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Live Gig (Pics & Video): Thao Nguyen & Mirah – Noise Pop Performance, Swedish American Hall, San Francisco, CA (2/27/2010)

February 28th, 2010

Thao Nguyen / Mirah / Michael Deni (from Geographer) John Vanderslice (the guest bartender) Horse Feathers Dave Smallen Carletta Sue Kay Videos: Horse Feathers: Mirah / Thao / Michael Deni

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Video: Bobby Birdman – You’d Be Surprised (feat. YACHT)

February 27th, 2010

Bobby Birdman – “You’d Be Surprised” from judesays on Vimeo. I received this Bobby Birdman video in my inbox the other day for the track “You’d Be Surprised” off of his latest album. I loved it, and I think you will too. Here is the accompanying description of the video: “While in Portland, Oregon to [...]

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Video: Princeton – Calypso Gold

February 21st, 2010

In the coming week I’ll be featuring posts about some of the awesome artists our San Francisco readers can watch at Noise Pop this coming week. The line-up is pretty amazing, so I definitely suggest you try to make it out to at least a show or two. The Festival is a long running tradition [...]

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Video: Chiddy Bang – The Opposite of Adults (Kids)

February 21st, 2010

You may remember Chiddy Bang from the Musical Pairings “Best Free Mixtapes of 2009” list, a number of Musical Pairings’ previous monthly mixtapes, and as a Single Serving post way back in November. They are a college hip hop duo (Chidera Anamege and Xaphoon Jones) that hail from Philly. Well, they are back with an [...]

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Video: Or, The Whale – Rusty Gold (NSFW)

February 20th, 2010

The rootsy ‘Rusty Gold’ is definitely one of the highlights from Or, The Whale’s eponymous sophomore album. In my review of the album I described it as “one of a number of tracks on the album that could be described as a ‘standout’ and begins with simple, acoustic strumming as guitarist/vocalist Alex Robins sings ‘my [...]

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Video: the morning benders feat. members of Girls, Port O’Brien, Mumlers, and John Vanderslice – Excuses

February 14th, 2010

As you are probably aware, I am pretty excited about the forthcoming sophomore effort by the morning benders titled BIG ECHO scheduled to be released on March 9. I previously posted the MP3 for “Promises” on the site and now I am now excited to offer a video for the track “Excuses” the boys filmed [...]

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Video: Parenthetical Girls – Evelyn McHale

February 7th, 2010

Parenthetical Girls are an Portland, Oregon by way of Everett, Washington four-piece experimental pop act. They are set to release their next full lenfth, Privilege, as a box set of five limited edition 12″ EPs on their Slender Means Society label. Each part is limited to 500 physical copies. The first 12″ in the series [...]

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Video: The xx – VCR

January 30th, 2010

Check out the lovely video for The xx’s “VCR.” Black & white turns to color through love, fire and destruction because “you, you just know, you just do.” The xx – VCR

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Video: Holly Miranda – Lover, You Should Have Come Over (Jeff Buckley Cover)

January 26th, 2010

Holly Miranda “Lover You Should’ve Come Over” (Jeff Buckley cover) from Yours Truly on Vimeo. Brooklyn based musician Holly Miranda has been playing music since she moved to New York from Michigan when she was 16. The New York Times described her as “a less fearful Cat Power, a more substantive Feist, a Norah Jones [...]

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Video: Toro y Moi – Blessa

January 23rd, 2010

Toro y Moi is a the alias of Columbia, South Carolina’s Chaz Bundick. The Toro y Moi debut album, Causers of Time, is scheduled for release on February 2, 2010, and it is sure to find an enthusiastic audience. On the most basic level Causers of Time is chillwave, but within the context of that [...]

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