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by Patrick McGinn on November 4, 2011 ‡ 39 reactions

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MP3 / Video: Gauntlet Hair – “Keep Time”

Denver’s Gauntlet Hair are one of our favorite new bands, even though they aren’t really new, per se – the duo has been playing together for ten years but they’ve…

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November 3, 2011· 51 reactions

More New Amy Winehouse – “Our Day Will Come”

Late last night, a radio rip of Amy Winehouse’s collaboration with Nas,“Like Smoke”, surfaced. (The song was recorded in 2008, at the height of Winehouse’s very public struggles.) A second…

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November 3, 2011· 50 reactions

Album Review: Summer Camp – Welcome To Condale

Welcome To Condale is overall a great set of accessible, easy listening tunes that are perfect for, well, summer. If only the album had been released a few months ago.

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November 3, 2011· 87 reactions

New: Amy Winehouse – “Like Smoke” f/ Nas

As previously reported, Island is releasing the first posthumous Amy Winehouse record, Lioness: Hidden Treasures – on December 5th – just in time for the Holidays. Just a couple days…

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November 2, 2011· 56 reactions

REC’D: Lady Gaga x The Weeknd – “Marry The Night” (Remix)

One of the best songs – “Marry The Night” – from one of the best albums of the year – Lady Gaga’s Born This Way – has been remixed by…

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November 2, 2011· 143 reactions

Mumford & Sons Debut New Song “Ghosts That We Know”

Mumford and Sons have certainly wrung everything they can out of their only LP Sigh No More – two years of touring and plenty of acclaim and awards later, the…

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November 2, 2011· 89 reactions

REC’D: Vampire Weekend’s ROSTAM – “Don’t Let It Get To You”

One of the best things about Vampire Weekend is their self-awareness – fully cognizant of the myriad detractors who criticize their songs for being an ‘00s rehashing of Paul Simon’s…

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November 2, 2011· 15 reactions

Video: Cass McCombs – “The Same Thing”

Cass McCombs is releasing his second album of 2011 next week. Like last time, he’s released an excellent first single. “The Same Thing” is no “County Line”, but it’s really…

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November 2, 2011· 61 reactions

Video: V V Brown – “Children” f/ Chiddy Bang

British chanteuse, V V Brown made some noise in 2009 with her debut album Travelling Like the Light and soulful indie pop jams like “Crying Blood” (this one ought to…

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