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News Fri Apr 30 2010
Friday Quick Links
When we're not running down hills covered in flowers, we're inside, in the dark, looking at our computers.
- Hope to see you at our April Get-Together tonight at Beauty Bar! Transmission staffers Lisa White and Michelle Meywes will be spinning in the DJ booth from 7-10pm. Details, RSVP.
- Today's the last day for Bloodshot Records' April web sale. Free digital sampler with your purchase.
- And wow, what a media sweep this week for Bloodshot artists! WBEZ's Eight Forty-Eight program sat down with Chicago band The Blacks. And you can listen to The Bottle Rockets on NPR's Mountain Stage program. Also, catch Justin Townes Earle on this week's Prairie Home Companion, as well as in the upcoming episode of HBO's Treme (alongside his dad, Steve Earle). Dang, y'all.
- ICP defends their latest opus, "Miracles."
- Nice piece on the Uptown Theatre and one man who helps tend the ghosts.
- Chicagoist has an adorable video of Kid Sister's cover of Extreme's "More Than Words." If only my high school talent show had been like this, instead of, well, more like Extreme's original (which follows).
- Loud Loop Press has the word on some video shot of Thom Yorke performing "Black Swan" at the Aragon for Atoms for Peace.
- CYSTSFTS takes a second listen to Friends of Friends debut album Deep Search and finds it agrees with him.
- Love JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound's soulfull Wilco cover "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart"? We sure do! Here's a video to go with. (And keep an eye on this space for more about our love for this band.)
- If you bought vinyl on Record Store Day, you contributed to this new record number of sales! Congrats!
- On May 8th, MCA's First Fridays gets even more hipster-rific (as if that were possible) with the addition of crowds clamoring for The Hood Internet and Steve Krakow.
- Thrill Jockey artists Tunng announced the winner of their lil remix competition.
- Common comes home to debut his upcoming movie with Queen Latifah: "Just Wright" (Billy Dec sighting!) over at Fake Shore Drive.
- Hot Biscuits posted their second downloadable mix "Palette Two."
- Happy Birthday, Ken Nordine!