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Mixtapes I Don’t Hate: Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit are The Very Best

For those not in the know, or anyone who was just born too late to get the reference, the title of my four-part year-end wrap-up was inspired by the song “You’re the Best” by Joe “Bean” Esposito. The tune, which is one of my favorite soundtrack songs of all time, was one of the […]

Short Piers and Space Travelers

Last week one of my absolute favorite bands in the world — Athens, Georgia-based Indie-Pop sextet of Montreal — released “Id Engager,” the first single from their forthcoming ninth full-length album Skeletal Lamping. That album, which doesn’t hit stores until October 7th, is one of, if not the most anticipated release of the year […]

Eff a Heat-Index, I Need a Beat-Index

So those hundred-degree heat-indexes which were forecast across the eastern seaboard for this week were no joke after all. I learned as much Monday afternoon when I hit the streets to run a couple of errands and enjoy some outdoor activity accompanied by my own personal media player-spawned soundtrack. Trooping up the block with m. […]

Recap-a-rhythms at Random Vol. 2

Today’s post is intended to clue you in on what some of the bands I’ve previously covered are up to, plus deliver a couple of random bits of juicy music news.

My heart, it races, for Architecture in Helsinki

Six-member Indie-Pop collective Architecture in Helsinki are, despite the protestation of their own name, based out of Melbourne, Australia, not Helsinki, Finland. Their 2005 single “Do the Whirlwind” was, aided by a seemingly never-ending series of remixes, one of the most unstoppable Juggernauts of Indie-Pop catchiness of recent memory. It was still making it’s way […]