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A.C. Newman Covers The Go-Betweens

New Pornographer A.C. (Carl) Newman's pop-drenched Get Guilty, the followup to 2004's Slow Wonder, is out at the beginning of '09. You've already heard the opener "There Are Maybe Ten Or Twelve" and now there's maybe one or one Go-Betweens covers to add to the Newman canon. It's a non-a...

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New Fight Bite Video - "Swissex Lover"

It's getting to be that time when people start asking you to make lists and rank the year in music. Fun! Texan outfit and BTW Fight Bite are on my shortlist for the year's finest debuts, and "Swissex Lover" is its signature track. The duo of Leanne Macomber and Jeff Louis crafted their ...

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New Glasvegas Video - "Please Come Back Home"

It was Glasvegas' drummer Caroline McKay who made it to 10 on NME's 2008 Cool List, but that doesn't stop vocalist James Allan from wearing sunglasses at night. Of course, everyone's cool in this one. The imagery's atmospheric, autumnal, dark. You see dead leaves, a concerted choir, and lots of c...

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Blitzen Trapper Bring "Furr" To Conan

Conan and Letterman always win the award for best music guests that I just made up. They're both based out of NYC. Coincidence? I hope so -- Mr. O'Brien's days in the city are numbered, and it'd be a shame for him to inherit the empty-pop minded booker Leno's leaving behind. Anyway, it's nice to ...

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Spectacle: Elvis Costello With... Elton John

The schedule came out last week and now Spectacle: Elvis Costello with... has a website that features clips from the first episode, including Costello doing a cover of this week's interview subject EJ's "Border Song" with Allen Toussaint. We also find out why Sir Elton changed his given...

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2008 Gummy Awards: Polls Are Open!

Now that it's almost December, you've no doubt been thinking about the best entertainment offerings of the year. You also probably haven't cast a vote for anything in weeks! So now is a perfect time for you to make your 2008 favorites official. It's the third time we've turned to our readers to r...

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