it's colder in your house than you think

A new No Age 7-inch is up for pre-order over at InSound. It features "Eraser", the first single off of Nouns (out on May 6 via Sub Pop) as well as several cover songs by the duo.

Holy Fuck: Lovely Allen (No Age Remix)
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new patrick wolf demo!!!!!!!

Patrick Wolf has posted a new demo called "Wargames" on his MySpace!!!!!!!!!!
Stream it here or download it below.

Wargames (demo) [wicked-cool song]
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i know that you want the candy

The Raveonettes — March 21, 2008 @ The Opera House

 
visit For the 'records' for a review/more photos of the show

The Raveonettes are amazing live

That is all.

we'll wait with knives after class!

Jemina from Be Your Own Pet left a message on the band's MySpace bulletin today:

i kno​​w eve​​ryo​​ne is sup​​er con​​fus​​ed wit​​h the​​ thr​​ee mis​​sin​​g son​​gs on the​​ US alb​​um.​​ we did​​n't​​ choose​​ for​​ thi​​s to hap​​pen​​ and​​ we'​​re not​​ try​​ing​​ to fuc​​k any​​one​​ ove​​r wit​​h giv​​ing​​ the​​m an unf​​ini​​she​​d alb​​um.​​ uni​​ersal​​ dec​​ide​​d tha​​t bec​​ky,​​ bla​​ck hol​​e, and​​ blo​​w yr min​​d wer​​e "to​​o vio​​len​​t" to be rel​​eas​​ed.​​ tal​​k abo​​ut a bum​​mer​​ tim​​e! the​​y gav​​e us the​​ cho​​ice​​ of cha​​ngi​​ng the​​ lyr​​ics​​ and​​ rer​​eco​​rdi​​ng the​​ son​​gs,​​ or to hav​​e tho​​se thr​​ee son​​gs rem​​ove​​d fro​​m the​​ alb​​um.​​ we dec​​ide​​d to rem​​ove​​ the​​ son​​gs,​​ bec​​aus​​e we don​​'t thi​​nk the​​re'​​s any​​thi​​ng wro​​ng wit​​h the​​ lyr​​ics​​ in the​​ fir​​st pla​​ce!​​ we are​​ goi​​ng to rel​​eas​​e tho​​se thr​​ee son​​gs on a spe​​cia​​l ep tha​​t's​​ goi​​ng to com​​e out​​ thi​​s sum​​mer​​. sor​​ry we did​​n't​​ mak​​e an ann​​oun​​cem​​ent​​ soo​​ner​​. we'​​ve bee​​n doi​​ng so muc​​h pre​​ss abo​​ut how​​ the​​ alb​​um got​​ fuc​​ked​​ in ame​​ric​​a, tha​​t i gue​​ss we ass​​ume​​d tha​​t mos​​t peo​​ple​​ alr​​ead​​y kne​​w. wel​​l, hop​​e tha​​t cle​​ars​​ som​​e thi​​ngs​​ up.​​

This is absolutely ridiculous… too violent?? ...is Universal targeting BYOP to elementary school children? This is really a downer for North American fans as "Becky" is the best song on Get Awkward and "Black Hole" and "Blow Yr Mind" are both great too! I am still quite surprised and disappointed that Universal banned those songs from the album... nevertheless, I have put up links to the songs below, so feel free to download them... if you can handle the violence!

Black Hole [wicked-cool song]
Becky [super-wicked-cool song]
Blow Yr Mind [wicked-cool song]
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visit Be Your Own Pet MySpace here
buy the uncensored UK version of Get Awkward here

clean your blades and start swinging

Head over to The Smudge of Ashen Fluff to download four songs performed by Lightspeed Champion live on NPR at SXSW in Austin, Texas.

portishead: third

Here is my two cents on Third, the highly-anticipated new album by Portishead:

Cons:

• Beth Gibbons’ "witch-like"/weird voice is gone
  
• The absence of scratching/turntable effects

Pros:

• Gibbons’ voice is still gorgeously haunting
  
• Gibbons’ voice also sounds vulnerable at times... absolutely stunning!
  
• Musically more rhythm driven than previous albums
  
• The majority of the album sounds like something from 1970s Italian horror flicks!
  
• Machine Gun (my favourite song of the moment) is the first single

Conclusion:
Although not necessarily "trip-hop" sounding, Third still possesses the classic Portishead sound quality. It is a magnificently dark and surreal album by a timeless band.

Silence [wicked-cool song]
We Carry On [wicked-cool song]
Machine Gun [super-wicked-cool song]
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visit Portishead's MySpace here
Third comes out on April 28th, you can pre-order a beautiful looking limited edition box set here

it's like a book elegantly bound, but in a language that you can't read

The first single "I Will Possess Your Heart" from the Death Cab For Cutie’s new album Narrow Stairs is out today.

I Will Possess Your Heart
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basia bulat: in the night ep

The lovely folks over at B(oot)log uploaded a bootleg of Basia Bulat live at Wolfe Island Music Fest in Kingston, Ontario back in August 11, 2007. Speaking of Basia Bulat, she released a new EP entitled In The Night last month via Rough Trade. It includes the title track, a new version of "Before I Knew", and a Sam Cooke cover, "Touch the Hem of His Garment".

In The Night [wicked-cool song]
Before I Knew (Reworked Version) [wicked-cool song]
Touch the Hem of His Garment (Sam Cooke cover)

Someday (The Strokes cover) (Live)
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"In The Night" music video:


visit Basia Bulat's MySpace here
buy Oh,My Darling here

cover song of the moment

Lightspeed Champion: Perfect Situation (Weezer cover) (Live at SXSW 2008) [wicked-cool song]
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