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Blog Fresh Daily Blast - May 16, 2008

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TRACK: SLARAFFENLAND - "Polaroids"
BLOG: Headphones On - (Chicago, IL)

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Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008)

From Oceans Never Listen, Posted May, 16th 2008

A giant left us this week. I was saddened to hear the news that Robert Rauschenberg passed away at his home in Florida on Monday from heart failure. He was 82. Rauchenberg was famous and quite revolutionary for his work in the field of Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art. Born in Texas, he moved to New York in the 1950s where his fame spread in the art world. He also worked with photography, printmaking and papermaking. He was famous for...

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finally friday

From Speed of Dark, Posted May, 16th 2008

If you haven't already, read the interview of Mark Kozelek by Ben Gibbard, incredible songwriter to incredible songwriter over at The AV Club.Watch this great video for "After Hours" by We Are Scientists:The Yellow Stereo reviews a mesmerizing DeVotchKa show and has a concert to win free stuff from South.Thanks Captain Obvious reviews the new Wolf Parade and Death Cab for Cutie, plus has a video of Arcade Fire performing "Neon Bible" in an elevator. Amazing - a must...

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OPP

From Ear Farm, Posted May, 16th 2008

The Guardian blog talks about the subtle art of selecting supporting bandsNew hope for accused file-sharer in RIAA suitKonami introduces Rock Revolution video game to compete with Guitar Hero and Rock BandThe Seattle Times profiles Reggie WattsWedding Present re-team with Steve Albini on new album - El Rey - coming out this TuesdayShania Twain and super-producer Mutt Lange to splitGuitar tutorials are blazing up iTunes podcast charts...

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We were going to Photoshop the members of Hot Chip's heads onto some Rolex watches for this post

From DISCONAP, Posted May, 16th 2008

...but quickly realized we couldn't be bothered. Instead, here is a fairly recent press shot featuring the majesty of Joe Goddard's ginger beard:Sigh.The faithful readers of this blog (all five of you) should know by now that we don't like Hot Chip: we fucking adore them. It's of our humble popinion (that was a typo but we are SO keeping it) that they are currently the Best Pop Band in the World, and we could go on and on and...

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Superdrag is both filthy and afraid

From I am Fuel, You are Friends, Posted May, 16th 2008

Back in the studio since February, another new song from Knoxville's Superdrag has surfaced over on the Gibson guitars site. Although a release date for the new album has not yet been set, Superdrag is playing a few West Coast dates in the coming weeks, then Bonnaroo this summer and, of course, Monolith.According to frontman John Davis, the new material keeps it tight with the sound Superdrag fans love, described as "an amalgam of Dinosaur Jr.-inspired guitar noise, Hüsker Dü-style...

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Last Night's Playlist

From Bradleys Almanac, Posted May, 16th 2008

Another 3rd Thursday of the month, another Tourfilter DJ Night at good ol' River Gods in Cambridge, during which Chris from TF and I play songs from bands who are playing in the Boston area within the next month or two.

Here's what I played, along with show details for each artist...

01. Styrofoam - "Front to Back"
       playing Friday, June 6th @ The Middle East
02. M83 - "Graveyard Girl"...

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The Unicorns

From Covert Curiosity, Posted May, 16th 2008

Feeling quite nostalgic lately, I have been doing a lot of listening to this great album from the way-too-short-lived Unicorns. A friend of mine burned this one for me on a long road trip across Texas back in 2003, and at the time I thought it was the weirdest, coolest little album I had ever heard to come out of Canada. After a brief run of relative success, a fanatical following on the indie-rock circuit, sold-out crowds in the U.S....

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