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October 1, 2009 – While the dashing French first couple -- President Nicolas Sarkozy and his model/singer wife Carla Bruni -- were referred to as the hottest Gallic import in New York City last week, several thousand music fans in Central Park would beg to differ. …
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June 19, 2009 – After pushing the envelope with his own output over the last two decades, Beck -- and a group of all-star pals -- are re-imagining the classics.
Members of the singer's new "record club" (read: Devendra Banhart, Jamie Lidell, MGMT, and Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, among others) will come to his studio and record an classic album from start to finish in one day -- sans rehearsals. …
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March 11, 2009 – How many bands does it takes to replace one British songbird? …
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February 23, 2009 – He's collaborated with star freak-folker Devendra Banhart, but San Francisco-based singer/songwriter Andy Cabic isn't limiting himself to just one genre -- and his band Vetiver's excellent new album proves it.
With everything from laptop-generated atmospheric sounds to big-band brass, Vetiver's just-released Sub Pop debut, Tight Knit, is all over the place -- as are Cabic's inspirations.
"Musically, my influences are Allen Toussaint, …
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November 10, 2008 – Megapuss' first video is more than a goofy, half-assed George Michael tribute party. …
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August 24, 2008 – Outside Lands has proven a unique entry into the festival circuit in many ways, with chilly, misty temperatures not least among them. …
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July 24, 2008 – If you hadn't heard, folk weirdo-cum-Charles Manson/Jesus Christ composite Devendra Banhart cast his uber-famous lady friend Natalie Portman in the video for his cut"Carmensita," from last year's Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon, just before she became his betrothed. …
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Locrian, Return to Annihilation
Palms, Palms
Heliotropes, A Constant Sea
Spectrals, Sob Story
Red Hare, Nites Of Midnite
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Christopher Paul Stelling, False Cities
Big Eyes, Almost Famous
Japanther, Eat Like Lisa Act Like Bart
Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats, Mind Control
Pure X, Crawling Up The Stairs
pacificUV, After The Dream You Are Awake
Destroid, The Invasion
Marques Toliver, Land of CanAan
Roomrunner, Ideal Cities
Gene The Southern Child & Parallel Thought, Artillery Splurgin'
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