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Our friends at Winamp have launched a brand-new Media Player -- Winamp 5.57 -- that's sure to please music lovers and technology enthusiasts alike.
Along with providing a free way to play music from your favorite artists, the newest version, which is compatible with Windows 7, offers one-click access to…

Adam Freeland is releasing his album ‘Cope’ and with it comes some remixes by some pretty big names in the blog scene. Here is a remix done by none other than Siriusmo that gets a little industrial at points but calms it all down with the strings. I love what…

New Jersey five-piece Titus Andronicus have announced details on their sophomore full-length follow up to 2008's The Airing of Grievances. The 10 song collection is a concept album of sorts about the Civil War (not the one with Captain America and Iron Man, the other one [the real, American one…

Photo by Steve GullickHoboken indie overlords Yo La Tengo and Columbus skree-poppers Times New Viking have a few things in common. Both bands include three people (two men, one woman), both are signed to Matador, both know their way around a catchy melody, and when Yo La Tengo are in…

Yarn Owl - Bicycle. It isn't until the refrain in the back third of the song that it really wins you over. The beginning, begging to be sound in a round, or at least with some harmonies, is the kind of mossy, woodsy thing we expect and love from the…

In "Hearse Road Trip", Aidan Wall has laid the porn.exe moniker to rest, and finds himself ressurected under the name, Hipster Youth. This is more than just a name change though, the familiar porn.exe electronica remains, but hand in hand we are introduced to some wonderful vocalisations which add an…

Banjo or Freakout is giving away his new Xmas album, featuring the eeriest versions of "Jingle Bells" and "Joy to the World" ever recorded. Download the whole thing here.
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banjo or freakout :: merry christmas, baby
banjo or freakout :: joy to the world
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Forget Mel and his mullet - these guys are the sexiest! They're actually from Nova Scotia - but who cares?

Quail Lungs, aka Portland Oregonian Travis Bonilla, howls into his 4-track in a way that reminds me of a 20-something Daniel Higgs raised on a later (and more British) generation of punk, but the same deep countrified Americana. He has a two-song 7" coming out via Dean Spunt's PPM label.…

Dirty Laundry.tv pretty much focuses on interviews of good bands in a laundromat, but recently, L.A. up-and-comer Avi Buffalo showed up with a guitar and performed Coaxed. If you're a fan, stayed tuned to Laundromatinee.com, in the next week, as Avi and crew will make an appearance.MP3 : Avi Buffalo…