Born Ruffians have put two new songs up on their MySpace page - “Hummingbird” and “Kurt Vonnegut.” Both are from a single due out in October that is a prelude to their debut album “Red, Yellow and Blue,” which is due out next year. They’ve also posted their cover of Grizzly Bear’s “Knife,” which I thoroughly dig. If you haven’t heard it yet, I’ll post it below.

MP3: Born Ruffians - “Knife” (Grizzly Bear cover)

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Eh, it’s kind of a slow day on the internets. So, I thought I would share another ace track from the upcoming The Darjeeling Limited Soundtrack. This Peter Sarstedt track (along with those Kinks tracks I posted a few weeks ago) ratchets up my excitement for the film even more. Enjoy!

MP3: Peter Sarstedt - “Where Do You Go to My Lovely”

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Freak folkster Devendra Banhart is streaming his new album, Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon, on his MySpace page before it drops next week. Thanks to Salad Days Music for the heads up!

STREAM: Devendra Banhart - Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon

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Hypeful’s six month anniversary is right around the corner and I am very honored that it has received its first blogging nomination! Wahoo! Okiedoke is hosting the 2007 Okie Blog Awards and Hypeful has been nominated for Best Culture Blog. This nomination is such a unique honor because the awards were established by and are decided by Oklahoma bloggers exclusively. If you are currently an Oklahoma blogger, I would be very appreciative of your vote. The voting period ends on September 26 and you can check out the full list of nominees here. Thanks!

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Sean Collins got a bunch of comic artists to draw their renditions of David Bowie in his sketchbook and compiled them into a Flickr set. Check out this cool art project - there are some ace sketches of Bowie.

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The 1900s new record, Cold & Kind, isn’t out until October 2, but as with every release some tunes just don’t make the final cut. Luckily, The 1900s are kind enough to share such an outtake in the form of “Everybody’s Got A Collection,” which was intended for their new album but was obviously cut for time and not quality. Grab this tasty outtake below!

MP3: The 1900s - “Everybody’s Got A Collection”

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In addition to being International Talk Like A Pirate Day, matey, September 19 is my birthday! I thought I would make like Oprah and celebrate by giving you some of my favorite things - songs!

MP3s:
Andrew Bird - “The Happy Birthday Song”
Bright Eyes - “Happy Birthday to Me (Feb. 15th)”
The Innocence Mission - “Happy Birthday”
Jens Lekman - “Are Birthdays Happy?”
Patton Oswalt - “You are Allowed 20 Birthday Parties”
Shapes - “Birthday Song”

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The A.V. Club has put together 13 Signs That MTV Hates You - an article that offers 13 examples of how MTV has steadily declined from a music channel to a network with absolute contempt for its viewers. I wonder what the Laguna Beach kids think about that!

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Remember that great image from Virgin that challenged you to spot the 75 band names? TBS has released a similar picture that challenges Seinfeld fans to identify 38 images that represent catchphrases, sayings, nicknames, and other memories from the popular television series. If you enjoy these kind of things, Lovefilm also offers a desktop wallpaper that contains 100 hidden film titles.

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After Sleater-Kinney called it quits, it turns out that Carrie Brownstein has teamed up with SNL’s Fred Armisen to create a series of very funny videos under the name Thunderant. So far, the duo has released two episodes - “This Is Nice” and “Feminist Bookstore”. Check out their site and prepare yourself for the funny.

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