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Duran Duran’s John Taylor jumps into the political fray with a cheesy PSA-style message urging Americans to vote Obama, surprise, surprise. He tries to rhyme his message over the (bad ass) bassline to "Girls on Film (Night Version)", and it’s all fairly awkward and condescending. The comments on YouTube are hysterical, not in the funny […]

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Yes, it’s weird not to be able to pick up and go see any show at the spur of the moment like I used to. But at least YouTube is there to remind me what I missed, even with all its shitty camera phone recordings. Having to miss Polvo’s reunion shows this past spring hurt […]

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I wasn’t much of a Cold War Kids fan until I saw them at Bonnaroo in 2007, where I truly began to appreciate the insanity of Nathan Willett’s voice, which is even more powerfully possessed live than it comes across on record. It’s a polarizing instrument to be sure, almost indescribably weird. You certainly won’t […]

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I have no idea why but I really dig on this. (thanks tug!)

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I recently stumbled across a mix tape I made for my wife back in 1995 that had this song on it. I’ve already watched this video about five times today. It’s off Garden Variety’s Knocking the Skill Level LP from 1994. I know I wore the grooves off this record when I was in college. […]

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Even though my partner here at the Drawer still has no use for Of Montreal, I’m highly anticipating the upcoming release of Skeletal Lamping, as the band’s previous effort, Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?, was my favorite album of 2007. At the Of Montreal show the other night in NYC, Kevin Barnes was joined on stage by […]

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