The first half of 2009 is almost gone, folks. Come July 1st, we’ll be entering the last half of the year. These past 6 months have given us some amazing music, amiright? What is your favorite song of the past 6 months? Favorite album? Color me curious.
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Jun 09
Blog Star: Quick Before It Melts
Blog Star, or the Music Blog of the Week, for the week starting 06.08.09 is…
Quick Before It Melts [I want to go to there]
RIYL (read if you like): pitchfork-approved indie rock, clean, click blog design, insightful editorials on bands you may or may not have ever heard of.
Leave suggestions for our next Blog Star/Music Blog of the Week in the comments.
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Jun 09
Blog Star: T S U R U R A D I O
Blog Star, or the Music Blog of the Week, for the week starting 06.01.09 is…
T S U R U R A D I O [I want to go to there]
RIYL (read if you like): vinyl rips, indie-tastic mixtapes, podcasts, zany photography and charity for meaningful causes (like diabetes).
Leave suggestions for our next Blog Star/Music Blog of the Week in the comments.
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May 09
Friday Links
I was going to do a Sunday Links thing every Sunday, but why should I discriminate against the other perfectly capable days of the week? Oh yes, I went there.
So to the question of when these will happen will be subject to my personal discretion, or sometimes based on impulse or caprice (or in other words, whenever I want to). Here are your Friday Links, I expect you to click them all, because they’re all pretty much amazing.
Listen to, Preview, and HEART all of the music posted on PMA.
Frank(ie) Ramz posted this fantastic video on Pigeons & Planes. If you sort of like Asher Roth, or even sort of hate him, you might enjoy this. “I Hate High School.”
MGMT cover Nine Inch Nail’s “Closer.” Not sure how old this is, but I like it. Saw it at Rollo & Grady via Bleakey. I wanna fuck you like a DINOSAUR!
Download_MGMT - Closer (Nine Inch Nails Cover)
Stereogum told us that Radiohead are fast at work on an In Rainbows follow-up. Mass hysteria ensues.
Soulwax & Au Revoir Simone involved in the making of the Aeroplane album! – via Ohh Crapp
Jay-Z confirms split with Def Jam.
I <3 Green Day’s “21 Guns”
The Sounds, Wilco and Sunset Rubdown albums leaked.
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May 09
Make PMA a Header! Finally Done!
After a couple of rounds of voting, the original top 3 ended up being the winners. I will set them up in rotation ASAP and contact the designers.
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May 09
Make PMA a Header!
Calling out all design junkies! Design us a hip, cool, current, [insert synonym here] header for the blog! The winning design will win 30 days worth of premium adspace (you can link to your blog, portfolio, website, etc) and credit/linkback from PMA for the design’s lifespan.
Rules, notes, etc. Continue reading →
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May 09
Sunday Links
Here at PMA, we love our weekends. We like to catch a show or two, go to a movie, catch up with “RL” stuff, or just veg. With the exception of a podcast every now and then, you probably won’t see a post on Sunday ’round here. I will let my blogfriends provide the goodies on Sunday.
- MFR has an mp3 for the Hood Internet’s latest — “Two Weeks of Hip Hop” mashing Grizzly Bear and Dead Prez together. Groovy.
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Grizzly Bear vs Dead Prez - Two Weeks of Hip-Hop (The Hood Internet)
Grizzly Bear vs Dead Prez - Two Weeks of Hip-Hop (The Hood Internet)
- While we’re on MFR, check out their fantastic series, The Radiohead Model. It’s a great read.
- The always amazing Burial and Four Tet are releasing a split 12″ called Moth/Wolf Cub. Catch some mp3 samples at GvsB
- Patrick Wolf covers Lady GaGa’s “Poker Face,” all at The Music Slut.
- Eminem’s shit-tastic music video for the shittier-tastic “3AM” can be found at Mossip.
- A great “Sleepyhead” remix over at OHH! Crapp..
- Estelle & Kanye work together once again on this new DJ Class joint. Find the mp3 over at Pigeons & Planes.
- NPR is streaming the new Conor Oberst album. Listen to it here.
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Apr 09
I’m on vacation until Wednesday, April 15th. I will try to get my Wi-Fi on @ night and do some quickies, but I might be too busy enjoying myself. I will retweet any interesting songs, videos, etc on Twitter, if you’re interested.
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Mar 09
Phoenix Playing SNL Next Week!
Wow…talk about a quick rise to fame.
After releasing two brilliant singles from their upcoming album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, the frenchie-pop-rockers will be rocking SNL on April 4th, on a Seth Rogen-hosted episode.
I realize that SNL is maintaining its indie cred by getting awesome Pitchfork-rockers to play (TV On The Radio, Death Cab, Vampire Weekend, Fleet Foxes), but Phoenix surprised me, mostly due to the fact that they just haven’t MADE IT in the way that the aforementioned bands have. Those four all had ridiculous album sales, whereas Phoenix’s first few cds were loved by the indie-rock crew and not much else. Those four all had some radio play, while I haven’t heard “Listzomania” or “1901″ on the radio once. So although I am in no way criticizing SNL’s decision to get such a great band on their show, I’m just a tad surprised. All that’s for sure is that it will lead to a HEAVY sales boost for the band, who will most likely rock their insanely catchy songs incredibly well live.
