Land of Talk kick off a fall/winter tour with Broken Social Scene to support of their debut full-length, Some Are Lakes . Land of Talk Tour Dates 2008 11/6/08 – Winnipeg, MB @ Lo Pub# 11/7/08 – Saskatoon, SK @ Univ. of Saskatchewan # 11/8/08 – Edmonton, AB @ Pawn Shop # 11/9/08 – Calgary, AB @ Broken City # 11/12/08 – Vancouver, BC @ Media Club # 11/15/08 – Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge 11/18/08 – Nashville, TN @ Cannery Ballroom [...]
Download : Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band I Got a Reason #2 (Live from La Zona Rosa, Austin TX September 29th 2008) Download : Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band Central City (Live from La Zona Rosa, Austin TX September 29th 2008) Download : Conor Oberst and M. Ward O'Brien's Nocturne (Live from La Zona Rosa, Austin TX September 29th 2008) Download : Conor Oberst and M. Ward Smoke Without [...]
Jenny's new songs from Acid Tongue sounded amazing with her live band. Great set!
A few photos from M.Ward's performance at Austin City Limits this past weekend. Matt's set was probably one of my favourites of the weekend. Stream : M.Ward To Go Home
A video by the Listing Ship called 'Voice of the Future'. Enjoy the nuttiness.
Hey Ocean just released their album It's Easier to Be Somebody Else on September 9th on their own label Pop Machine. The Vancouver band's unique pop songs are simple and delightful. Hey Ocean on Tour 10-23 Commodore Ballroom w/ Bedouin Soundclash Vancouver, BC 10-24 Mac Ballroom w/Bedouin Soundclash Calgary, AB 10-25 Edmonton Events Centre w/Bedouin Soundclash Edmonton, [...]
Here's Neva Dinova's new video called 'Will the Ladies Send You Flowers' from their album You May Already Be Dreaming . Directed by Alexander Turvey. I saw Neva Dinova play at Emo's in Austin, Texas on Saturday night with McCarthy Trenching and Jose Gonzales for the ACL after show. (More ACL stuff to come later...) Neva Dinova Tour Dates : Wed-Oct-01, Los Angeles, CA, Silverlake Lounge Thu-Oct-02, San Francisco, CA, Hemlock Tavern Fri-Oct-03, Bend, OR, Silver Moon Brewing Sat-Oct-04, Portland, OR, Towne Lounge Sun-Oct-05, Seattle, WA, [...]
St. Vincent's cover of the Beatles' 'Dig a Pony' circulated the blogosphere awhile ago, but it's the song that I am currently obsessed with. This video is of St. Vincent performing that song for the Black Cab Sessions .
*photo by Autumn deWilde Whispertown 2000 (long time friends of the Jenny Lewis crew in LA) are releasing their new album titled Swim on October 21st. Their sound is really very sweet and appealing. This album is the follow up to their 2006 release Livin in Dream . This fall they will likely have some tour dates, as well as some into 2009. Whispertown 2000 are Morgan Nagler, Tod Adrian Wisenbaker, Vanesas Corbala, and Casey Holden Wisenbaker. Look for the new album out on Acony Records [...]
Jenny Lewis and the crew doing Fernando at the Echo in LA. (Video by Okeastron ). I'm looking forward to seeing Miss Lewis next week at Austin City Limits + at the after show scheduled at La Zona Rosa in Austin.
TV on the Radio have a new album coming out next week (September 23rd) titled Dear Science . Here's the video for a song on the album called 'Golden Age'. watch the video here TV on the Radio on Tour SEPTEMBER 19 Street Scene, San Diego, CA 20 Treasure Island Festival, San Francisco CA OCTOBER 10 Electric Factory, Philadelphia PA+ 11 Lupos, Providence, RI+ 13 Wilbur Theatre, Boston MA+ 14 Masonic Temple, Brooklyn NY+ 15 Masonic Temple, Brooklyn NY# 16 Masonic Temple, Brooklyn [...]
I'm kind of excited about this one. The Spinto Band are releasing a new album on October 7th called Moonwink . They have a lengthy tour this fall to support the album. In the mean time, they are having a contest to design a mask of Roy Spinto (judged by Ra Ra Riot, Pigeon John, XPN DJ Jim McGinn, John Krill, Mark the Jester from Leicester Selby and the Yale University Photography Club). Check out their website for details. Download : Spinto Band Pumpkin and Paisley [...]
The Los Angeles band Listing Ship released their new album titled A Hull Full of Oil and Bone in June. (I am way behind on these things). They didn't seem to get a whole lot of attention last time. (Although they were one of Spin's Bands of the Day). Give them a listen! "original folk ballads and country-rock songs with hints of 70s pop thrown in the mix" Download : Listing Ship Depression Download : Listing Ship [...]
The Vancouver band Mother Mother put on an incredibly fun and memorable show. They are about to set out on tour again to support their album O My that comes out in a few days on September 16th. Mother Mother on Tour : 10-02 The Montreal House Peterborough, Ontario 10-03 Blacksheep Wakefield, Quebec [...]
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Princesse - Tell Me | MP3
Prince – Controversy (Mighty Mouse Re-Edit)
Beck - 'I Just Started Hating Some People Today' [Listen]
[LISTEN] Gotye (Passion Pit Remix)
Azealia Banks – ’1991′ & ‘Van Vouge’
