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The Big Pink, A Brief History Of Love: http://www.hippiesaredead.com/2009/11/bi g-pink-brief-history-of-love.html
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The Big Pink have been making the rounds on the hype wire for quite a while now, particularly in the UK. As such, when their debut full length, A Brief History Of Love, dropped last month, we here at HAD finally decided that it was time to sit down and have a listen. We have not disappointed.

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EELS are giving away a track from "End Times": http://www.hippiesaredead.com/2009/11/ne w-eels-track-hits-web.html
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EELS have their second record in the span of a year on tap for January, and now it's starting to make its way on to the interwebs. End Times drops on January 19th, and the band has just released the first single from the record, "Little Bird", for free download.

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Surviving Velvet Underground members speaking at NYPL: http://www.hippiesaredead.com/2009/11/su rviving-velvet-underground-members.html
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In what is probably one of the most surprising event announcements of the season, it looks like the NYPL Live has recruited Lou Reed, Mo Tucker, and Doug Yule (3 of the 4 surviving members of The Velvet ...

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Julian Casablancas; we weigh in: http://www.hippiesaredead.com/2009/11/ju lian-casablancas-phrazes-for-young.html
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With Phrazes For The Young, Julian Casablancas not only joins the cadre of Strokes who have released solo records, but also brings the band within one member of having all released solo albums, which is quite a feat unto itself. ...

Hippies Are Dead This is pretty brilliant: http://www.vimeo.com/1393404
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A mash up of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and the first episode of the BBC's Planet Earth. The audio and video are completely unedited. http://thetwoofhearts.com/blog/?p=17

Hippies Are Dead If you haven't listened yet, the new Fuck Buttons record is great....

Hippies Are Dead A Blood On The Tracks kind of afternoon...

Hippies Are Dead The mp3s that came with the vinyl of Cardinology are actual recordings of the vinyl. Win.

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New Do Make Say Think goodness: http://www.hippiesaredead.com/2009/11/do -make-say-think-new-record-east-coast.ht ml
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Do Make Say Think have long been a staple on the playlist. We first heard about them through their tight Broken Social Scene connection, and have been digging on their unique sound ever since. The band ...

Hippies Are Dead Giving Phrazes For The Young its first non-streaming spin. So good.

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Some nice pics from Britt Daniel's Pop Now show in PDX: http://www.flickr.com/photos/starbright3 1/sets/72157622569454225/
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Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog the photos and videos you take with a cameraphone.

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Britt Daniel posting to Spoon's myspace: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea ction=blog.view&friendId=26313756&blogId =517019515
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Read New Spoon LP January 26th by SPOON on MySpace Blogs! New blogTopics added every minute. Its November 2, 2009. On this day many years ago my Da...

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The Antlers played The Independent - pictures, review: http://www.hippiesaredead.com/2009/11/an tlers-played-independent-pictures.html
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Last Friday, we stopped in at The Independent to check out a set from The Antlers. The band has been taking up a gradually expanding spot on our playlists in both San Francisco and New York, and we were curious to see what would come of their live show. ...

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More details emerge on the new Spoon record: http://www.hippiesaredead.com/2009/11/mo re-details-emerge-on-new-spoon-record.ht ml
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We can taste it: we're on the cusp of the excitement and press deluge that comes when a record we really care about is on the verge of release. In this case, it's Transference, the Spoon full length that is on target to drop on January 26th of the new year. ...

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HAD was features in Crawdaddy's Rock Art Rock - click the arrows at the bottom to navigate through the shots: http://www.crawdaddy.com/index.php/2009/ 10/20/rock-art-rock-issue-3-24a/
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Britt Daniel of Spoon Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR March 6, 2009 By Patrick Proctor 'Spoon is a longtime favorite here at Hippies Are Dead, so we didn't hesitate to make the trip up to Portland to check out one of the few live dates they played in 2009...'
























