Music Nerd Stuff: Unrest, Serge Gainsbourg, John Dwyer Bothered, Fantastic Fugazi Covers and More

Unrest is back!  The Washington, D.C. indie trio is playing the Bell House on July 9th. I’m told the new Serge Gainsbourg film doesn’t suck.  Over at Jewcy, we celebrated this. Garage savant John Dwyer of Thee Oh Sees is bothered at Impose. Bradford Cox of Deerhunter/Atlas Sound, gives us another Micromix. Paste lists 25 of the most anticipated songs of the summer.  I acted jaded and unimpressed. Thanks Carrie Brownstein for hipping me to this fantastic Fugazi cover:

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Bites: Hanukkah Stories, Maud Newton’s Faves, Zak Smith Picks, Tiger, and More

Over at the New Yorker, Hanukkah stories courtesy of Yoni Brenner. Maud Newton reflects on her favorite books of 2009. Gabriel Garcia Marquez gave Fidel Castro a copy of Bram Stokers Dracula. Zak Smith picks a top three over at HTMLGiant. American Psycho, Motley Crue, Sam Lipsyte, and Ghostworld are each mentioned in Details 25 Greatest Generation X books list. Tiger “Mistresses of Tiger Woods march on Washington” The Borowitz Report. Over at The Faster Times, Jonathan Wilson gives us […]

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