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04.05.2010

BROKEN BELLS are like THE GHOST of the band I used to listen to INSIDE at my old job

she got no future just a love to endure, this gives some matter to shaking her hide

Broken Bells – The Ghost Inside

I’ve listened to the first 2 Shins albums a lot. But not because I love them. They were just 2 of the few albums that were deemed appropriate to play…

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04.03.2010

PAQMAN request you not eat POPSICLES AND other sweets while dancing on their FUTONS

turn it up …

Paqman – Popsicles and Futons

The two young-buck Aussies that make up big beat electro duo Paqman need to get themselves a proper press photo cause this aint cutting it. Fair enough though, these dudes have clearly been busy grinding out huge jams that treat my feet like…

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04.03.2010

TED LEO & THE PHARMACISTS should know that THE MIGHTY disappointment I felt earlier has flown away like a SPARROW

i was coming too but now i’m coming to

Ted Leo & The Pharmacists – The Mighty Sparrow

2004′s Shake The Sheets is my favorite Ted Leo album. This important because if you 1) have never heard of Ted Leo then you need to get that album and 2) If you are a…

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02.10.2010

HOT CHIP’s latest could easily fill an ALLEY full of funky hepCATS

you painted a song, you painted a song

Hot Chip – Alley Cats

After much hype, anticipation, and dancing to it’s two leaked tracks, Hot Chip’s 4th studio album is finally out. One could write pages on Hot Chip, their music, and it’s critical/popular reception, but to boil it down, One

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02.06.2010

CROOKERS collaborate with everyone except the count of TRANSILVANIA

it’s a dark and lonely beautiful place i’m in

Crookers – Transilvania (feat. Steed Lord)

Crookers are best know for their chart-devouring remix of Kid Cudi’s “Day N Nite” and have spent the past year trying to get out from under their own shadow. Track after track has drifted through my…

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01.10.2010

The 29 Best Remixes of 2009

I don’t know about you but 2009 was the year I fell in live with remixes. Starting TBE opened up my world to so many amazing reinterpretations of both great and not so great songs. Having always been more of a cover song guy this was new territory for me but I dove in headfirst and have been enjoying the…

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12.31.2009

} TBE Digest 4 • 12/30/09 [Hot Chip, Ted Leo, Crookers, Wiley, R Kelly, Smashing Pumpkins, & more]

Because sometimes good songs have no place in a post of their own. But mostly, just because I am not down with a jam doesn’t mean you shouldn’t hear it too.

Get caught up with the last tidbits of 2009 after the jump.

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10.03.2009

Miike Snow: The Band, The Facts, The Music

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I just got home from seeing Miike Snow for the 3rd time. As my mind recovers from their fantastic live show I figure we should go over the facts…

• Miike Snow is a band, not a man. They are made up of American Andrew Wyatt and Swedish producers/multi-instrumentalists Christian Karlsson & Pontus Winnberg (Bloodshy

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08.07.2009

Major Lazer’s album will make you Jump Up and down. Possibly pass out.

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be advised everybody thumbs up

Major Lazer – Jump up feat. Leftside & Supahyp (Co-Produced by the Crookers)

The wait is over, every one’s favorite one-armed Zombie War veteran has finally released his debut album. With the help of Diplo, Switch, and a host of guests, Major Lazer has cooked up…

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07.30.2009

Kid Cudi live in Hollywood (w/ B.O.B. & Asher Roth): In which expectations are lowered and anticipation is transferred

Photo by Keith Mokris / keithmokris.com

A funny thing happened on the way to this post… I’m rereading my Head’s Up ’09 post looking for my first hype-filled words on Kid Cudi and, well, he isn’t there. I never actually hyped Kid Cudi for 2009, despite later statements that I had. One week ago this discovery may have left me scratching my head, however…

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