January 2009

Handsome Furs and Bon Iver release tracks [new mp3's]

January 19, 2009

Bon Iver is releasing his Blood Bank EP tomorrow via Jagjaguwar and Handsome Furs are set to release their second album Face Control on March 10th via Sub Pop. Both of these tracks have been whoring around the internet and we’re no less slutty – just late to the game in posting them. Enjoy. Handsome [...]

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Centro-matic/South San Gabriel – Dual Hawks [Album Review]

January 19, 2009

I’m not quite sure how we made it through 2008 without reviewing the latest album from indie pimps Centro-matic. They released a split-double album with Will Johnson’s other band, South San Gabriel, way back in June on Misra records and somehow no one on HearYa was talking about it. Or maybe they were and they [...]

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Sunday MP3 Roundup, 1.18.09

January 18, 2009

Here are all the tracks we discussed this past week. From our live session with Mason Proper: Exclusive: Mason Proper – Point A To Point B Exclusive: Mason Proper – Out Dragging The River Exclusive: Mason Proper – Shiney Exclusive: Mason Proper – Lock and Key Exclusive: Mason Proper – Fog From Under The Covers: [...]

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Avoiding words like stew, husky, moist, and cuddle. An interview with Stephen Malkmus.

January 17, 2009

I am in a fantasy hoops league and currently reside in second place with Kobe holding up my team. Every fantasy hoops aficionado should read Rotoworld, a site for news, rankings, projections and commentary on sports and fantasy leagues.‚  The site is championed by good friend of HearYa, Steve Alexander (aka Doctor A). Doctor A [...]

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Am I the only one that doesn’t get Animal Collective?

January 16, 2009

I keep reading all these great reviews, but I don’t get it. I gave it a shot and it must be above my intellect. Some are claiming that it’s the best album so far this year and may end up being the best of the year. I’ll stick to my advance copies of‚  the upcoming [...]

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Golden Boots Release Two New Tracks [new mp3's]

January 16, 2009

Tucson by way of Philly experimental alt-country act, Golden Boots, have released two new tracks from their upcoming album Winter At The Discotheque. It’s due out on January 27th via Park The Van Records. Their press release has a better description that I could ever come up with: A seemingly more refined vision of Golden [...]

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90′s Music = The New 80′s Music

January 16, 2009

It’s official – I’m getting old. It won’t be long until my balls are hanging by a thread down by my swollen cankles. It didn’t hit me until a couple months ago at a University of Georgia college bar after the Florida vs. Georgia college football game. I was sitting at a table, watching some [...]

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The Love Language – Lalita [new mp3, SXSW]

January 15, 2009

The Love Language are a spanking new band and I don’t know much about them yet.‚  I d0 know that I like this track “Lalita” and they’ll be kept on my radar this year. Stu McLamb wrote, performed, recorded and mixed the entire debut album 4-track style, then found some band mates in his native [...]

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Glasvegas – Self-Titled [Album Review]

January 15, 2009

A couple months ago, I wrote a post here on HearYa filled with a bunch of unintelligible random thoughts, including how I wanted to write about the new Glasvegas album but was afraid I’d be chided by Woody and Oz for liking something released on a major label. They’ve already chided me behind the scenes, [...]

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Did you hear Ryan Adams just quit cigarettes, blogging, and music? Yes, and music.

January 14, 2009

Ryan Adams just wrote a shocking post on his website.‚  Go there to read the entire stream of consciousness, but here’s how he signed off: maybe we will play again sometime and maybe i will work my way back into some kind of music situation but this is the time for me to step back [...]

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