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Get Entire New Charlatans Album For Free With Xfm In a groundbreaking industry first The Charlatans have joined forces with Xfm to give away their latest album completely free right here on xfm.co.uk. The revolutionary move which suitably reflects the changing way that music is made, distributed and listened to today, The Charlatans have decided … read more ➜

Radiohead’s new album is available for download pre-order on their website. Download starts next week. www.inrainbows.com When paying you pick how much you want to pay for it – one British pence is the minimum (that’s .02 US.) There will be no advances, promotional copies, digital streams, media sites, etc. of Radiohead’s “In Rainbows”. Everyone … read more ➜

Pitchforkmedia’s review of “Bolts of Melody” Seize The Day mp3 For those not familiar with Adam Franklin, he was the lead singer/songwriter for Swervedriver. If you haven’t, you must pick up their album ‘Mezcal Head’. If you don’t believe me, believe Sam Fogarino. If you don’t recognize that name, he is Interpol’s drummer. I had … read more ➜

Maps – To The Sky Maps – You Don’t Know Her Name Maps – Elouise

___________________________ Rock Kills Kid – ‘Raise Your Hands’ Snowden – ‘Victim Card’ ___________________________

The Maps are playing at San Francisco’s ‘The Bottom of the Hill’ on Sep 24 2007. That’s a week from this Monday! On their myspace profile they have a long list of influences. Something I admire and welcome. I think too many bands put nothing out of fear of being accused of ripping someone off … read more ➜

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Recommended if you like Travis, U2, (early) Coldplay myspace profile

October 19th at The Fillmore in San Francisco… http://myspace.com/silversunpickups

Seminal U.K. shoegazer act My Bloody Valentine is considering an offer to reunite and co-headline the 2008 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival. A tour would follow later in the year, according to a report on the Daily Swarm. Best known for its profoundly influential 1991 album “Loveless,” the Kevin Shields-led group has been inactive … read more ➜

Recommended if you like: Belle and Sebastian, My Bloody Valentine, Architecture in Helsinki, Camera Obscura, Peter Bjorn and John, Asobi Seksu myspace.com/officialradiodept From The Radio Dept’s myspace site: “On the old page we talked about uploading old and out-of-stock releases in high quality mp3, complete with cover art in .pdf. This might take some time … read more ➜

Interesting article from Spin.

I’ve seen Mazarin a couple times in the past few years. They opened up for The Walkmen last year at The Great American Music Hall. They both do a version of “Another One Goes By” which is worth checking out. Influences: Faust, The Clean, The Feelies, Dylan, Brian Eno, Sandy Bull, John Lennon, The Kinks, … read more ➜

A lot of professional and amateur music critics compare Interpol to Joy Division. Everytime I see this in an article or some blog, I usually instantly discredit the person making the statement as ill-informed. They are usually just repeating this from some other ill-informed article. I think most people who really listened to post-punk from … read more ➜

Film School is playing tonight at The Bottom of the Hill. Their new album, Hide Out, is coming out next month. I’ve been listening to it for a while now and it’s great. Per PitchForkMedia: “Sure to be a richer, more mature departure from their early, Truffaut-biting semi-autobiographical work, the record does nod a bit … read more ➜

Recommended if you like: Interpol, The Cure, My Bloody Valentine They are playing this Wednesday night at San Francisco’s ‘The Bottom of the Hill’ on 17th Street in Potrero Hill, presented by Filter Magazine. Film School’s new album, ‘Hide Out’, is finished and will be officially released on September 11th. If you’ve ever wanted to … read more ➜