First heard of this guy when he came through Knoxville a few months back. I listened to some of his stuff, but recently got back into him after hearing this song on WDVX. Bela Fleck on banjo here?

I’ve been getting into experimental music via Animal Collective. This is the last track on Merriweather Post Pavillion, “Brothersport”.

Kudos to Jason for getting me hooked on this track. The rest of the album is so-so, but the soul/funk hook here is money. Notice the warning on the label: there is some unfortunate language.

Here’s one from Alice, even though she doesn’t know it. She likes The Kooks for the same reason she likes a lot of the indie pop stuff I make her listen to- because it sounds like oldies. What was

A lot of other kids must have listened to Graceland back in the 80s, ‘cause I’m starting to see a lot of African pop influence in the indie scene. This is fresh: I heard this today on the college