Deluxe Edition #2 – The Microphones – I Felt My Size (Acoustic) // The Moon (Version)

My favorite tracks off the 2008 K records reissue bonus disc.

Phil Elvrum on the bonus disc:

“There were about six actual songs from the Glow era that hadn’t been released. So there are those, and then I just made these things I called “destroyed versions.” They aren’t really remixes, because remixes tend to imply you add a house beat. I didn’t add anything, I just took stuff away. So it ended up being a studio collage where I spliced tape together and added weird stuff, backwards tracks, part of one song on top of part of another song. It was a weird, chaotic mash-up of the album. They’re all excerpts from the album versions themselves.”

The_Microphones – I_Felt_My_Size_(Acoustic)

The_Microphones – The_Moon_(Version)

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New Find: Roadside Graves – Jenny Jump

Don’t Know much about this band, other than that their album If Shacking Up Is All You Want To Do, is getting a reissue this Tuesday on Autumn Tone. Something for Saturday. Sounds kind of like Ryan Adams with the lyrical tonality of Okkervil River.

Roadside Graves – Jenny Jump

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Deluxe edition #1 – Girls – Life In San Francisco

This may be my favorite girls track (it competes with lust for life for the top slot). Its found on the Australian bonus version of their debut LP “Album”. I have no why Idea it didn’t make the cut for the original LP, its a great album closer.

Girls – Life In San Francisco (Australian Bonus Track)

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Song of the Week: The Hold Steady – Citrus

the hold steady

I was exploring the hold steady’s back catalog when I came up on this gem of a song. I’m a huge fan of Craig Finn’s writing. I’d go as far as to say hes one of the 10 best lyricists writing music today. Stripped away of all the loud anthem rock of the hold steady, his voice is something else. Theres a painful/beautiful quality to it that I’m just totally in love with. Couple that with some amazingly sad/beautiful lyrics, and you have one hell of a song.

The Hold Steady – Citrus

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New Find: Liars – Scissor

I’m not really familiar with Liars, and apparently this song was officially released as a preview for their new album “Sisterworld”  last December, but I just heard it for the first time today via their music video on stereogum. I think its great, love those vocals.

Liars – Scissor

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REVIEW: Local Natives – Gorilla Manor

I really have no idea how to write record reviews.

I had pretty low expectations for Local Natives “gorilla manor”. After reading pitchfork’s review I got the impression that they were going to be just another ‘acoustic indie rock’  band…a sort of fleet foxes meets grizzly bear (neither of which I’m particularly crazy about). I was wrong I was right.

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Cymbals Eat Guitars cover Elliott Smith's ballad of big nothing

I haven’t heard many Elliott Smith covers, Let alone good ones. This CEG version is definitely a must listen, especially if you’re a fan of either band.

Cymbals Eat Guitars – Ballad Of BigNothing

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Conor Oberst Live @ Terminal 5 11/8/08

I’ve been sitting on this boot for a while, and since I haven’t made any new ones as of late, I figure its a good time to share this here one. It was a fantastic show, hands down this is the best version of breezy you will ever hear.

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Song of the week 2-14-2010 (Modest Mouse – Novocain Stain)

Welcome to the first ever FNR song of the week. I will be posting one song every Sunday that I think is worth talking about/hearing until I give up (or die). I’ll try to focus on new music as much as possible, but a lot of the new music I hear is not from 2009/2010 so please forgive if you’ve already heard it!

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