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The Postal Service – A Tattered Line of String (Video)

This has got to be one of the best music videos I’ve seen in a while.  Maybe it’s just because I’m a college student and my connection to the world of laundromats is at its peak presently and I feel some sort of irrational connection to them…or maybe the video’s actually good.  Either way, this video gets [...]

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Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know? (Video)

With a new album which is speculated to be out this year, The Arctic Monkeys have dropped a new single entitled “Do I Wanna Know?”.  The visuals are pretty simple, linear, and black & white, but the song is pretty quintessential Arctic Monkeys and definitely piques my interest for their upcoming release.  Check out the video below [...]

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Pygmalion Music Festival releases full lineup

A few weeks ago, we announced that Pygmalion Music Festival had released their initial schedule, with many more acts to be added later.  Well, today we have the full lineup at our disposal and it is nothing short of immensely impressive.  Not only did the current schedule include heavyweights The Breeders, The Head and the [...]

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Smith Westerns stream new album in full

I know I’ve been off my blogging game for WPGU lately…but that ends today!  Today, Chicago dream-pop band Smith Westerns have their third album Soft Will up for stream via NPR.  The band’s previous two efforts were some of the best of their respective years, channeling T-Rex-inspired guitars with lo-fi polish.  As time goes on, however, [...]

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Phoenix reveal US tour dates

Following the success of their recent album Bankrupt!, everyone’s favorite French-born English-speaking rock band has reunited once again for a worldwide tour, including a plethora of US and even midwestern dates.  As many of you probably already know, Phoenix will be headlining Lollapalooza…but if you couldn’t grab tickets the instant they were available, another Chicago date exists [...]

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Grouplove – Ways To Go (Video)

I’ll be the first to admit that I was extremely surprised by Grouplove’s immense commercial success over the last couple of years.  Today, the LA-based band graces us with their first single from their sophomore album Spreading Rumors.  The track, entitled ”Ways To Go” offers a glimpse at a grand re-imagination of North Korea and leader Kim Jong-Un. [...]

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