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Queen Esther is in the process of recording what she calls her "Black Americana" album and is asking fans to help fund the project via Kickstarter. She only has 4 days left to raise $13,213. Please donate if you can. If her cover of "I Feel Like Going Home" (which you can stream at the [...]

Sugar & the Hi-Lows are Nashville singer-songwriters Trent Dobbs and Amy Stroup, whose previous duets have been featured on Grey's Anatomy, One Tree Hill, Bones, Private Practice and Parenthood. The duo's self-titled debut won't be released until February 14th, otherwise it would be a last minute addition to my best of the year list. This [...]

MUSIC NEWS- PJ Harvey's second of two sold-out shows at London's Royal Albert Hall on Monday, October 31 will be streamed live via www.pjharvey.net , www.facebook.com/pjharvey & www.guardian.co.uk. The concert will be streamed in real-time, in HD audio and video, by LoveLive and available worldwide. The Royal Albert Hall shows on Sunday October 30 and Monday October 31 are the first appearances at this historic London venue for two-time Mercury Prize winner PJ Harvey , and her last UK shows of 2011. Ms Harvey will be playing [...]

MUSIC NEWS - The dB' s will release a new song, " Revolution of the Mind ," for free download at their web site. The high-energy rock track was recorded by Peter Holsapple, Gene Holder, Will Rigby, and Chris Stamey during sessions for the band's new album, Falling Off the Sky, which is due in spring of 2012, and includes additional "revolutionary" guitar by Ira Kaplan (Yo La Tengo) and background vocals by Django Haskins (The Old Ceremony). "The MC5 played in our hometown of Winston-Salem, NC, in 1971," Stamey related, acknowledging the [...]

MUSIC NEWS - A few months back we received this brief notice- "I am in the studio," it began. "And when I say studio, I mean (Liz Phair and Dave Matthews Band producer John) Alaiga's house that we've spent weeks converting into a studio. We shipped gear, borrowed microphones, amps, guitars, and a grand piano that's living in his bedroom (because that's where we get the best sound)." The alert was from none other than the talented RACHEL YAMAGATA talking about her fan-financed set thanks to a PledgeMusic campaign. Filled with Yamagata's "dream team" of musicians, [...]

MUSIC NEWS - Next week Peter Gabriel releases New Blood that has Gabriel reworking some of his old tunes, this time with the New Blood Orchestra . John Metcalfe arranged the music and Ben Foster conducted. The album includes a reworked version of some of Gabriel's songs, including " Wallflower " from the album of the same name and " Mercy Street " from the album " So." The album will be available as a single-disc album or a 2-CD set that includes an extra disc of instrumentals. There will also be a concert DVD, " [...]

Check out the new audio from Blown Celeb (Swiss Precise & Dizzy Dustin) "Cali King", streaming available for a limited time.

• SWISSPRECISE - Cali King - BC GANG

If, light years from now, people ever want a snapshot of youth and young manhood in 2011, they need look no further than Chicago trio Smith Westerns , for to listen to their music is to experience vicariously the reckless thrills and irrepressible energy of a new generation, distilled to its purest and most vital essence. Hell, even the title of their lustrous sophomore album Dye it Blonde manages to capture its touchstone signifiers in three easy words, almost as much a playfully potent and authoritative slogan as it is a glorious statement of intent. [...]

MUSIC NEWS- Batman: Arkham City - The Album will be released timed with the anticipated forthcoming videogame Batman: Arkham City . The soundtrack features 11 new original tracks, Batman: Arkham City - The Album will be out on October 4th, two weeks prior to the game's North American release on October 18th. The artists featured on Batman: Arkham City - The Album approached their contributions to the album with their own unique interpretations of the stories surrounding [...]

Weak Heart (featuring Zumbi of Zion I and Rocky Rivera) by Otayo Dubb New track "Weak Heart" featuring Zumbi (Zion I) & Rocky Rivera, off Cold Piece of Work by Otayo Dubb. Buy: Otayo Dubb - Cold Piece

MUSIC NEWS - Rachel Yamagata's Chesapeake , her first studio album in three years is set for an October 11, 2011 release date through her own Frakenfish Records. The album features an eclectic collection of songs projecting Yamagata's optimism and hopefulness, showcasing her sultry and smoky voice, rich, layered harmonies, striking ballads and soulful grooves. And we have her new, E VEN IF I DON'T tune for you to check out, below. And just twelve days following the release of Chesapeake , Yamagata will hit the road on an extensive tour of the United States starting [...]

• bbgunpress - Rachael Yamagata "Even If I Don't"

Goapele's new album, Break of Dawn, will be released in October. Her label is making the album's first single, "Play" available as a SoundCloud stream, which you can hear below. If you wonder where you've heard Goapele before, her song "Closer" was featured on So You Think You Can Dance in 2006. Her music often [...]

• DeconRecords - Play

MUSIC NEWS - thenewno2 , lead by Dhani Harrison (yes of course, George's son), will release a brand new EP on September 27, calling it EP002 and out via HOT Records. The four song EP features tracks with RZA and Regina Spektor , both of which can be heard now via the links below. We have " Live a Lie " (featuring Regina Spektor), and are streaming the RZA collaboration " Mr. President " here . Street artist Ben Eine, created the artwork for the release which can [...]

• Live A Lie (Feat. Regina Spektor) » live-a-lie-feat.-regina-spektor.mp3

MUSIC NEWS - Puddle Of Mudd's version of The Rolling Stones classic " Gimme Shelter " is the first single from their forthcoming album, Re:(disc)overed . The track is currently streaming (below) and is available for purchase. The band's new album, Re:(disc)overed , arrives on August 30 and is pre-ordering, below . For this new release, Puddle Of Mudd dig back into their own past for the songs that turned them on to becoming musicians in the first place. Re:(disc)overed includes such classics as AC/DC's "TNT," Steve Miller's "The Joker," Elton John's [...]

• puddleofmudd - Gimme Shelter

MUSIC NEWS - Singer-songwriter Daryl Hall announced today the first single off his upcoming fifth solo studio album, Laughing Down Crying, (out September 27 via Verve Forecast). Called "Talking to Myself" , it features Hall's classic clever lyrics and catchy choruses, always ruling at the top of his class in penning smile-inducing pop songs. With his iconic soulful vocals, the co-founder and lead singer of the "rock and soul" duo Daryl Hall and John Oates, Hall's newest collection is said to feel fresh and current while still maintaining his [...]

MUSIC NEWS - Farm Aid 2011 is at LIVE STRONG Sporting Park in Kansas City, KS today! Doors opened at noon and the music got underway at 1pm. If you're not in town to join them, Farm Aid is offering a live webcast starting at 5pm Central. Catch all the action live via FarmAId.org starting at 5pm central time. You can also hear the concert on Sirius XM radio on Willie's Roadhouse (channel 56) starting at 1pm Central. All the action below [...]

MUSIC NEWS - Mick Jagger has described the sound of SuperHeavy , his new supergroup as "wide-ranging; from reggae ballads to Indian songs in Urdu." That certainly sounds reasonable, what with the artists involved in the project; Dave Stewart (Eurythmics), "Slumdog Millionaire" composer A.R. Rahman, Joss Stone and reggae's Damian Marley. The debut single " Miracle Worker " wraps Marley's bark around Stone's full-bodied soulfulness over the a reggae beat of love and lush with Jagger simmering below. "Oohoo, you're a miracle worker/oohoo you're a surgeon of love," sings Stone. It has a feel that we've heard before, but [...]

MUSIC NEWS - The Chicago based sextet, Umphrey's McGee , the "fluid and majestic" (says the Washington Post Express) band premiered their kaleidoscopic new song " Miami Virtue " on Time.com . The song's effervescent melodies, ping-pong synths, and raunchy guitars kick-off the group's highly anticipated new album, 'Death By Stereo' (out on September 13 via ATO Records). Listen to Umphrey McGee's " Miami Virtue " here- [...]

MUSIC NEWS - The 21-year old English troubadour and BRIT Award winner for Best Female Artist, Laura Marling, has announced a run of September North American dates. Timed to promote her third album, A Creature I Don't Know which is releasing September 13 via Ribbon Music on September 13 . Sophia , the first track from this eagerly anticipated new album, is a mesmerizing song in two distinct parts so artfully combined that it begs repeat listens with a musical moreish-ness. Striking in its delivery and endlessly captivating in its [...]

MUSIC NEWS - Continuing its tradition of bringing listeners the best live music from across the country, NPR Music , together with six partner radio stations, is exclusively live webcasting and broadcasting dozens of performances from this year's (sold out) Newport Folk Festival and the August 6 & 7 Newport Jazz Festival, offering four days of music from leading bands, singers and artists. For the Folk Festival on July 30 and 31, NPR Music and WFUV New York, FolkAlley.com (WKSU) Kent, OH, and mvyradio in Martha's Vineyard and [...]