Colby Jack

You know you've found yourself a solid bro friends when he lets you drop your album the same day as his.  Now, I'm not saying that Jack White and Brendan Benson had any such agreement, but when you've got the two Raconteurs hit-makers dropping a new set of tracks on April 24, you've gotta wonder

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Well, the Shins finally came out of their hidey hole (which they had occupied most rudely since 2007), and the result is an album far beyond anything we could have imagined. Seriously, this is next level stuff

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Four years into the Shins' absence from the airwaves I said I would voluntarily give my firstborn away for the chance to hear new music from the kings of bittersweet summer pop. And guess what -- my vow with the Devil went perfectly, and we have a brand new set of James Mercer's croonings to play as we sit in the Providence sun

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What's better than Poliça, who'll be rockin' the Met on March 30? What's better than new SBTRKT? What's better than St. Vincent, who'll make your hair stand on end at Lupo's on May 3? Hearing them all in one hour, obvs

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The big news this week was the Shins' new album, Port of Morrow, finally dropping. Five long years since Wincing the Night Away and the Shins -- or, rather, James Mercer -- sound better than ever. With a new lineu

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Normally I'd be tempting fate if I ended an Exposure with a track called "D.O.A."...but it's Sleigh Bells.  So we automatically win.  Also making appearances were the witchy and wonderful Black Belles, and the jittery synths of Toro y Moi

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In the wake of the madness that was the Black Keys' Boston show, I couldn't decide how best to channel that into Exposure.  Answer?  Why not play a track from their opener, the inimitable and dashingly-accented Arctic Monkeys

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Super Tuesday? In the world of Exposure, that's known as "pregaming."  While Santorum spreads across the map, we're spreading the love of Shearwater through your ears. Take that one to the bank, happy voter (and then wash your hands)

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Tonight's Exposure was an all-American success: First there was the Sleeper/Agent + Fun. show down at Lupo's, then Colby Jack busted out some St. Vincent and was hit on by a nice brunette named Jules! Truly, this is the stuff of which dreams are crafted

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Leap for joy, all you leap-year babies, for tonight we Sleighed some new Bells, Hit the Ground with some Big Pink things, and ran up a pretty awesome Staircase.  Wordplay.  Get it, daddy.

1. IAMDYNAMITE, "Stereo"
2. The High Highs, "Open Season"
3. The Epilogues, "The Fallout"
4. Woodkid, "Iron"
5. Quiet Company, "You, Me, & the Boatman"
6. Locksley, "Darling, It's True"
7. The Big Pink, "Hit the Ground (Superman)"
8. Sleigh Bells, "Road to Hell"
9. The Features, "How It Starts"
10. Radiohead, "Staircase"
11. School of Seven Bells, "The Night"
12. Guards, "Do It Again"
13. Dum Dum Girls, "Bedroom Eyes"