O’Death’s new Broken Hymns, Limbs and Skin album on Kemado Records is a whiskey-fueled devil dance of American macabre. Sounding like a modern day Charlie Daniels Band fronted by Les Claypool, it’s immediately apparent the New York quintet is redefining the hoedown/saloon genre. I’ll drink to that.
O’Death : “Lowtide” (mp3)
O’Death’s Minneapolis gig is November 10 […]

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Iowa City native Jason Reeves dropped out of college and moved to LA to pursue a career as a performing songwriter. It paid off, and now he’s touring in support of his major label debut, The Magnificent Adventures of Heartache (and other Frightening Tales), on Warner Bros (iTunes, Amazon).
Jason Reeves : “You in a Song” […]

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Yael Naim’s track “New Soul” was used in the Macbook Air commercial last January and her career blew up.
Tell me you don’t know this song, even vicariously…

Hell, even Tristan Pettyman did a cover to try to break out.
Of course, there’s more to Naim’s talents than an Apple commericial, and she’s coming to Cedar […]

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Minneapolis’ own Sick of Sarah, an all-girl indie pop/rock band reminiscent of Breeders and Sleater-Kinney, are holding a CD Release party for their self-titled debut this Friday, August 8 at Cabooze.
Sick of Sarah : “Daisies” (mp3)
The Adamant Records release will formally drop on August 12 and be supported by a mini-tour in Milwaukee at […]

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To celebrate the launch of Counting Crows‘ summer tour, the band is using the tried and true poster design contest tactic, with the winning prize being a poster printed and sold on tour.
There are three rules:

The poster must be 18″x24″ portrait or landscape.
Your artwork must be at least 300 DPI and be transmitted through the […]

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I usually hate compilations, but this one is different. Verve//Remixed 4 features a wide array of production contributors to re-imagine a number of R&B, soul, latin and jazz standards (and rare gems).
I’ve been blasting this CD at the office a few times a day. Favorites are Kenny Dope’s take on James Brown’s “There Was a […]

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We got our hands on 5 limited edition Gnarls Barkley posters for tonight’s Highline Ballroom NYC show with Santogold.
The first five people to leave a comment here get one. Go! GONE!

Gnarls Barkley : “Run” (stream)
The album, The Odd Couple, comes out April 15.

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Radiohead have broken up the track “Nude” into pieces for you to remix.
You buy the separate components or ’stems’ (bass, voice, guitar, strings/FX and drums), remix your own version of the song and upload where it will be judged by the public.
If you purchase all five ’stems’ from iTunes during the first week they’re […]

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Trees are crops. I have a friend who hates it when I say it, but it’s true. Cut down a tree, replant a tree, wait 25 years, cut it down — repeat. But if a tree falls in the woods with 30 loggers and a TV camera around, can you win a prize?
The first ever […]

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“I want to give the radio back to the kids. That’s one thing I’d like to see. I remember a time when you could turn on the AM radio and just set there all day and listen. Now I keep punching the button and hope something will come on that’s worth listening to. There’s nothing. […]

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