Published on April 16th, 2009

It struck me last night when I was choosing which show to cover, that us San Franciscans are damn lucky to have so many fine live music choices on a »

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Published on April 16th, 2009

From the British Sea Power blog: British Sea Power have written and recorded a new soundtrack for the 1934 film Man Of Aran. The film is being re-released on DVD »

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Published on April 16th, 2009

Ahh, DJing Saturday Night at the Bus Stop.  The ebb and flow of drinkers and the never ending search for the crowd pleasers.  I’ll be spinning again this Saturday night, »

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Published on April 15th, 2009

Anyone reading this probably knows the news about the return of My Bloody Valentine.  What you may not know is how obsessed I am with them.  When Isn’t Anything came out in »

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Published on April 13th, 2009

Little bits of this Animal Collective remix of Zero have been scattered over the blogosphere for about a week. Today saw a legitimate release of the whole remix. I almost »

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Published on April 13th, 2009

The lineup for Outside Lands 2009 was announced today. I’m not too excited about any of the big names, but there should still be plenty of great music to make »

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Published on April 12th, 2009

Here’s the April 11th Sirius XMU “Download 15″ playlist. Being the rule-breaking troublemaker that I am, each week I feel obsessively compelled to compile this playlist to share with our »

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Published on April 11th, 2009

  “All this machinery making modern music can still be open hearted,”  is a lyric from “The Spirit of Radio” by Rush and has always been sort of a guilty »

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Published on April 9th, 2009

Vetiver played the Great American Music Hall last night. All Shook Down, The SFWeekly music blog, has a review , as does SFist and SFist has pictures, too! »

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Published on April 8th, 2009

If you’ve never been to the Treasure Island Music Festival, you’ve been missing out. This two-day boutique music festival is small enough to be manageable, but big enough to bring »

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Published on April 8th, 2009

I was a big fan of The Silver Sun Pickup’s debut, Carnavas. So I’m been eagerly anticipating their sophomore album, Swoon. MTV is streaming Swoon a week in advance of »

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Published on April 8th, 2009

Spring has sprung! It’s the season for renewal and rebirth. Don’t believe me? Check out the plethora of new music-related releases this week. Where possible, I’ve provided links to purchasing »

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Published on April 6th, 2009

Isn’t it ironic that Sirius XMU‘s weekly “Download 15″ playlist is nowhere to be found on the internet. Even OUR OWN thecolorawesome post about last week’s download 15 is nowhere »

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Published on April 5th, 2009

Holy crap!  This one is great.  On Thanksgiving 2008, Erik played me some music from a 70′s porn he had found.  It’s crazy and you’ll want to listen to it »

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Published on April 5th, 2009

The Faunts are a five-piece hailing from Edmonton, Canada. Paul Arnusch, Rob Batke, Steven Batke, Tim Batke, and Scott Gallant make some lovely electro-pop. Enjoy this track! Faunts – Feel.Love.Thinking.Of »

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Published on April 4th, 2009

Indie cutie Alex Brown Church gave us a progress update on the new Sea Wolf LP this week. “We’re heading to Omaha, NE at the end of April to record »

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Published on April 4th, 2009

Confession time; I’m a huge Death Cab for Cutie fan. I’ve seen them perform in a variety of settings over the past five years. Most recently I’d seen them two »

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Published on April 4th, 2009

SO magical watching this tour take shape. It was a 1 1/2 hour set, beginning with Bixby and ending with Transatlantacism. They were perfect bookends to the set. I thought »

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Published on April 4th, 2009

I designed and directed this 8 minute video for Death Cab for Cutie’s I Will Possess Your Heart about a year ago. Since then, it’s gotten over 200,000 views on »

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Published on April 3rd, 2009

Both Phil and I heart Jens Lekman. I’m positively giddy to report that he’s coming back to the US in late May/early June for “The North American Pacific Coastline Tour”. »

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Published on April 2nd, 2009

I recently had the pleasure of enjoying an evening of music at The Comet here in Seattle. You never know what you’re going to get at some shows. I’ve been »

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Published on April 2nd, 2009

Yet another music video I put together using pictures from a recent Fleet Foxes concert. Animoto.com makes putting these videos together a snap. Enjoy! »

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Published on April 2nd, 2009

Best April Fool’s Joke… EVER. A Tauntaun sleeping bag.  I’d buy one!  The crazies at ThinkGeek.com have pre-imagined this accessory which will probably be more popular with adults than the kiddos.  »

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Published on April 1st, 2009

As the mom of a six year boy, I spend a lot of time building with LEGOS. So my interest was piqued when I discovered these campy LEGO recreations of »

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