so i’ve just finished the third revision of my top 100 albums list — which to avoid confusion/arguments is a personal selection, not an attempt at a best of all time list — and to build some interest/excitement in the list beyond myself and the 1-2 other people that have traditionally cared about this i’ve [...]

i was flipping through the on demand music videos last night and saw this excellent video for “modern world”. i don’t think i’d seen it since it was released, but i’ve made up for that by watching it 5 or 6 times in the past 24 hours.
video: wolf parade – modern world
one of my friends [...]

still got internet problems, so i’ll just quickly unload some good stuff. check out the bands’ websites for more info. most importantly, click here to stream a cover of wolf parade’s “shine a light” recorded by adam franklin of swervedriver. dan boeckner will eventually be returning the favor by recording a cover of one of [...]

britt daniel of spoon played this cover of wolf parade’s “modern world” at the belly up tavern in solana beach, california a few nights ago. he forgets the words, when he tries to sing the higher parts it just sounds ridiculous and being that britt is just a man with an acoustic guitar, he can’t [...]

downloaders start your engines… wolf parade announced the official title of their forthcoming album today, at mount zoomer (mount zoomer being the name of their studio). so that’s cool. but even cooler than that is the album i am now listening to… it’s called at mount zoomer. that’s right… it’s finally leaked! which is why [...]

i knew there was something off about that pitchfork announcement of wolf parade’s new album. turns out that the title (kissing the beehive) wasn’t for real, but the rest of the info was. subpop confirmed the release date and track listing the other day, though no word on the actual album title yet. as of [...]

today pitchfork announced the title and release date of the much anticipated follow up to wolf parade’s 2005 debut apologies to the queen mary. it’s called kissing the beehive and is due out june 17. assuming it’s not an early april fools joke, this is awesome news (pitchfork being the only one to report [...]

i just saw penelope and it was pretty cool. obviously nothing mind blowing, but still fairly entertaining. some very loosely related songs….
mp3: wolf parade – it’s a curse [link expired]from 2004 wolf parade ep #2, [self-released, out of print]
mp3: sebadoh – the freed pig [link expired]from sebadoh iii [buy]
mp3: sparklehorse – pig [link expired]from [...]