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Philippians - 100 Knives feat. Mirah.

It's always surprising hearing what's happening in little corners of Los Angeles, right down the street from my house. I come across a lot of local music, but much of it is either not good or just undeveloped. Still, I listen. And then one day you'll come into your office and hear something like the Philippians coming out of your email and it's totally ridiculous.

I absolutely love this song. Love it. The philippians make this delicate music that's just amazing. It fits right in with everything I've been listening to lately.

I've been waking up really early lately. This is mostly due to the carwash next door, but it feels pretty natural. So when I'm sitting there at 7 a.m., doing some work, eating some breakfast, and killing some time, I like having this record along with me. Even though it's called Goodnite Life, I find this to be an exceptional morning record.

Two guys in Echo Park made this record. They're more or less putting this record out themselves, and I highly recommend it. You can pick it up direct from the band off their site.

Still not sick of Friend And Foe? Same here! If there's one complaint we hear, it's that the band wears its influences on its sleeve (doesn't bother us). So after poring over the album, it makes sense that Brent and...

More thespian forays into rock land. The Kevin Costner Band (yes, it exists) is the featured act at the upcoming California Speedway, news we were happy to ignore ... until our friends at Popwatch dug up footage of Kevin performing...

It's not a band, and it's not called The Good, The Bad & The Queen -- but whatever it is, it's got a new video for the song "Kingdom Of Doom." (We are allowed to call it a song, right...

This week, Forbes released its annual list of music industry power earners, and not surprisingly, you listen to 10% of 'em.01. The Rolling Stones ($150.6 million) 02. Tim McGraw / Faith Hill ($132 million) 03. Rascal Flatts ($110.5 million) 04....

On their most recent photo shoot, that is. Via Daily Record:ARCTIC MONKEYS had a toilet nicked when they were working on the artwork for their new album. Three unoccupied houses featured designs from a number of artists. The interiors were...

Here's the thing with actors: Give 'em a political role, soon they're offering foreign policy suggestions off camera. (Thespian, know thy place!) And we love Drew, but maybe she's guilty of letting a role play her. In her upcoming '80s-music...

You hopefully already know Shakes (not to be confused with The Shakes), and this is just a friendly reminder and not an introduction. At the very least, you probably already know their spectacular “Fa-Fa-Fa” remix… right?

“Sister Self Doubt” is one of those brilliant-in-a-post-LCD-Soundsystem type tracks, like total guitar driven dance music that hopefully we won’t be tired of anytime soon. This track sounds like a floor ready Rapture remix but like, um, it’s straight up instead.

Hopefully for Shakes sake, they won’t get lumped into or limited by any of that New Rave nonsense. Total tangent but speaking of New Rave: how surprising is that Klaxons album? I’m not sure the Klaxons are worth a full post anymore, but maybe they’re not a one trick pony after all.

Shakes - “Sister Self Doubt� (alternate version)

“Fa-Fa-Fa” is still like the greatest song ever. I could listen to it a million times over times fifty. There’s been pure love for the Shakes version too since it first dropped — though I’m not convinced it trumps Superstar’s mix. Good stuff:

Datarock - “Fa-Fa-Fa� (Shakes remix) (mp3)

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Way back in September '05, we mentioned the lawsuit Tom Waits initiated over an ad campaign run by a German division of GM, mimicking his vocal style without permission. And we ran a Tom quote on the issue, just 'cause...