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U.S. beats Algeria 1-0 in the 91st minute to win their Group in the World Cup.

Here is some fine music to enjoy over your long weekend. It’s just over half an hour and it’s all on the easier side. Enjoy.

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1. Matador (acoustic) – Sky Larkin
2. Lady Daydream – Twin Sister
3. Here – Mutual Benefit
4. One On One – The Bird and the Bee
5. Pleasure Sighs – Morning Benders
6. At The Doors – Junip
7. Never Tear Us Apart – Beck’s Record Club
8. Check The Door – The Ponys
9. I Hope You Die – Wye Oak
10. Radiance – Oppenheimer Analysis

There is something about Huck Gee’s work that I really, really enjoy. It’s probably the knuckle tattoos. Awesome.

Sket-One also does insane custom work. This is just silly-good.

Them Crooked Vultures is the Josh Homme, John Paul Jones, Dave Grohl super group. I have to say, they’ve done a great job of stopping leaks of this album so it’s cool that they’re streaming the whole thing a week before it comes out.

As an aside, I’ve had terrific luck finding music to stream at YouTube. It’s a wildly underrated use of that service. You can find pretty much anything.

If you’re at all interested, you can follow my photos here. It’s going to get gnarly.

6-inch vinyl Ralph Wiggum is the first of the oversized Simpsons figures from Kidrobot. I can’t pull the trigger here but I have to wonder who will be the one I get.
If they made a 6-inch Crazy Bee Man I don’t think I’d hit fast enough.

There is also a Kang or Kodos option in the 6-inch flavor, but those guys don’t do it for me.

More of what I have been listening to. It’s been re-issue heavy around here what with the Beatles catalog getting a much-needed refresh and the Stone Roses hitting me out of left field with the 20th anniversary remastering of their debut album. Don’t sleep on that Amanda Blank while you’re enjoying the British guitars, though. The 80′s Minneapolis homage is irresistible. Don’t even try.

This is where the downloading happens.

1) Yo La Tengo – Here To Fall
2) The Beatles – Tomorrow Never Knows
3) John Carpenter – Seasons
4) Black Tambourine – Pack You Up
5) Stone Roses – Waterfall
6) Amanda Blank – Make Up

Pal of SaM Luke Worley has these for sale in his new Store.

I think we all benefit when there is more octopus-with-nunchaku in our lives.

It’s from “It Might Get Loud” which I need to see. Not want. Need.

And if you’re into it you can buy the 7″ of the above from Third Man Records.

[via Stereogum]