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DOWNLOAD: Princeton – Calypso Gold (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Wild Beasts – All the Kings Men (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Sondre Lerche – Good Luck (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Marmoset – Peach Cobbler (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Marmoset – Florist Fired (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Marmoset – Winter (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Marmoset – Lemon Meringue Live (Zip) Wild Beasts @ Joe’s Pub, Tuesday night – 9/8/09 Even without All Tomorrow’s Parties, this week is bananas with quality shows, so much so I’m dividing this week’s column into two parts…

DOWNLOAD: Larkin Grimm – Pigeon Food (2005 MP3) DOWNLOAD: Larkin Grimm – Secret Eye (2006 MP3) DOWNLOAD: Larkin Grimm – Ride That Cyclone (2008 MP3) “Larkin Grimm (born September 18, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and musician born in Memphis, Tennessee…

Peter Bjorn & John @ MSG on 8/4 (more by Tim Griffin) Peter, Bjorn and John are still on their Depeche Mode-supporting tour that brought the band to NYC for two large shows at Madison Square Garden, and two smaller ones at Cake Shop and Rockwood Music Hall…

El Perro Del Mar @ Bowery Ballroom (more by Bao Nguyen)Sweden-based El Perro Del Mar, known informally as Sarah Assbring, is set to release her third full-length album (The Control Group) on October 20, 2009…

The legendary Lee Fields“NPR Music and WBGO boldly attempt to go where few have gone before: Deep soul, indie funk and polyglot jazz share a stage and a bill…

Shudder To Think @ Webster Hall, Oct 2008 (more by Tim Griffin)In the fall of 2008, ten years after the band’s breakup, …Shudder To Think embarked on a limited number of tour dates during which the band delivered some of the most compelling and potent shows of their career…

DOWNLOAD: Lee Fields & the Expressions – Ladies (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Lee Fields & the Expressions – Love Comes and Goes (MP3) Lee Fields buttons (on sale now) Soul crooner Lee Fields‘s new LP, My World, is out now on Truth and Soul Records…

Cass McCombs doesn’t know how many more winters he may be able to spend in Chicago. He told me that he just can’t stomach the icy cold temperatures during the cruelest and most drawn out season that the Midwest always buckles under, no matter how prepared we all are for its impending beat down…

DOWNLOAD: Loney Dear – Airport Surroundings (MP3) Asobi Seksu @ Irving Plaza / Loney Dear @ MHOW (more’s last NYC visit. Asobi Seksu‘s last NYC show was at the same venue on June 13th, as part of the Northside Festival…

words & Of all the the other Swedes Anna Ternheim (who actually now lives in the East Village) has accompanied on tour, none sounded just like her, and yet, numerous reviews abound comparing her to them…