Those Christmas-loving dudes in My Morning Jacket finished their Madison Square Garden show last night by bringing the opener Band of Horses out to help sing “I’ll Be Home for Christmas.” It’s no “Christmas Wrapping” but I’ll take it.

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[is there anything more to say that that graphic didn't already cover? Lake are giving away an awesome Christmas song for free!]

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Not only is there a new Shins album due in in March, but they’re leaving Sub Pop to release it. Port of Morrow is due March 2012 (no official date yet) on Columbia Records. The Shins lineup at this point is James Mercer (guitar/vocals, Yuuki Matthews (bass), Jessica Dobson (guitar), Richard Swift (keyboards) and Joe [...]

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Cymbals Eat Guitars’ sublime track “Keep Me Waiting” gets the youthful video it so deserves.

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As I’ve said before, the way I decide what to use for giveaways is simple: would I be very excited to win a copy of this? And in the case of Gig Posters vol 2: Rock Show Art of the 21st Century I would be very excited. To enter to win, Like YANP’s Facebook page [...]

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Sleeper Agent’s Celebrasion isn’t even a year old, but they’ve already followed it up with this new non-album track. “Not Never” was written to soundtrack a Nike commercial called “Always On.” It’s a great track — and I’d say that even if this group wasn’t from Kentucky. MP3: Sleeper Agent – Not Never At its [...]

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Here’s some awesome news that caught me by surprise today: The Magnetic Fields are releasing a new album on Merge Records entitled Love at the Bottom of the Sea. Not only that, but they’re going on a lengthy tour (by their standards) that takes them to SXSW. This is also the group’s first synth-inclusive album [...]

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If it’s December, then you know it’s Mixmas time at You Ain’t No Picasso! Each year I get a bunch of my favorite bands to contribute themed mixes and share their thoughts about each of the tracks. MP3: Wooden Wand – The DNR Waltz (demo) Let’s continue the local act section of Mixmas with a [...]

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In an interview with The BBC, Queen guitarist Brian May said that the group are looking into the possibility of releasing additional recordings with Freddie Mercury — including some duets with Michael Jackson. From the BBC: “We are not actually working on dredging loads and loads stuff up, we just find stuff now and again [...]

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