Photos
Pix: Vivian Girls at Bottom of the Hill
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Articles by paige
MP3s & Streams
Playlist: February 6th Sirius XMU Download 15
Here’s the February 6th installment of the Sirius XMU Download 15 playlist. Jake Fogelnest picks ’em and plays ’em, and I find ’em and post ’em. A match made in heaven. We also keep a […]
Design
Noise Pop Photography Show: Outside The Crowd
“Outside The Crowd” is a photo exhibition sponsored by The 2010 Noise Pop Art and Music Festival. The opening reception is Thursday February 4th from 7-10pm.
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Song of the Day: Yeasayer – Ambling Alp (Alan Wilkis Remix)
I really like Ambling Alp, Yeasayer‘s first single off their new album, Odd Blood. It’s one of those songs I have on my young-kid-friendly playlist for it’s positive message and upbeat tempo. So I was […]
Humor
New Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town
Long before Broken Social Scene, Toronto birthed its most formidable indie collective: The Kids in the Hall. I’ll surely date myself, but I still have a shit quality homemade VCR tape that Phil made me […]
MP3s & Streams
Caribou announce new album, Swim
April is shaping up to be a great month. Case in point – Caribou (formerly Manitoba) drop their new album Swim on April 20th. Caribou’s public face, Dan Snaith, has said that the new record […]
News
Broken Social Scene announce new album + tour
My one concert regret of 2009 was missing Broken Social Scene at the Wanderlust Festival. I can put that regret more easily behind me now as I look forward to a May tour kick-off here […]
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Playlist: January 30th Sirius XMU Download 15
Here’s the January 30th installment of the Sirius XMU Download 15 playlist. Jake Fogelnest picks ’em and plays ’em, and I find ’em and post ’em. A match made in heaven. We also keep a […]
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Radio Dept. Leak New Track: Heaven’s On Fire
Stream it right here, folks! As we reported last week, the new Radio Dept. album ‘Clinging To A Scheme’ will officially be released in March 2010 directly from Labrador Records’ online store. One confirmed song […]
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Playlist: January 23rd Sirius XMU Download 15
Here’s the January 23rd installment of the Sirius XMU Download 15 playlist. Jake Fogelnest picks ’em and plays ’em, and I find ’em and post ’em. A match made in heaven. The little birdie that […]
Tours
Sea Wolf To Tour With Phoenix, then The Album Leaf
Got a recent tweet announcing an unlikely but great pairing: Phoenix have invited Sea Wolf to join them for a trio of tour dates beginning on January 27th in Reno. Soon after they’ll join The […]
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The Radio Dept. announce release date for Clinging to a Scheme
Our favorite Swedish dreampop band, The Radio Dept., finally send good news our way! After four long years, we have artwork, a tracklisting and a new confirmed release date for their third album, Clinging to […]
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Playlist: January 16th Sirius XMU Download 15
Here’s the January 16th installment of the Sirius XMU Download 15 playlist. Jake Fogelnest picks ’em and plays ’em, and I find ’em and post ’em. A match made in heaven. We also keep a […]
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Song of the Day: Back to the Sea by The Sandwitches
The Sandwitches, hailing from our very own San Francisco, released their eclectic and fun debut album, “How To Make Ambient Sadcake” late last year. They rapidly got the attention blogs all around. Their shining mix […]
Design
100 Extraordinary Examples of Paper Art
Paper art can be traced back to Japan, where it originated over a thousand years ago. From complex paper cutting to book carving, this is an ever expanding area of design that is hardly talked […]
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Playlist: January 9th Sirius XMU Download 15
Here’s the January 9th installment of the Sirius XMU Download 15 playlist. Jake Fogelnest picks ’em and plays ’em, and I find ’em and post ’em. A match made in heaven. Thanks for today’s shout-out, […]
News
Death Cab for Cutie to cover Simple Minds “Don’t You (Forget About Me)”
Death Cab for Cutie is performing at the 15th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards, airing live on VH1 on January 15th at 9pm (EST/PST). The band will be performing a cover of the Simple Minds song, […]
Photos
Flickr 365 Self-Portrait Project
From this first shot, you’d think I don’t want to do it, but looks can be deceiving. On a bit of a whim, I decided to throw my camera into the ring for a 365-day, […]
MP3s & Streams
Playlist: Sirius XMU’s Top 41 of 2009
While googling to find our readers the mp3 links for the Sirius XMU Top 41 of 2099 playlist, it struck me that all these songs have one thing in common. Almost all of these tracks […]
Playlists
Paige’s Top 10 Songs of 2009
As 2009 comes to a close, we can’t resist generating our own The Color Awesome “best of” lists. I’ll start with my ten favorite tracks of the year. I thought about waxing prolific about why […]
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Playlist: December 26th Sirius XMU Download 15
Here’s the December 26th installment of the Sirius XMU Download 15 playlist. Jake Fogelnest picks ’em and plays ’em, and I find ’em and post ’em. A match made in heaven. We also keep a […]
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Song of The Day: Let’s Go Surfing by The Drums
The Drums are like a welcome dose of happy Prozac in what’s been a glum few weeks. It’s a little Beach Boys, a little Bow Bow Wow with some tripiness mixed in. RcrdLbl is giving […]
Videos
Video: Sea Wolf Shock Sessions
Sea Wolf recently recorded a twenty minute, five-song set for Shock Sessions. It’s particularly exciting because this session includes their first live performance of the Violet Hour, their song from the Twighlight New Moon Soundtrack. […]
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Playlist: December 17th Sirius XMU Download 15
Here’s the December 17th installment of the Sirius XMU Download 15 playlist. Jake Fogelnest picks ’em and plays ’em, and I find ’em and post ’em. A match made in heaven. We also keep a […]