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The next song title in a collection of very Decemberisty track titles to come from the Portland outfit's forthcoming The Hazards Of Love is "Won't Want For Love (Margaret In The Taiga)." It's a…   Read Story »
The setup: High School Record, written/directed/photographed by Ben Wolfinsohn (who also did the Friends Forever documentary), is a film about a senior at an art high school who decides to document…   Read Story »
So gang, the bad news for you is Death Cab have returned to their day jobs -- but thanks to the band for giving us the day off, and to everyone who wrote in with questions and comments. Walla, you…   Read Story »
We've been enjoying Through the Wilderness: A Tribute to Madonna (well, half of it), and Lavender Diamond's faithful take on "Like A Prayer" is one of the more intriguing moments. You don't get much…   Read Story »
It's been almost fifty years since Madonna was born, and almost twenty five since she popularized the jelly bracelet. But preventing global warming with Gogol Bordello and inspiring a new Blondie…   Read Story »
Becky Stark's "It's all about love and the earth people, ya know?" shtick doesn't sit well with everybody, but Lavender Diamond's perch on the precipice of over-preciousness has its fans, like us and…   Read Story »
Amazing that we haven't got around to mentioning Becky Stark (aka Lavender Diamond) since February of last year, but sometimes the blog pile gets to be an unruly mess. The first vid from Imagine Our…   Read Story »
Another tribute tracklist for this fine Thursday, although this one's already got a name -- and also happens to be infinitely less sad than the last. NME reports that the likes of Devendra Banhart,…   Read Story »
First, the good music. A bunch of stuff we've been listening to, or heard about and finally got around to checking out, of varying degrees of newness. Figurines - "The Wonder" (MP3) Catfish Haven -…   Read Story »