Tiny Vipers – “Dreamer” (Live on They Shoot Music)

Emeralds - “Candy Shoppe” Emeralds build most of their songs around lovely arpeggiated melodies that seem to spin gently like pinwheels in the breeze. This lends their music a pretty, tuneful quality that informs all of their compositions, and provides a musical through-line that is a lot more structured and “pop” than what you’d typically expect from ambient music. I hear echoes of Terry Riley in this stuff, but rather than develop themes for long stretches of time, Emeralds mostly do succinct pieces like “Candy Shoppe” that resolve in some sort of cathartic crest before hitting the five minute mark. They’re not the first to do this sort of friendly miniature minimalism, but they’re quite good at it. Each time I’ve heard this particular track, I’ve come away from it with a happy glow.

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MOJO shares Tom Waits' handwritten list of song suggestions for the mix CD he curated for the magazine's current issue.

Today's additions to the 2010 Bonnaroo downloads page:

mp3 sets from Flaming Lips (covering Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon), LCD Soundsystem, Local Natives, and Neon Indian.

A lossless live set from Weezer.

All Shook Down interviews Corey Cunningham of Magic Bullets.

You guys are always compared to The Smiths. How do you feel about that?

CC: I think they're a great band. It's really flattering, but there's maybe a couple songs where I could say, "Oh, I see the comparison." Overall, I think the sound of the album comes from a lot of places. I would probably say we sound more like The Pretenders on some songs than The Smiths.

The Chicago Blog previews this summer's Pitchfork Music Festival.

TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek talks to the BrooklynVegan about his forthcoming solo album.

The New York Times and Underwire profile the creators of the graphic novel, Neil Young's Greendale.

Flavorwire points out Noa Emberson's "indie albums as posters" project.

Magic Kids – “Summer” From the band’s True Panther debut, Memphis, out 8/24. Pre-order the record here.

Patrick FordHad the weekend not already wiped me out before Sunday even began, I might well have made it a three-for-three for shows-in-evenings – or five-for-three if I had attempted to make any of the in-stores happening around town – by catching Peggy Sue at Sneaky Dee’s on Sunday night. And if that had happened, you might be reading a live review of their show. But I didn’t, and so you’re not.

But even without my notes from the Toronto stop of their ongoing North American tour – Friends With Both Arms was and has some thoughts and remember, I caught them last time they visited – there’s plenty to talk about with regards to the English trio. They just released their debut album Fossils And Other Phantoms in North America – hence the tour – and melange of folk, soul and blues that their Lover Gone EP hinted at arrives on it fully-formed. It’s a darkly-hued and unexpectedly sensual record filled with tales of love gone wrong, gone off or just gone away, all delivered in the affectingly unvarnished voices and multi-instrumentalism of Katy Young and Rosa Slade and backed by the clattering percussion of Olly Joyce. It’s not the most immediate record, but given the proper attention its a rewarding listen.

Video: Peggy Sue – “Watchman”

Interpol have finalized details on the release of their fourth album. The previously announced window of mid-September has been clarified and the self-titled effort will be released on September 13, and somewhat surprisingly, it will be coming out on their original label of Matador. Their move to Capitol for 2007’s Our Love To Admire was one of the first in a run of indie rock stalwarts leveraging that success for life in the major leagues – and now they’re one of the first to return. Interesting.

The Line Of Best Fit chats with The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart.

Following the August 24 release of their Burning/Special Moves live video/audio documents, Mogwai will be screening the film component around North America. There’s a new clip from the film available to watch.

Video: Mogwai – “I’m Jim Morrison, I’m Dead” (live)

School Of Seven Bells will follow up the July 13 release of their sophomore effort Disconnect From Desire with an Autumn North American tour, supported by Active Child.

MP3: School Of Seven Bells – “Babelonia”

Laura Veirs and The Watson Twins will team up for a Fall tour. Veirs’ latest album July Flame came out in Jaunary, while The Watson Twins released Talking To You, Talking To Me a month later. Veirs’ Daytrotter session just went up as well.

MP3: Laura Veirs – “Wide-Eyed, Legless”

PitchforkTV has added a couple more segments to their video session with The Hold Steady.

Spinner, The Guardian and Billboard talk to Kele about The Boxer. The record is out next week.

Interview puts M.I.A. and the director of her “Born Free” video in conversation with one another.