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Stereogum has just released Enjoyed: A Tribute to Bjork’s Post. Stereogum has kindly made it available for free download here. Trying to cover Bjork is a very ambitious thing, but they pulled it off.

And the lineup of artists is not too shabby either…
1. Liars - “Army of Me”
2. Dirty Projectors - “Hyperballad”
3. High Places - “Modern Things”
4. Bell - “It’s Oh So Quiet”
5. Pattern Is Movement - “Enjoy”
6. Evangelicals - “You’ve Been Flirting A
7. Xiu Xiu - “Isobel”
8. Final Fantasy & Ed Droste - “Possibly Maybe”
9. White Hinterland - “I Miss You”
10. El Guincho - “Cover Me”
11. Atlas Sound - “Headphones”
12. No Age - “It’s Oh So Quiet” (Alternate Take)

Download here.

Today I was really in the mood to hear Depeche Mode’s “Death’s Door”. I was shocked and ashamed to discover that its not in my music collection. Can anyone tell me which album, this song is on?

On Modern Age I heard about a really good band called The Virgins. They describe themselves as new wave mixed with soul. They’re playing all over the U.S. this Summer, check out the tour dates here.

The Virgins - “Rich Girls”

NPR has posted Yo La Tengo’s SXSW performance, recorded live at the Austin Music Hall in Austin, TX. You can check it out here.

(Photo by Joel Didriksen of kingpinphoto.com)

People In Planes, who are returning in the summer of 2008 with their new album Beyond The Horizon, have just premiered a video for lead single “Pretty Buildings.” I’m really digging this new song and can’t wait to hear the new album.

Watch the video for “Pretty Buildings” right here.

Tour Dates w/ Jupiter One
24 March 2008 ~ Annapolis, MD - Ram’s Head
25 March 2008 ~ Long Branch, NJ - Monmouth College
26 March 2008 ~ Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell’s
29 March 2008 ~ Cambridge, MA - Tommy Doyle’s
1 April 2008 ~ Vienna, VA - Jammin’ Java
5 April 2008 ~ Brooklyn, NY - Luna Lounge
6 April 2008 ~ Buffalo, NY - Michalina’s Bistro
11 April 2008 ~ Kent, OH - Fat Jimmy’s
12 April 2008 ~ Pittsburgh, PA - The Hood House
13 April 2008 ~ Cleveland, OH - Peabody’s
14 April 2008 ~ Grand Rapids, MI - The Intersection
16 April 2008 ~ Marquette, MI - Upfront & Co.
17 April 2008 ~ Marquette, MI - Upfront & Co.
19 April 2008 ~ Chicago, IL - Cubby Bear

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. I’ve been sick, but I’m starting to feel better.

Today I came across this dress on Slashfood. I think its so cute. I could actually be talked into wearing this in public, its kinda hot. No?

The MP3 player is ten years old this month. The first commercially released personal music player capable of handling MP3 files was the MPMan F10, manufactured by Korea’s Saehan Information Systems and launched in March 1998.

The F10 contained 32MB of Flash storage, enough for a handful of songs encoded at 128Kb/s. It measured 91 x 70 x 165.5mm. It connected to an old-style parallel port on the host PC from which songs could be copied to the player. There was a tiny LCD on the front to give an indication as to what you were listening to.

The device made its debut at the CeBIT show in Hannover, Germany. It was a prototype, but Saehan must have garnered enough interest to put the player into mass production, which it did in May 1998 before going on sale in the US and Europe through importers in the summer.

In the US, local supplier Eiger Labs wanted $250 for the F10, though the price fell to $200 the following year prompted by the release of the Diamond Multimedia Rio PMP300, which was priced at $200.

The PMP300 - widely but wrongly held to be the world’s first commercial MP3 player - also had 32MB of storage fed through a parallel port. But it boasted a larger display than the F10 and also featured a Smart Media slot to allow users to increase the gadget’s storage capacity.

In the interim, MPMan had continued developing and offering MP3 players, but Apple’s move to allow Windows PC owners to use the iPod, from April 2003, resulted in explosive growth. MPMan, Rio and other pioneers couldn’t keep up.

via The Reg

Via Prefix:

Sigur Ros is screening its full-length DVD documentary “Heima” on YouTube’s homepage, starting Friday. This is the first time a band screened an entire DVD on the website. The documentary consists of shows the band played in Iceland throughout 2007. Sigur Ros being Sigur Ros, the band picked some unusual venues, including fish factories, community halls and caves. Check it out.

PlayRadioPlay! is a one-man electronic/pop band created by 18-year-old Daniel Hunter of Aledo, TX. He writes, performs, and records all of his own music using Propellerheads Reason, Pro Tools, and Logic Pro. His sound kinda reminds me of Postal Service.

His debut album, Texas, is out on March 18th on Island Records. Here’s the first single off the album.

Madi Dont Leave.mp3

Spring Tour Dates:
3/07 Salt Lake City, UT Avalon
3/08 Denver, CO Gothic
3/10 St. Paul, MN Station 4
3/11 Chicago, IL Metro
3/12 Lansing, MIMac’s Bar
3/13 Detroit, MI Majestic Theater
3/14 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
3/15 New York, NY Irving Plaza
3/16 Boston, MA Middle East
3/17 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero
3/19 Baltimore, MD Recher
3/20 Greensboro, NC Green Street
3/21 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
3/22 Orlando, FL House of Blues
3/24 Tampa, FL State Theater
3/25 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Culture Room
3/26 Tallahassee, FL The Beta Bar
3/28 New Orleans, LA House of Blues
3/29 Austin, TX Emo’s
3/30 Dallas, TX Granada Theater
3/31 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theater
4/03 Boise, ID Big Easy
4/04 Seattle, WA El Corazon
4/05 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theater
4/06 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
4/08 Ventura, CA Ventura Theater
4/10 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
4/11 San Diego, CA House of Blues
4/12 Los Angeles, CA House of Blues
4/13 Pomona, CA The Glass House
4/14 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theater