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  FREE MP3: COOL RUNNINGS: WHEN I GOT HIGH WITH YOU

  June 28, 2010

  Cool Runnings, the band out of Knoxville, not the Doug E. Doug vehicle, is the brainchild of Brandon Biondo (Royal Bangs) and Forrest Ferguson: a collaborative project between two front men that benefits from the creative contributions of all eight members of the band. On their new EP, Babes Forever, they drop their southern roots and bring a real west coast vibe with some “tasteful” California alt-nudity cover art. Clinching the lead for best album art of the summer.
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  APPLES IN STEREO: HEY ELEVATOR

  June 25, 2010

  The Apples in stereo kick off the first night of the South Street Seaport Music Festival tomorrow night, June 26th.  As always, the show is rain or shine and FREE! The night will feature The Apples in stereo along with members of the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra and The Brooklyn Youth Chorus.  It all starts at 7pm.
  And you definitely won’t want to miss the finale of the evening: The Apples in stereo joined by a chorus of beautiful voices along with a full

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  EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP: SOUNDTRACK

  June 25, 2010

  Rating: Exit Through the Gift Shop: Various Artists Label: Oscilloscope Laboratories Release Date: Unknown Exit Through the Gift Shop, “the World’s first street art disaster movie” from Banksy and Mr. Brainwash, has a pretty awesome soundtrack worth checking out. The original score was written by Portishead’s Geoff Barrow with additional music penned by Roni Size. While it’s not available for purchase yet, Discosalt compiled a list of all the music featured in the film

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  HABANASUCIA + SIMONE LUECK: LIFE IN CUBA

  June 24, 2010

  Two photographers explore life in Cuba in two very different photo essays, both of whom, manage to capture a unique and intriguing snap shot of life on the island. Habanasucia is a Cuban b&w photographer we came across on Flickr that caught our eye, while Simone Lueck is an artist based out of LA with a unique focus on old televisions in Cuba . Check out their photo diaries below. The island wants you to view them:
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  DANGERMOUSE, SPARKLEHORSE AND DAVID LYNCH: DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL

  June 23, 2010

  Dark Night of the Soul, the treatise written by Spanish poet and Roman Catholic Mystic Saint John of the Cross has  become an expression used to describe a phase in a person’s spiritual life, a metaphor for a certain loneliness and desolation. The other  “Dark Night of the Soul”, the mysterious multi-media project/album involving Danger Mouse , Mark Linkous , and David Lynch has proven just as cryptic. While the unreleased album featuring Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse, the Flaming Lips, Iggy

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  THE FLAMING LIPS: THE SPARROW LOOKS UP AT THE MACHINE

  June 21, 2010

  The Flaming lips continue to make bizarre videos that stick with you long after you click pause.  if its not Lips front man Wayne Coyne baring his balls while traversing inside a man-sized plastic bubble over throngs of naked nymph-like cyclists into a giant furry vagina, then it’s a taped-up, blindfolded women in her skivies using her blood to create finger (and toe) paint art while the monkey watches. And just when things get weird enough to make you feel

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  FREE MP3: TAME IMPALA: WHY DON’T YOU MAKE UP YOUR MIND

  June 19, 2010

  Discosalt Video of the Week 20/6/10: Aussie buzz band Tame Impala have released a new stoner friendly video for “Why don’t you make up your mind”  off Innerspeaker, out this month. Taking a slightly different visual cue from the cinematic “Solitude is Bliss” video, which featured a post-apocalyptic anti-dog world, the trio perform their warm psychedelic hypno-groove melodic rock in a field of grass, which clearly the band is familiar with.
  Tame Impala: Runway, Houses, City, Clouds MP3

  Yourstru.ly Presents: Tame Impala

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  M.I.A.: MAKING POP PROPAGANDA

  June 18, 2010

  M.I.A aka “The Tamil Tigress” seems to be spreading her pop propaganda everywhere these days, from a street art campaign on 13th street between Broadway and 4th Avenue, to the New York Times/Twitter drama over her political statements and most recent video for Born Free.
  Most recently, M.I.A. has a new photo spread, brilliantly shot by renowned Dutch photographer Ruud Baan in the Art Magazine  Spread , created by, for, and about cultural instigators. Check out some of the shoot images

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  DUM DUM GIRLS: JAIL LA LA

  June 17, 2010

  We know all about the sound tearing through the American underground – it’s defiantly lo-fi, delightfully murky, gauzy, blissed-out, garage-retro, and sticky as bubblegum. And nobody does it better than the Dum Dum Girls. The Los Angeles quartet was the talk of South by Southwest ’10, and I Will Be, their recently-released full-length, is already drawing raves. The album’s amalgam of psychedelia, Sixties girl group insouciance, Pavement-inspired alt-pop and acid-drenched d.i.y. attitude makes it the must-have set of the spring.

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  THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS: FURTHER

  June 17, 2010

  Next Tuesday, June 22nd, The Chemical Brothers will release their seventh studio album, Further, the culmination of nearly two decades of psychadelic exploration, but starting today, fans can hear the album in its entirety exclusively at NPR’s First Listen!
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  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127474663

  Further is the band’s most ambitious project yet, a full-on audio/visual experience with unique cutting edge visuals tailored to each of the album’s eight epic tracks. The full experience will be available on the CD/DVD edition as well as the exclusive

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  NORTHSIDE FEST: THE PASS, SLOW ANIMAL, THE ZOOKEEPERS, FAMILY TREES

  June 17, 2010

  As the Northside Fest draws nearer, we’re very excited to announce a showcase hosted by We Listen for You (sister blog to Backseat Sandbar) at Glasslands on Saturday June 26th featuring several great bands including one of our personal favorites, The Pass. Tickets are $10 at the door and free for Northside badge holders (and the pass will be well worth the $50).
  The lineup for the night includes Family Trees, a Brooklyn-based band with a 50′s dream pop sound with nightmarish undertones which are both catchy

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  FIXED: A FILM FOR H BY HARRIS FROM MANNY BONETT

  June 17, 2010

  Fixed-gear enthusiasts obsessed with “riding deep” should check out a short film called “Fixed” by British accessory designer, H by Harris. While this is really just a promotional video to create a viral campaign for a new collection targeted towards fixed-gear riders, director Manny Bonett manages to capture some of the psyche of a fixie  rider.

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