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Monthly Archives: February 2009

Department of Eagles – Love Me (Elvis Cover)

Here’s another song from the Starbucks Sweetheart: Our Favorite Artists Sing Their Favorite Love Songs compilation. This time it’s the Department of Eagles covering Elvis’ Love Me. Great song. Public service announcement to fellow dudes… After extensive testing and research I’ve concluded that chicks dig this album. So buy it for valentines day and shit. [...]

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – Stay Alive

So, NYC’s own The Pains of Being Pure at Heart released their self titled debut album last week and I have to say it’s pretty good. I was sent a promotional copy a few weeks back but just got around to really listening to it. It a noise pop album that sounds like it’s straight out [...]

Bloc Party – Your Visits Are Getting Shorter

The EMPT secret weapon Steph Lund reminded me of a great but highly overlooked Bloc Party track called Your Visits Are Getting Shorter. The track is from Bloc Party’s third album Intimacy and is probably so neglected because it was released as a bonus track in the digital release of the album. Nevertheless, its actually one of the [...]

Radiohead – 15 Step (Feat. USC Marching Band)

I didn’t watch the Grammy’s but I saw this. Radiohead – 15 Step (Feat. USC Marching Band) Tweet

Jem – Yellow (Coldplay Cover)

Ok so I heard about the Sweetheart: Our Favorite Artists Sing Their Favorite Love Songs project a while back and wasn’t too worked up about another covers album. Then I heard the Jem’s cover of Yellow and quickly changed my mind. Given how overplayed the original was I didn’t think it was possible to hear [...]

Passion Pit – Smile Upon Me

Word on the street is Passion Pit played at Bowery last night and revealed three new songs from their upcoming LP. I unfortunately missed it, instead I spent the night being a workaholic – the gift & the curse. We posted Sleepyhead last week and figured posting Smile Upon Me would make us feel better about [...]

Evangelicals – Skeleton Man

Here’s some more space rock for you. Not sure if too many people know about these but their latest LP “The Evening Descends” is definitely among the noteworthy of 2008. Very creative, risky, trippy production(especially with the vocals). If you like The Flaming Lips or Mercury Rev you’ll like these guys. Puts you in that zone. Here’s my favorite track “Skeleton Man,” very [...]