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We don’t get a lot of news about Eurovision here in the United States, but this clip from Sebastien Tellier has been making the rounds.  For good reason, as it turns out.  C’est fantastique!
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Sebastien Tellier – Divine
I’m not sure how exactly Sebastien was chosen to represent France at Eurovision 2008, but it seems to have [...]

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Devendra Banhart – Carmensita
Yes, that’s the extremely cute Natalie Portman, Devendra Banhart’s girlfriend.  Is that Jon Lovitz in there as well?
This video comes at a strange time for me.  You see, in the past couple of days I’ve watched The Darjeeling Limited and El Topo.  It’s kind of freaky how these two movies fit right [...]

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Well, there you have it.  The first single, “Fresh Born”, off of Deerhoof’s new album.  Instead of releasing the actual recording, Deerhoof has offered up this piece of sheet music.  They’ve invited you to record your own version and post it up at deerhoof.cashmusic.org for all to hear.
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Pretty cool idea if you ask me.  Unfortunately, [...]

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Ah, Emiliana Torrini.  Coming to Kentucky soon, dear?  Please do.
Until that happens, I’ll be content with this track off of her new album, Me And Armeni.
Emiliana Torrini – Me And Armeni
A bit of a different direction this time around; You’d be forgiven if you thought that you’d mistakenly queued up Lily Allen after those first [...]

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A preview of Calexico’s new album, Carried to Dust, coming out September 9th on Touch and Go/Quarterstick Records.

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