mp3: cool devices – primitive
the white stag on the album cover makes me kind of uncomfortable for some reason… i think its those flesh colored antlers… what’s inside might make you a little uncomfortable too, if you’re not in the mood for some raucous rock music. if you are though, the cool devices newly released [...]

video: straythread – jim cain
i feel like “jim cain” is not a song of youth, but here’s an australian girl singing it on youtube anyway..

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mp3: peter bjorn and john – nothing to worry about (van hammer remix)mp3: peter bjorn and john – nothing to worry about (instrumental)mp3: peter bjorn and john – nothing to worry about (acapella)
here’s one of the freebies i picked up on record store day. personally, i didn’t need [...]

mp3: xu xu fang – fascination street
i’ve been posting a lot of covers this week, so why not keep them coming? xu xu fang will be releasing a new ep, seven days now, this tuesday and it opens up with this incredible cover of the cure’s “fascination street”. vocalist barbara cohen, employing those same spectral [...]

mp3: lykke li – after laughter (comes tears)mp3: el perro del mar – (at your best) you are love
another record store day 7″… side a is lykke li covering wendy rene’s “after laughter (comes tears)” and side b is el perro del mar covering aaliyah’s cover of the isley brother’s “(at your best) you are [...]

mp3: sonic youth – pay no mindmp3: beck – green light
very nice reciprocal relationship going on on this split… sonic youth, or the sonik-youth, are listed first on the sleeve, but both sides are listed as side b on the album. sonic youth’s cover of beck’s “pay no mind” (minus the snoozer) was recorded and [...]

mp3: the flaming lips with stardeath and white dwarfs – borderline (madonna cover)mp3: the black keys – her eyes are a blue million miles (captain beefheart cover)
from record store day… on beautiful sea foam green vinyl. side a is the flaming lips with stardeath and white dwarfs covering madonna’s “borderline”. the lips played this [...]

mp3: and the moneynotes – on the vine
and the moneynotes are at the velvet lounge tonight. the band is touring in support of their swinging red vinyl 7″ ep on the town, on the vine due for release may 5, which includes one song, “souraina”, recorded during the band’s second daytrotter session (session one here… [...]

mp3: Steinbeck – Possessions (Not the One By Danzig)mp3: The Emotron – Me and My Black Metal Friends
last week hartless hind records released up end atom: a tribute album to atom and his package. i previously posted atom and his package’s tribute to the mountain goats in a cover of the week spot… so it’s [...]

mp3: pink mountaintops – vampire mp3: pink mountaintops – while we were dreamingpink mountaintops’ third album outside love will be released officially on may 5, but starting today you can stream the full album on the band’s myspace page. or if you’re already planning to pick up the album, like me, you can preorder from [...]