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My Favorite Eleven Albums of 2009!

December 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Bishop Allen, Bowerbirds, Cotton Jones, Death Cab For Cutie, Fanfarlo, Fruit Bats, Slow Club, Sufjan Stevens, The Wooden Birds, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Documenting the albums that I have enjoyed the most each year is one of the most time-intensive and pleasurable posts for me. I don’t like the swarm of “Best Of ___” lists that each of us has to deal with at the end of the year. 2009 has been especially crazy seeing as it’s the decade-ender, [...]

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New Bishop Allen Video!

November 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · Bishop Allen

Below you will see the new music video for Bishop Allen’s True or False brought to us by Stereogum. This song has been one of my favorites of Grrr…. since the album was released early this year, and the music video is a treat!

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Bishop Allen in "Harmony and Me"

August 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Bishop Allen

Harmony and Me is a movie starring none other than Bishop Allen’s Justin Rice, and I think it looks super funny. It’s being released in September in New York, and will hopefully make it’s way around the country a little bit. Anyway, below is the trailer, containing Justin, the song Shanghaied, and Keith Poulson (bass [...]

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Bishop Allen in a Shower?!

May 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Bishop Allen

Wow what a neat video! Christian and Darbie (and for a brief moment Michael Tapper) in a French Bathtub playing Butterfly Nets and Ghosts are Good Company with a ukulele! Sounds crazy eh? Well it’s true and super fun to watch. The version of Ghosts are Good Company was especially fun, as they played the [...]

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The Lion and the Teacup on NPR's Song of the Day!

April 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Bishop Allen

A neat little surprise came as I was scrolling through NPR’s website, only to find that Bishop Allen’s The Lion and the Teacup is NPR’s song of the day today! (well, technically Friday, but that carries through the weekend…) You can see what they have to say about it HERE. Nice!

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Bishop Allen @ Velour – March 27, 2009!

March 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Bishop Allen

So a couple nights ago I had the privilege of seeing beloved Bishop Allen for the second night in a row. The first was at Kilby Court in Salt Lake City, which I already reported on. But after a couple days (sorry!) it’s time to finally document the next night’s show! The opening band was [...]

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Bishop Allen at Kilby Court – March 26, 2009!

March 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Bishop Allen

Well, last night I had the great opportunity to see my friends Bishop Allen play at my favorite venue, Kilby Court! They played an excellent show, and I had the time of my life. What’s more, they are playing another show tonight in Provo, which is just awesome! Two nights of Bishop Allen in a [...]

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Grrrrr! Yippee!

March 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Bishop Allen

Well, I have had Bishop Allen’s new album, Grrr…, for a few days now. What a shame it is that I haven’t talked about it at all. I have really and truly been busy, but honestly could have probably made some time. Forgive me. Grrr… is brilliant. Lets just start off by getting that out [...]

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Dimmer Video is Super Neat!

March 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Bishop Allen

Bishop Allen does it again! Wow they are the best! Check out this video for Dimmer that they just made, it will melt your heart like a cube of butter in a frying pan. Seriously though it’s insanely awesome 80′s sweetness. So cool!

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Grrrrr!

March 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · Bishop Allen

Well, today I receieved the download link to Bishop Allen’s new album, Grrr…! I definitely can’t wait to give it a full listen, as I actually didn’t get it leaked a few weeks ago out of my selective-purist outlook. Well I’ll be sure to post my thoughts soon. Yay! Bishop Allen!

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