Kimya Dawson and her project with Adam Green, the Moldy Peaches, are big ballin' right now!  Riding the evergrowing strength of JUNO love (four Academy Award® nominations, including one for Best Picture) and the soundtracks' rise to #1 on the Billboard Album chart, the two stopped by Spinner.com's The Interface the other day.

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During the sh!tty days of winter, you look for anything to get excited about. Luckily, I received a mid-winter present yesterday when I discovered a new episode of the hilarious series, Yacht Rock. For those of you not familiar with this, Yacht Rock takes us through the backstories of our favorite Yacht Rockers of the Eighties, such as Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald, and Christopher Cross with Hollywood Steve as the host.

Michael Mcdonald & James Ingram - Ya Mo Be There

In this latest episode (Episode 11), we discover the true story behind Kenny Loggins' Footloose. There is a special guest cameo by Jason Lee, who plays a fantastic Kevin Bacon. Yeah, I know what you are thinking, I don't remember Kevin Bacon having a mustache. Me neither, but Jason Lee captures the true essence of "The Bacon", that you don't even really think about it. Who knew that Jimmy Buffett is such a maniacal son of a bitch? If you are interested in the other 10 episodes, search Yacht Rock on YouTube.



Kenny Loggins - Footloose

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I think John Edwards is on to something there. If he can get Tom Cruise to sing Danger Zone, Chevy Chase to do Holiday Road, and Bill Murray perform I'm Alright, I think that could be a platform I could vote for.

In case you missed it, the first taste of Devotchka's next album, A Mad and Faithful Telling, was released. The album will be released March 18th on Anti-. I loooooooooooooouuuuuuvvvvvre these guys.


DeVotchKa - Transliterator

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Last week, I made a vague, arm-waving attempt to round up the various outdoor festivals taking place around North America this year (and since it went up, a few dates have been updated and one fest has been cancelled) and consciously avoided including their mutli-day, club-hopping, running water-friendly brethren.

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So the sabbatical I've been taking from seeing live music for the past few weeks has evidently done me a world of good because not only was my narcolepsy under control before heading into Saturday night's triple-bill at the El Mocambo, but I was actually eager to get out and see some bands play. And the lineup that was going to ease me back into things was a varied one. You had the headliners - Syracuse's Ra Ra Riot - whom I covered last week, Toronto's own The Coast, whom I've covered many times before, and from New York City The Virgins - whom I'd never heard of before this show.

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Men's Vogue has an excerpt of Dean Wareham's forthcoming memoirs Black Postcards: A Rock & Roll Romance, which will be released March 13. Not surprisingly, they chose what most would consider to be the "juiciest" part of the book to reprint - Wareham very candidly detailing how Britta Phillips joined the band, the start of their relationship and the end of his first marriage (in that order). Luna fans were probably equally confused/suspicious/intrigued by it all when it went down but were too polite to inquire. Now we know.

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