Every Tuesday, Hypeful teams up with Salad Days Music to pick and preview the week's best new album releases. Bend an ear to this week's choicest selections after the jump! Various Artists - Dark Was the Night MP3: Sufjan Stevens - You Are The Blood ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail ...
In what sounds like the setup of either a great joke or terrible heist film, The Smashing Pumpkins' James Iha, middle Hanson brother Taylor Hanson, Cheap Trick drummer Bun E. Carlos and Fountains of Wayne bassist Adam Schlesinger have joined forces to form Tinted Windows. Even more surprising, the band ...
For the group's recent Daytrotter session, the Spinto Band broke out an ace cover/mash-up of "Give Me Just A Little More Time." Listen carefully and you'll catch the guys mashing Gwen Stefani's "The Sweet Escape" in the middle of the song and Thin Lizzy's "Boys Are Back In Town" at ...
"Corriander" is the first single off Pomegranates' upcoming sophomore album, Everybody, Come Outside! (April 14th), and it's a shimmering blend of pop rock, quirk, and charm. The group's sophomore effort is a conceptual album of 11 tracks that interweave into a mysterious tale of a man who is abducted by ...
After a 16-year run, Conan O'Brien bid farewell to his gig as Late Night host on Friday with the help of John Mayer, Will Ferrell, Andy Richter and the first performance by the White Stripes since 2007! While Mayer performed a funny self-deprecating dedication entitled "L.A.'s Gonna Eat You ...
The City and Horses' idiosyncratic lo-fi pop is the work of Brooklyn songwriter Marc Cantone. The opening of "I Love The Girls" has the kind of innocent and offbeat charm that would fit nicely into a Wes Anderson soundtrack and "I Am Such A Drag" is anything but a Debbie ...
French popsters Phoenix are returning this summer with a new album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (May 25th). The first single, "1901," sounds like it's custom-made for your warm weather playlists. So, break out the flip-flops and sunscreen, kids - summer's arrived early! MP3: Phoenix - "1901"
Every Tuesday, Hypeful teams up with Salad Days Music to pick and preview the week's best new album releases. Bend an ear to this week's choicest selections after the jump! Various Artists - War Child presents Heroes MP3: TV on the Radio - "Heroes" (David Bowie cover) A. Armada - Anam Cara EP MP3: A.Armada - ...
MGMT has recently received a lot of cover love (and earned The Kooks a spot on Hypeful's favorite covers of 2008). So, please to enjoy two more MGMT covers courtesy of Little Boots and Ben Lee taking on "Time to Pretend" and "Kids" respectively! MP3s: Little Boots - "Time to Pretend" (MGMT ...
Great Northern's sophomore effort, Remind Me Where the Light Is (April 28th), is the work of a more seasoned group prepared to take bigger chances. The results being upbeat, guitar-driven songs, yet with the familiar layered vocals and a sweeping, panoramic sound. With that in mind, the band has just ...
Every Tuesday, Hypeful teams up with Salad Days Music to pick and preview the week's best new album releases. Bend an ear to this week's choicest selections after the jump! Autopilot Is For Lovers - To the Wolves MP3: Autopilot is for Lovers - "Pine Box Town" Ben Lee - The Rebirth of Venus Burning ...
With his new single "Love Everlasting," Jeremy Jay has crafted his own brand of urgent pop music that would fit perfectly onto the soundtrack of some lost John Hughes' teen film. Even if you're not taking Molly Ringwald to the prom, this track would sound just as good at your ...
Did this weekend's SNL Digital Short ("I'm On A Boat") remind anyone else of an amped-up redeux of Stepbrothers' "Boats 'N Hoes"? Yacht Rock has apparently developed a sister genre: Boat Rap. MP3s: Huff 'N Doback - "Boats 'N Hoes" The Lonely Island - "I'm On A Boat (ft. T-Pain)" VIDEOS: The Lonely Island - ...
In case you missed it, here's Radiohead performing "15 Step" alongside the USC Marching Band at the 51st Annual Grammys. Definitely a ceremony highlight! MP3: Radiohead - "15 Step (ft. USC Marching Band)" (Live @ 51st Annual Grammys)
Alec Duffy, the winner of 2007's Great Sufjan Song Xmas Xchange, is finally offering fans a chance to hear the unreleased track "The Lonely Man of Winter." After swearing that the song will never be uploaded and closely guarding the tune for over a year, Duffy is now hosting very ...
Much like MySpace before it, musicians are rapidly latching on to social networking sensation Twitter to keep in touch with fans and each other. Yes, there are some fakes. Yes, some are bettter at micro-blogging than others. Still, Tweets are a great way to keep up with news about your ...
Did you see that thing yesterday about Christian Bale going ballistic at a crew member on the Terminator Salvation set? The Mae Shi certainly did and were so inspired by the incident, the group immediately wrote and recorded an amazing tribute song "to celebrate the epic-ness of Christian Bale." (Prepare ...
Every Tuesday, Hypeful teams up with Salad Days Music to pick and preview the week's best new album releases. Bend an ear to this week's choicest selections after the jump! Ben Kweller - Changing Horses MP3: Ben Kweller - "Homeward Bound" Stream: Entire Album Heartless Bastards - The Mountain MP3: Heartless Bastards ...
Bishop Allen have released two ace new tracks, "The Ancient Commonsense Of Things" and "Dimmer," from their upcoming album Grrr… (Mar 10th). Additionally, the group has announced touring plans that, strangely, does not include a stop in Oklahoma. C'mon, B.A. - you can't write a song about the Sooner State ...
During the 90's, a trio of Russian artists hired a polling firm to investigate what kind of instruments and topics they liked most in their music. Then they produced one song based on what people most want to hear—and one song based on what they hate the most. After hearing about ...