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Rodrigo Amarante, creator of the Narcos theme and one-third of our favorite one-off supergroup in blog history, returns with a self-directed video for the lead single from his forthcoming LP Drama, coming July 16th on Polyvinyl...

Grizzly Bear's Ed Droste and Little Joy's Binki Shapiro (and friends) collab on a cover of the deep Dead cut "Loser", taken from the massive Day of the Dead 10xLP boxset charity comp that dropped yesterday on 4AD. Listen + download it here...

Here's a new bonus track from Binki Shapiro & Adam Green's excellent/exceedingly charming forthcoming self-titled collection of duets, out January 28, 2013, on Decca/Rounder. "Collage" can also be had now as part of the duo's Fall EP, which dropped yesterday...

One of the more pleasant surprises of the year is the new collaborative LP from Adam Green + Binki Shapiro, which sounds a bit like a modern, classy take on classic '60s pop duets in the vein of Nancy & Lee. Adam Green and Binki Shapiro officially drops in January, but here's the first single to be unveiled from the record:

Little Joy's Binki Shapiro emailed us over the weekend to let us know that her charity benefit auction goes live today. The auction, which will raise funds for "rebuilding and maintaining long term sustainability in Haiti," includes lots of cool one-of-a-kind items from some of your favorite bands, including the guitar that Ed Droste learned to play on, a No Age shirt that will get you

binki shapiro Thanks to Dallas Clayton for sending over this sweet and tender little lullaby, featuring Binki Shapiro of Little Joy fame, Jason Boesel of Rilo Kiley/the Mystic Valley Band, and others, inspired by Dr. Seuss' "Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are... Read More ...

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Our friend Pooneh Ghana caught Little Joy last night in Austin at brand new venue the Independent. Fab Moretti is off working on the new Strokes record, but Pooneh snapped some great shots of Rodrigo Amarante + Binki Shapiro and friends, and inexplicably, half of Coldplay : rodrigo/binki coldplay bros ************* Little Joy plays Club Dada in Dallas tonight...

It's probably about time we all break this record out again. Little Joy (sans Fab Moretti) plays an intimate club show in Dallas next month. Get tickets here. mp3: **********