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From Ear Farm, Posted June, 5th 2008

"Somebody's Gotta Win, Somebody's Gotta Lose" by The Controllers which clocks in at 8:03Matt and I made a bet. It is not without precedent, but more on that in a bit.First, the good news. After what's felt like a solid five to seven months of playoff basketball, the NBA Finals commence TONIGHT. "Ho hum," you may say - or probably something less Grimms Fairy Tales-ish and more like "Who effing cares?" - but before your jock-averse eyes glaze over, consider...

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FREE download: Nine Inch Nails Tour EP

From Ear Farm, Posted June, 5th 2008

Rejoice! Nine Inch Nails is giving away more free music. This time the offering is a free EP featuring songs from the four excellent bands who will be supporting NIN on the Lights in the Sky tour this summer. The bands: A Place To Bury Strangers, Does it Offend You, Yeah?, Crystal Castles, and Deerhunter. To download the EP go HERE, for tour dates go HERE.In addition, Trent Reznor just announced the final personnel lineup of NIN for the "foreseeable...

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OPP

From Ear Farm, Posted June, 5th 2008

Country star George Jones is getting a stolen guitar returned to him 46 years laterWhy? forced to cancel tour dates as 2/3 of the band come down with the mumpsYes also cancels their tour as lead singer Jon Anderson has fallen illObama's nomination unleashes tide of questionable music blogging?Dave Eggers handled "guest whistling duties" on Aimee Mann's new albumCheck out Stereogum's Quit Your Day Job feature with TorcheOneida set to release new album Preteen Weaponry on August 5 before releasing...

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Return of the Strum

From Sound Bites, Posted June, 5th 2008

As much I liked The Wedding Present's 2005 "comeback" album, Take Fountain, it was really only a Wedding Present album in name only. David Gedge had retire the Weddoes in 1997 to form Cinerama with his girlfriend Sally Murrell and......

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If I was a psychiatrist, which I am, I would say that I was turning into some sort of paranoid personality, which I am!

From Sound Bites, Posted June, 5th 2008

Just a quick note for those NYC folks that tomorrow one of my favorite movies, Theodore J. Flicker's 1967 comedy The President's Analyst, will start a one-week run at the Film Forum. If you've never seen it, the basic premise......

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Thursday Music Miscellany

From Bradleys Almanac, Posted June, 5th 2008

Life is blurring by lately... if you've glanced at my Flickr pics you may have noticed I've recently seen the Thalia Zedek Band, Glorytellers, Drew O'Doherty, Ida, Michael Hurley, and a lecture with writer Neil Gaiman honoring Julie Schwartz at MIT, traveled up to Vermont for some family time where I caught James Kochalka Superstar, Missy Bly, and some Koolaoke, and headed out to Newburyport for...

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The Hold Steady coming to the 40 Watt, August 9

From Cable and Tweed, Posted June, 5th 2008

This news will excite others more than me, but indie rockers The Hold Steady will be at the 40 Watt in Athens on August 9. They'll be supporting their forthcoming Stay Positive, due July 14 from Vagrant Records. Tickets are available now.The Hold Steady - Your Little Hoodrat FriendThe Hold Steady - The SwishThe full set of tour dates is available on their Myspace....

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But I Was There: The Long Blondes @ the Echo, 6/5/08

From Green Pea Ness, Posted June, 5th 2008

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But I Was There: The Long Blondes @ the Echo, 6/5/08

From Green Pea Ness, Posted June, 5th 2008

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Emo's likes Hip-Hop too

From Covert Curiosity, Posted June, 5th 2008

If your hip-hop tank is on empty like mine is, make a few trips to Emo's next week to find the cure. On Monday night the "Fresh Rhymes and Videotape" tour comes to town with a roster that includes underground legends Dilated Peoples, one of hip hop's leading producers The Alchemist, RJD2 collaborator Aceyalone, and Kanye West's soulful protege 88-Keys. They kicked off the tour at Neumo's in Seattle earlier this week, apparently in fine style:"Dilated Peoples? infectious fusion of...

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