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2:31 pm
Jul. 29, 2010
Jens Lekman Is Feeling Optimistic About Life, Thinks You Should Feel the Same
By Paige Richmond
I'm just going to say that I effing love Jens Lekman. Love. This. Guy. He writes these totally charming pop songs about seemingly random things--like nearly slicing off his own finger because some... More >>

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1:10 pm
Jul. 29, 2010
Seven Jackson Lawyers Get Off, Ozzy Regrets The Osbournes, and Gwyneth Paltrow Has A New Single, "Country Strong"
By Chris Kornelis
-- NY Times: Seven of the doctors who treated Michael Jackson will not face criminal charges. Personal doc Conrad Murray is still facing charges of involuntary manslaughter. -- NME: Ozzy has seco... More >>

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12:53 pm
Jul. 29, 2010
Free MP3: The Black Angels' New One, "Telephone," Is a Jangly 60s Pop Reference
By Erin Thompson
Austin psych-rockers The Black Angels have released a brand new song from their upcoming third LP, Phosphone Dream, the follow-up to 2006's Passover and 2008's Directions to See a Ghost (both from... More >>

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11:44 am
Jul. 29, 2010
Racism, Reality, and "One in a Million"
By Duff McKagan
My wife and I were having lunch at an outdoor cafe in Wenatchee about a month ago, when a dude in his late 20s recognized me from my Guns N' Roses days. He stopped to talk to us, excited to tell ... More >>

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10:45 am
Jul. 29, 2010
Menomena Re-Imagines Their Latest, Mines, For the Small Stage Last Night at Easy Street
By Mary Pauline Diaz
Menomena Easy Street Records, Queen Anne Wednesday, July 28 When the garage door goes up in the back of Easy Street, there's almost a strange drama about it. Until that moment, the sound check ... More >>

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10:30 am
Jul. 29, 2010
The Charity Stripe Celebrates the Release Of Their Promising, Poppy Pink Corvette EP, Tonight at the High Dive
By Chris Kornelis
Artist: The Charity Stripe EP: Pink Corvette Label: None Release date: Today, July 29 Rating (Skip, Stream, or Buy): Stream Local Show: The Charity Stripe's EP-release show is tonight at the High ... More >>

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10:15 am
Jul. 29, 2010
Want Real Gangsta From a Real Rapper? Check Out Freddie Gibbs' Str8 Killa No Filler Mixtape
By Nick Feldman
I'm writing you this morning from the sunny streets of Koreatown, Los Angeles, where people look at me like I'm crazy for posting up in Starbucks with a laptop and it's somehow cooler than home.... More >>

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9:00 am
Jul. 29, 2010
Arcade Fire's The Suburbs Is Picturesque, Poignant, and Powerful
By Erin Thompson
Artist: Arcade Fire Album: The Suburbs Label: Merge Release date: August 3 Rating (Skip, Stream, or Buy): Buy Download: "The Suburbs" & "Month of May" When we last left the Arcade Fire, they wer... More >>

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7:00 am
Jul. 29, 2010
Tonight: Ruben Studdard & Clay Aiken, Together Again at the Snoqualmie Casino
By Erin Thompson
Ruben Studdard & Clay Aiken. Snoqualmie Casino, 37500 SE North Bend Way, Snoqualmie, 425-888-1234. 7 p.m. $35-$75. Just like Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky and E.T. and Reese's Pieces, Ruben Stu... More >>

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5:00 pm
Jul. 28, 2010
Would You Buy A CD Without A CD? What About A Poster That Came With A Download Of the Album? Sub Pop's Thinking About It
By Chris Kornelis
This morning I had a chance to sit down with Jeff Kleinsmith, Sub Pop's longtime art director, and co-owner of Patent Pending Industries, the rock poster boutique that's celebrating 11 years of... More >>

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4:00 pm
Jul. 28, 2010
Two Great Musicians Make Great Music Together: Mirah and Thao to Release Album
By Paige Richmond
File this under "Album Ideas That Make Perfect Sense": Kill Rock Stars announced today that labelmates Thao Nguyen and Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn--both are better known by their respective first name... More >>

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2:47 pm
Jul. 28, 2010
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan Are Headed to Neumos, Pecknold Family Videos, and Rumors About A Cars Reunion
By Chris Kornelis
-- FleetFoxes: Sean Pecknold made a "tour documentary" about Fleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold (his brother) opening for Joanna Newsom and Aja Pecknold (their sister) checking her Blackberry. HT... More >>

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12:48 pm
Jul. 28, 2010
Surprise Guest Victoria Williams to Perform at the Sunset Tonight with Jeremy Burk
By Sara Brickner
I ached to inform all of you of Williams' Sunset Tavern appearance when I wrote up the show last week, but alas, it was a secret. Now it is no longer a secret, and so I am pleased to announce th... More >>

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12:23 pm
Jul. 28, 2010
MP3 Review: The Spitshine Appeal of Woven Bones' "I've Gotta Get"
By Sara Brickner
Artist: Woven Bones Album: "I've Gotta Get" 7" Release date: August 10 Rating (Skip, Stream, or Buy): Buy Listen: Stream the record at Soundcloud, and download "I've Gotta Get" on Hardly Art's sit... More >>

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10:36 am
Jul. 28, 2010
Watch Jaill Get Abducted By Aliens in Their New Video For "The Stroller"
By Erin Thompson
Jaill - The Stroller from Sub Pop Records on Vimeo.The Milwaukee quartet Jaill released their summer-sunny Sub Pop debut, That's How We Burn, yesterday, and have now followed it with a video for t... More >>

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10:06 am
Jul. 28, 2010
Today's Paper: Pizza Fest, Cornbread Fest, The NPR Gravy Train, and Other Comfort Foods
By Chris Kornelis
For those of you who prefer to keep your fingers clean and read the paper online (right over here), this week's music section includes: -- Loveline: Why NPR's become the go-to spot for bands to... More >>

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9:44 am
Jul. 28, 2010
A Critical Overview of the Karaoke World Championships, Part Two
By Jeff Roman
Monday, July 19, 2010 The Atlantic Crossing was packed as usual. Pat, the KJ, turned in a really good rendition of "Georgia" for the sound check. I continued my roll of good performances and sa... More >>

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9:20 am
Jul. 28, 2010
Reverb Questionnaire: Local Pie Poet Kate Lebo On the Cave Singers, Dating A Maldive, and Belle and Sebastian's Dance Moves
By Mary Pauline Diaz
Some write about messy breakups, some write about messy politics. Kate Lebo's muse is a messy dessert. Tonight, the local poet, blogger and longtime Richard Hugo House staff, will read some of her... More >>

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9:20 am
Jul. 28, 2010
Air 2 A Bird Gets Chirpy via Gabriel Teodros and Amos Miller's Crow Hill
By Nick Feldman
Artist: Air 2 A Bird Album: Crow Hill Release date: July 22 Rating (Skip, Stream, or Buy): Buy -- you can even name your price Listen: Stream the record via BandCamp Just 72 short hours after lea... More >>

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7:00 am
Jul. 28, 2010
Tonight: We Are Scientists, Jeremy Burk, The Toadies, Menomena (For Free!)
By Erin Thompson
We Are Scientists, with Black Whales, Rewards. Neumos, 925 E. Pike St., 709-9467. 8 p.m. $15. In 2005, around the time that similarly cheeky rock outfits like Art Brut and the Arctic Monkeys were ... More >>

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