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The music of Contre Jour

Imagine Cut The Rope meeting Angry Birds Space somewhere in French children's literature, and you're getting close. If you've got a smart phone, you owe yourself a copy of Contre Jour for several reasons,...

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free download: Symptomatic EP, by La Machine

In March we met La Machine, concluding, "Sung through a pulse jet and stripped down to the sub-bass." Their dark-as-a-cave, quick-as-a-Zoloft releases continue with the Symptomatic EP. The title track sets paint-can percussion...

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video: “Same Old,” by Audioley

TMIM regulars are already familiar with Francois Peglau, who has been releasing a track-by-track follow up to The Imminent Failure of since December 2010. His singalong verse, campy wit and upbeat revolutionary politics are...

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video vault: “Snow,” by Pooma

How is this for degrees of separation? Desiree's new Finnish obsession leads us to a month-thence Soundcloud upload of a toddler-aged remix of a five-year old track. It's "Snow," by Pooma, from their...

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profile: John Harrison of Cedar Lines

Sunday, January 29, 2012, 11:45am John Harrison can’t find a kit that he likes. The drum line is already written: a smudged, industrial arrangement that summons Cleveland, not Cincinnati. It would work just fine on its own,...

“The Feel Bad Movie of Christmas”

The missus has been reading The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo for what seems like months. She's a fast...

Arcade Fire – Maps (Yeah Yeah Yeahs Cover)

Like trying to make a gourmet PB&J Arcade Fire has taken one of the simplest songs (yet one of the...

The Indie Music Bloggers Alphabet Book

Indie music has one, which is all fine and good, congratulations, thanks for asking. But we, the staff members...

Are The Billboard Charts Accurate?

Currently the Billboard Top 200 shows Hannah Montana Soundtrack, Day 26, Rascal Flatts and the Twilight Soundtrack rounding out the...

SNL – Phoenix/YYY's

SNL has had two great musical guests on over the past two weeks, that's rare for them. Phoenix played on...

Great bloggers are great music bloggers

Exhibit B: when Ta-Nehisi Coates (yes, I typed it straight through without checking) refers to Yeah Yeah Yeahs as "White...

Yeah Yeah Yeah's It's Blitz Review

Due to leaks and other problems the YYY's were forced to digitally release It's Blitz! a month earlier then originally...

Yeah Yeah Yeah's Score "Zero"

The Yeah Yeah Yeah's have spent the last 6 years pushing the envelope of simplicity and doing it quite...