You Aint No Picasso

My First Time …with Andy from Wye Oak

It’s time again for another installment of My First Time, the series where I ask some of my favorite bands to share stories about their musical “firsts.” Everything from the first song they ever wrote to the response they got when they first played their songs for their family. It’s all here. Because after all, [...]

Nine Inch Nails @ Bonnaroo 6.14.09

Nine Inch Nails played their last American show ever at Bonnaroo 2009. I felt extremely saddened when Trent announced that from the stage, but also had a weird sort of guilty pleasure at it. Kind of like how I hope Neutral Milk Hotel reforms and plays shows again… but if not, I saw Jeff Mangum’s [...]

[MP3] new The Boy Least Likely To b-side: “When I Grow Up I Want to Be a Boy Again”

I’ve been trying to track down the Boy Least Likely To’s b-sides for a few years now, but it looks like they saved me the trouble. They’re releasing a rarities collection The Best B-Sides Ever to select stores. You’ve probably heard one or two of these before (especially their cover of George Michael’s “Faith) but [...]

[MP3] new Spoon: “Writing To You In Reverse” (live) // and covers of Paul Simon, Rolling Stones & the Smiths

This is kind of a repost, considering that this recording is almost a year old and has been on YANP before. However, Spoon’s new EP Got Nuffin has me anxious to think, talk and post about the group… and since there’s not a song that’s cleared for me to post, I had to get a [...]

[VIDEO] Local Natives do Simon & Garfunkel’s “Cecilia”

If I could make that headline a little longer, the rest of it would read “are still completely awesome in every way a band can be.” But, alas, I had to keep it short so that you’d actually read it. Here’s a video of Local Natives (who I love) doing a backyard cover of Simon [...]

[VIDEO] Magnetic Fields cover Katy Perry’s “Waking Up in Vegas”

Big thanks to The Music Slut for pointing me toward this excellent cover of Katy Perry’s “Waking Up in Vegas” by the Magnetic Fields. As you might expect, Claudia Gonson does most of the singing, but Stephin’s vocal additions are both fantastic and mostly hilarious. I think the only way I could have enjoyed it [...]

[MP3] Kati Kovács: “Add Már Uram Az Esőt!” // off the compilation of ’60s Hungarian funk music Well Hung

I love all those crazy funk and psych compilations from around the world (like this or this), but the problem is really making the jump to snag them. I don’t exactly have a network of friends that are paying that close of attention to compilations of decades-old releases from non-English-speaking countries. But what I do [...]

[VIDEO] Harlem Shakes: “Strictly Game”

Thanks to IGIF for introducing me to one of the best music videos I’ve seen all year. You know those annoying youtube videos for songs that are nothing more than a compilation of press shots rotating while the music plays? This is not that… but it’s exactly that. MP3 Harlem Shakes - Strictly Game For the [...]