By Jennifer Marston on May 20, 2010
A pressing question weighing heavily on all our minds these days: What’s up with vampires and indie rock? The Twilight saga has yet another crop of top-shelf indie artists contributing to its soundtrack, and now HBO’s True Blood series has unveiled the rather, um, killer soundtrack to its third season.
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Posted in MP3s and Streams, News, Upcoming Releases | Tagged Beck, Bob Dylan, Buddy & Julie Miller, Chuck Prophet, Eels, Elvis Costello, Jace Everett & CC Adcock, Jr. Walker and The All Stars, King Britt & Sister Gertrude Morgan, Lucinda Williams, M. Ward, Robbie Robertson, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, The 13th Floor Elevators, Thievery Corporation, true blood, twilight, vampires
By Jennifer Marston on January 22, 2010
Not so long ago, M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel announced that a second She & Him album is in the works and slated for a spring release, and now there’s a first listen to what the indie-pop duo has in store for Volume 2.
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Posted in MP3s and Streams | Tagged M. Ward, She & Him, Zooey Deschanel
By Jennifer Marston on November 11, 2009
Monsters of Folk are so busy touring and playing dress-up they clearly don’t have time to make a new music video, and have asked fans to step up and assume the responsibility.
Put in simpler terms, they’re holding a video contest. M. Ward, Conor Oberst, Jim James, and Mike Mogis have asked fans to create a “compelling” video for the song “Dear God,” first track off the band’s self-titled album. Post the video to YouTube with the tag “Dear Folk Monster.” One winner gets $5,000, a signed Gibson acoustic, and a copy of Final Cut Pro.
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Posted in News, Videos | Tagged Conor Oberst, Contests, Jim James, M. Ward, Monsters of Folk
