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Ask Me About My Invisible Friends — Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band It’s your lucky day. Some excellent music for your enjoyment… 1. Cymbals Eat Guitars - “Wind Phoenix“ 2. The Thermals - “Now We Can See“ (Kill Rock Stars) 3. Bon Iver - “Blood Bank“ (Jagjaguwar Records) 4. Vetiver - “E... read more »

Ask Me About My Invisible Friends — The influential poet-musician, Gil Scott-Heron, performed updated versions of his now classic repertoire before an eclectic and enthused crowd Wednesday night at New York’s S.O.B’s. Mr. Scott-Heron is perhaps best known for his ground-breaking sp... read more »

Ask Me About My Invisible Friends — Not sure how the Welsh infiltrated my high school diary, but these fine young folks have made the emo album that played in my head through much of 1997. Who needs a Cap’n Jazz reunion, when you’ve got We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed? Los Campesin... read more »

Ask Me About My Invisible Friends — June 16th, The Mercury Lounge (w/ Miss Derringer) San Diego’s The Muslims might pass as any four random guys wandering the Lower East Side and Brooklyn, and very well may have during their recent trip out East. From afar, they could be… Vampire ... read more »

Ask Me About My Invisible Friends — June 16th, The Mercury Lounge (w/ The Muslims) L.A.’s Miss Derringer is, as they say, a little bit country and a little punk rock and roll. The band has influences and aesthetics to spare: they’re John Cash and June Carter in a 60’s girl group wi... read more »

Ask Me About My Invisible Friends — The Mates of State are all things cute and couple-y, playing domesticated and child-rearing indie-pop music based on keys and drums, inoffensive harmonies and affable pop sensibilities. They return with their new album, Re-Arrange Us, replete wit... read more »

Ask Me About My Invisible Friends — Cansei de Ser Sexy The invisible friends are back! 1. CCS - “Rat is Dead (Rage)“ 2. French Kicks - “Abandon“ 3. Annuals - “Sore“ 4. Gentleman Auction House - “The Book of Matches“ 5. Ladytron “Black Cat“ 6. Vancougar - “Obvious“ 7. Young and Sexy... read more »

Ask Me About My Invisible Friends — The artist formerly known as Say Hi To Your Mom (secret identity: Eric Elbogen), currently shortened to Say Hi (as in to no one in particular, and particularly not your mother), returns in 2008 with The Wishes and the Glitch, released again on E... read more »

Ask Me About My Invisible Friends — Tokyo Police Club 1. Maritime - “Boy From School“ 2. What Made Milwaukee Famous - “Resistance Street“ 3. Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - “Cold Son“ 4. Devastations - “Mistakes“ 5. Tokyo Police Club - “In A Cave“ 6. American Music Club - “All th... read more »

Ask Me About My Invisible Friends — Leaving behind the emerging success of Band of Horses and their excellent, Everything All the Time, may not have seemed like a great career move for guitarist Mat Brooke. It’s also hard to believe that Brooke wasn’t kicking himself when the Horse... read more »

Ask Me About My Invisible Friends — Philadelphia’s extraordinary Man Man bring the big-top carnivalesque sideshow back to town, with deference to (now label-mate) Tom Waits as ringleader in tow. The quintet’s last outing from 2006, Six Demon Bag, was a bizarro funhouse ride of a re... read more »

Ask Me About My Invisible Friends — Wit, beauty, a killer accent, a man’s name and an iBook G4 named Truman: five things George Pringle has going for her, not necessarily in that order. (Yes, her name is cool: it fits like a button-down oxford, slightly over-sized on some actor’s m... read more »

Ask Me About My Invisible Friends — Bob Mould is cool than your dad; he’s cooler than you too. The 47-year-old veteran punk (see Husker Du), indie-rocker (see Sugar) and anti-hero to many will return on February 5, 2008, with his new album, District Line. The first single, “The Sil... read more »

Ask Me About My Invisible Friends — Bob Mould 1. Frightened Rabbit - “The Modern Leper“ 2. The Helio Sequence - “Keep Your Eyes Ahead“ 3. Ida - “The Killers“ 4. Halou - “All Make Sense“ 5. White Denim - “Paint Silver Gold” (link to RCRD LBL) 6. Evangelicals - “Skeleton Man“ 7. New ... read more »

Ask Me About My Invisible Friends — Lætitia Sadier If you’ve been in withdrawal of all things Stereolab since 1996’s Emperor Tomato Ketchup, things may be looking up. While Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier’s one-of-a-kind euro-francophone mood-moog outfit’s powers may have peaked around... read more »

Ask Me About My Invisible Friends — John Darnielle et al return as the Mountain Goats prepare to release their new album, Heretic Pride, on February 19. Check out the first single, “Sax Rohmer #1″ below. The record marks the band’s follow up to 2006’s formidable, Get Lonely, an al... read more »

Ask Me About My Invisible Friends — Get psyched for Thao Nguyen’s new album, We Brave Bee Stings And All, out on January 29, on Kill Rock Stars. She’s the best thing to come out of northern Virginia since (coincidentally) Pho 75 and the Newseum. Nguyen’s infectious smile-inspiring ... read more »

Ask Me About My Invisible Friends — The new Vampire Weekend video for “A-Punk” from their forthcoming debut album on Beggars Group, out at the end of January. Ask Me About My Invisible Friends’ previous Vampire Weekend post is here: Read on. read more »

Ask Me About My Invisible Friends — Here’s a nice new Pela video for “Lost to the Lonesome.” Directed by Zina Brown. Or for a prettier QuickTime version, follow this link: http://vitaminm.com/dir.php?id=33 Click on the director’s reel, and then choose Pela. (Or download it here.) P... read more »

Ask Me About My Invisible Friends — Dead Meadow Part two of playing December catch up… 1. Black Mountain - “Tyrants“ 2. Pale Faced Gentlemen - “Fraulein“ 3. Dead Meadow - “What Needs Must Be” (mp3 on the page) 4. Xiu Xiu - “I Do What I Want When I Want“ 5. Bodies of Water - “I Gue... read more »