Monday Music Junkie (Labor TuesDay Edition)

BY ANDY VIHSTADT

Separated at Birth

Is there some kind of weird beard contest going on at Sub Pop Records? If so, Sam Beam’s got competition. Ben Bridwell and his Band of Horses return next month with Cease to Begin. Download the album opener, “Is There a Ghost,” at The Glorious Hum.

Sam Beam might be hiding iron and wine in there.

Ben Bridwell toasts the indie bristles.

Phony Rappers

MF Doom’s West Coast fans are pissed. Accusations have been circulating that the rapper lip-synched and/or used a body double for some of his California appearances last month. Get the skinny at Byron Crawford’s site, and if you haven’t lost all respect for the masked villain, hit this Wikipedia entry for an MP3 of “Angels,” from Doom’s perpetually upcoming Swift and Changeable collab with Ghostface.

MF Doom faces allegations of mad villainy.

Fix continues after the jump.