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Contest: Win Tickets to See OK Go at UCSD on 5/31

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Los Angeles quartet OK Go are coming to San Diego and, if the above video is any indication, UCSD students have already put on their dancin’ shoes.

OK Go, known in no small way for their meticulously choreographed music videos, are touring to support their 2010 album, Of the Blue Colour of the Sky, and will play the Price Center West Ballroom at UCSD on May 31. Tickets are $10 for UCSD’s graduating seniors, $20 for lesser students, and $27 to the general public. Buddha’s Playlist will open.

For those who don’t feel like throwing down the dough to see Ok Go, we’re offering up a pair of tickets to the concert. To enter the contest, simply comment via Facebook (below) by May 29.

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Full Album Stream: Death Cab for Cutie – ‘Codes and Keys’

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Death Cab for Cutie’s music has long had a certain innocence to it; a boyish, vulnerable charm that feels unmistakably collegiate. When the Bellingham, Wash., band broke big in the early ’00s, its records played like the soundtracks to breathless long-distance romances between young adults who’d always been just a little too smart for the rooms they were in. Hearing Death Cab’s music ringing over climactic scenes in The O.C. and Six Feet Under made all the sense in the world, because so few bands could convey Ben Gibbard’s gift for singing like his heart can’t quite fit in his chest.

via NPR

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Live Review and Photos: Fleet Foxes and Cave Singers at Spreckels Theatre, May 6, 2011

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Photos by Natalie Kardos

Last Friday, indie-rock flower children Fleet Foxes treated a sold-out Spreckels Theatre crowd to a set of immaculate compositions.

To say that the band was methodical would be an understatement. Whereas most performers take the stage and immediately launch into their first song, Fleet Foxes singer Robin Pecknold took a couple minutes to get situated before trickling into “The Cascades,” an intricate instrumental from the band’s acclaimed new album, Helplessness Blues. Continue reading…

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Poetic Memory: Man Man (List)

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Full album stream: Man Man – Life Fantastic
MP3: Man Man – “The Ballad of Butter Beans” (from 2008’s Rabbit Habits)

The gloriously wacky Philadelphians known as Man Man are coming to San Diego on May 11, and we couldn’t be happier. The upcoming Casbah gig is one of O&B’s most anticipated shows of the year, and the band’s fourth album, Life Fantastic (out today), is already shaping up to be one of 2011’s best releases.

Produced by Mike Mogis (Bright Eyes, Monsters of Folk), the new disc builds upon the schizophrenic sound of Man Man’s O&B-acclaimed third LP, 2008’s Rabbit Habits. As should be expected, Life Fantastic‘s tracks are at times morbid and hilarious, but always musically impeccable. The new album is a little more melodic — and dare we say, more accessible — than their past efforts, and while catchiness has never been a problem for the group, this time around the songs are more infectious than ever.

In anticipation of tomorrow’s Casbah show, drummer Christoper “Pow Pow” Powell sent us a list of his favorite YouTube videos, which include everything from Salt N Peppa to The Muppet Show. Check it out below…