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The Killers – Sawdust (B-sides and Remnants)

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Clouds – We Are Above You

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School of Seven Bells – Alpinisms

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The King Khan & BBQ Show + Golden Triangle - 12/01, Paradise Rock Club

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Nada Surf + Delta Spirit + Jealous Girlfriends - 12/02, Paradise Rock Club

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Mercury Rev + Dean & Britta - 12/05, Paradise Rock Club

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Viva Viva + Darker My Love + The Strange Boys - 12/03, Middle East Upstairs

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The Rosebuds - 1/17, Middle East Downstairs

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The Decemberists + Loch Lomond - 11/30, The Moore Theatre

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Wu-Tang Clan + Soul Scribes - 12/1, Showbox SoDo

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Low vs. Diamond - 12/2, Neumos

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The Thermals - 12/4, Chop Suey

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Blitzen Trapper + Parson Red Heads - 12/5, Chop Suey

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The Killers + Death Cab for Cutie + Cold War Kids + Aqueduct Shiny Toy Guns - 12/9, WaMu Theatre

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Gang Gang Dance + Marnie Stern - 11/29, Santo's Party House

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Q-Tip + The Cool Kids + The Knux - 12/2, Highline Ballroom

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Grace Potter and the Nocturnals + Blues and Lasers - 12/5, Webster Hall

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EPMD - 12/8, Santo's Party House

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Bon Iver + The Tallest Man On Earth - 12/10, Town Hall

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The Bloodsugars + Like Trains and Taxis - 12/12, The Delancey

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Jay Brannan - 12/12, Joe's Pub

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My Brightest Diamond + Clare & the Reasons + Drop The Lime - 12/13, (Le) Poisson Rouge

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John Legend - 12/2, Orpheum Theatre

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Aimee Mann + Grant Lee Phillips + Nellie McKay - 12/10-12/11, Somerville Theatre

News

Double shot of Radiohead: Mixtapes and an attempted lashing

Do you like Thom Yorke's taste in music? Well then you can listen to his mixtapes.

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Panda Bear got asked about his next solo record. Panda Bear answered.

Dishing on the direction of record number 2

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Jim James talks about future plans for MMJ and Monsters of Folk

Beginning stages for new MMJ, one day down the road for new MoF

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Download a Yo La Tengo show: live in Portland (soundboard/audience matrix)

21 tracks including two Dylan covers

Video pick

Official Fever Ray "Keep The Streets Empty For Me" video

Fifty-word review

Birds and Batteries – Up To No Good

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Muppets and "Bohemian Rhapsody" (vid)

Animal reaches deep

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Ginuwine's "Pony" Deconstructed Through Dubstep (Remix)

One of the best is messed with (but in the right way)

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Hear the Fiery Furnaces cover themselves

A whole album redoing another album

Video pick

Twitterers pick Pixies song for Fallon performance

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We Were Promised Jetpacks – These Four Walls

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Òlafur Arnalds – Found Songs

News

Lupe Fiasco's Enemy of The State: A Love Story mixtape (download)

Thanksgiving leftovers from Lupe

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Sick remix of The xx's "Infinity"

Everyone wants to remix these guys. This one is by Flufftronix

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She & Him will return in the spring with a new album and tour

Zooey says new album is in the bag

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Trailer for new Blur reunion doc

Fist pump! Fist pump!

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Pete Doherty sings Nazi Anthem during German performance

Pulled off the stage, apology followed later

Video pick

The Avett Brothers' "I and Love and You"

Fifty-word review

Moby – Wait For Me

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Ticket Giveaway! Black Angels at Wonder Ballroom on November 28!

put your name in the pot before sunday to get a chance to win!

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Free Energy Power Hour + Tour Dates

think tim and eric, but slightly less creepy

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Tegan and Sara Channel Their Inner Chipmunk in a Christmas Song

a less grating version of a classic

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Atlas Sound Follow-Up: Vol. 2 and 3 of the Bedroom Databank

inundated with mixtapes

Video pick

Blu - "GNG BNG" (prod. by Flying Lotus)

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Video Backlog Friday!

stuffed like your turkey on thanksgiving

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Free Demo EP Release From Britches

an auditory overload of fuzz

Video pick

Kanye West - "Lost in the World" at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Song battle

Shad's "Rose Garden" vs. Rick Ross' "MC Hammer"

Interview

GWAR

Song battle

LCD Soundsystem - Drunk Girls vs. Holy Fuck - Red Lights

Song battle

The Tallest Man on Earth - Love Is All vs. Sam Amidon - Climbing High Mountains

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David Lynch Shifts from Movies to Music with Debut Single

graduating from the sound department for "Malcolm in the Middle"

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Wolf Parade Takes a Break . . . Indefinitely

will we ever see new material from them again?!

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Jamie xx Remixes Gil Scott-Heron's "NY is Killing Me"

a video plus details on a whole album of do-overs

Video pick

Robyn - "Dancehall Queen"

Song battle

White Buffalo - Love Song #2 vs. Tristen - Baby Drugs

News

Portlanders! We Got Your Tix: Greenhornes 12/10 or The Grouch with Brother Ali 12/11

MERRY EFFING CHRISTMAS

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Streaming Free: The National's Newbie, oOoOO Remixes Marina and Iron & Wine's EP

three for the price of one mouse click

Video pick

Memoryhouse - "Heirloom"

Song battle

Two Door Cinema Club - This Is The Life vs. Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks

Video pick

Suuns - "Red Song"

Song battle

Madden Brothers ft. Kreayshawn & Hollywood Holt - Firetruck vs. J. Cole ft. Jay-Z - Mr. Nice Watch

Song battle

Blue Scholars - Cinemetropolis vs. Awol One and Factor - Never Gonna Take Us Out

Song battle

Ryan Adams - A-Punk vs. Florence + the Machine - Take Care (Drake cover)

Song battle

WZRD - Brake vs. The Big Pink - Hit The Ground (Superman)

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Portlanders! Win Tix to The Kooks' Sold Out Show @ Crystal Ballroom 12/5!

'cause we all know crystal is better than doug fir

Fifty-word review

Justin Bieber – Under the Mistletoe

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Michael Bublé – Christmas

Song battle

Sharon Van Etten - Serpents vs. Hudson - Against the Grain