Casual Dots – Live For Yourself (Live)

I’ve professed my love for Slant 6 here before, so it’s no surprise that I’m a huge Casual Dots fan as well. The two bands have a very similar sound, but I don’t only like them because they are Slant 6 lite. This song was recorded live on WFMU in April of 2004 and it was one of my favorite songs off of their self titled debut release on Kill Rock Stars.
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Download: Casual Dots – Live For Yourself (Live)

The Monday Set: Shout Out Louds – Los Angeles – 5/23/2013

Stockholm's Shout Out Louds have just finished their US tour in support of the new album Optica with a two-night stand at LA's El Rey Theater. It was their first visit to the city in three years. If you haven't heard them before, their music can be described as often bleakly wistful lyrics completely camouflaged by bright, sunny tunes (More...)

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Magnolia Electric Co. – Baton Rouge – 9/27/2006

The terrible news yesterday was of Jason Molina’s passing. Jason was the force behind the Songs: Ohia moniker (largely for his own solo work) and Magnolia Electric Co (which saw him working with a regular band). I saw Jason perform three times, in 2004 (Charlottesville), 2006 (Baton Rouge), and 2007 (New Orleans). I spoke with him on two of those occasions. (More...)

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Magnetic Fields – Andrew In Drag (Live)

In March of 2012 Stephen Merrit released the best Magnetic Fields album since 2004's i. The album features songs with classic Stephin Merritt charm and benefits from vast improvements in production over recent releases. This album should have been nothing but aces, but it could have been a whole lot better (More...)

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