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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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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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 3, 2010
In December, we received an early Christmas present in the form of news that two Elliot Smith reissues were on the way, namely, Smith’s first solo album, Roman Candle, and From a Basement on a Hill, which was incomplete at the time of Smith’s death and later finished by former producer Rob Schnapf and ex-girlfriend Joanna Bolme.
Kill Rock Stars will unleash remastered versions of both albums on April 6, but has made a couple MP3s already available.
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By Karli McAllister on February 25, 2010
High Places will release their sophomore album, High Places vs. Mankind, in early April, and a first listen to the new LP comes courtesy of the folks at Thrill Jockey, in the form of a new track, “On Giving Up.
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By Jennifer Marston on February 25, 2010
In addition to a very Olympics-appropriate press photo, Canadian powerhouse The New Pornographers also unveiled a new song this week, one from their forthcoming new album, Together.
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By Jennifer Marston on February 25, 2010
Covers albums are apparently the hot trend for 2010. Peter Gabriel just re-envisioned the likes of Bon Iver and The Magnetic Fields, opera star Renée Fleming is singing Jefferson Airplane and Arcade Fire (and, apparently, Peter Gabriel, although she herself did not appear on his recent release), and now it’s Nada Surf’s turn.
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By Jennifer Marston on February 25, 2010
Bigbang originally hail from Norway, but these days, the band’s attentions are focused halfway across the globe, on the Silverlake neighborhood of Los Angeles. Their new album, Edendale, is a nod to the neighborhood’s former name, along with its past as a major hub in the silent film industry.
Paradoxically, then, the band specializes in no-nonsense rock compositions that often start with a, um, bang, and rarely let up. “Call Me,” the second track off the album, can be streamed/downloaded now.
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By Karli McAllister on February 23, 2010
In the wake of Spoon’s latest release, Transference, KCRW of Santa Monica got the four-man band to do their first radio performance of the new tracks as part of the NPR affiliate’s Morning Becomes Eclectic program.
After this session, Spoon offered up an exclusive recording of their song “Something to Look Forward To.”
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By Jennifer Marston on February 22, 2010
April is just around the corner, which means good news and bad news. The bad news is that taxes are due. The good news is that we can all cheer ourselves up after forking over a check to the government by celebrating Record Store Day on April 17.
Beach House plans to take part in the annual observance of independent record retailers. Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally have prepped the Zebra EP, which will be sold exclusively through participating outlets on Record Store Day. The release features two new versions of tracks off the duo’s recently released Teen Dream.
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