I know you’re upset. I’m one day late. But after spending days and nights arguing the definition of a mix with the Stranger, I came to the conclusion that, alas, Meow Mix was not a mix. This is partially my fault - I never really intended it to be a mix, but rather a collection of some songs I’ve been listening to in the past week. And if I’m lucky maybe there a couple of bands in there that you’ve never heard of before. After all, that’s the only reason to come back, right? From this day forward, I declare Meow Mix to be Meow Picks.

This week’s episode includes The Bar-Kays “Soul Finger,” a track off the funktastic Superbad soundtrack, and Lykke Li’s “Dance Dance Dance” (because people need to be reminded how good her music is after this). The Ruby Suns “Kenya Dig It?” caught my attention because of the fact that it sounds like it belongs in an Animal Collective or Panda Bear album. And finally, I need to give a special thanks to ipickmynose who posted Iver’s “Skinny Love” a few weeks ago and reminded me of how much I love that song. Ennnnnnjoy.

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The folks at APE Concerts just sent out an announcement with three pieces of info that are sure to please the masses:

1. They will be offering single-day tickets (available here)
2. The full lineup schedule (we pieced together most of it a few weeks ago, but we now have a fully sanctioned official version)
3. They’ve added to the already impressive lineup: Lupe Fiasco, The Black Keys, Stars, Jackie Greene, Kaki King, Liars, Nicole Atkins & The Sea and Culver City Dub Collective

[Update: Yup, they've added even more acts]

Full Lineup:

I updated the San Francisco Concert Schedule with a fresh crop of shows. Lots of good stuff coming up, including the Black Keys (tonight!), Cat Power, Mike Doughty, Kathleen Edwards, Man Man, Rilo Kiley, SF’s own Rogue Wave, another round of Stephen Malkmus and his Jicks, Jamie Lidell, Tapes N’ Tapes (now featuring Erik Appelwick, of the criminally unknown Vicious Vicious - MP3 below), a reunited Verve, Tift Merritt, Tom Petty’s old band, an R.E.M.-Modest Mouse-National troika, and some guy named Springsteen.

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