Frenchkiss Records’ Freelance Whales stopped by WOXY recently to record a session with them. They played some tracks off their debut record, but also broke out this unreleased song. Download the whole session at the Futurist, but start by checking out the new track here: MP3: Freelance Whales – Rise & Shine (live on WOXY) [...]

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It was hard to pick a favorite moment from the last episode of the Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien. Was it Tom Hanks’ story about working with Conan on SNL in the 80s? Neil Young’s “Long May You Run” performance? Conan’s incredible heartfelt and tasteful speech?* Whatever your favorite moment, you’ve got to agree that [...]

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M Ward sure is making a stab at being the most prolific songwriter out there, isn’t he? Last year he had an excellent solo album (possibly his best yet) and some of the best cuts on the Monsters of Folk record. This year he’s following it up with the second She and Him album, recorded [...]

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“Beat the Devil’s Tattoo” is the title track of the new Black Rebel Motorcycle Club record. It’s a stomping, electric/acoustic track that was inspired by reading Edgar Allen Poe (whose birthday was three days ago). Sounds pretty great on first listen; here’s hoping the rest of the record follows suit. Stream “Beat the Devil’s Tattoo” [...]

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I would bet you a nickel that this is the song the Magnetic Fields open with on their upcoming Realism tour. It’s jangley, funny and sets the tone they like to keep in their live show. The video, unfortunately, is not that much to look at. It’s long cuts of video from just about 100 [...]

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Just a quick note to let you guys know that I’ve added a bunch of covers to the MMJ covers archive. We’re currently sitting pretty at 70 covers, with new ones from Rod Stewart, Bruce Springsteen, the Eagles and a bunch more. And as always, if you’ve got any that I’m missing, drop me a [...]

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This is sure to make my metal-loving record store coworkers pretty excited. They already knew Scion was moving to Columbus (CD Central is going to be a ticket pick-up office), but now we’ve got a lineup to go along as well. I won’t be able to make it to the festival, since they’ve all got [...]

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URB just pointed us to Daft World, who claim to have unearthed a song from Daft Punk’s upcoming Tron soundtrack. Likely? Not exceptionally. Possible? Sure. Stream it above and decide for yourself.

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While on their tour of Australia, Grizzly Bear dropped by Triple J to do a radio session that included this cover of Hot Chip’s “Boy From School.” Thanks to IGIF for cutting up the the audio while I’m stuck here at work. MP3: Grizzly Bear – Boy From School (Hot Chip cover, live on Triple [...]

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