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Bright Eyes will be playing Coachella this year! Conor Oberst & co. realeased their new album last month. This is the first single off of it. Â Love his lyrics!
Shell Games
Bright Eyes [ myspace. facebook. official. ]
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song of the day
Toro Y Moi aka Chaz Bundwick is playing a sold out show tonight at the Troubadour with Braids & Cloud Nothings opening. Can’t wait. I’ve been looking forward to this one for months. This tune is off his new album Underneath The Pine.
song of the day
Here’s a good one by the London band The Vaccines off their debut album What Did You Expect From the Vaccines. The album came out this week in the UK & debuted at No. 2 on the charts behind Adele. They are drawing comparisons to The Strokes. Not sure when it will be out officially in the U.S. but it’s easy to find if you know where to look
Post Break Up Sex
The Vaccines [ myspace. facebook. official. ]
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This song is jammin’. It’s from the Norwegian band Casiokids off of their 2010 album Topp Stemning PÃ¥ Lokal Bar. These guys will be playing a few show in Austin for SXSW this week. Wish I was there!
Fot I Hose
Casiokids [ myspace. facebook. twitter. ]
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Here’s another one from the latest PB & J album Gimme Some. The Swedish trio are playing 2 shows at the El Rey on May 14th, an early show & a late show since the first one was in such demand.
May Seem Macabre
Peter Bjorn & John [ myspace. facebook. official. ]
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Love this song by Brooklyn band Class Actress. This is off their Journal of Ardency EP. They are on a short tour of the U.S. but aren’t making it over to the West Coast this time. Hopefully soon…
Let Me Take You Out Tonight
Class Actress [ myspace. facebook. official. ]
song of the day
Toronto based artist and musician John When aks Diamond Rings put out an excellent album last year titled Special Affections. He is back in L.A. tonight to play The Satellite (venue known as previously Spaceland). Check him out!
On Our Own
Diamond Rings [ myspace. facebook. official. ]
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So excited to see The Concretes tonight at the Troubadour! Even without Victoria Bergsman in the band, they have put out some great music since her departure. Here is one from their latest album WYWH. Going to be a fun night!
My Ways
The Concretes [ myspace. facebook. official. ]
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Beach Fossils are back with a new 8 song EP titled What A Pleasure. This is the follow up to debut album that was in my top 10 of 2010. Here’s a great tune from it. They will back in L.A. on May 3rd to play at the Echo.
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This is a tune from last year’s album Chant Darling by Lawrence Arabia (AKA New Zealander James Milne). I had been meaning to check it out for a while but just recently got the album. This is a fun one.
Apple Pie Bed
Lawrence Arabia [ myspace. facebook. official. ]
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Here’s one the title track from the new album by Florida artist Mike Diaz aka Millionyoung. He is opening for The Concretes on Friday at the Troubadour alongside Blackbird Blackbird & You Say Party!
Replicants
Millionyoung [ myspace. facebook. official. ]
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