Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings -“Money” There’s a lot of ways to write about being broke, but I’m really into this take on it: Money as this lowlife asshole who bails on you whenever you need him to be around, and doesn’t do you all that much good when he does show up. Even still, you’re left feeling insecure and wanting — is it me, did I do something wrong? How can I get you to take me back? All the while, you’re just bitter about getting caught up in this mess. Capitalism as a terrible boyfriend, basically.

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BLK JKS – “Zol!” The title track from the band’s new EP, out 6/8 on Secretly Canadian.

Like an idiot, I made a note on my calendar about this past Sunday’s Unbunny show in Brooklyn, but totally forgot to set an alarm to remind me when the time came. Feh. Anyway, it’s worth mentioning, though, that you don’t have to miss Unbunny in your town — if you live in the Northeast. There are still a good number of shows stateside before the European tour starts in May.

This is also a good time to point out that the all new Unbunny full-length, Moon Food, will be available next month; pre-order it now at Parasol.

And now that I mention that, did you know that there was an Unbunny Record Store Day exclusive 7-inch? There was. Is, I mean: you can pick up one of the remaining copies of the limited-to-300 item here, also via Parasol.

And just to give this post a little musical accompaniment, here’s “Water and the Spanish Tongue” from Black Strawberries:

MP3: Unbunny – “Water and the Spanish Tongue”

The Globe and Mail profiles singer-songwriter Charlotte Gainsbourg.

The Burlington Free Press interviews the Low Anthem's Jeff Prystowsky.

musicOMH interviews Spoon bassist Rob Pope.

Vulture ponders which indie rock band hip-hop will embrace next.

SF Station interviews Broken Social Scene's Justin Peroff.

Shearwater frontman Jonathan Meiburg talks to the Pacific Northwest Inlander.

FFWD profiles singer-songwriter Baby Dee.

Motherboard takes a video tour of DEVO's studio.

Rogue Wave visits The Current studio for an interview and live performance.

Peter Wolf Crier – “Hard As Nails” From the band’s Jagjaguwar debut, Inter-Be, due out on 5/25.

Christopher Weingarten
“Twitter & the Death of Rock Criticism Pt. II: Music Is Math”

From the 140 Characters Conference, 2010 — (Rated R for wall-to-wall swearing)

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