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Atlas Sound (w/ Panda Bear) - “Walkabout”

I am very excited to see Heart this weekend at the American Music Festival. I haven’t been feeling well this week, hopefully #1 it is not swine flu, #2 I will be better by Saturday.

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I finally gave the God Help the Girl album a listen and I loved it. It’s so pretty. God Help the Girl is a group (or one off project?) of lady singers put together by Stuart Murdoch. I believe he wrote all the songs, he sings on a few, and there are even some Belle and Sebastian covers thrown in. It’s like having a new Belle and Sebastian album! Catherine Ireton (pictured above), has an especially nice voice.

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And! Cornershop has an album out for the first time in many years, it’s pretty fun. I have always been a sucker for sitar. Two tracks I enjoyed:

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…he’s got Swine Flu!

This weekend I did notable(?) stuff. Friday night I got to go see Girl Talk at the Norva with Mike, wasn’t sure what to expect but it was great! My shoe broke as soon as we got inside and I had to hobble about, but it’s ok I’m no dancer. Saturday we made sushi for the first time and it worked! Our fillings were salmon, asparagus, avocado and cucumber. We also had sake and it tasted like rubbing alcohol. Next time I am going to try to make it with the rice on the outside. Annie and Flza came down for the evening and we watched Slumdog Millionaire against Flza’s will. I was underwhelmed.

The Ruby Suns do a cover of one of my favorite songs, Palmitos Park. I don’t think it tops the original song by El Guincho – but it is nice in a different way and interesting to hear the lyrics in English. This cover got me thinking about The Ruby Suns again and how good (and psychedelic) they are. I recommend their entire album, Sea Lion!

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The Ruby Suns Palmitos Park

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The Ruby Suns Kenya Dig It?

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El Guincho Palmitos Park

Liam’s was not worth posting, Noel FTW. via goldenfiddle

I found this blog, motel de moka, on accident and it is so great. This blog has such a wide range of playlists, coupled with nice photography and is really well designed. They also have a list of best indie albums throughout the decades, a lot of stuff I’ve never heard of.

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Here are some tracks I like today:

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M. Ward Never Had Nobody Like You

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Franz Ferdinand No You Girls

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The Magnetic Fields The Nun’s Litany

At first I didn’t believe the cover art for Merriweather Post Pavilion, I think I’ve seen this optical illusion floating around the web since my Netscape days (like this one). Also, this one is called Shimmering Dots.

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Animal Collective Summertime Clothes

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Animal Collective My Girls