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Fifty-word review

Fujiya & Miyagi – Lightbulbs

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This Is Not Normal Behavior: Our Intrepid Reporter Sees His Favorite Band for the 250th Time. Why?

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Mac Lethal + Soulcrate Music - 12/10, Harpers Ferry

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Beach House + Tickley Feather - 12/12, Museum of Fine Arts

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Bon Iver + The Tallest Man On Earth - 12/14, Wilbur Theatre

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Glasvegas - 1/4, Great Scott

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The Cave Singers + Lightning Dust - 12/11, Neumos

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Mos Def - 12/13, The Moore Theatre

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The Pretenders - 12/13, Paramount Theatre

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Blue Scholars - 12/18, Neumos

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Essential Listening: Priors "What You Need (Hey Champ Remix)"

If Jack Frost is nippin' at your nose, then you're in need of a hot cup of this

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King Midas Sound (includes The Bug) make a mix

Another FACT magazine mix

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2 new tracks: 1 Spoon, 1 Hot Chip

First taste of two tastemakers

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Eminem gets candid about addiction, Relapse 2 and more in Complex interview

Bouncing back

Video pick

Souls of Mischief paint a mural of rhyme: "proper aim"

Fifty-word review

The Dark Water Hymnal – As Above, So Below

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The Swell Season perform for Daytrotter

5 songs for all winter long

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Chiddy Bang's "The Swelly Express" Mixtape (download)

I hadn't heard of it either when I pressed play, but you'll be happy you did

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Flying Lotus says, "here's all my Lil Wayne remixes"

Generous guy, that one

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Fact: New Arcade Fire this spring!!!

After album comes tour

Video pick

A tender moment for Sufjan: "John Wayne Gacy, Jr" live

Fifty-word review

J. Tillman – Year In The Kingdom

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Frightened Rabbit – The Midnight Organ Fight

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Pearl Jam on Austin City Limits (Full Performance vid)

I saw there was no Pearl Jam video, so I put a little Fixer on it

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New Kid Cudi Freestyle "Cudderisback" (mp3)

You have to hear this

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Phoenix take a turn on the Take Away Show (vids)

4 songs, done all over Paris

Video pick

Best Mattress Commercial Ever? No, it's Oren Lavie's "Her Morning Elegance"

Fifty-word review

Bear in Heaven – Beast Rest Forth Mouth

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Essential Listening: Cymbals Eat Guitars' "And The Hazy Sea"

Great song any way you slice it.

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Dead man walking: Mariachi El Bronx's "Holy"

Tied up, beaten and without a friend in sight

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NSFW: Immortal Technique's award-winning "Dance With The Devil" vid

Graphic, chilling, impressive, ugly.

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Full Brother Ali concert from the Fresh Air Tour (download)

Clue in to Ali

Video pick

Fuck Buttons show their "Rough Steez" on YoursTruly

Fifty-word review

Jookabox – Dead Zone boys

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Deep Phried Thoughts, Vol. II

Fifty-word review

Memory Tapes – Seek Magic

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Billy Corgan starts the 44 song cycle with "A Song For A Son"

Someone has been listening to Led Zeppelin IV

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Set Your Own Price For Old Girl Talk albums

2 discs, 1 now, 1 later, any price you want

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A Clipse Greatest Hits Mixtape of Sorts (download)

Cut up by DJ Critical Hype and hosted by Malice

Fifty-word review

Tegan and Sara – Sainthood

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Moments in a Box

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Hercules and Love Affair Take You to "My House"

"blues songs" doesn't seem so melancholy . . . so far

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Portlanders! Win Tix to Badly Drawn Boy on 12/12!

two tickets for two lovely people . . . whoever you are, wherever you are

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Snoop Dogg Writes "Wet" For Prince William's Bachelor Party

i think this means that he needs to have a water park turned into a naughty wonderland

Video pick

World AIDS Day: Hollywood's Digital Death

Song battle

Freddie Gibbs - National Anthem (Fuck The World) vs. MC Eiht - Streiht Up Menace

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eBay Battles: Jack White Versus the Fans

$17 grand for a 7"? you've got to be kidding

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Hear Omar Rodriguez-Lopez's Two Freshly Released Albums

stream them here and buy for dirt cheap off his site

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Perfume Genius' Limited Edition "Dreeem"

one of three new songs off his debut special re-release

Video pick

Mister Heavenly in Portland with Michael Cera

Song battle

Ryan Adams - 29 vs. The Frames - Fitzcarraldo (Live)

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Video Backlog Friday!

hurry before the week's labors become stale!

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Relax Under Holy Spirits' "Bridges"

an elegant montage of tremendous blooming poppies

Video pick

A Preview of "Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest"

Song battle

Ween - Freedom of '76 vs. Prince - Just My Imagination (Live '88)

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New Noah and The Whale: "L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N." & "Wild Thing"

revealing both sides of their musical spectrum

Song battle

Beck - Lonesome Whistle (live on Austin City Limits) vs. The Black Keys - The Lengths

Song battle

Zola Jesus - Sea Talk vs. The Doves - Darker

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Neutral Milk Hotel's Jeff Mangum Spurs A Surprise Show

stupid new yorkers. getting all the secret shows.

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Yo La Tengo's Eight Crazy Nights Gets a Visit from Wilco's Jeff Tweedy

video evidence! hooray and happy hanukkah!

Video pick

Rejectz (feat. Chris Brown) - "Cat Daddy"

Song battle

Bobby Womack - Across 110th St. vs. Curtis Mayfield - Little Child Runnin' Wild

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M.I.A. Bringing in the New Year with a Mixtape

and a slam! galang galang galang, ga la ga la galang galang galang!

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Deftones Start a Remix Fundraiser for Their Bassist

99 cents for a remix that may lead to $500,000

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Give Kid Sister a "Kiss Kiss Kiss"

pucker up for her latest track

Video pick

Intuition - "I Got Fired and Recorded Myself Rapping"

Song battle

Electric Six - Danger! High Voltage vs. Bear Hands - Crime Pays

Song battle

M83 - Couleurs vs. Health - Die Slow

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Tori Amos on the hunt

catch Ms. Amos on tour this month

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Win tix to see Mos Def at Fête!

Yasiin Bey, oh yeah

Song battle

Suicide - Rocket USA vs. Velvet Underground - Heroin (Live)

Song battle

Blueprint - So Alive vs. Flatbush Zombies - Thug Waffle

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Win a Tribes 10" and Demo Casette!

How retro.

Song battle

Lord Huron - Mighty vs. Tennis - Pigeon