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Hula Hoop - Call Off

I’m head over heels for this soul-flavored indie jam. It may have just saved my afternoon. Lalalalalala lalalalalala lalalalalala LA LA!!

Hat tip to yewknee’s The Grip mixtape for this find.

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Notorious B.I.G. vs The Grateful Dead - Sky’s The Limit

This is just awesome.

newspeedwayboogie:

holy shit.  I’ve never heard this before.  B.I.G. freestylin’ over Ripple. Heaven.

bijan:

Notorious B.I.G. vs The Grateful Dead - Sky’s The Limit

I should’ve posted this yesterday but I missed the date. Here’s my favorite track off the album, Gratefully Dead.

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Frightened Rabbit - Things

In celebration of today’s long-awaited release of The Winter of Mixed Drinks, here’s the opening track. Have to say, I like this record, but it must be hard to follow one of the most brilliant + tragic break-up albums ever pressed.

Photo by Gabriel Kuo

Besnard Lakes - Are Roaring Night

Besnard Lakes - Are Roaring Night

BRMC - Beat the Devil's Tattoo

BRMC - Beat the Devil's Tattoo

Broken Bells - s/t

Broken Bells - s/t

Epstein - When Man Is Full...

Epstein - When Man Is Full...

Frightened Rabbit - Winter of Mixed...

Frightened Rabbit - Winter of Mixed...

Gorillaz - Plastic Beach

Gorillaz - Plastic Beach

jj - jj no 3

jj - jj no 3

The Morning Benders - Big Echo

The Morning Benders - Big Echo

Ted Leo - The Brutalist Bricks

Ted Leo - The Brutalist Bricks

Titus Andronicus - The Monitor

Titus Andronicus - The Monitor

It’s a big day in record release-land. Check this episode of What Would Tuneage Buy for the goods.

tuneage:

WWTB

This isn’t just a jam-packed week, it’s a blockbuster week. Every one of these albums is worth picking up.

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Besnard Lakes - Albatross

Do these vocals sound a little like Sinead O’Connor to anyone else?  Hope to catch this band next week.

Audio via emmiline

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Vandaveer - Woolgathering

Vandaveer is an “alt-folk song-singing/record making/globetrotting project” by Mark Charles, a frequent contributor to The United States and The Apparitions. He’s joined here by vocalist Rose Guerin and percussionist Robby Catholic.

Check out Vandaveer if you like Nick Drake, Tom Waits, Fleet Foxes, folk, Americana, and clever lyrics.

Woolgathering appears on the band’s second full-length, Divide & Conquer [Supply & Demand, 2009].  Download the mp3 for free at the band’s site.

photo by shervin lainez

Good morning, Los Angeles.

Good morning, Los Angeles.

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Big Star - Kanga Roo
(Sister Lovers, 1974)

“Your eyes couldn’t hide anything, I saw you breathing, I saw you staring out in space.”

Via homeofthevain

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Why? - Close To Me (The Cure cover)

Why? brings a nice heaviness to this pop classic from The Cure. Happy Cover Friday!

Hat tip to Music Induced Euphoria: Sunday Morning Covers for the discovery.

SXSW : Hometapes Friend Island

This may be the show of the week.

balmorhea:

Hometapes Friend Island
Saturday, March 20
The Music Gym
Austin, Texas
w/ Woods, Bear in Heaven, Pattern is Movement, Slaraffenland, Collections of Colonies of Bees, Jana Hunter, Sharon Van Etten, et al

Balmorhea is tentatively scheduled to play on the outdoor stage at 2pm.