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Feist reminds me that it’s still ok to have high school crushes on hot musicians. The good folks over at Shots Ring Out have compiled the hottest member of Broken Social Scene’s latest solo videos along with some MP3′s of her new album “The Reminder” which is out in stores May 1st.

Also, the NYTimes ran a pretty special piece on our favorite Canadian vixen that you can check out HERE.

FEIST VIDEOS GALORE!

Oh and she’s also touring with one of our favorites, GRIZZLY BEAR! Tour dates were listed today on Pitchfork. Check it out HERE

At The Drive-In rocked us, The Mars Volta challenged us and Omar Rodriguez is going to move us. Check out an exclusive track off the guitarist’s forthcoming solo album, with some awesome vocals from partner in crime Cedric.

MP3 – Se Dice Bisonte, No Buffalo

Please please, tell me that you have seen ….  THIS!  More from Sweden soon.  (oh yeah NSFW)

A. A live Beirut Track HERE.

B. 31knots fans run over to WOXY for some live radio tracks HERE now!

C. HEROES fans sprint over to HERE now!

D. Let me tell you what I do and how I justify my downloading practices, then I will give you a present. Then you’ll have to justify however you justify it.. I will download a full cd online and then later, pick up the vinyl release. This way, the money still goes to the artist, Ill have the full sized artwork and I still get to hear an album early. Now if you want the full Artic Monkey‘s record, Favourite Worst Nightmare, go HERE>

E. Check out some cool Hold Steady rarities over HERE.

F. Check out this Swedish band Amandine, Amandine – Secrets.

G. This is my friend Brent, from the band The Flask, with Iggy!

H. Two songs having to do with Stockholm before I head out..

You Say Party, We Say Die!, – The Stockholm Syndrome 1 and 2

Dungen – Stockholm

I. Sage Francis would like to have a word with you, HERE.

J. Also, if you haven’t checked it out, I posted up my first UPDATE FROM STOCKHOLM HERE.

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A few things you need to know about Stockholm (please excuse all the sweeping generalizations):

A. People ask foreigners ALL the time, ‘why have they come to Stockholm?’ Like they are amazed that you have come to their tiny little town in the middle of nowhere.

B. There aren’t many ugly people in this city. And maybe even less Asian and Black people.

C. No matter what language you speak, there is always one kid at every party who gets super drunk and starts acting inappropriately. Thankfully, it was not me. This time.

D. I am beginning to think that there are no constants in Stockholm. You can ask someone a simple question here like “How much does a taxi cost to go to the airport?” And you could really get up to like 10 different answers to this question. EXAMPLE: “Hey my Swedish friend Anna, how old do you have to be to drink in Stockholm.” She looks perplexed, not cause her English is bad or cause I misspoke, but only cause there are only answers like this… “Well, you can drink at 16 but bars make up their own rules like, guys can be 25 and girls 21 sometimes, depending on what bar you go to.” Wha? Huh?

ANOTHER EXAMPLE “Hey what time do bars close in Stockholm?” … Another confused look… “Well, some bars close at 1 and then some go to like 5am and some are in between.” What? HUH? Aren’t there any rules to this city besides looking pretty and being super overly hospitable?

This city is filled with paradoxes (paradoxi?) I am more and more convinced that no one knows anything for sure here. Don’t come looking for answers in Sweden, all you’ll get are more questions.

E. The Swedish will put shrimp in absolutely anything. I swear to your Jesus, that my friend Chris, had a wrap that had A HOT DOG, MASHED POTATOES and SHRIMP SALAD IN IT! All at once. No joke.

F. One of these two statements are true. 1. It is 70 degrees in Stockholm 2. The sky ran out of rain for New York City.

G. I can currently see into 5 apartments from this balcony. These are not shy people.

H. This city is expensive. And I’m not talking ‘New York’ expensive, I am talking like ‘Dubai’ expensive. Like you can’t find beers here for like less than 8 dollars.

I. After writing these, I have realized that I have done almost nothing Swedish since I have been here. Wait, does drinking Swedish beer count as doing something cultural?

J. Buying Viking memorabilia is comparable to buying a I LOVE NY shirt. What sort of society scoffs at tourists buying swords? Tell me, what sort of society?

K. Just thought of another example of questions that can’t be answered, also strangely enough involving alcohol. “Hey, Is this the only place in the city where you can buy alcohol?” Hmmm, “well, you can only buy from this type of grocery store unless you buy it at a bodega unless you want beer with more than 2.5 alcohol then you have to buy from this store only between 10 and 2pm on most weekdays unless you buy it somewhere else.” I quit.

L. What’s the chances of going to a party in Stockholm, thrown by a friend and there being about 30 people total in the place and out of the 10 girls being there, 2 of them were from Texas. Really, what’s the chances??

M. I have only heard Peter Bjorn and John once. Strangely enough it’s was not playing in the streets when I arrived.

Well, this has been fun, let’s do it again, in let’s say, three days. See you then? Ill have pictures too.

Check out some new music:

Patrick Wolf
Patrick Wolf’s The Magic Position is his third album and his grandest effort to date, combining his love for early twentieth century electronics (he even constructed a Theramin) with orchestral strings, hand clap-like drums and his Morrissey-esque baritone. The album’s being eagerly anticipated spurred by a promotional remix of Mika’s “Love Today,” a slot on Arcade Fire’s UK tour, a duet with Charlotte Church, and a healthy dose of early support from The New York Times, Rollingstone.com, Pitchfork, AOL, Stereogum, and more.

MP3 – The Magic Position

Les Breastfeeders
Montreal export who teach us a thing or two about high energy garage rock…in French. The band’s new album Les Matins De Grands Soirs just dropped on Blow the Fuse Records with recording by Ryan Battistuzi (Malajube). Think male-female vocals, piercing guitar work, and shouted choruses.

MP3 – Funny Funiculaire

VIDEO – Funny Funiculaire

Locksley
A 2007 take on British Invasion rock. Straight outta Brooklyn by way of Wisconsin. Locksley’s debut album Don’t Make Me Wait dropped January 16th on their own Feature Records. Since then they’ve supported The Rapture and Scissors for Lefty on legs of their tours and landed a performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

MP3 – Why Not Me

VIDEO – Why Not Me

A quick email from 31knots.

1. PORTLAND ALBUM RELEASE SHOWS!!
Saturday, APril 14th…2 shows
- All Age show at Jackpot Records in Downtown Portland (9th&West Burnside). 3pm Sharp. Promptness or deathness
- 21+ at The Doug fir (830 East Burnside).Doors @8. Get there early to see the radi-coolness of Wet confetti and The Joggers

2. Sunday morning, after getting no sleep and frantically packing, we will fly from Portland on our merry way to Amsterdam. From there we will tour all over the clutural nexus of Western Europe. We are very excited. Oh, and we are so excited to have Ian Pellicci along for the ride to do sound. THis will be our crowning jewel on a nightly parade of our live show wizardy. And verily it was so:
17.04.2007 Paris (FR), Le Nouveau Casino
18.04.2007 Nancy (FR), L’Azimut 854
19.04.2007 Besancon (FR), Le PDZ
20.04.2007 Angouleme (FR), La Nef
21.04.2007 Tulle (FR), Des Lendemains Qui Chantent
23.04.2007 Brest (FR), Le Cabaret Vauban
25.04.2007 Orleans (FR), L’Astrolabe
26.04.2007 Lyon (FR), MJC Oullins
27.04.2007 Annecy (FR), Le Brise-Glace
28.04.2007 Chalon s/Saone (FR), La Péniche
29.04.2007 Lille (FR), La Malterie
04.05.2007 Hannut (BE), M’anu’Factur Rock
05.05.2007 Brussels (BE), Magasin 4
06.05.2007 Kortrijk (BE), De Kreun
07.05.2007 Verviers (BE), Spirit of 66
08.05.2007 Amsterdam (NL), OCCII
09.05.2007 Münster (DE), Gleis 22
10.05.2007 Berlin (DE), Bastard (w/ Delbo)
11.05.2007 Köln (DE), Tsunami
12.05.2007 Hannover (DE), Cafe Glocksee (w/ Parenthetical Girls)
13.05.2007 Wiesbaden (DE), Schlachthof (w/ Delbo)
14.05.2007 Stuttgart (DE), Schocken (w/ Delbo)
15.05.2007 München (DE), Sunny Red (w/ Delbo)
18.05.2007 St. Gallen (CH), Grabenhalle
19.05.2007 Linz (AT), Kapu Open Air 20.05.2007 Tabor (CZ), Orion
21.05.2007 Praha (CZ), Klub Strahov 007

3. Check out our new video for “Beauty”, the first track on our new album. It is absurd, creepy, and fun for the kids. Well, maybe. DO they like it when Daddy wheres Mommy things? Ok, then let’em watch it here http://www.myspace.com/31knots

4. This maybe the most important aspect to this note. We all need to help Jay W. achieve a higher level of fluency in the Spanish language. Why? Because learning never stops, you knuckle-dragger!! So, if you know Spanish send him some Goddamn conversations, via mp3′s or the written word. He’s like a 3rd grader in both. Let’s get him into puberty at least.

hey, i’m alive in Sweden.  This keyboard has extra buttons on it like :  Ä Ã… Ö.

A short list:

1.  Malaysian Airlines has free games, movies and hot towelettes.

2.  We just bought 1500.00 kronors worth of beer.

3.  Im sleepy.

more later

A. Um, the cutest 9 / 11 video ever? Only HUMAN GIANT can do THAT.

B. Another beautiful photograph at Cornershots HERE.

C. Charles Mingus did what? Toliet-training cats? WHA?

D. Idolator hits a 7 / 10 split with Bsides of the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s HERE and Arcade Fire HERE.

E. Quickie sex in NYC? Check out these hourly hotels HERE.

F. Neil Gaimen posts his “How to Talk to Girl at Parties” audio story HERE.

G. We LOVE Aural Fitness (aka Tree’s Lounge) cause they have brought back the “50 States Project“, where they post music about or named after each state. CHECK OUT WYOMING HERE.

H. Once again, I leave for SWEDEN tomorrow and would love to keep you in touch with what’s happening over there while I am gone, so here’s some Swedish News ….

1. The Silent Ballet reviews Detektivbyrån: HERE.

2. Isolation Years have posted one of the tracks from their new one-sided LP, out now on Do You Dream of Noise?:
The song is called “Dear Satan” and it’s HERE.

3. Check out It’s a Trap for some Swedish Mp3′s that might have never heard before HERE.

4. New (Swedish) MUSIC: KONIE – Konie – are you OK? . (Think Girl Talk or maybe early Beck)

I. David Cross’ new TV Show “I’m in Hell” is being produced and it’s pilot has leaked HERE.

J. FIVE REASONS your older brother was really into VAN HALEN:

1. Van Halen – Mean Streets

2. A bass shaped like a bottle of Jack Daniels and the words “Diamond” and “Dave”.

3. Van Halen – Little Guitars

4. Van Halen – Unchained

5. Van Halen – Take Your Whiskey Home

K. I just found out that one of my favorite authors Kurt Vonnegut Jr. died in NYC today. This news makes me feel very sad. Since Vonnegut was a big fan of Bartlett’s Quotations. I will list some of his greater quotes:

“Here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why.”

“I really wonder what gives us the right to wreck this poor planet of ours. “

“I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can’t see from the center.”

“Still and all, why bother? Here’s my answer. Many people need desperately to receive this message: I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone. ”

You are not alone Mr. Vonnegut. Not alone. HERE are some other Internet tributes HERE and HERE and HERE and HERE and HERE.

Ok I am going to work and then heading to the AIRPORT for Stockholm. Happy Birthday to CG and GM. And Ill try to post quite a bit from Sweden! Hej Da!

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Busy Busy Busy, did I tell you that I was going to Sweden this Thursday? Yes, it’s true. At the bottom of this post, I am going to post 5 Swedish Bands I love… PS thanks to BWE, PHW and GT for the best day of my favorite blogs linking me! Check them all out.

A. Brooklynvegan has some hard to digest Locust information and song HERE. I saw them at YWCA in Berkeley in like ’94. I am still scarred to this day.

B. I know you all saw this already but Mr. Stereogum has some live Sufjan video HERE. I always was a personal fan of this performance HERE. Each Note Secure has more videos from more new Sufjan HERE.

(Here’s are two live Sufjan Stevens’ songs. One is unreleased and one gives the explanation behind Opie’s Funeral Song)

1. Sufjan Stevens – Opie’s Funeral Song (live)

2. Sufjan Stevens – Lakes of Canada (live)

C. Order the new Panthers record early HERE and check out this MP3
( Panthers – Goblin City )- How Black Sabbathy good is that??

D. Man Man has a new song on a comp HERE and they have some live songs at our friends’ at RC HERE.

E. Jesus gives back to you, the blogger HERE.

F. Cold War Kids go AGAIN.

G. Can You See the Sunset has even more old school EMO songs HERE. Love ‘em! Frodus? Lincoln? Clikitat?? Great JOB!

H. SWEDISH SONGS I LOVE:

1. The Second Band – Wild is the Wind

2. Refused – Blind Date (from the EP released after the Shape of Punk to Come)

3. Detektivbyran – Nattoppet

4. Tiger Lou – National Ave

5. the (International) Noise Conspiracy – Bigger Cages, Longer Chains

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