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Michael is a 20 something living in San Francisco, CA. He enjoys gutters and whiskeys. Someday he’ll grow up to be a real boy.

New Tracks by The Brother Kite

If a band’s credibility among their independent music peers was assessed by the sparsity of their Wikipedia page, then hopefully someone will catch you listening to The Brother Kite ’cause oh my god. The Brother Kite, both little known and well regarded, have yet to follow up their spectacular 2006 release Waiting For the Time [...]

Friday Special – Kitties!

Stream the new Beach House

NPR is hosting a stream of the Beach House’s new album for you to check out. It’s free for your ears until the 26th when the album actually comes out.
Beach House is a band that I could never really sink my teeth into. I’ve already heard this album a couple of times now through the [...]

A Vampire’s Weekend In His Ikea Coffin

Your friends don’t want to hear you talk about a wide variety of topics. They don’t want to hear about why you like Wes Anderson films. They don’t want to hear about your Twitter friends. Today I will talk about one of these topics: why I like Vampire Weekend.
Yeah, that’s right; Your friends [...]

FRIDAY SPECIAL – CATS AS PETS EDITION

Dan Deacon – Woof Woof.

(Thanks Pitchfork!)
Dan Deacon will always hold a special place in my heart after I lost my virginity on a boombox that was playing his album “Acorn Master”. The thumping beats of “Big Big Big Big Big” covered the sound of me crying the whole time.
This video is about why cats are [...]

Friday Night Special: Indie Cred Edition

The Elected – Not Going Home

What did you do when you were a kid? Shut up. I don’t care. This guy? He was in Salute Your Shorts and Boy Meets World. And then he said, “Ohhhh those were some pretty good accomplishments for before I went through puberty. What now? Hmm maybe I should reinvent [...]