Category: Tunes

Little Joy vs. Los Hermanos

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I’m all kinds of into audience participation, so I thought I would throw one more your way. Today, we will debate over whether the singer for Fabrizio Moretti’s (of The Strokes fame) newest project, Little Joy, is in fact better suited to front a band backed by Fab or by his old band, Los Hermanos. The kids love Little Joy, and Devandra Banhart produced the album, but something about the bossanova sounds of Los Hermanos are really working for me today. You make the call.

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Download: Little Joy – No Ones Better Sake [MP3]

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Download: Los Hermanos – Condicional [MP3]

New Music from The Decemberists

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We all love The Decemberists, and we are stoked to hear that they are releasing a series of singles this year (October 14, November 4, December 2). The single series is titled “Always a Bridesmaid,” and this is the track off the opening single titled “Valerie Plame.” Those in the know might recognize the name, but for now, let’s just listen to the tune. Follow this link to preorder.

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Download: The Decemberists – Valerie Plame [MP3]

Gentlemen Jesse and His Men

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I cannot stop listening to this album, or this song; Gentlemen Jesse and His Men seem to know where its at. Sure, it’s a little bit of a throwback, but we all loved The Strokes the first time around right?  Blast this song into the afternoon, and if you dig it like I do, then you can find the band’s self-titled debut out now on Douchemaster Records.

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Download: Gentleman Jesse and His Men – I Dont Wanna Know [MP3]

Stereolab @ Emo’s (9/24)

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Stereolab, now working on 18 years of existence, will be playing at La Zona Rosa on Wednesday evening.  The show may be one of the only legit shows going down this week that has nothing to do with ACL.  Tickets for the show are $25 and can be bought from Gettix.  Below is a song from the band’s 2008 album Chemical Chords entitled “Three Women”.

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Download: Stereolab – Three Women [MP3]

Whitley

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This Aussie gentleman, Whitley, has been getting a lot of buzz lately so we thought it’d be a good time to jump on the hype machine.  Some of you may know that he put out an album about a year ago in Australia called The Submarines that received a ton of critical acclaim.  Now we the people of the United States will finally get our hands on this album September 30th.  Catch a preview of the album with “A Shot to the Stars” below.

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Download: Whitley – A Shot to the Stars [MP3]

Free Music From Skybucket

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The nice folks at Skybucket Records have a sweet little sampler you can download from their website.  The sampler features tracks from Through the Sparks, Dan Sartain, The Dexateens, and a whole slew of others.  Standout track “Slender Thread” from The Dexateens can be found below for your listening pleasure.

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Download: The Dexateens – Slender Thread [MP3]

French Kicks Cover Lindsey Buckingham

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It’s one thing to cover the Ramones, but entirely different to cover the Shirelles and Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac, but that is just what the French Kicks are doing.  Fresh off their release of Swimming, their newest album from Vagrant Records, the band is releasing a covers EP.  Here is their cover of “Trouble” by Lindsey Buckingham.

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Download: French Kicks – Trouble [MP3]

Denison Witmer Covers

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My Old Kentucky Blog alerted us to this intimate cover of Bonnie Raitt’s “I Can’t Make you Love me” by Denison Witmer.  This follows his release of another superb cover of the Red House Painters tune “Have You Forgotten” which can be download from Denison’s myspace.  Mr. Witmer also has a new album Carry the Weight due out on November 11th.

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Download: Denison Witmer – I Can’t Make You Love Me[MP3]

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