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Soundtrack of Our Lives Presents: The 2009 Album Cover of the Year
Animal Collective was an early contender for The 2009 Album Cover of the Year, sure. Black Lips made an admirable stab at it. Neko Case and Antony each turned in rather kick-ass submissions as well. But pardon us as we refuse to acknowledge that there are 10 more months left in the year, and instead proclaim this, the cover for Soundtrack of Our Lives' forthcoming record (March 3), Communion, The 2009 Album Cover of the Year.... read more
Found in: Blogs, Ctrl-VThe Gourds: Haymaker!
The Gourds are notorious for their haphazard lyrical subjects... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsRobyn Hitchcock talks details of new Venus 3 record
Robyn Hitchcock recently revealed to Paste that his new album... read more
Found in: Music, NewsGiant Sand: proVISIONS
American deserts spawn rich and convoluted... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsRodney Crowell: Sex and Gasoline
Maybe it’s the Dylanesque qualities of his voice that... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsRobyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians: Luminous Groove
Another trip inside the British psych-rocker’s vaultIn the early ’80s, a record-store clerk in a sleepy Southern college town discovered Robyn Hitchcock via the English singer/songwriter’s band The Soft Boys. While a product of the punk era, The Soft Boys trafficked in a deeply unfashionable blend of psychedelia and jangly ’60s-style pop. Hitchcock, the band’s lyricist, sidestepped both politics and rote boy/girl pop narratives, opting instead for cracked, surrealist metaphors that were equal parts Syd Barrett’s twee madness and Bob Dylan’s stream-of-consciousness wordplay—all delivered with a voice like a loopier John Lennon.... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsPaul Weller: 22 Dreams
From his early days as a Mod revivalist swimming against the ’70s punk tide as the leader of The Jam... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsYep Roc Streams Full Albums
While the RIAA and many major labels are busy arresting people for using computers, North Carolina label Yep Roc has decided to embrace the potential of music on the internet. YepRoc.com now features six soon-to-be and recently released albums from artists on their roster that can be streamed in their entirety. Artists currently posted are The Moaners, Southern Culture on the Skids, You Am I, Dolorean, The Apples in Stereo and Kristin Hersh. In other Yep Roc news, yesterday began “30 Days of Sloan,” a 30-part video series that will include one day released everyday via a Podcast and YouTube.com... read more
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