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Written By: Sean on May 27, 2009 No Comment

This one comes directly from CH’s Twitter…

I wonder if she even knows who Calvin Harris is? I love these wacky artist/remixer pairings we’ve been getting lately. If played at the right moment, even the snobbiest hipster would run to a dancefloor for this.
Is he still dating Kylie Minogue? If not, maybe Katy will be Calvin’s [...]

Written By: Sean on May 27, 2009 4 Comments
The Slips remix Phoenix

David Treahearn and Rob Haggett a.k.a. The Slips have been busy bees ever since I first heard of them nearly 2 years ago (read an interview from 2008 here). After years of working on other people’s records, they decided they wanted to strike out on their own, and kicked things off with the brilliant ‘This [...]

Written By: Sean on May 27, 2009 No Comment
Zune HD

I am the proud owner of a Zune. I also own an iPod. I happen to think there are advantages and disadvantages to both. I like my Zune because of the built-in radio tuner, something I think Apple should have put on the iPod ages ago. Oh, you can buy the tuner kit, but it’s [...]

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Written By: Sean on May 27, 2009 No Comment

Yet another band that everyone beside me has heard of, apparently. The Deer Tracks are from Sweden and signed to the brilliant Stockholm-based label Despotz. They played a 30-minute set for Manchester’s Channel M back in March, but it’s been shuffling around my inbox for some time now, unwatched. Shame on me! These folks experiment [...]

Written By: Sean on May 27, 2009 No Comment
Santigold on tour

By now, most of you have probably heard that SantOgold was recently forced to change her stage name to SantIgold. This was due to a dispute with a mail-order jewelery buisness named Santo Gold, who also happened to finance a bad science fiction movie about alien wrestlers coming to Earth to eat their opponents. If [...]

Written By: Sean on May 27, 2009 No Comment

A random smattering of new videos. At least they’re new to me. Perhaps they’re new to you, too. And that’s sort of the point.

This album is a never-ending supply of fantastic singles.

Martina doing her best Lori Petty. This is the title track off album #2.

Regina Spektor is quite possibly the most adorable girl on [...]

Written By: Sean on May 27, 2009 4 Comments
‘Round the Blogosphere

Time to check in with my fellow Blogsters…
Will over at Anti-Snob has a list of Phoenix-area bands to watch. We do produce more than crappy emo bands ya know! [Anti-Snob]
Head over to Speed of Dark for some great coverage of the New Orleans Jazz Festival which includes a performance by Wilco. [Speed of Dark]
Fellow Sean [...]

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