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[video] The Black Keys - "I Got Mine"

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2008-10-03 20:07:00 by James in Pop Headwound
Video :: I Got Mine Click that link there to find The Black Keys tearing into I Got Mine from this years Attack & Release . The Danger Mouse helmed record has been hovering close to the top of my favorites list for months now, and clips like this one only reaffirm that notion. The video is a recent live take from the Crystal Ballroom in...
 
Tags: video, mine, black keys, attack, danger mouse, recent live, crystal ballroom, release, strange times
 
 
 
 
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PHW Album of the Month - 9/08

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2008-10-03 19:36:00 by James in Pop Headwound
I wrote this post on Tuesday and then proceeded to completely forget about it, thinking I had posted it right away. Starting here > I just heard Gentleman Jesse & His Mens self-titled debut within the past 2 or 3 days (update: week or so), and if given more time it would have challenged for this spot - its pretty freakin rad, and Ill have more...
 
Tags: dear science, month, dense record, post, record, pretty freakin rad, previous post, instantly accessible package, pretty hefty margin
 
 
 
 
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[mp3] Catfish Haven - "Devastator"

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2008-10-01 15:23:00 by James in Pop Headwound
Catfish Haven have some serious soul issues. Their new album, Devastator (out October 7 via Secretly Canadian ), is packed with sweaty, swampy, riff-heavy blues-rock in the vein of 70s stadium rockers like Bad Company mixed with the rock n soul of the 60s Muscle Shoals sound. Check out the first 2 legally released tracks MP3 :: Devastator MP3 ::...
 
Tags: devastator, dead, mp3, catfish, soul, rock, 70s stadium rockers, soul issues, metro- cd release
 
 
 
 
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PHW Songs of the Month - 9/08

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2008-09-30 11:47:00 by James in Pop Headwound
Gentleman Jesse & His Men MP3 :: All I Need Tonight (Is You from Introducing Gentleman Jesse . Buy here The debut record from Gentleman Jesse features cover art that instantly (and purposefully) recalls Elvis Costellos This Years Model - a fitting reference point for this endlessly cool collection of gritty garage-pop anthems. In a year filled...
 
Tags: gentleman jesse, acid tongue, gritty garage-pop anthems, recalls elvis costellos, endlessly cool collection, mp3, fine debut records, titus andronicus, jenny lewis
 
 
 
 
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PHW Album of the Month - 9/08

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2008-09-30 00:31:00 by James in Pop Headwound
I just heard Gentleman Jesse & His Mens self-titled debut within the past 2 or 3 days, and if given more time it would have challenged for this spot - its pretty freakin rad, and Ill have more on it very soon. But as that record hasnt yet fully sunk in yet, TV On The Radio s new Dear Science, has - its my official Album of the Month for...
 
Tags: dear science, dense record, record, pretty freakin rad, instantly accessible package, pretty hefty margin, gentleman jesse, past, offend maggie
 
 
 
 
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Deerhoof - Offend Maggie

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2008-09-27 23:25:00 by James in Pop Headwound
...musically speaking, to sound so avant-garde and arty and still rock so freakin hard. But then theres Satomi Matsuzakis anime squeal of a voice, an instrument often so distracting that it made listening to The Runners Four or Friend Opportunity seem like more of a chore than something done out of pure enjoyment. Offend Maggie is the first of...
 
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The Future of Pop Headwound...

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2008-09-22 00:15:00 by James in Pop Headwound
...music, whether that was making mixtapes back in the day, or spinning CDs on campus radio, or just passing word on to friends of what they themselves should check out. Pop Headwound has been a very natural evolution of that love, and Im glad to have guided some of you towards music that matters in your life Ive been writing the posts for PHW...
 
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[mp3] Proof of Ghosts - "I'm Coming Home"

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2008-09-16 21:38:00 by James in Pop Headwound
...music though, more just plain neglect on my part. Last week I was listening to something else, which ended, and on came their CD. The second time around it made an immediate impression, especially the building folk-rock of Im Coming Home, which climbs into its winding chorus and becomes a song youll be hard pressed to forget MP3 :: Im Coming...
 
Tags: home, home stereo, proof, ghosts, 5-disc changer anymore, plain neglect, time, eponymous album, mp3
 
 
 
 
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Frightened Rabbit Do Daytrotter

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2008-09-15 18:12:00 by James in Pop Headwound
...music sessions. The band keeps things rather low key with particularly sweet versions of Poke and My Backwards Walk from The Midnight Organ Fight , one of this years very best albums. They also perform 2 of the stand outs from Sing The Greys , their 2007 debut MP3 :: Be Less Rude / My Backwards Walk / Poke / Square 9
 
Tags: backwards walk, emotional scottish rock, live music sessions, midnight organ fight, daytrotter, stand outs, unique brand, poke, low key
 
 
 
 
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New Sounds Goin' Round....

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2008-09-11 21:42:00 by James in Pop Headwound