Neko Case has a new song available for download. And it’s for charity, as her label will make a donation to the Best Friends Animal Society. Win/win. It’s the first single “People Got A Lotta Nerve” from her new record, Middle Cyclone, which is out March 3 via Anti-, and, even if it sucks (it […]

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Jason Schwartzman’s musical moniker, Coconut Records, has a new album coming out this coming Tuesday entitled Davy. If you were a fan of his last record, Nighttiming, then the first single, “Microphone”, will undoubtedly lure you back for more. Schwartzman has an ear for instantly hummable tunes and just exudes charm. I wish he didn’t […]

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Working on the follow-up to last year’s Antidotes without producer David Sitek (of TV on the Radio), Foals are trying to avoid the delay most new bands succumb to in releasing that dreaded second record. Frontman Yannis Philippakis posted some of the band’s new ideas on MySpace last Sunday, saying thus: "Anyway I figured it’s […]

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The annual Sufjan christmas EP has been leaked and is available at So This Is What the Volume Knob’s For.

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When I was in High School, Nashville, Tennessee had a few underground bands making some national waves. Clockhammer, Dessau, F.U.C.T., Buzzkill, etc. The Grinning Plowman were easily the oddest. A mix of dark, electronic rock with tinges of industrial, the band had signed with Carlyle Records, which put out three of its LP’s. I Play […]

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Annoyed at having completely missed Stereolab’s recent swing through the south, I was excited to see a friend sharing a link to Southern Shelter’s blog in my reader. It’s streaming Stereolab’s entire show in surprisingly high quality audio, which is also available for download in both mp3 and flac formats. The setlist leans heavily on […]

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Our friend at The Daily Sabbatical recommends this band as sounding “a bit like a garage band version of Joy Division, with female vocals thrown in on a track or two” but questions whether they are actually from Paris. An intriguing endorsement. I think the Joy Division reference comes by way of the monochromatic baritone […]

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