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Impose Magazine discovered a special page on eMusic where musicians' mothers talk about their children's musicGear nerd alert: Fender creates Elvis Costello signature Jazzmaster guitarSiren Festival announces initial lineup with Stephen Malkmus headliningFrauke makes an appearance on Pitchfork!Violinist gives thank-you concert to cabbie who returned his Stradivarius...at the Newark cabstandMan Man drummer's side project Icy Demons set to release debut albumMadonna bumps Mariah from the No. 1 spot on the chartsDrowned in Sound caught a reunited Wire play in BelgiumEmo...

Mp3s: Bloc Party live in Boston

Well, this week brings a recording that has sat unedited and unshared for far too long, but with the recent announcement of a bunch of new U.S. summer headlining dates for Bloc Party, I figured now was as good a time as any to post this live set from last year here in Boston.

There are a couple reasons the urge to share this up evaded me for so very long: 1) The sound mix at the Orpheum during...

I don't want to complicate it, I just wanna play my songs

There are some bands that I can forgive for blatantly wearing their influences on their sleeves, because they do it too well for me to care. One of these bands, a recent discovery, is The Silver Seas. I'd heard the name alot, apparently they're fellow Nashvillians, but I'd never paid it any attention for whatever reason. Then I heard the song Country Life - oh my god, does it get better than this in a pop song? I don't think...

Go Home Productions

Continuing where the previous post left off, here's a few mash-ups from the prolific producer/remixer/DJ known as Go Home Productions. GHP is the alter ego of Mark Vidler, who has produced well over 200 mash-ups since May 2002, many of which have been played on both national and independent radio stations around the world.His latest effort is "Spliced Krispies", a bootleg album that combines everything from The Sex Pistols to The Supremes, and to accompany the songs there are 11...

Quick Update - Air Traffic this weekend

1. No, I'm not dead; tax season was a b-word and then work subsequently started a big honking super-mega on-the-rag b-word for the next few weeks. And then of course Phil Collins retired; oh man I was a wreck. Rest assured that I've got two sets and a hilariously loaded backlog of stuff to bring you on...next weekish? That work for you? Well okay then.2. Coachella in sixteen words: Prince ruled. Mark Ronson ruled. Sam Sparro ruled. Hot Chip ruled....