Wednesday News

Posted on Wednesday 9 November 2011

Megafaun have a great set with World Cafe. Not to be missed.

Listen to a new Tennis song at Gorlla Vs. Bear.

Conrad Plymouth will be working on a new album next month!

We’re big fans of Twin Peaks. In fact, we just re-watched the series over the past few months. Aquarium Drunkard points to some great audio from the show.

School of Seven Bells Remix Surfer Blood. Listen to the track here.

NPR: How Spotify Works: Pay The Majors, Use P2P Technology.

Watch Dawes + Mumford & Sons perform “When My Time Comes” at World Cafe‘s 20th Anniversary at WXPN. Dawes also covers Leon Russell.

Pitchfork reviews U2′s reissue of Achtung Baby. If I could only afford the vinyl box set.

uwmryan @ 9:08 pm
Filed under: Albums andConcerts andMP3s andNews
Tuesday News

Posted on Tuesday 8 November 2011

Watch EMA’s Take Away Show at Stereogum. Her album, Past Life Martyred Saints has been in heavy rotation since CMJ.

Pitchfork has some great sounding live videos of Feist. Don’t sleep on her latest either.

Tom Waits debuts a video for “Satisfied” from his recently released (and fantastic) album, Bad As Me. Head over to his website to watch the video.

Sharon Van Etten will release new album, Tramp on February 7th. Her first on Jagjaguwar.

The LA Times talks to David Lynch about his new album, Crazy Clown Time.

Watch St. Vincent Cover the Pop Group on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” at Pitchfork.

Good Read: The Tweaker | The real genius of Steve Jobs

The New York Times checks in on college radio and it’s movement online.

NPR has a first listen of R.E.M.’s ‘Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982–2011′

Cass McCombs has a new album out today called Humor Risk. It’s on sale digitally at Amazon for $3.99.

uwmryan @ 8:37 pm
Filed under: Albums andConcerts andMP3s andNews andVideo
Videos: AA Bondy – High Noon Saloon, Madison

Posted on Tuesday 8 November 2011

AA Bondy is on the road supporting his fantastic new release, Believers. It’s one of the year’s best for sure. Bondy and his band tore through the High Noon Saloon last night in Madison and Dan brought back some great looking and sounding video. Above is “Surfer King,” my favorite track from the aforementioned new record.

Check out all the videos from last night including opening band and new discovery, Gold Leaves.

Buy: AA Bondy – Believers

uwmryan @ 2:49 pm
Filed under: Albums andConcerts andNews andVideo
Weekend Reading

Posted on Friday 4 November 2011

Lucero’s Ben Nichols talks through That Much Further West track by track at AltPress.

Listen to Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks perform on World Cafe.

Stereogum has a stream of SBTRKT’s Japanese bonus track “Fried Eggs.”

Pitchfork has the new Real Estate video for “It’s Real.”

Head over to Amazon and check out their 100 Albums for $5 for the month of November.

Hear Marissa Nadler Cover Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and Clinic at Pitchfork.

Baseball: A letter from Mark Attanasio

uwmryan @ 3:47 pm
Filed under: Albums andConcerts andMP3s andNews andVideo
Wednesday News

Posted on Wednesday 2 November 2011

Check out the new video from Gauntlet Hair at Dead Oceans.

Listen to Milagres session with KEXP.

The New York Times has an excellent feature on Atlas Sound, complete with a full album stream a week in advance of the new album’s release.

Listen to St. Vincent’s concert from last night at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC.

Spoon will play a free and RSVP only show this Friday in Austin as a warm up to their Fun Fun Fun Festival play.

I just finished reading Chuck Klosterman’s The Visible Man: A Novel. A quick read, but recommended.

Quality Read: Lester Bangs – Brian Eno: A Sandbox In Alphaville

Stream: Nirvana Live at ManRay in Cambridge, MA 1989.

uwmryan @ 10:42 pm
Filed under: Albums andConcerts andNews
Tuesday News

Posted on Tuesday 1 November 2011

The Flaming Lips have a 24-hour song. Yep. Can’t wait to read the first review of it.

Listen to a new b-side from EMA here.

Spend some time with the New York Times feature Reassessing the Year Punk Broke. It gave me a headache.

Watch Girls’ Christopher Owens Perform Four Unreleased Songs Live at Pitchfork.

Check out a new video from Austin’s Pure X at Gorlla vs. Bear.

uwmryan @ 10:17 pm
Filed under: Albums andConcerts andNews