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Time For Us To Take A Moment And Give You The Microphone


Because the comment gallery here is a collection of musical tastemakers without parallel, we like to ask you about the music we might be missing from time to time. Note: The last installment of this particular feature led to at least one expensive import purchase on my part, so while my ears thank you in advance, my wallet might not.

3:15 PM on Fri Jun 27 2008
By Dan Gibson
428 views, 22 comments

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Your Opinions, We Care A Lot


Despite the fact that we occasionally want to slap some of you around, we're thankful for our comment section's refined tastes and willingness to actually pay for music once in a while. Take a moment to stop perusing our posts for grammatical errors and recommend something you're listening to lately. Since some bands can't afford to fill the tank to tour out our way these days, music from your local area would be a delightful bonus.

3:00 PM on Fri Jun 6 2008
By Dan Gibson
433 views, 44 comments

Latest by rimesparse: The Long Sea from good ol' Milwaukee: [www.last.fm] Late posting...hopefully some people still see this! more »

Open-Ish Thread The post on Insound's tip jar has inspired me to conduct a brief, almost anti-scientific survey: What was the last piece of music you paid for, and when did you buy it? I will start by saying that I closed out my birthday six days ago with a mini-spree at Virgin, where I bought the new Cyndi Lauper album, Usher's Here I Stand, the Foxboro Hot Tubs record, Free Kitten's Inherit, the Kills' Midnight Boom, a Siobhan Donaghy picture-disc 12" for "Don't Give It Up," and Janet Jackson's Control (seriously, how had I not owned it all this time?). I also got the Portishead live DVD because it was $10 and it has the videos for "Sour Times," "All Mine," etc. Your turn!

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somethin 4 the weekend

What Is Your Top Summer Jam Of '08 Candidate?


Happy Memorial Day weekend! To celebrate, I am going to put up my away message and read Madame Bovary on my back porch. (Who says I don't know how to party?) But before I go, I want to ask a question that sorta pertains to this weekend's status as the unofficial kickoff of summer: What is your early-season pick for this year's summer jam? The reasons that I am asking this question will be made clear next week, but for now fight among yourselves. (The Lloyd/Lil Wayne collaboration above, "Girls Around The World," may semi-predictably be my pick, but I'm not going to commit to anything just yet.) [YouTube]

2:30 PM on Fri May 23 2008
By Maura Johnston
1,859 views, 29 comments

Latest by the rich girls are weeping: I was counting on Mariah to pull out the winner summer jam, but not if "Loving U Long Time" isn't a single. more »

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Help Me Wash The Morrison Out Of My Ears


The last time we ran this segment, it went relatively well. (Despite introducing me to the Flobots.) So let's give it another try. What's missing from the pages of this blog and the 17,000 others currently populating the Internet while we've been hung up on that Frightened Rabbit record? As long as no one mentions anything "presented" by the Broken Social Scene, we should be fine. Suggestions outside the realm of the indie especially welcome.

2:00 PM on Tue May 6 2008
By Dan Gibson
677 views, 49 comments

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For Once, We're Going To Value Your Input (Don't Screw It Up)


Considering I've spent the last two days listening to nothing but the Uptown Saturday Night collection from Time-Life, it's safe to say even the most seasoned blogger hits low spots with new music. Ever the optimist, I'd like to believe there's music out there that's flying below the MGMT/Vampire Weekend level on the radar. Here's where you come in, our clever comment section. Have at it...tell us what's out there that we're missing. I might not give up the eighteen discs of Uptown Saturday Night, but a little variety would be nice. Just don't try to sell me on El Guincho, for pete's sake.

2:00 PM on Tue Mar 25 2008
By Dan Gibson
846 views, 59 comments

Latest by CarsmileSteve: also, dudes, these are all great tips, hopefully i'll get some time to check them out (the scottish pirate metal in partic.) more »