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Made my morning. Thanks, Lou!

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FROM LOU’S NEW ALBUM OUT 10.6 ON MERGE:
Lou Barlow “Gravitate” from Goodnight Unknown

BONUS:
Lou Barlow “Bled White” (Elliott Smith)
from Elliott Smith Memorial Show at the Fonda, 11.9.03

Rock out with the Umlaut every Friday.

Now this looks interesting. Nice to see Jimmy Page still bringin’ the rock. Though I could do without The Edge. (Thanks, Jonathan)

It Might Get Loud Opens August 14

Enjoy your weekend, fölks.

Now, Now Every Children “Everyone You Know” from Cars
Black Hat Brigade “Zombie City Shake” from Fathers EP
The Octopus Project “Wet Gold” from Golden Beds
Lou Barlow “Gravitate” from Goodnight Unknown
Monsters of Folk “Say Please” from s/t
(M. Ward, Jim James, Mike Mogis, & Conor Oberst)

Rock out with the Umlaut every Friday.

Does Star Wars meets Pink Floyd Laserium meets a pre-talkies movie experience sound good? Damn right it does.

Star Wars: In Concert combines a live symphony and chorus with specially-edited video montages from all six films, and some bitchin’ lighting for a serious evening of SW geekery. Tickets go on sale August 1 for Sacramento, San Jose, LA, and beyond.

The gang at Mekanism just launched the website with an interface based on the galactic-sized LED screen from the event. (Nice work, Paulo)

BONUS: Darth Symphony

A ‘lil something to get you in the mood from Lego Star Wars.

A little sloppy in the beginning, but things start jelling ’bout halfway through.

Bon Iver x Marvin Gaye “How Sweet Is Emma’s Love” (team9 edit)

Remixed by the 1-man, 9-piece wonder collective team9 for one of Ministry of Sound‘s Chilled Out comps. Download all 12 tracks here. 

(via am•fm•pm)

Not the freshest of approaches, but still just as weirdly unsettling as any of the 7,520 chin face vids on YouTube. Check out Brookyln’s Obits on MySpace and at Sub Pop. (via Pitchfork.tv)

Pterodactyl Squad has just released (for free download) an album of 14 Weezer covers from an all-star line-up of video game musicians.

Download the whole album here.
Check out the official Weezer 8-bit Album Blog. (via MeFi)

Rock out with the Umlaut:

Anamanaguchi “Holiday”
Nordloef “Buddy Holly”

RELATED:
Anamanaguchi Makes Music From Hacked NES

One part: Oren Lavie “Her Morning Elegance”

Two parts: Tornas Mankovsky “Sorry I’m Late”

Add a whiff of Trevor Van Meter “Fly Guy”

Put ’em all together and you’ve got Coldplay “Strawberry Swing”. Maybe I’m stop-motion jaded. Or maybe I’m Coldplay-jaded. 

Meh.

RELATED:
Stop Motion: “Sorry I’m Late” and “Chalk Pipe”

In all the craziness of this last week, here’s what’s managed to catch my ear.

Matt & Kim “Cutdown” from Grand

Fanfarlo “I’m A Pilot” from Reservoir

Smith Westerns “Be My Girl” from s/t

Revolver “Luke, Mike, and John” from Music For A While

Best Coast “Sun Was High (So Was I)” from self released

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So many things wrong with this. But I’ll give ’em props for two things: Putting their own spin on the tune and having a beast behind the double-bass kit. Too bad said beast turns bitch when he gets behind the mic. (Thanks, Davon)

Four new tunes discovered this week. And one cover I got off a FecalFace podcast many moons ago. Could never track down more by that artist though. Enjoy.

Clues (ex-Unicorns) “Approach The Throne” from s/t

Dinosaur Jr “Tarpit” (live Pitchfork.tv Session) from I Don’t Want To Go There 7”

Throw Me The Statue “Ancestors” from Creaturesque

Great Lake Swimmers “Pulling On A Line” from Lost Channels

Namesake “Space Age Love Song” (Flock of Seagulls cover) from ???

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Clever and well-thought out music video for SOUR involving many of the band’s actual fans. All filmed via their own webcams. (Thanks, Davon)

Have a safe and sane Fourth. Or at least, safe.

Violent Femmes “American Music” from Add It Up

Elliott Smith “Independence Day” from XO

Bruce Springsteen “Darkness On The Edge Of Town” (live) from Winterland, San Francisco 1978-12-15

Neko Case “Star Witness” from Fox Confessor Brings The Flood

Hjaltalín “Goodbye July / Margt Ad Ugga” from Sleepdrunk Seasons

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I’m in LA for two days. Ready to return. Not before a thematic layup in the tuneage dept. …

The Decemberists “Los Angeles, I’m Yours” from Her Majesty The Decemberists

Bud Light Presents “Mr. Hollywood Plastic Surgeon” from Real Men of Genius Vol 2

Misfits “Hollywood Babylon” from EP

Frank Black “Los Angeles” from s/t

Coconut Records “West Coast” from Nighttiming

BONUS COVER: Since Moz is now in LaLaLand …
Sharon Van Etten  “The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get (Morrissey)” from TMS Hearts Moz

Rock out with the Umlaut every Friday.