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Mon: 04-21-08: 05:26 PM CDT
Hot Chip Line Up New Single, Tour

Mon: 04-21-08: 04:49 PM CDT
Peter Moren Kicks Off North American Tour

Mon: 04-21-08: 03:42 PM CDT
She & Him Postpone NYC Gig, Team With Yo La Tengo

Mon: 04-21-08: 03:10 PM CDT
Photos: Man Man / Yeasayer [Minneapolis, MN; 04/18/08]

Mon: 04-21-08: 02:10 PM CDT
Radiohead to Go "Green" on "Conan O'Brien"

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M83:
Saturdays=Youth

After a pair of impossibly huge, overpowering records, M83's Anthony Gonzalez changes up his sound, ditching maximalism for beauty and drama. His new album-- dedicated to "all the friends, music, movies, joints, and crazy teachers that made my teenage years so great!"-- is dense with 1980s new wave tropes and reflects the soft-focused mythology of eternal summers and young love. [Brian Howe]

Cut Copy:
In Ghost Colours

"Blog house" may be increasingly used as an eye-rolling pejorative, but don't punish Cut Copy's hugely enjoyable In Ghost Colours, a fantastic record that feels light, confident, and unencumbered by the dictates of fashion. It's a gloriously positive record, one whose cheerily strummed acoustic guitars, shimmering synths, sweeping choruses, and playful sonics add up to a balanced, brilliant summer pop record. [Mark Pytlik]

Mon: 04-21-08:
The Replacements
Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash / Stink / Hootenanny / Let It Be

Rhino remasters and generously expands upon the Replacements' four early records for their hometown imprint Twin/Tone, reminding us that although the group's antics and misfortunes are as often recalled as its music, this was a creative, smart, silly, exuberant, and often hilarious rock'n'roll band. [Mark Richardson]

Mon: 04-21-08:
The Teenagers
Reality Check

This London- and Paris-based electro-pop band creates songs that work on the innocently sleazy assumption that "Beverly Hills 90210", American Pie, and Nada Surf's "Popular" showed U.S. high schoolers as they really are. [Marc Hogan]

Various Artists: Don't Stop: Recording Tap
The Numero Group sets its sights on New York's Tap label, whose ultra-obscure sides from the early 1980s explore the intersection between late-period disco and early rap. [Joe Tangari]

Idol Fodder: Bäbytalk
If the record sounds like a remarkably authentic reconstruction of the wide-eyed, freewheeling energy that attended the lo-fi British post-punk of the early 1980s, it's because Alig Pearce is no newcomer to this music-without-borders thing. [Brian Howe]

Fancey: Schmancey
The New Pornographers' Todd Fancey goes way back to the 1970s for a platter that ably apes the sunny side of AM radio (with a few dark clouds lurking on the horizon). [Joshua Klein]

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Mon: 04-21-08:
Interview: She & Him
We talk to both Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward about the genesis of their Volume One record, their love of the past, and overcoming the dreaded actor/musician curse. [Mike Carriere]

Fri: 04-18-08:
Column: Puritan Blister #36
Puritan Blister seems to be listening to a bit of Crystal Castles these days. [William Bowers]

Thu: 04-17-08:
Guest List: El Guincho
El Guincho, aka Pablo Días-Reixa, clues us in to the source of some of his album's obscure samples, avoids overpriced record shops in the UK, and talks about his favorite block of wood. [Interview: Tyler Grisham] [Pablo Días-Reixa]

Wed: 04-16-08:
The Month In: Reggae / Dancehall
This month we examine the best current riddims in one-drop and dancehall as well as a 2xCD set that collects the best from Cocoa Tea [above]. [Dave Stelfox]

Tue: 04-15-08:
Column: Through the Cracks #4
This month's Through the Cracks highlights a handful of indie hip-hop records that we neglected to review-- most egregiously, DJ Muggs vs. GZA's Grandmasters [above]. [Nate Patrin]

Mon: 04-14-08:
Interview: Spoon
We speak to Britt Daniel about Spoon-related internet rumors, "Arrested Development", Har Mar Superstar vs. the White Stripes, Feist's "My Moon My Man", and why he thinks Merge's Mac McCaughan should run for office. [Eric Harvey]