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found waiting for me on my doorstep: Slow Down Tallahassee's "The Beautiful Light" CD. (19m ago)
off to the Buffalo Bar (4h ago)
http://www.myspace.com/capgrasfamily ; rather good motorik lounge-pop. (4h ago)
listening to Capgras Family (a new band featuring 3 former Lacto-Ovo members). Not bad. (4h ago)
managed to track down some San Serac; the chords in "Fairlight" sure sound familiar... (6h ago)
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2007/5/21
Melbourne bedroom pop outfit The Motifs has a new CD out; titled "Away", it contains 25 songs, both old and new, and each undoubtedly a masterpiece of pocket-sized pop perfection. It's only available through a Japanese2006/5/21
Finland's metal monsters ran away with Eurovision, winning it with 292 points; a lead of 44. The runners-up were: Russia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Romania and Sweden. The bottom 3 were: France, Israel and Malta, with Malta being the h2>Five years ago:2003/5/21
The account of the steam-powered drum machine , or rave culture meets steampunk: Soon after the crowd had entered, the doors were locked tight so as to prevent intrusion from representatives of the Law. Van Hoovenaars