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A surplus of geekery by :: Fred Abercrombie

MP3: Friday Five 08.13.10 Miniature Tigers, Holly Miranda, Gabe Hascall, Snake! Snake! Snakes!, and new Walkmen

Friday the 13th and not a single Jason reference. Oh, wait.

Miniature Tigers “Mansion of Misery” from Fortress

Holly Miranda “Nobody Sees Me Like You Do” from Choose to See EP

Gabe Hascall “Just Dust” (Demo) (ex Slowreader)

Snake! Snake! Snakes! “We Come Out At Night” from s/t

The Walkmen “Juveniles” from Lisbon

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MP3: Friday Five 07.16.10 New Interpol, Land of Talk, Walkmen, Cut Copy, and Lucky Pineapple

A grip of new tracks from new albums yet to be released. And a 2-year-old instro from a Louisville band I stumbled across, Lucky Pineapple.

Interpol “Barricade” from s/t

Land of Talk “Swift Coin”
from Cloak and Cipher pre-order

The Walkmen “Stranded” from Lisbon

Cut Copy “Where I’m Going” download it here

Lucky Pineapple “Moonlight Spiderbite”
from The Bubble Has Burst in Sky City

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MP3: Friday Five 01.01.10 Happy Nëw Year!

So long Noughties. Hello Teenies. Jeez, that sounds crazy. And a little dirty. Either way it’s 2010 and there’s still no rocket cars. Don’t let that bring you down—it’s gonna be a fanfuckingtastic year. And I mean that most sincere. All the best to you and yours!

Death Cab For Cutie “The New Year” (live)
from 2003-03-14 at Emo’s

Led Zeppelin “Ten Years Gone” (live ’77) from Cabala Box

U2 “New Year’s Day” from War

Slaraffenland “Away” from We’re On Your Side

The Walkmen “In The New Year” from You & Me

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