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Introducing // Maribel

Fri, February 10 2012 10:26am - Source: The Line Of Best Fit

Dark, dreamy and decadent, Oslo's Maribel are doing a very good job of capturing people's attention at the moment.

All the Pretty Lights

Wed, December 14 2011 11:24pm - Source: The Pop View

Nowadays, if they think of Christmas music from the Sixties, young people are apt to think of The Beach Boys' Christmas Album or Phil Spector's A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records or any of the Motown versions.

Painting the World in Analog

Sun, May 01 2011 7:32am - Source: the finest kiss

April 30, 2011 at 10:51 pm | Posted in 7 inch , Singles | Leave a comment Tags: Afternoon Naps , Eureka California , Happy Happy Birthday to Me , Orca Team Athens, Georgia's Happy Happy Birthday To Me seems to keep quietly releasing stellar music and the latest batch of singles is no different.

Safe From Any Distance: Radiation City

Fri, March 25 2011 5:50am - Source: the finest kiss

This morning I was looking for something to listen on my mp3 player.

Mix Six: This Time We’re Stringin’, or How I Learned to Dabba-Dabba-Dabb

Tue, January 11 2011 6:00pm - Source: Pop Dose

When Nabokov concluded back in the 1950s that some of his American students' ears were merely ornamental, I'm sure many adults believed that he was referring to the kids' musical taste.

Sure ‘Nuff and Yes Al Lover Did

Mon, January 03 2011 9:12pm - Source: The Decibel Tolls

When hip-hop heads dig deep in the crates to try some crazy shit, magic happens… this time with The Magic Band. The week Captain Beefheart died, I was listening heavily to the Light in the Attic compilation The Free Design: The Now Sound Redesigned – a collection of hip-hop artists like Peanut Butter Wolf, producers like Nobody, and indie rock darlings like Stereolab and Caribou reinterpret the songs of The Free Design.

The Free Design

Thu, September 16 2010 8:43am - Source: Mojo

As well as its super-mellow yet zingy title tune , the debut LP by family singers The Free Design featured songs about umbrellas in the rain and their younger brother Woody playing football and climbing trees (later they'd cover the theme to Sesame Street).