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Devolympics

I somehow missed Devo performing at the Olympics last night (because when you think of international athletic competition Devo is the first thing that comes to mind), but you can grab the song they premiered for free at Club Devo (email address required). Though it’s not quite as good as “Watch Us Work It, ” I consider it worth the download.

Mark Mothersbaugh

Dirty Single

A free mp3 from The New Pornographers’ upcoming album Together is available on the Matador blog. I’ve only listened to “Your Hands (Together)” a couple of times, but it’s growing on me as TNP songs tend to do.

The New Pornographers

Memory Protect

Here’s a rare online video of the legendary Boston band Think Tree. It’s hard to find any footage of those guys, though rumor has it they made videos for one or two of their songs.

These days every band has hours of cellphone video documenting everything they do. Meanwhile, there is absolutely no movie or video footage of the adult Nick Drake.

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The Expert

More from the Touch Yello virtual concert:

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Touch Yello

Why was I not told of this? Still the coolest band in the world…

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Jacqueline (Demo, May 2008)

There’s a new, free David Sylvian MP3 download on his website.

In contrast to his new Manafon tracks, this is a more traditional guitar-and-vocals song.

Small Metal Gods

Video for a track from David Sylvian’s new CD Manafon. I assume MTV will be all over this.

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Pomplamoose – Hail Mary

Very nice song and an unusual creative method. From their YouTube page:

A VideoSong is a new Medium with two rules:

1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice).
2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).

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Of course, now I want macaroni and cheese with onions and tomatoes.

Pomplamoose on MySpace.

Via kung fu grippe.

Always the Moon

Jonathan Coulton’s second-round entry in the online Song Fu competition is a lovely, understated thing:

Always the Moon

It’s Free. It’s French.

I downloaded some decent instrumental electronic avant pop earlier, and have been listening to it most of the day. My best guess for pronunciation is Nee-Woo-Een-Woo-Een. The outfits are nice.

via Kitsune Noir