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A lot of credit goes to Gorilla Vs. Bear for always being ahead of the curve but more importantly, staying true to his own taste, track after track. His year-end list should turn you on to some undersung but worthy gems. Also, nice to see dude bust out the prose! Go forth .
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You already know Sally Seltman. She wrote Feist’s “1234″ and, as New Buffalo, made two great records — one of them the 35th best record of the decade, in fact. Now she’s stepping out under her own name with a new album, Heart That’s Pounding , due this ...
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Feist
New Buffalo
Dan Bejar hasn’t left us wanting since the release of 2008’s underrated Trouble in Dreams . The chief Destroyer embarked on a solo tour this spring, released the epic Bay of Pigs EP, and in an October solo show in Montreal, debuted another new track — the surprisingly personal ...
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Destroyer
Michael Bay
Dan Deacon
Dispatches from a week I mostly took off:
Real talk about the state of music criticism . A sweet live Toro Y Moi video. An Elliott Smith documentary is beginning to make the rounds. Live-Tweeting the American Music Awards .
[ Turkey photo by David Greenwald ]
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Elliott Smith
Christopher R. Weingarten of hero-Twitter @1000timesyes lays the smack down about music writing 2K9 in an Eye Weekly interview:
There’s not enough interest in music to warrant an economy based on writing about it… If you hire someone who’s really bright and incisive, they’re still not ...
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Lady GaGa
Green Day
Toro Y Moi – “Blessa” (live in San Francisco) from Jordan Bee on Vimeo .
A pair of semi-official Toro Y Moi albums have been circulating this year — a summer compilation and tour release My Touch . Both have showcased the emerging genius (yes) of South Carolina ...
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An Elliott Smith documentary, Searching For Elliott Smith , is beginning to make the festival rounds — the first such movie to examine the life and untimely death of the troubled, peerless musician. Some of Smith’s friends and colleagues have been reticent to talk about him in the ...
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Elliott Smith
Jimmy Smith
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It happened on Twitter . In short: Jay-Z is reliable, Lady Gaga is hilarious, Adam Lambert simulated a gay fellatio and got sorta censored, every female R&B singer sounded great but could really use some better material and Taylor Swift won everything, as usual.
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Jay-Z
Lady GaGa
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The Mountain Goats / photo by David Greenwald
Jams : The premiere of Pepper Rabbit’s rad “ Red Wine “: Tindersticks’ new single .
Live : The Mountain Goats and Final Fantasy softly rock the Henry Fonda.
Videos : Richard Hawley opens up his door ; Jason Segel ...
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The Mountain Goats
Stare
Pals, I’m sorry, I know this is an indie rock blog and we have credibility to attend to, but: BABIES!!!!!!!!!!!!1one11!11 (P.S. I don’t know what the American Music Awards are but I hope Taylor Swift wins every single one tomorrow.) Elsewhere : Bob Lefsetz hips Taylor to Joni ...
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Taylor Swift
James Taylor
Joni Mitchell
Top recs: Jon Brion tonight, as always; Fiery Furnaces ( pictured; photo by David Greenwald ) and their Radiohead-hating madness at the El Rey on Saturday; Monday, the Books are playing a pretty special gig at Hollywood Forever but I’ll be at the Happy Hollows residency to catch Real ...
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The Fiery Furnaces
Jon Brion
Radiohead
Elefant
Henry Fonda Theater
Like “ For Your Lover, Give Some Time ” before it, the video is black and white, the mood is somber, and the song is gorgeous. Another of the best moments from the British troubadour’s strong Truelove’s Gutter. Also, peep Richard’s boots!
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Richard Ashcroft
“Bring your lesbian friend to my swanky Los Angeles mansion,” Jason sang in a jam from last night at the Swell Season’s L.A. gig. “Remember when I was in the show Freaks and Geeks ?” I do, broseph. Please make more movies and/or respond to my Tweets.
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The most surprising thing about Final Fantasy’s intriguing set were the three school uniform-clad girls standing directly behind me, ...
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Music Box
Owen
It’s been over a decade since Mercury Rev’s Deserter’s Songs and Neutral Milk Hotel’s In The Aeroplane Over The Sea , two albums that pushed the boundaries of chamber-pop and psychedelic rock in an era of indie innovation that has few rivals. Without shouldering them ...
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Mercury Rev
Neutral Milk Hotel
Aeroplane
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John Darnielle is a complicated man. His Mountain Goats have risen from their early days as solo, lo-fi underdogs to their current ...
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The Mountain Goats
Music Box
The Hold Steady
Craig Finn
Owen
Photo by David Greenwald
“Black Smoke,” the first single for Tindersticks’ upcoming Falling Down a Mountain , finds the evocative rockers moving farther from the smoldering jazz club pop of their earlier days and deeper into the riff-driven ’60s psych they embraced ...
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Jams : A First Look at Clean Equations ‘ self-titled EP and Yael Meyer ’s Heartbeat EP, Ryan Adams ‘ Sad Dracula semi-classic, Let It B-Minus .
Video : The Rest go Hitchcock with “The Lady Vanishes.”
Camera Obscurist : Stillness? Still the move .
Tour Dates ...
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The Clean
Ryan Adams
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The Mountain Goats
The Rest – The Lady Vanishes from The Rest on Vimeo .
A clever bit of work from The Rest — Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes pared down to 6 minutes to soundtrack the band’s post-rocky song of the same name. Excellent stuff from one of the year’s ...
