Video: Jenny Lewis - The Next Messiah

mp3: fleet foxes - white winter hymnal it's looking like a pretty fine weekend for live music in dc, if you planned ahead. tonight, jenny lewis is playing the 6th and i synagogue and ratatat is at the black cat... but both shows are sold out. tomorrow, you've got fleet foxes at the black cat.. but again, sold out. then sunday and monday you might be able to catch nick cave at the 9:30 club... if you've got tickets, because that's sold out too! [...]

M.I.A. GUESTS ON "RAIN DANCE" M.I.A. has been an enigmatic figure as of late. First off there's the mystery of her retirement - has she truly discontinued making music after her meteoric rise to the top with two blazingly original now classic LPs? Also, her single "Paper Planes" continues to climb the pop charts since it was used in the film Pineapple Express. Some of us of course realized the power of "Paper Planes" and Kala way back when it was released last [...]

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• Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue

Warner Bros. Records have gone all out in promoting the new album from Rilo Kiley front-woman Jenny Lewis entitled Acid Tongue . First, you could call 888-717-2243, to hear a very low quality version of the title track "Acid Tongue" on your phone. Now, thanks to a series of videos featuring Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard, a proper version of that song and another "The Next Messiah," have been released onto the world. First, Ben shows up at Jenny's place to hear "Acid Tongue" carrying a numerous amount of heart balloons (with Acid Tongue written on [...]

In preparation to drop Acid , Jenny's been posting some not very amusing sketches to YouTube, featuring Ben Gibbard, Jonathan Rice, and actual music from the LP. So, yes "The Next Messiah"'s special sketch involves Ben Gibbard in a closet with a bunch of pink heart-shaped balloons that have Acid Tongue inscribed upon them. After that gets over with, you'll hear the song, which is far away from the gentle country and choral backings of the title track. Instead it's a stomping (and later, funky) southern blues-rock bit with slide guitars [...]