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A rare great remix: Escort add horns to RAC + Penguin Prison’s “Hollywood”

A rare great remix: Escort add horns to RAC + Penguin Prison’s “Hollywood”

Jordy Kasko October 10, 2012 0

Back in May, we posted RAC and Penguin Prison‘s catchy indie pop collaboration, “Hollywood.”  Now the two producers have released an EP of remixes for the song, and though I’m no big fan of

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Summer Playlist: Mike Coykendall’s doo-wop ode to “The Hippie Girl” <small>[MP3]</small>

Summer Playlist: Mike Coykendall’s doo-wop ode to “The Hippie Girl” [MP3]

Jordy Kasko October 10, 2012 0

Portland, Oregon singer-songwriter Mike Coykendall has never caught my eye before, but this cute 2-minute ode to hippie girls (because god bless ‘em!) is too much fun to pass up.  Oh, and former sweethearts

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Go Folk Yourself: Daughter returns with a beautiful, touching B-side, “Run”

Go Folk Yourself: Daughter returns with a beautiful, touching B-side, “Run”

Jordy Kasko October 10, 2012 0

Elena Tonra, a.k.a. Daughter, is one of my fiancée’s favorite new artists, but I hadn’t really been able to get into her before the emotive “Smother,” which I posted back in August.  Now that single’s

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Roaring, rambunctious garage punk from FIDLAR, “White on White”

Roaring, rambunctious garage punk from FIDLAR, “White on White”

Jordy Kasko October 10, 2012 0

One of my favorite punk bands these days is scuzzy, sarcastic L.A. group FIDLAR — whose name is an acronym for Fuck It, Dog, Life’s A Risk.  Mostly recently, we heard a tongue-in-cheek swinger called “At

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INDyNS’ wholesome, vivacious indie rock – “Fields Lie Fallow” <small>[MP3]</small>

INDyNS’ wholesome, vivacious indie rock – “Fields Lie Fallow” [MP3]

Jordy Kasko October 10, 2012 0

NYC indie rock group INDyNS have a wholesome, vivacious style that suggests current folk rock acts like Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros and Of Monsters and Men, and when they intone “these days

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Listen to Green Day’s lead single from <i>¡Dos!</i>, the rockabilly-tinted “Stray Heart”

Listen to Green Day’s lead single from ¡Dos!, the rockabilly-tinted “Stray Heart”

Jordy Kasko October 9, 2012 0

Green Day are prepping the second album in their current trilogy, ¡Dos!, for release on November 13, and we now have a lead single.   It’s called “Stray Heart,” and it’s a rockabilly-tinted pop-punk adventure

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Trey Anastasio + Jennifer Hartswick of Phish take on Gorillaz’ “Clint Eastwood”

Trey Anastasio + Jennifer Hartswick of Phish take on Gorillaz’ “Clint Eastwood”

Jordy Kasko October 9, 2012 0

Trey Anastasio of Phish will release a new solo album, Traveler, on October 16, and this cover of 2001 Gorillaz hit will be included on the LP.  Although Phish are one of my least favorite

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Electric Eel: DrDr’s dub-n-bass cover of Justin Timberlake’s “Cry Me a River”

Electric Eel: DrDr’s dub-n-bass cover of Justin Timberlake’s “Cry Me a River”

Jordy Kasko October 9, 2012 0

Dub and bass elements infiltrate this electronic’d-out cover of Justin Timberlake‘s 2002 megahit “Cry Me a River,” from Brighton, U.K. act DrDr.  Listen and download for free below. -Jordy Kasko Stream: DrDr – “Cry

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Song of the Day: enjoy The Shins? Try Joshua James’ “Queen of the City” <small>[MP3]</small>

Song of the Day: enjoy The Shins? Try Joshua James’ “Queen of the City” [MP3]

Jordy Kasko October 9, 2012 0

I’m lovin’ this new tune from Utah-based singer-songwriter Joshua James, who will release his third album, From the Top of Willamette Mountain, on November 6.   Titled “Queen of the City,” it’s an indie pop-rock piece that

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Emil & Friends’ funkalicious, big band-influenced new tune “Rain Check”

Emil & Friends’ funkalicious, big band-influenced new tune “Rain Check”

Jordy Kasko October 9, 2012 0

I’m a fan of versatile genre-benders Emil & Friends, from their folksy “Ali Baba” to the astral electropop of “Slowly, but Surely.”  Now the NY-via-Boston songwriter and his “friends” have a new track called

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Jangle through the day with The Babies’ catchy garage pop, “Get Lost”

Jangle through the day with The Babies’ catchy garage pop, “Get Lost”

Jordy Kasko October 9, 2012 0

The Babies are jangly garage pop band from Brooklyn, and “Get Lost” is their newest song, one that’s been taking indie blogs by storm over the last few days.  It took a couple of

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Mean Lady’s electro-organic lo-fi indie pop, the warm “Bop Bop” <small>[MP3]</small>

Mean Lady’s electro-organic lo-fi indie pop, the warm “Bop Bop” [MP3]

Jordy Kasko October 9, 2012 0

“And now I’m starting to realize I’m on my own/ And now I’m trying to forget how I felt at home/ In your arms,” Delaware indie pop outfit Mean Lady croon on this electro-organic

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