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Bishop Allen is Justin Rice (vocals & keyboards) and Christian Rudder (stringed instruments). Rice and Rudder are both Harvard graduates and they named the band after Bishop Allen Drive in Cambridge, MA. They formed the band in 2003 and now have a couple of other members in the band (maybe for touring?). Their sound is similar to Vampire Weekend and, since the members of both bands are Ivy League graduates, I think we could call their brand of music Ivy League rock.
Bishop Allen – The Ancient Common Sense of Things

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Cause is a relatively unknown rapper from the Bronx. He’s clearly got a lot of a talent but using a word like Cause as your name, a word that’s written so much, it might be harder for someone surfing the web to come across Cause. Unless you know he calls himself New York’s finest – his myspace address is “myspace.com/causenewyorksfinest”. His track “On The Run” is my favorite. Cause raps over some kind of Al Green “I’m Glad You’re Mine” type hard hitting drums and the songs got a really catchy hook. Cause has an odd combination of mainstream, more hardcore hip hop beats and underground tracks on his album but that what I kind of like that about the album. To be honest, the album itself is not really anything special, but it’s definitely worth a listen. Cause is someone to watch out for. Thanks to Ushkow for showing me this one. Also, whoever designed Cause’s official website is a genius. The graffiti thing is awesome.
Cause – On The Run

On the Run – CaUsE

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I’ve been hearing Anya Marina’s “Vertigo” on KCRW a lot and I’m kind of digging it. I also like her track “Move You”. ”Vertigo” has a soft and sweet, kind of playful sound but it’ the kind of song you usually hear on the soundtrack for family movies like Shrek 2. ”Move You” kind of shows that Marina has a different kind of quality to her music than you would expect if you’ve only heard “Vertigo”.
Anya Marina – Vertigo / Move You

Vertigo – Anya Marina
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Here’s a new Silversun Pickups song called “Panic Switch”. It’s from the LA based band’s album Swoon, which will be released on April 14th. I like the sound of this a lot more than I expected so I’m really looking forward to hearing the rest of the album.
Silversun Pickups – Panic Switch

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I know this isn’t new at all but I really like this video for Rob Roy’s “Fur In My Cap”. Ethan Lader directed/edited it and he made a very creative, funny video that fits the song perfectly. Thanks to Kenny for sending this one my way.

Rob Roy – Fur In My Cap

Rob Roy “Fur In My Cap” Director: Ethan Lader from ethandirector on Vimeo.
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This is actually another great soft, sweet track that probably would work really well for a film. It’s “Hysteric” and it’s from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs new album It’s Blitz (released on March 10). I haven’t listen to enough of the album yet but I’ve only heard good things so I’m curious to check it all out… Let me know what you think if you have it.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Hysteric

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Flight of the Conchords is a hilarious TV show and band. I wasn’t that impressed with the show this season but I liked the music from the New Zealand duo a lot. Until this season, I never realized how much the songs all capture recognizable pieces of different eras of music. This season really shows that Bret and Jermaine have become experts at writing that kind of music. As a side note- a lot of people who love the show haven’t seen the movie Eagle VS Shark (starring Jermaine). If you’re one of those people, you need to see that movie, it’s great.

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