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  THE MAN WITH THE BEAUTIFUL EYES

  August 31, 2010

  “Man with the Beautiful Eyes” is one of my personal Bukowski favorites.  This short 5 minute abstract animated film from director  Jonathan Hodgson (1999) is both visually complementary to the beat-poem narrative and completely engaging. Four young friends are drawn to a strange house that their parents tell them to avoid, leading the narrator to believe his parents are trying to kill beauty. He is ultiamtely forced to accept the gray and uptight world of adulthood and fear anything strong

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  FREE MP3: THE WAR ON DRUGS: COMIN’ THROUGH

  August 31, 2010

  The War On Drugs debut release Wagonwheel Blues landed in our laps like a shimmering plate of all that is good in the world of American rock ‘n’ roll. We weren’t the only ones either as the album provoked words like “stunning,” “inspiring,” and “sublime” from Rolling Stone, Fader, Spin and more. Looking again at that space between the horizons, The War On Drugs makes another forecast, October 26 they bring you Future Weather. This album finds The War

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  FREE MP3: COMMON GRACKLE: THE GREAT DEPRESSION

  August 31, 2010

  Welcome to the world of Common Grackle, the collaboration of two Canadian musical wiz kids – indie pop songwriter and mad-cap illustrator, Gregory Pepper and Saskatoon psych hip hop producer Factor. The Great Depression is what happens when Factor’s recognizable banging drums get enveloped in Gregory Pepper’s lush harmonies, hilariously cynical lyrics, and gorgeous instrumentation. The Great Depression blurs all sorts of lines and tears down all sorts of genre definitions and definitely requires your time. Think the somber confessionals

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  THE MIGHTY BOOSH, MOPEDS, ROADTRIPS AND WAYNE COYNE: PHOTOGRAPHY FROM ELIZABETH WEINBERG

  August 30, 2010

  This post comes from our friends on the West Coast at Sick Of The Radio:
  “Elizabeth Weinberg lives in Brooklyn, New York, with two cats, a bicycle, and a moped. Her work spans many themes including portraits, and  fashion and  documentary photography. Elizabeth has also done commercial work for Nylon+Casio,  and Sony. She is also working on 3 different projects entitled Abigail, Of Recklessness and Water, and Rattland, check out her website here for more info.”
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  NEW VIDEO FROM DEAD MANS BONES: PA PA POWER

  August 30, 2010

  Is there anything more frustrating than when an actor turns out to be a good musician too? Dead Man’s Bones is just one more reason to hate or secretly become facebook fans of Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson, The Notebook). Formed between “the Gos” and his buddy Zach Shields, Dead Man Bones released an unexpectedly solid debut album last year, A Never Let a Lack of Talent Get You Down on their own label, Werewolf Heart. The band collaborated with the

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  NEW VIDEO FROM KISSES: PEOPLE CAN DO THE MOST AMAZING THINGS

  August 30, 2010

  Discosalt Video of The Week 30/8/10:  Nothing is sweeter than rising late night Cali duo, Kisses. Watch as the band and a geriatric health nut collide in their new video for ” People can do the most amazing things” directed by Julia Bembenek.

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  BLOODY BEETROOTS DEATH CREW 77

  August 30, 2010

  Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77 are a DJ / electronic / dance / rock / superhero trio out of Bassano del Grappa, Vicenza, Italy formed by members Bob Rifo aka “Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo” and Tommy Tea in 2006. The band duo later signed to Steve Aoki’s DIM MAK record label and have since enjoyed a great deal of success. Known for wearing masks reminiscent of Spidey the duo were joined later in 2010 by Edward Grinch playing drums at their live shows.
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  NEW VIDEO PREVIEW FROM THE TING TINGS: HANDS

  August 27, 2010

  Tuesday October 12, 2010 sees the release of the brand new single “Hands” from The Ting Tings, which you can find streaming on the band’s Facebook page. A work of pure electro-disco heaven, “Hands” is a global shout out to everyone who’s working too hard. Written, performed and produced by Jules and Katie in their home made studio in Berlin, it has been mixed by label mate Calvin Harris. Check out a sneak peak of the song with a clip

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  FREE MP3: FUTURE ISLANDS: WALKING THROUGH THAT DOOR

  August 27, 2010

  It’s been a banner year for Future Islands thus far and it’s only getting busier.  The band spent more than two months on the road in the US (not including a couple of other smaller tours) and released their debut Thrill Jockey single In The Fall as well as their critically acclaimed second album In Evening Air.  Now the band is getting ready to spend another month on the road in Europe and marking the occasion with a new EP

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  LIARS NEW EP FEATURES THOM YORKE REMIX + 3 NEW B-SIDES

  August 26, 2010

  Liars will release a new single, Proud Evolution, as a six track EP on October 19th, 2010. The new EP features a remix from Thom Yorke, a live version recorded at Music Hall Of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, plus three exclusive new b-sides “Come Now”, “Total Frown”, and “Strangers”.
  Liars make a long awaited return to Canada, playing Toronto and Montreal for the first time since 2006, and playing Ottawa and Hamilton for the first time ever!  Having taken their critically

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  NEW VIDEO FROM WAVVES: POST ACID

  August 26, 2010

  Southern Cali’s garage rock punk band Wavves have teamed up with  Green Label Sound for a drugged/spaced out new video for “Post Acid”.   Aliens, skateboarding, raging, MTV VJ John Norris, and the guys clearly tripping hard…check. Is this “post” acid?
  To download the track for free go to : http://GreenLabelSound.com
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  FREE MP3: PIERCED ARROW: THE DOORWAY

  August 26, 2010

  Pierced Arrow,  formed from the wreckage of Portland Oregon’s Dead Moon, an underground cult garage rock band from 1987 to 2006, embody a fiercely independent DIY ethos and rock and roll spirit that is unmatched by most musicians today. Band mates Fred Cole and real life sweetheart of 42 years, Toody stubbornly record everything in mono, press their own albums on vintage equipment and live out in the woods in a mansion they build for themselves.  Six grandkids later, they

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