By Jennifer Marston on March 9, 2010
Now that we’ve had our fill of cute for the day, it’s time for something a little more sinister. This head-fuck of a video comes courtesy of bassist Darin Gray and Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche, who record some experimental rock together under the name On Fillmore and released a fourth full-length, Extended Vacation, last fall.
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Posted in Videos | Tagged On Fillmore
By Jennifer Marston on March 9, 2010
Conor Oberst hasn’t given us a truly angst-ridden number since 2007’s Cassadega, but after teasing us this last month with news and video clips, the Bright Eyed troubadour finally has released some new material under his much-loved old moniker.
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Posted in MP3s and Streams | Tagged Bright Eyes, Neva Dinova
By Jennifer Marston on March 9, 2010
A little while back, we showed you the ridiculous cover art for MGMT’s forthcoming, Congratulations. Now come the first sounds off the new album.
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Posted in MP3s and Streams | Tagged MGMT
By Jennifer Marston on March 9, 2010
Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward go back to high school in the video for their latest She & Him single, “In the Sun.” As is often the case with this duo, all things carefree and cute ensue.
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Posted in Videos | Tagged She & Him
By Jennifer Marston on March 8, 2010
A quick look at where some of our favorite artists are headed in the coming months.
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Posted in News | Tagged Band of Horses, Busdriver, Cold Cave, Crystal Castles, Dosh, Los Campesinos!, midlake, Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, These New Puritans, We Are Wolves
By Jennifer Marston on March 8, 2010
We knew that when Peter Gabriel’s covers album, Scratch My Back, was released, an eventual follow-up was planned. When I’ll Scratch Yours eventually sees the light of day, it’ll feature the artists covered on the original release, each taking a stab at Gabriel’s own material.
And the first sounds of that project are in. Jagjaguar just announced the release of a Bon Iver/Gabriel split 7″, which will include the latter’s cover of “Flume” (off Scratch My Back) and Justin Vernon’s take of “Come Talk to Me.”
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Posted in News | Tagged Bon Iver, Jagjaguwar, Peter Gabriel
By Jennifer Marston on March 8, 2010
The White Stripes‘ live documentary, Under Great White Northern Lights, begins screening this week at various theaters across the U.S., and next week marks the release of both film and its accompanying box set, which also includes a live album.
The latter is 17 tracks pulled from several different performances on that famous trek across Canada, and thanks to the good folks at NPR, we can hear all of them right now.
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By Jennifer Marston on March 8, 2010
Whether it’s Julian Casablancas performing “I Wish it Was Christmas” with the Roots, Bright Eyes smashing the hell out of a trumpet onstage, or Ben Harper, Beck, and Billy Gibbons joining Will Ferrell and Conan for a rendition of “Free Bird,” late-night television affords us a wealth of entertaining performances (and just sheer entertainment) as far as musical guests go.
Ergo, each week, we round up every show’s scheduled performances and place them in a handy little list.
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Posted in News | Tagged Late-Night TV
By Jennifer Marston on March 7, 2010
Sparklehorse’s Mark Linkous has committed suicide, it is being reported. According to Rolling Stone, the singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist took his own life on Saturday, March 6, something confirmed by his publicist.
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Posted in News | Tagged Mark Linkous, Sparklehorse
By Jennifer Marston on March 5, 2010
As we’re all aware, Broken Social Scene will release Forgiveness Rock Record on May 4. The album is set to arrive in the usual formats (digital download, CD, or LP), but the Canadian crew is also offering something special for BSS fanatics who also happen to have a little money to burn.
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Posted in News | Tagged Broken Social Scene
