Royale

Jordy Kasko July 26, 2011 0

If you’ll allow me, I’d like to ask you two (rhetorical) questions — have you found yourself caught up in the current neo-folk revolution, listening to bands like Fleet Foxes and Mumford & Sons,

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Review: Soft Metals – <i>Soft Metals</i>

Review: Soft Metals – Soft Metals

Jordy Kasko July 22, 2011 0

“There’s a canvas – it’s called silence,” Keith Richards said. “Where do you want to make your mark? A little dab here? And don’t forget: don’t cover the whole canvas – we don’t want

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Review: Pictureplane – <i>Thee Physical</i>

Review: Pictureplane – Thee Physical

Jordy Kasko July 20, 2011 0

Pictureplane, the alias of Travis Egedy, has his quirks. I once saw him live and there were people dancing (creeping?) around behind him wearing black Lycra body suits. The show left me thinking about

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Review: Tennis – <i>Cape Dory</i>

Review: Tennis – Cape Dory

Jordy Kasko July 18, 2011 0

If you have heard about the band Tennis, you may already know their story: Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley are a husband-and-wife duo from Denver, CO; after they finished school, they bought a sailboat

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Review: Farewell Flight – <i>Out for Blood</i>

Review: Farewell Flight – Out for Blood

Jordy Kasko July 18, 2011 0

It’s very difficult to give a proper review to Farewell Flight‘s Out For Blood, and here’s why: First, I’ve already covered 11 of the 12 tracks on the 2011 release. One of those is

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