While the sound of Ben Gibbard’s nasally, nerdy voice can grate on one’s nerves in high doses, I still appreciate the fact that it’s not Auto-Tuned to death. Gibbard and his Death Cab for Cutie bandmates are taking a public stance against Auto-Tune, which corrects vocal pitch problems for most major label singers. The band […]

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I meant to share this the other day. Some interesting data eye candy.

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Brian Eno tortures a dive bar. gold.

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No stranger to cryptic, inscrutable websites, the reigning king of halftime shows, Prince, has launched yet another web venture at lotusflow3r.com. After waiting about ten minutes for nothing to happen, I signed up, but have no idea what that means because I was only told “Ur In The System.” Super. So, now what do I […]

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Nobody does that retro-sophisticated, icy synth-pop quite like Junior Boys. They’ve got the method down. Stereogum’s got an exclusive stream of their new single, “Parallel Lines.” It’s a mid-tempo jam packed with the requisite amount of falsetto come-ons. Even though they drag it out for six and a half minutes, it’s easy to get lost […]

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No gasping surprises for the Coachella line-up this year, unless you count Amy Winehouse, who might be hard-pressed to leave the beach to make it. Also, no Blur, as rumored.  Good to see Superchunk making an appearance, though. [via Idolator]

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Minimal French synth pop from Toulouse to you, via . Ca va? Ca va! Amusez vous, bien. Ou est le discothèque?

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