Art Brut Videos

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Picture courtesy of Art Brut

We have concluded that Art Brut did not contribute to the Wild Animus Soundtrack so it’s legitimate to like them again. Check out the video for Good Weekend where Eddie Argos can be found lounging with his brand new girlfriend in speedos. And the Formed A Band video will surely answer your innately undying question about how this band would look animated. (The answer: Really average.)

Brand New Tour:
Sept 21 / Studio A / Miami, FL
Sept 22 / Club Downunder / Tallahassee, FL
Sept 23 / One Eyed Jack’s / New Orleans, LA
Sept 24 / Warehouse Live / Houston, TX
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Langhorne Slim Stream and Tour

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New York’s Langhorne Slim recently signed to V2 Records and released a 4 song EP yesterday called, Engine EP. Slim takes their folky/bluesy/best-ho-down ever sound to the next level with the track Honey Pie. Also, the Windows Media player lightshow is breathtaking.

September 20 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir
September 21 – Seattle, WA – Crocodile Café
September 23 – Olympia, WA – The Capitol Theater
September 25 – Salk Lake City, UT – Kilby Court
September 26 – Denver, CO – Hi- Dive
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My Morning Jacket Double Live CD and Tour

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MMJ’s Double Live CD Okonokos will be in stores on September 26th. The corresponding Movie will screen October 30th, the day before its dvd release. Check out the video preview on Windows Media or Real Player.

Reverb-A-Thon:
September 19 – Palaisozaki – Torino
September 20 Duomo Square – Pistoia
September 22 – The London Astoria – London
October 23 – Palace of Fine Arts – San Francisco, CA
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The Mountain Goats Get Lonely [4AD]

| Brandi H.

The Mountain Goat’s John Darnielle is like the kid at the open mic who just wouldn’t quit. Armed with nothing more than a grim determination to exhaustively articulate himself through folk song, Darnielle has made it to where no open mic’er has ever been allowed to tread. The Mountain Goats discography is large enough that, pushed way under your bed, cassettes, compilations, and 7” singles would be spilling out your bedroom door and into the hallway.
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The Ultimate Scissor Sisters Contest Supreme

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Send your best homoerotic short story to usounds AT gmail DOT com (or, just be the first person to reply with scissor in the subject line) and win a limited edition Scissor Sisters hologram mouse-pad and a signed Scissor Sisters vinyl! New album, Ta Da out September 26th on Universal Motown. I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ audio streams:

Windows Media
Real Player

You’ll have a gay old time tour dates:
9/23 Baltimore MD – Virgin Festival
9/28 Los Angeles CA -Shrine Auditorium
9/29 San Francisco CA – Warfield
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Now It’s Overhead on Tour

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Now It’s Overhead has just announced a massive US tour in support of the new album, Dark Light Daybreak released on Saddle Creek Records yesterday. This Athens, GA band is fronted by studio wizard and Bright Eyes collaborator Andy LeMaster. Check out the spooky artwork and four tracks on Myspace and download the mp3’s for Walls and Let Up.

Now It’s Also Time To Hit The Road:
Sat-Sep-23 Atlanta GA – Paste Rock n Reel – Variety Playhouse
Fri-Oct-06 Tallahassee FL – Club Down Under – FSU
Sat-Oct-07 Miami FL – Studio A
Sun-Oct-08 Orlando FL – The Social
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Sigur Rós Saeglopur [Geffen]

| Jared Fiechtner

When Takk was first released last year I remember feeling a little disappointed. It wasn’t a bad record, but it seemed to me Sigur Rós had wandered out of their caves built of ice, and I didn’t know if I was ready to see them dissolve into a sunnier and more upbeat affair. I missed the Sigur Rós from ( ) when they had the absurd confidence to make an entire album into a droning monochromatic monolith. Even the stark contrasts and experimentation that flooded Agaetis Bryjun seemed absent.
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