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New Song : Neon Indian : Terminally Chill

2009-07-05T15:25:00.002-04:00

You might know Alan Palomo through his VEGA or Ghosthustler projects or his dust up with Crystal Castles not too long ago. His latest venture, Neon Indian, is a collaboration with Alicia Scardetta,...

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New Video : Eels : In My Dreams

2009-07-05T10:00:00.000-04:00

Mark Oliver Everett (aka. "E") seems to have no desire to tour his new record, Hombre Lobo, but he is keeping himself and his project busy with lots of new videos. This week Eels goes Pre-Teen Wolf...

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TODAY IN INDY : Pterodactyl + Early Day Miners at The Vollrath

2009-07-04T10:10:00.001-04:00

TODAY! : MyOldKentuckyBlog.com presents the INDIEpendence Day Pizza Blowout with Pterodactyl & Early Day Miners! Head down to The Vollrath at 2pm for free Hot Box Pizza and great music! $2 Pabst...

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My Old Kentucky Blog Interviews Ben Knox Miller of The Low Anthem

2009-07-04T09:45:00.006-04:00

Providence’s folky Americana band The Low Anthem just re-released its album, Oh My God, Charlie Darwin, on Nonesuch Records, and has since been a Critics’ Choice in the New York Times and jetted off...

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TONIGHT IN INDY : Cymbals Eat Guitars + We Are Hex + Wendy Darling at The Vollrath

2009-07-02T15:30:00.001-04:00

Show up tonight for Cymbals Eat Guitars and get a free ticket to MOKB's July 4th INDIE-PENDENCE DAY BASH with Pterodactyl and Early Day Miners! (poster design : Elijah Schroeder) MP3 : Cymbals...

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Photo Recap : MOKB Presents...Deastro at The Vollrath

2009-07-02T14:45:00.001-04:00

There were guys and girls dancin'... (photo cred : d.d.evans) (photo cred : d.d.evans) (photo cred : d.d.evans) MP3 : Deastro - Spritle MP3 : Deastro - Parallelogram MP3 : Deastro - The Shaded...

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New Video : Rye Rye ft. M.I.A. : Bang

2009-07-01T15:50:00.000-04:00

I'll pay you a million dollars to teach me to dance like Rye Rye and friends and not look like and idiot when I do so. Actually my brothers and I used to rock most of these moves back in 1985 on the...

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New Video : Elvis Perkins In Dearland : Chains, Chains, Chains

2009-07-01T11:10:00.004-04:00

We just love the sweet sounds of Elvis Perkins In Dearland. The band released a new video, directed by Sean Pecknold (who also directed Fleet Foxes' Mykonos vid), for Chains, Chains,...

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Fresh Session : Cedarwell on The Laundromatinee

2009-06-30T11:45:00.000-04:00

Erik Neave is from Sheboygan, Wisconsin. He makes beautiful music under the name Cedarwell, and accompanied by a great band from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, The Daredevil Christopher Wright, he stopped...

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Today's MOKB/SIRIUS Blog Radio Show Playlist : 063009

2009-06-30T11:15:00.000-04:00

Tune in today for My Old Kentucky Blog Radio on SIRUS XMU! Channel 26 on SIRIUS & channel 43 on XM. The program starts at 12pm EST, last two hours, and is replayed again at Midnight...

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New Video : Dirty Projectors : Stillness Is The Move

2009-06-30T09:53:00.007-04:00

This has been my jam the last couple months. Can't get enough of it. As YANP says, it is a "Song Of The Year" contender for sure. The new video was directed by Matthew Lessner and gives you dirty...

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Live Report : The Avett Brothers : Minnesota Zoo Amphitheater

2009-06-29T13:20:00.002-04:00

Make a note. Until you hear otherwise from me, The Avett Brothers are the Best Band in America. That's right. The Best Band in America doesn't even have a full-time drummer. And I'm not easily...

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New Song : Flashmen + Sewing Pattern : As The Night Rolls On

2009-06-29T12:00:00.000-04:00

(photo by MOKB photog : Dave D. Evans) Flashmen recently collaborated with Sewing Pattern for this hotass track. Both projects have new albums out this year that are worth your time. We've...

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New Song : Megafaun : Kaufman's Ballad + Generationals added

2009-06-26T21:30:00.001-04:00

The upcoming (July 17th at The Vollrath) MOKB Presents...Bowerbirds + Megafaun + Nathaniel Rateliff & The Wheel bill just keeps getting better. Now we've gone and added Generationals to the bill! ...

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New Video : The Mars Volta : Since We've Been Wrong

2009-06-26T16:00:00.003-04:00

The Mars Volta release the first video, for the track Since We've Been Wrong, from their new album Octahedron... -------------------------------------------------------- Official Site | More MP3s...

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New Song : Fleet Foxes on The BBC

2009-06-26T15:24:00.003-04:00

(photo cred : Kristian Dowling) Fleet Foxes are over in the UK at Glastonbury Fest. This mornng, lead singer Robin Pecknold performed a new song live on BBC Radio. The track is called Blue...

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New EP : The Octopus Project + Free Song

2009-06-26T10:55:00.001-04:00

I'd never had a chance to catch Austin, TX's The Octopus Project in a live setting until I went down for Fun Fun Fun Fest late last year (srsly great little fest!). They were made of magic and I...

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Cymbals Eat Guitars : Live on KEXP + MOKB Presents!

2009-06-26T10:05:00.001-04:00

Cymbals Eat Guitars are providing all sorts of fabulous free content for you lately. They just gave away a free mp3 download of a new song, and now, thanks to Louis Sparre, The Cutting Room Studios...

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Fresh Session : Dead Confederate on The Laundromatinee + MOKB Presents!

2009-06-26T00:10:00.002-04:00

Imagine, if you will, that the members of the original lineup of My Morning Jacket fell through some wormhole, ended up in early-90s Seattle and formed alongside bands like the Screaming Trees and...

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standing on the world alone...

2009-06-25T16:55:00.000-04:00

My "jam(s)-du-jour" today are definitely by West Londoners-by-way-of-Spain (Basque region) Crystal Fighters. Before you moan away at ANOTHER band with "crystal" in their name, give it a quick...

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Yim Yames to release George Harrison Tribute EP + "Wordless Chorus" accapella

2009-06-25T13:45:00.002-04:00

As a lead-up to the long-awaited self-titled album release (Sept. 22nd) from Monsters of Folk, Jim James's supergroup that also features Conor Oberst, M. Ward, and Mike Mogis, his new alter-ego Yim...

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Local News : New Video : Grey Granite : The Road

2009-06-25T12:50:00.001-04:00

Nathan Karamanski is the newest addition to MOKB's Laundromatinee team. You'll be seeing his work in upcoming sessions with Tiny Vipers, Balmorhea and Wild Moccasins, to name a few. Before joining...

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Good Cover / Bad Cover

2009-06-25T11:20:00.002-04:00

We love cover songs, most know that. Also, I generally think there is just not enough negativity in the blogosphere anymore. I mean, where did all the a-holes go?! It's all gone soft and fuzzy. ...

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New Video : Anni Rossi : The West Coast

2009-06-24T18:55:00.000-04:00

We just premiered Anni Rossi's Laundromatinee.com session yesterday, and now today she's released a new video for the Rockwell track The West Coast... (thx P4K) Previous: MP3 : Anni Rossi -...

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Photo Recap : The Rural Alberta Advantage at The Vollrath : Indianapolis, IN

2009-06-24T17:00:00.001-04:00

The Rural Alberta Advantage is ready to ascend. Maybe they already have, but we, all, just haven't realized it quite yet. Those of us south of the border probably haven't even had time realize. ...

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