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Dude, I am so there.
Oh, and there are some other bands playing, too, like TV On The Radio, The Killers, The Cure, Okkervil River, Band Of Horses, Fleet Foxes, My Bloody Valentine…that’s kinda cool.
But, but…Leonard! Cohen! Is hella playing! At Coachella!
Dude!
Back in December, we dropped a track by Chicago electronic/funk/ambient/whatever quintent Loyal Divide. Now we’ve got an exclusive interview with Loyal Divide bassist / songwriter Adam Johnson, talking about the band’s debut EP Labrador.
Mojo Republik: Tell us about how Loyal Divide got together.
Adam Johnson: We got together in 2005 while attending Miami University in Oxford, [...]
Paste Magazine has a story about a new money strategy coming from big festival promoters like Goldenvoice: put your ticket on layaway.
According to the article — and the USA Today story it sources from — festival-goers will be able to put down half the $269 cost of a Coachella ticket up front, and half on [...]
My apologies for the sparse posting — we’re working on some amazing new behind the scenes stuff here, and I get sidetracked. Call it ADD.
Anyway, Letters (or maybe letters) are a lofi chamber pop band out of Olympia, Washington, a town best known for hometown son Kurt Cobain. This track, entitled “You Make Me Feel [...]
That last post got me thinking about Lester Bangs, who was one of the great rock critics and a remarkable writer in his own right. Lester’s been dead for a really long time now — almost thirty years, Jesus Christ — but his voice is still relevant if you’re one of the sad few people [...]
If you’re reading this site, chances are good that you might be a music geek. And if you’re a music geek, chances are you’ve seen the film adaptation of Nick Hornsby’s novel High Fidelity, in which John Cusack, Jack Black and that other guy who never quite got as famous as John Cusack and Jack [...]
The Appleseed Cast are a shoegazer band out of Lawrence, Kansas — a town which, despite having a vibrant college community, has never really been known for music (Mates of State notwithstanding). This track, “As The Little Things Go”, is almost textbook shoegaze — massive delay sounds, big climax. Really pretty.
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The Appleseed Cast, “As [...]
Coffee Prince
I can’t tell if Coffee Prince is a Korean TV show, a Korean movie, or a Korean band. But I like this song, “Sad Thing”, which is sort of Mazzy Star-ish.
Coffee Prince, “Sad Thing” [mp3]
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Meghan Coffee
Meghan Coffee’s work was an unexpected treat. Her songs — particularly this one, “Jericho”, are near-perfect pop gems. [...]
I’ve never heard of Cazals, despite the fact that apparently a couple of the members were in one of my favorite British TV shows, Nathan Barley. They’re a London band who apparently grew up with ex-Libertines and current Babyshambles singer/tabloid fodder Pete Doherty. Apparently they’re pretty well-regarded lads-about-town in London.
This track, “Somebody, Somewhere”, from their [...]
There’s something retro in a lot of ways about Alexandra Hope — her track “Whatever You Want” sounds sorta like early PJ Harvey, but if PJ listened to French chanteuse music instead of…well, whatever PJ was listening to back then, more Jane Birken than riot grrrl. The Minnesota-born, Paris-raised singer-songwriter makes noisy, fuzzy dreamy pop. [...]