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February 26, 2008
RELEASED: Feb. 26th + March 4th
The new releases at insound for the next two weeks... visit insound here.
February 25, 2008
Throw Me The Statue
Throw Me The Statue wrap up, but never disguise, their hooky pop with an orgy of ear pleasing percussive treats. The songs on their full length debut, Moonbeams, have been carefully assembled, or carefully edited, to leave air between the instruments and voices leaving us with only the best candy at the bottom of our lo-fi indie Halloween bags.Fortunate enough to be helmed by the talented Scott Reitherman, Throw Me The Statue easily gives us one of the best Shins songs not written by James Mercer... and that song is "Conquering Kids"... but that isn't all these guys can do, visit their myspace to hear more.
From Moonbeams (released Feb 18/08)
conquering kids [mp3]
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Download Moonbeams at eMusic. Check out eMusic's free trial offer of 25 mp3 downloads.
We Are Scientists: "After Hours" MP3 + Video + Tour Dates
We Are Scientists are back with a new record, Brain Thrust Mastery (due March 17th), and a new single "After Hours" (March 3rd). This new song doesn't have the ragged electric guitar sound of previous album With Love And Squalor, it's a smoother sound, they've rounded off the edges on this song, at least. But that edgier sound was what I enjoyed about WAS and I'm afraid this song will have to win me over slowly, this one doesn't hit me like an overdriven IV filled with liquid sugar and espresso beans. And didn't these guys make a bigger splash in the UK than North America? That may explain the much more obvious British influence heard in this song... I'm still hoping that the rest of the record is closer to earlier efforts by the band.
But then again... it's a couple of hours later and this little s.o.b. of a song is starting to grow on me like Kudzu... and isn't that what all good singles do? How annoyingly delightful!
after hours [mp3]
You can also stream this new song on their myspace page.
from With Love And Squalor (2005 UK- 2006 US)
inaction [mp3]
TOUR DATES and In Stores
(*In Store Appearances - #Tour Dates)
(go here for links to buy show tickets)
* 6:00 PM Monday March 3 2008
HMV Glasgow Lewis’ Building, Argyle St, Glasgow
* 4:30 PM Tuesday March 4 2008
Jumbo 5+6 St Johns Centre, Leeds
* 5:00 PM Wednesday March 5 2008
Rapture Entertainment Ltd Unit 12 Woolgate Shopping Centre, Market Square, Witney, Oxfordshire
* 5:30 PM Thursday March 6 2008
Cambridge FOPP 37 Sidney St, Cambridge
* 6:00 PM Friday March 7 2008
Banquet Records 52 Eden Street, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey
# Monday March 24 2008
Cologne Gloria Cologne, Germany
# Tuesday March 25 2008
Hamburg Ubel & Gefhrlich Hamburg, Germany
# Wednesday March 26 2008
Dresden Beatpol Dresden, Germany
# Thursday March 27 2008
Fribourg Fri-son Fribourg, Switzerland
# Saturday March 29 2008
Munich Elsehalle Munich, Germany
# Sunday March 30 2008
Heidelberg Karlstorbahnof Heidelberg, Germany
# Tuesday April 1 2008
Rotterdam Rotown Rotterdam, Holland
# Wednesday April 2 2008
Groningen Vera Groningen, Holland
# Thursday April 3 2008
Utrecht Tivoli De Helling Utrecht, Holland
# Monday April 7 2008
Dublin Ambassador Dublin, Ireland
# Tuesday April 8 2008
Galway Roisin Dubh Galway, Ireland
# Wednesday April 9 2008
Belfast Mandela Hall Belfast, Ireland
# Thursday April 10 2008
Derry Nerve Centre Derry, Ireland
# Saturday April 12 2008
Glasgow Barrowland Glasgow, Scotland
# Sunday April 13 2008
Aberdeen Music Hall Aberdeen, UK
# Monday April 14 2008
Newcastle Northumbria University Newcastle, UK
# Tuesday April 15 2008
Manchester Academy Manchester, UK
# Thursday April 17 2008
Sheffield Octagon Sheffield, UK
# Friday April 18 2008
Birmingham Carling Academy Birmingham, UK
# Saturday April 19 2008
Nottingham Rock City Nottingham, UK
# Sunday April 20 2008
Norwich UEA Norwich, UK
# Tuesday April 22 2008
Southampton Guildhall Southampton, UK
# Wednesday April 23 2008
Bristol Carling Academy Bristol, UK
# Thursday April 24 2008
London Shepherds Bush Empire London, UK
# Friday April 25 2008
London Shepherds Bush Empire London, UK
February 22, 2008
The Last Dinosaur
I put a great song by UK band The Last Dinosaur in a mix the other day, but I screwed up the band's name and the posted mp3 didn't have any tags! Apologies to the members of the band... that was the last mistake regarding The Last Dinosaur (I hope). Now I've decided to remedy those errors by re-posting the song. This is your lucky day, if you haven't had the pleasure of hearing this song yet...
the last dinosaur home [mp3]
February 20, 2008
Field Music
Okay. I should be beaten with an ugly stick (although, that may be redundant) or a dumb ass stick (which may be more to the point), for not getting my hands on a copy of Field Music's latest release, Tones of Town (which hit shelves in January of last year, BTW) sooner and having my ears opened to just how amazing this trio, comprised of brothers David and Peter Brewis (who previously played drums for The Futureheads), and Andrew Moore, from Sunderland, England, are. And I have Tim Elsenburg from the band Sweet Billy Pilgrim to thank, he loves the album and recently inquired if I'd heard it, prompting me to finally seek it out... so, thanks Tim. Now on to the music... their 'field' music is staggering in that it sounds utterly unique and familiar at once. Songs such as "A House Is Not A Home" and "Working To Work", amongst others, bring the best pop craftsmanship of Supertramp, and condensing it, give us what I mentioned earlier, something unique and familiar in one short and tight burst of music. When you get right down to basics they're singing tight, nearly constricted, harmonies that dip and soar fearlessly while a buoyant staccato beat pulses beneath, sounds easy enough, and some bands, namely The Futureheads, can find success with this formula, but they don't reach the peaks which this trio finds. The Shins also come to mind, but they're closer to classic pop whereas Field Music just seem odder and more eccentric... a couple of pluses in my mind. Here's how they sound and here's where you can buy the music.Don't forget to visit that Sweet Billy Pilgrim site, not only does Mr Elsenburg have great taste, he also makes great music.
From Tones Of Town 2007:
in context [mp3]
working to work [mp3]
from their S/T Debut 2005:
you're so pretty [mp3]
shorter shorter [mp3]
you can decide [mp3]
i'm tired [mp3]
Field Music can be found at eMusic. Check out eMusic's Free Trial offer of 25 DRM-Free downloads right here.
February 19, 2008
RELEASED: February 19th + 26th
Here are all the upcoming releases for what remains of the month of February at insound.com.
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February 18, 2008
What's New (and free) at eMusic?
Here are a few of the new albums at eMusic that caught my eye this morning... and yeah, free if you aren't a subscriber yet, and pretty damn cheap if you already are. If any of these artists or albums catch your fancy (and remember... if they've got one album there's a very good chance they've got all that artist's albums, or EPs, or singles, etc.), here's the skinny on that Free Trial at eMusic.
Cat Power Jukebox
song to bobby [mp3]
Black Mountain In The Future
British Sea Power Do You Like Rock Music?
Robert Pollard Superman Was A Rocker
The Postmarks By The Numbers - 2
Various Artists Noise Pop 2008
Archers of Loaf Icky Mettle
And soon to be available on the site are new releases from:
Destroyer Trouble in Dreams
The Mountain Goats Heretic Pride
Beach House
Metric
Nick Drake
Cat Power Jukebox
song to bobby [mp3]
Black Mountain In The Future
British Sea Power Do You Like Rock Music?
Robert Pollard Superman Was A Rocker
The Postmarks By The Numbers - 2
Various Artists Noise Pop 2008
Archers of Loaf Icky Mettle
And soon to be available on the site are new releases from:
Destroyer Trouble in Dreams
The Mountain Goats Heretic Pride
Beach House
Metric
Nick Drake
The Mountain Goats' John Darnielle: Interview 2008
Heretic Pride is the title of The Mountain Goats new record which once again will be released on 4AD. It's the eleventh full length for John Darnielle and it continues the tradition of Darnielle songs teeming with sharp prickly lines that snowball into memorable stories which, in many cases, introduce the listener to people and places unknown beforehand. You know, kinda like what happens when you read a good and entertaining book. So, if you didn't know already... surprise!... that record, Heretic Pride, will be released tomorrow, Tuesday February 19th. There are also a whack of tour dates scheduled, beginning Tuesday in Fairbanks, Alaska, but I don't see any dates even remotely near Toronto... WTF?! (Sorry, I had to get that off my chest - let's hope somebody remedies this problem ASAP). Although, irrespective of this major oversight, I sent Mr Darnielle a series of questions and like magic they reappeared magically (funny how that happens, magic I mean) and as is always the case, his answers outshine my questions... which is how it should be, enjoy the read.A special thanks to Lalitree Darnielle for the above photo. Check out her flickr page here.
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Sixeyes: I’d like to start by asking if you’re a heretic… in any sense of the term? (Not that there’s anything wrong with that - a la Seinfeld).
John Darnielle: No no, heavens no. I'm apostate, insofar as I hardly ever go to church any more, but actual heresy is something you kinda have to do with malice, and I think anybody who did any downtime reading the Church Fathers probably carries a horror of being branded "heretic." At the same time, though, I mean - if this is the middle ages? yes, no doubt, I am one, we're all one. What piety there is in the world is fake-ass piety, ugly self-righteousness, false austerities when there's any austerity at all. The world may have outgrown something as bizarre and cartoonish as the concept of heresy. Which is a shame from a narrative standpoint, but probably good for the rest (i.e., "all") of us.
Sixeyes: Heretic Pride opens with “Sax Rohmer #1”. I’ve never read any of Rohmer’s novels, so I can’t tell if his novels, or his life has inspired this song, or if you just like the name Sax Rohmer. Are you a fan of Rohmer’s?
JD: He's kind of a problematic guy to be a fan of - him and Lovecraft both are "products of their time" if you're being polite or "total racist assholes" if you're being realistic. So, you know, any fanhood I have of his stuff is mitigated by the way he describes Asian characters ("cunning", "inscrutable", etc, but that's just the tip of the iceberg) - my wife's from Thailand, I can't be down with tired Orientalisms. At the same time, though, the cartoonish danger-lurking-around-every-corner Fu-Manchu-about-to-invade-England-by-sea world he's imagining has this druggy bizarre filmic quality to it - as landscapes go, Rohmer's have got real depth, and texture, and grain. So a lot of the images in that song are stock stuff of the sort that Rohmer could do blindfolded - agents in the shadows, that sort of thing. In that sense, it's a tribute to his skills. But you always want to keep your distance from a dude like Rohmer. I almost changed the title but thought I should not front, I like to go with my first impulses in writing.
Sixeyes: And while we’re getting literary, just how do you know how Lovecraft felt when he was in Brooklyn, anyway?
JD: He left behind reams of evidence! H.P. "Dudebrah" Lovecraft, who incidentally was the meanest hacky-sack player of his day*, wrote letters to his friends and associates practically every day of his life. When he moved to Brooklyn from western Massachusetts, he felt horrified - the whole concept of New York City was pretty well beyond his grasp, dude was from western Massachusetts and the gulf between societies was greater then than now. (Or possibly not, maybe, you would have to ask people who've spent more time in western Mass. than I have.) His descriptions of Brooklyn are little miracles of misanthropy - he had a hard time in Brooklyn and took it all out in his mind on the immigrants among whom he lived. He was kind of like the silently angry neighbor dude who's going postal right under everybody's noses, only the only thing he ever did about it was write, write, write, eventually channeling his xenophobia into bizarre visions.
*this is a lie
Sixeyes: I know that you won’t talk about your process of writing a song, but I wonder if writing has become easier for you? Are you more self-assured, or is self-doubt always there, just now a smaller bump in the road?
JD: There are so many assumptions in this question - that notion that writers always have a little nagging voice of self-doubt, or feel a weight on them when they write - I can't speak for others but it's never been true for me. The feeling of writing is like body-surfing totally mongo waves - you reach a point of pure doing, where what you do is who you are and vice-versa, this really physical point of total bliss and engagement. It has always been that way for me. The reason I don't talk much about the process of writing is that it's private, and I believe in preserving some pleasures for the private realm.
Sixeyes (a): How do you go from being the hermetic songwriter to the communal process of bringing your songs to life in the studio?
JD: Lots of alcohol. This is kinda only sort of a joke. The studio is a difficult place for me on the best of days, I'm kind of a control freak with my songs and people have to constantly remind me "we're not trying to ruin your song, we're actually trying to do something cool with it." I have trust issues in this realm. I think these trust issues are largely rooted in the fact that everybody thinks reverb on vocals is just a terrific idea, when in fact there is nothing worse in the whole world. So that makes me think "I gotta be there for all decisions or people are gonna get happy on the reverb."
Sixeyes (b): And is it stressful when you first share new songs with others, or is it in any way a relief?
JD: Oh no I love sending songs to Peter. I mean, our relationship kind of has its origins, or at least had some early peak points, in me calling him up and goin' "Dude! You have to come over to my house and sing on this jam! It is a totally awesome jam!" (That song was "Cubs in Five" for those keeping score.) Writing and show-and-tell isn't really stressful at all, the only hard part is the transition from what I do by myself to the growth into a bigger, multi-faceted thing.
Sixeyes (a): I’ve read that Scott Solter and John Vanderslice helped out once again in studio.
JD: Yes: they are the producers. I have to say they do more than help out, they are the architects here.
Sixeyes (b): So, how prepared is your production team before you all meet up at Prairie Sun? Are Solter and Vanderslice familiar with the songs beforehand?
JD: Good and unusual question! On previous albums we haven't been all that prepared; usually Peter and I will have had a few practice sessions and then everybody else will just figure out what they're gonna do once they get there. This time Peter and Jon and I had had several practice sessions plus a tour, and really knew how we played together, and Erik had sent me demos of his parts and an early arrangement of "San Bernardino." Not trying to brag, but JV said that, for this album, we were one of the best-prepared bands he'd seen in the studio, and that made me feel proud.
Yeah, I start sending Scott and JV songs once I have an album-length bunch. Peter gets them hot off the press, one at a time, usually.
Sixeyes: Sticking with Prairie Sun, you’ve recorded there before, so why again? What is so special about this studio for you?
JD: It's been sorta like returning to the place where something good happened! The first one we did there was The Sunset Tree, and that album opened all kinds of doors for me; then we did Get Lonely, which was a little polarizing, but we were and remain really proud of it - it's quite different, really sort of a detour that gave me lots of pleasure. So then I thought, wow, if we can go back there and do something that different from what we did before, what else is possible up there? Also, and probably more importantly, a lot of crucial thrash metal bands have recorded there.
Sixeyes: From what I’ve seen you keep up to date with what's happening at the cutting edge of music. Is that done out of an ingrained desire, or a way of feeding your creative mind with ammunition, or both?
JD: I have to say I don't think this is true! I listen to loads of stuff, some of it quite obscure, but I don't think I'm actually up on what's going on that's cool or anything. I probably couldn't I.D. even one of the recent hot indie rock bands except maybe Vampire Weekend. I listen to a ton of music for the same reason anybody else does I'd guess - sheer visceral pleasure, a pleasant and rewarding use of my senses. Right?
Sixeyes: All right. Well, inspiration must be an elusive thing that an artist can’t really pin down, you can’t stuff it away in a drawer and pull it out when needed, but do you think that inspiration can lead to something hollow if the artist isn’t in the right frame of mind? Be it joyful, miserable, or lustful as examples. Do primal emotions, you think, make for better songs?
JD: No, there isn't much that I disagree with more than the last bit you raise there. Writing - any writing - is a cerebral process. Some people (I think of Artaud) have gone to great lengths to try to make it otherwise, but at the end of the day, you're imposing structure on something pre-lingual. Primal emotions don't take place at the level of language: they're screams and grunts and cries and whimpers, not rhyming couplets. While I'll acknowledge that some days a writer has the thing workin' and other days he doesn't, I pretty much reject the concept of inspiration: writing is work. Good fun hard rewarding work, but work. Not magic. Steady practice shapes a write the way a sculptor makes a statue, I think - not waiting for inspiration to strike.
Sixeyes: Keeping with the ‘On The Road’ aspect, while on stage do you ever feel that same rush you get from listening to a great metal song?
JD: No, they're different qualities - even the most active listening is at root a passive process, though I guess there are some theories of listening that'd find a statement like that pretty offensive. Come to think of it, I do, too, since I think the act of listening is what gives life to a song. Anyhow though performing is a whole different deal - playing is a whole different deal. Different channels getting engaged. There's a level at which the most important part of playing is listening, for sure, but it's a different sort of listening.
Sixeyes: On your website you’ve got some tour dates up and you’re starting off in Alaska, have you ever played that far north before, or even visited the state in the past? Is that ever a consideration when planning a tour, to go places you’re curious about?
JD: Yeah we played Fairbanks last year. Since most of what I see of a place is the inside of a club and then later the inside of a hotel room, I don't really think too hard about seeing places I haven't seen before. Though it is nice to cross another one off the list, we've played almost all fifty states now. I look forward to rocking Wyoming, North Dakota, Montana, Hawaii, Maine, and Delaware someday!
Sixeyes: Now, I’ll finish up with this: I hear you’re into cooking and have even been pulling out some old vinyl recently. What would John Darnielle serve up when friends come over? And what about that old vinyl, just how old are we talking about here? And what have you been spinning?
JD: Given enough prep time I would have to go with my samosas and a coconut chutney. Those are pretty much my calling card. Though I have a loaf of French bread I've been doing that's spectacular.
Old vinyl - I don't know, I listened to some old Caruso sides on an LP that had to've been from the early sixties at the latest the other day. I've been otherwise listening on the turntable to Barrington Levy, Peste Noire, Sadomator, and Chic's Real People, which I totally missed the first time around and is awesome.
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There is a massive amount of Mountain Goats music to be found at eMusic.
Check out eMusic's Free trial offer of 25 DRM-free downloads here.
"Sax Rohmer #1" Video
Mountain Goats MP3s
From Heretic Pride
marduk t-shirt men's room incident [mp3]
From Get Lonely
new monster avenue [mp3]
From The Sunset Tree
lions teeth [mp3]
From We Shall All Be Healed
palmcorder yajna [mp3]
From All Hail West Texas
source decay [mp3]
TOUR DATES
February
19 - Anchorage, AK
22 - Vancouver, BC, Richard's on Richards
23 - Seattle, WA, Neumos
25 - Portland, OR, Doug Fir
26 - Portland, OR, Doug Fir
27 - Eugene, OR, WOW Hall
29 - San Francisco, CA, Bimbo's
March
1 - San Francisco, CA, the Independent
2 - San Francisco, CA, Bottom of the Hill (matinee)
4 - Los Angeles, CA, the Troubadour
5 - Los Angeles, CA, the Troubadour
13 - Northampton, MA, Pearl Street
14 - Boston, MA, Museum of Fine Arts
15 - Boston, MA, The Middle East
18 - New York, NY, Webster Hall
19 - Brooklyn, NY, Music Hall of Williamsburg
20 - Philadelphia, PA, First Unitarian
22 - Washington, DC The Black Cat
April
5 - Perth, The Rousemount
6 - Adelaide, Fowlers Live
8 - Melbourne, Billboard
9 - Hobart, The Republic Bar
11- Newcastle, The Cambridge
12 - Sydney, Manning Bar
15 - Brisbane, The Zoo
17 - Sunshine Coast, Lake Kawana Community Centre
February 16, 2008
David Fridlund Offers Free EP
You don't get more indie than Swedish musician David Fridlund. I'm not sure what he's doing right now to support himself, but it could very easily be something as tiring as delivering the mail, working all night in a bakery, or driving a taxi. This is a talented guy and in a perfect world he, and every artist like him, would be able to live well by making music, but it's not a perfect world, is it? So, that's why we have to do a little something to make it a tiny bit better, that's why we have to seek out something special to make us feel better and that could be just about anything from the special someone to share our life with, or something that may appear as trivial as a few songs that make us smile, dance, sing, and write about on the internet. I Saw My Reflection And I Didn’t Recognize Myself (download the zip file through the link) is the title of a four song EP that has been available as a free download on his band's website since his birthday two months ago. Fridlund has fronted the band David & The Citizens since 1999 and they've released three albums and six EPs in that time and David had released (sadly) only one solo album, Amaterasu, in 2004 (read my review of it here and read my interview with David Fridlund here). What has prompted me to finally write about the free EP is the wonderful song "With Every New Day". It's been on my mp3 player for close to two months now and has quietly grown into what I was mentioning earlier, something special to make me feel better. He may be singing about how terrible things are at that point in his life, but he's using the power of a strongly melodic pop song to lift himself and the listener out of the pain he, and we, can find ourselves mired in. This is what David says about the song's origins:"With Every New Day" was written early 2007 in a period of my life when everything was really fucked up. I was in a place that felt like hell. Everything was falling apart and people who I thought were my friends were showing sides of themselves that scared me and brought me to my knees over and over again.. I won't say I was suicidal, because that's not my style, but I was so sad and broken that I thought it would never pass. This song was an attempt to tell myself that there were still sparks inside of me. All I had to do was to get through whatever shit I was in and I would come out stronger on the other side, 'cause what doesn't kill you… All this time the phone was so quiet and I slowly realized nobody would call and ask how I was.
I love "With Every New Day", from the fantastic skittering drums, to the near mournful brass of the horns, to David's heart and soul stretched to the limit in his yearning vocal. There's much more to this song, but you should listen yourself, many times, then you should download the zip file. Included in the download are song lyrics, a long letter he has written about how he got to where he is today, and an address where you can contribute monetarily if you enjoy the music you hear. I encourage everyone to download the songs he's freely giving away, let the music sink in, and then make the world a more perfect place by sending some money. I also point you towards his myspace page where you can easily send a message of support, he'll truly appreciate it.
Here's the song that encouraged me to finally write this overdue post, sorry it took so long, David:
From the I Saw My Reflection And I Didn’t Recognize Myself EP
with every new day [mp3]
from his solo debut Amaterasu
april & may [mp3]
You can find David Fridlund's and David & The Citizen's music at eMusic. Check out eMusic's free trial offer of 25 DRM-Free downloads here.
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February 13, 2008
Tapes 'n Tapes: Secret Gig + 'Walk It Off" Track List
The upcoming sophomore release from Tapes 'n Tapes, Walk It Off, is due Monday April 7th, it'll be preceded by the single "Hang Them All" out on Monday March 31st, both on XL Recordings.On Monday March 3rd, the band will be special guests at London's Old Blue Last and will no doubt give Brit fans a special glimpse of the new album... and as the XL Recordings press release screamed...
**** This is Tapes 'n Tapes ONLY UK gig pre-release, don't miss out!!! ****
So, now you're excited, but you don't live in London, you say... fear not, the band have 29 North American dates, listed here, that'll begin mid-April and end in mid-May.
Walk It Off Tracklisting:
1. Le Ruse
2. Time of Songs
3. Hang Them All
4. Headshock
5. Conquest
6. Say Back Something
7. Demon Apple
8. Blunt
9. George Michael
10. Anvil
11. Lines
12. The Dirty Dirty
Here are three tracks from their debut from 2006, The Loon:
insistor
cowbell
omaha
February 10, 2008
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Dig Lazarus Dig!!!
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds will drop their 14th album Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! on March 3rd in the UK (Mute) and April 8th in North America (Anti). The title track has already been unleashed upon the internet and after 30 or more listens has nailed itself to the front back and sides of my head. In this one Mr. Cave once again mines the rich bloody literary soil of Biblical stories, it's usually the Bible or Mythology lately for Ol' Nick... and once more he does not disappoint. Lazarus, or Larry as Nick calls him, is a modern man from New York City and has all the good and bad fortune that would befall someone resurrected in media-hyped modern times. And of course the story is delivered with power and restraint by the Bad Seeds and Mr. Cave in a riff cobbled from the early seventies, it could be something on a Doors album with it's wonderfully reedy organ and dark sense of doom hanging over the song.
dig lazarus dig [mp3]
Here's the new video for "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!"
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