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How The Academy Lost Touch With Movie Music →

nprmusic: How did we get here? Only two songs from movies were worthy of Oscar nominations? From, the country that brought you “Let’s Hear It for the Boy” and “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You”??

Jan 26th

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Jan 26th

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Yellow Ostrich are back with another album “Strange Land” & this is the first single “Marathon Runner” which you can grab for free. If you enjoyed “The Mistress” you’ll be happy with this newbie.

Jan 26th

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Jan 26th

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Eyeoneye, the first single from Andrew Bird’s new album “Break It Yourself”.

Jan 24th

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Elephant & Castle (aka David Vincent Reep) featuring vocals from Tune-Yards’ Merrill Garbus.

Jan 23rd

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Jan 19th

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Irish folk band The Chieftains ft. Justin Vernon “Down By The Willow Garden”

Jan 19th

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Stream Cloud Nothings new album “Attack On Memory”.

Jan 18th

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Jan 15th

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Jan 15th

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Stream 'Simple Song' by the Shins. →

Jan 9th

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First single from White Rabbit’s upcoming album Milk Famous (out March 6).

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Jan 4th

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Jan 4th

2011 in review:

mr tumnus, knitting, moved, new job, record club, parks&rec, qld x2, melbs x2, whiskey, sufjan, james blake, freaks&geeks, skype & internet fails, last summer school, gardening, vanuatu, swimming with turtles, beads, risotto, tagine & cheesecake, alchemy, lots of colds & flu’s, gluten free, addison rd markets, arrested development, petty cash, country weddings, wife swap.

Dec 31st

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Dec 23rd

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New track from Big Scary called “Cool...

Dec 19th

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So much great new music on the way! Oh how I love January. This is the new single from AU’s new record “Both Lights” which is out Jan 9 via the Leaf Label.

Dec 18th

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Dec 18th

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Dec 18th

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Acoustic performance of Scottish Winds by Frightened Rabbit.

Dec 13th

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I’m not sure how I’ve only just stumbled upon Canon Blue, the alias of Daniel James - touring member of the wonderful Efterklang. With two albums & an EP (which is free!) under his belt & mixing by the likes of Grizzly Bear’s Chris Taylor - I think I’ve said enough to convince you to go buy the whole Canon Blue catalog. Efterklang & Sufjan Stevens fans get on...

Dec 13th

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My top albums of 2011.

1. James Blake, self-titled (Feb, 2011) 2. Beirut, The Rip Tide (Aug, 2011) 3. The War On Drugs, Slave Ambient (Aug, 2011) 4. Wye Oak, Civilian (March, 2011) 5. Megastick Fanfare, Grit Aglow (May, 2011) 6. Gauntlet Hair, self-titled (Oct, 2011) 7. The Black Keys, El Camino (Dec, 2011) 8. Tune Yards, Whokill (April, 2011) 9. Peter Wolf Crier, Garden Of Arms (Sept, 2011) 10. Panda...

Dec 7th

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Dec 1st

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Stream 5 tracks from The Black Keys, El Camino →

Nov 29th

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Serpents is the first single off Sharon Van Etten’s upcoming album ‘Tramp’ - out via Jagjaguwar February 7. It is truly stunning. It was produced by Aaron Dessner (The National) & features guests including: Bryce Dessner (The National), Zach Condon (Beirut), Julianna Barwick, Jenn Wasner (Wye Oak) amongst others. (Umm… what a list!!) Mark this one in your diaries,...

Nov 23rd

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