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Philly’s beloved Free Energy have extended their current North American tour, playing gigs with Ra Ra Riot, Delta Spirit, Jukebox The Ghost, Miniature Tigers and more.

I watched Gigantic for the first time tonight. It was an odd movie, for sure, but I was delighted to see the movie’s last few seconds scored by Animal Collective’s…

I have an uncharacteristically complicated relationship with the wonderful Roisin Murphy. I absolutely throw it down when one of her tracks comes on. She is everything I look for in…

Discovery LP XL out July 7th 86/100 [Rating Scale] [rating:86/100] With the recent passing of Michael Jackson, every blog I read had some kind of eulogy to the king of…

“So Insane” is another track off Discovery’s metronomic album, LP that has a so-insane hook, “oh baby you got me going so insane and I just don’t know what’s going…

I have three confessions: I love Vampire Weekend, and I love Ra Ra Riot, and I love Discovery. What Discovery is, besides the spaceship and a TV channel, is Ra…

Wes Miles pulls at his clothes like he wants to say “Free me from this earthly prison!” He stares into nothing. He turns this way and that with lifts and…

La Blogotheque’s Take-Away show series continues to be the best way to watch your favorite bands play music. Every video is fantastic, from Arcade Fire playing “Neon Bible” in a…

Wow…SXSW has yet again put an incredible lineup together for their festival this year. The talent includes, and is in no way limited to: Peter Bjorn and John, Bishop Allen,…

Even though I’ve given them some love, I don’t feel like I’ve given Ra Ra Riot the love they deserve on PMA. “Ghost Under Rocks” is made up of  everything…

Here we go again, this time with music recaps of the most recent episodes of Gossip Girl and 90210, along with the second third of Chuck’s season two. Starting with…