Phoenix
"It's Never Like That" is the result of a sincere step, something thoughtful and alive. Here is the masterpiece that France's Phoenix have always threatened to make. And my god is it not just the perfect soundtrack for summer.

Comedians of Comedy
"How old do you think a highway has to be before you can tell it its been adopted?" Yes, it's that funny. Movie on Netfilx and TV show on Comedy Central. Comedians of Comedy is ten times more interesting than reality shows. There's no jumping through hoops of fire or pits of snakes. This is real life stuff and that's what makes it exciting. Even the boring is more interesting.

Battle of the Record Covers
Ok, thanks to our friend Rob @ Ten-Stories for sending this to us. It's an incredible motion graphics piece of some of the best (and worst) record covers ever made. Go on, click and witness some pure comedy and nostalgia.

Vmix
The social networking revolution is amongst us. Friendster just got a ten-million round of funding, NewsCorp's MySpace is doing deals with Viacom, and Google has teamed up with YouTube. Now there's VMix. They're a San Diego company that we like to think is doing it right. Check out the videos we've uploaded and become our friend here.

ArtOpp
ArtOpp is exactly that, a site that creates opportunities for artists. It was conceived by the fine folks at Ninthlink and we like to think they're on to something here. Give back to the community by supporting emerging artists and aid in their success.

The Long Tail
It's not about blockbuster movies and overhyped media blitz. Finally, someone sets the mainstream straight. Chris Anderson is that man and The Long Tail is his theory. Read on...

Revver
Social networking sites are becoming more popular than eating breakfast. YouTube has over 100 million users and MySpace, Yahoo!, Google and a handful of others aren't far behind. Well, now there's one company that wants to play in the big leagues and even prepared to pay you for content. Revver is their name and while they're not even a month old, the buzz is catching on. And lucky for them, their business model allows them to double-dip in advertising dollars. The only catch (and you have to be pretty clever to notice) is the user only gets paid when someone views AND clicks on the ad. It's a win win model for Revver and advertisers. The big question still remains, which big-league slugger is going to step up and allow us to join in on "all" the ad revenue?

iFanBoy
If your week begins and ends on a Wednesday then chances are you're obsessed with all things comics. And thankfully for you, you're not alone. The Marvel vs DC debate lives on with iFanBoy, a site, podcast and more for comic enthusiasts. Grab your cape and head over to www.iFanBoy.com.

The Showbiz Show w/ David Spade
Nobody makes fun of celebrities better than David Spade. His weekly gig at Comedy Central is a platform that Spade and his talented team of writers use to trash just about everyone in overhyped Hollywood. One view of his video clips on Robin Williams or Vin Diesel promoting their new movies and you'll be obsessed like we are.

Josh Rouse
Rare is it for artists just hitting their stride to take an entire song to ask themselves why they're doing it in the first place. This is how Josh Rouse opens his new album, "Subtitulo" and we're quickly sucked in to the breezy, whistling answers of his departure from Nashville, Tennessee and emerging new roots in the small Spanish community of Altea. The result is a 10-song paradigmatic, indie-folk release from a songwriter who has on more than one occasion stirred the soul of listeners with profound lyrical prose, unique instrumentation and romantic attention to detail. This is the kind of stuff that is simple and complicated, which for a music-junkie like me, is awe inspiring to listen to. "Quiet Town" is so captivating, I've played it over the phone for a few friends. Read More

Rocky Votolato
All of life's secrets are in Rocky Votolato's records. Let it be said on record that Rocky Votolato is one of the best songwriters of our generation. Download these songs right now: "Alabaster", "The City Is Calling", "Mix Tapes/Cell Mates". It'll wet your emotional palette until his delicious new record, "Makers" is released in 2006. Click here for more.

The Squid & The Whale
A beautiful film from the co-writer of The Life Aquatic. Similar in Wes Anderson's approach to filmmaking and high attention to detail, The Squid & The Whale hits home for anyone growing up in a dysfunctional family. Painfully funny. Click here for more, my brother!

iTunes Commercial You Haven't Seen
Here's an iTunes commercial produced on speck by filmmaker Marc Debruyne. It features Bright Eyes and I'm really hoping Apple replaces Eminem with something more along these lines. Click here to view.

Black People Love Us
By far, one of the funniest websites ever made. Click to witness for yourself.

My Morning Jacket
"Z" is the latest offering from the bar-driven boys of Louisville, Kentucky. It's nostalgic, simplistic, rough, catchy, upbeat, sad, and rhythmically charged, all blended into ten beautifully crafted songs. Download "Off The Record" right now and you'll know what I'm talking about. More...

All The Real Girls
This is about as honest of a film I've ever seen on relationships. David Gordon Green captures the art and beauty of emotions like no other. It will either leave you smiling or in tears. And trust me, it's a sort of drained feeling that is worth every penny in owning this beautifully shot and delivered love lullaby.
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Charizma
Here is a kid who grew up with three primary concerns - hip hop music, sweets, and apple juice. By sweets, I don't mean the kind that you buy at the 7-11. And the apple juice, only Martinelli's uncarbonated. With Peanut Butter Wolf on the one's and two's, Charizma's "Big Shots" CD is as real as it gets.
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Stars
"Set Yourself On Fire", the third full-length from Montreal's STARS is how it feels when thinking your life is on track, and when the floorboards collapse under your feet, giving in to the chaos instead of fighting it, starting over again more brilliant and gorgeous and raw than you've ever been before. It’s knowing you have to decimate your own history in order to understand it. The band claims they were aiming for a straight-up sex record, but ended up writing a sex and death and robots record – in Stars, everything that starts off simple blows up big, ornate and rich. Hear more!

I Heart Huckabees
Ready to explore what the trule mortality of life is? Give it a head-spinning whirl with I Heart Huckabees. Absolutely mind-blowing. For some reason, I want to say Waking Life and The Matrix dialogue blended together but with more artistic vision.
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Ed Harcourt
"Loneliness, what would I do without you?" Ed Harcourt asks against dreamy backing vocals, twinkling pianos and all sorts of space-age sound effects on his latest album, "Strangers". The answer, of course, is we haven't heard anyone able to make music as heartbreaking as this. "Born in the 1970s" and "Something To Live For" haven't left the iMix. Hear more!

The Bob Moog Doll
50 years of electronic genius. This is the official Bob Moog doll, designed by artist Archer Prewitt. Complete with mini-moog synthesizer and movable arms/neck. Looks great next to your Run DMC toys. More info!

New Buffalo
Straight from Melbourne, Australia, The Last Beautiful Day is quite unlike anything else you will hear this year. "I've Got You and You've Got Me" is the most refreshing, classic and timeless piece of beauty I've heard in ages. Sonic blasts and delicate vocals have me completely hooked. More...

Tegan & Sara
When was the last time you were completely rocked by twin sisters from Canada? I saw Tegan & Sara at South By Soutwest and became numb. Their new disc, "So Jealous" is angst-ridden, heartfelt songs with a sharp edge. And that's just how I like it.
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Method Shop
Drenched with technology news, MethodShop.com is your one-stop site for avid iPod users. Find out how to hack in and change color settings, get free technical support or even check out all the engravings that Apple rejected on the back of iPods. Pretty funny and updated daily.
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