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TRACK: BRENDAN CANNING - "Hit The Wall"
BLOG: OCEANS NEVER LISTEN - (Sydney, AUS)

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Song of the Day

From Headphones On, Posted June, 24th 2008

The Zutons - You Could Make The Four Walls Cry Buy some: The Zutons......

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Mp3s: Grand Archives in Allston, MA

From Bradleys Almanac, Posted June, 24th 2008

Seattle-based Sub Pop signees Grand Archives are in the final week of North American tour that took them across the northern U.S. and into Canada before hitting Boston a couple weeks back. The show previous saw them in my hometown of Burlington, Vermont, making the most of a very tiny audience at Higher Ground (such is the risk of weeknight shows in college towns), so I, and they, didn't know...

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Rook-Shearwater

From Oceans Never Listen, Posted June, 24th 2008

This is Shearwater's moment. In this album, "Rook", they have definitely created their finest piece of music. An elegant, refined, considered piece of music. An album of a determined inner strength and a glowing beauty. Subtle and yet also exhuming a latent power. It is an album that is sure to grow in strength as time goes by. It features poetic lyrics and exquisite musicianship, a strong and mature effort from a perhaps under rated band.I will admit that I...

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Time Travel Tuesday: Great Guitar Songs

From Speed of Dark, Posted June, 24th 2008

This is perhaps the final installment in a series of Time Travel Tuesdays that continue on the cover article of Issue 1054 (June 12) of Rolling Stone, 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time compiled by writers David Fricke, Brian Hiatt, Evan Serpick, and Douglas Wolk. Today I'm listing a few of my own favorite guitar songs that were not on the RS list. As someone who likes almost any sound a guitar can make, I have some...

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Justin Hawkins Gets a Leg Up

From Sound Bites, Posted June, 24th 2008

Most people view early '00s rawkers The Darkness as one big joke but that first album is a classic if you ask me and I still listen to it a lot. Every song on the album could've been a single,......

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Summer in Sweden, Norway... Mixes Abound

From Sound Bites, Posted June, 24th 2008

What with the NYC Popfest still fresh in my ears (I think it's called tinitus), I've had indie-pop on the brain lately -- something that's not that likely to change thanks to these two (three, really) free Summer compilations from......

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If you do it again, I'm gonna freak out

From The Daily Growl, Posted June, 24th 2008

This loose-limbed disco monster was one of my tunes of last year. Ever since it appeared on the b-side of All My Friends, it's been on steady rotation round my way ever since. This morning on the way to work I was reminded yet again of how awesome it is. So I thought I'd post it for your listening pleasure.Download: LCD Soundsystem - Freak Out / Starry EyesIn related news, I saw 45:33 for five quid in Fopp today. If...

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Skittish - 'Tragedy of the Commons'

From Cable and Tweed, Posted June, 24th 2008

I have been enjoying the current album from Minneapolis folk/pop duo Skittish lately, so it would be criminal to keep it to myself. Tragedy of the Commons ventures into territory previously visited by bands like Jump, Little Children, Soul Coughing, and Augie March, but manages to remain cohesive despite its diversity. The band uses horns, piano, and electronic instruments to complement their sound, and male vocalist Jeff Noller seems to have an adept pop-rock touch. They do...

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Ryan Auffenberg and the burnished glimmer of Marigolds

From I am Fuel, You are Friends, Posted June, 24th 2008

There's a desolate ache to the brand of dusty Americana that Ryan Auffenberg creates from his outpost in the busy heart of San Francisco. As the SF Weekly wrote, "sweet, rough, singer-songwriter kids like Ryan Auffenberg have a powerful animating force ? they like to fuck around with folk, and they've got love songs to sing."I called Ryan an artist to watch a few years ago after first hearing the gorgeously melancholy harmonies of "Under All The Bright Lights" and...

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Inactivity

From Its Hard to Find a Friend, Posted June, 24th 2008

Sorry about that, folks. I was in Seattle this weekend (and man was it beautiful). I'm back now and about to go shoot a backstage session with the wonderful Centro-matic.Talk to you tommorow,Caleb...

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