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After taking care of that bout of exhaustion set in from too-much-too-fast, blogosphere crown prince Zach Condon has admirably kept his name in your bloglines with well-timed and excellent EPs;…   Read Story »
A note of warning before you watch this clip: While the footage you are about to see is indeed brought to you by the folks behind the ever-awesome La Blogothèque, it is NOT an official "Take Away…   Read Story »
For their second LP, out next week, Dismemberment devotees Get Him Eat Him ratchet up expectations with fancy guests (Beirut's Zach Condon, the Wrens' Charles Bissell, Broken Social Scene's Chris…   Read Story »
Those lucky enough to choose the first date of Zach Condon's sold-out three-night run at Bowery Ballroom Sunday evening got an eye full of horns and more for an encore. After a night opened by Final…   Read Story »
Beirut should win honors with this vid for 'best depiction of mustachioed debauchery set to a ukulele-accordion waltz.' The clip's preview pics had us expecting some fancy threads, S&M poses, and…   Read Story »
Some stills from upcoming vids for ya. Next up for the Shins after their history-depicting school play clip for "Phantom Limb" is "Australia," and Subterranean posted a pic that to has the Sub…   Read Story »
Sometimes we have Gilmore Girls nights. Especially when we're asked (forced) to. And though Gilmore always throws in indie references, this exchange seemed a little over the top (starting with…   Read Story »
We were really amused by Pitchfork's list for the year's Worst Album Covers; great picks, pithy quips! Apparently they Forkers are just as awed by Gangsta Rap as we were, but they were more observant…   Read Story »
In which Zach Condon is forced, again, to talk about the blogosphere.Pitchfork: How did you become aware that people were listening to your CD? Zach Condon: Almost entirely through Ben [Goldberg of…   Read Story »