The Roots and John Legend take on one of the biggest singles in the last decade in The Arcade Fire’s “Wake Up” and make it their own. The results really need no intro. I’ve conveniently ripped audio off the video, so download the mp3 below if you choose. MP3 // The Roots + John Legend [...]

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definitely the best cut off of the suburbs. color me underwhelmed by almost everything else on the disc, but “sprawl II” definitely makes up for it’s lacking counterparts. watch arcade fire perform it live from their recent performance in new york. download the track as part of my recent august mix which can be found [...]

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its that time again. i’m bustin out 20 of my favorite tracks discovered over the past month or so, some from even further back than that. i hope these tunes help you through the heat like they do for me. i’ve linked each song individually, or if you want the whole thing, grab the .zip [...]

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yesterday, i told you we’d probably be hearing a lot more things from the arcade fire in the coming weeks… i wasn’t kidding. today you can head over to seattle radio station 107.7 the end’s website to hear 30 second clips of EVERY song from the suburbs. seriously, like right now.

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Untitled from Arcade Fire on Vimeo. get ready for arcade fire to light up the blogosphere. here’s a promo clip for their upcoming madison square garden shows featuring “rococo” a track off of the suburbs which drops 2 weeks from today. but you should know that already.

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As 2009 nears it’s end, it’s time to look ahead to a year full of more new music. I always get excited during the crossover from December to January when best of the year lists start dropping and the new release period starts picking itself up out of the holiday lull. Don’t forget to check [...]

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On the heels of my recently posted best records of the decade, i’ve spent quite some time compiling what are, in my opinion, the top 50 songs released from 2000 to the end of 2009. as always, if you dig the song, support the artist! the picture is of my brother getting punched in the [...]

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