On May 22 Legacy will release So Real: Songs from Jeff Buckley– an anthology that purports to honor the tenth anniversary of Buckley’s death (its release is exactly one week shy of his drowning at Mud Island in Memphis, TN). Having released only one proper album, 1994’s Grace, this man’s back catalog has been squeezed […]
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Paint A Vulgar Picture: another Jeff Buckley pillaging
May 2nd, 2007
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Coyote Bones: free record if you bring an owl to its show; yes, an owl
April 24th, 2007
Jet By Day frontman David Matysiak has moved to Omaha, Nebraska, so, invariably, he has hooked up with that scene’s incestuous pool of talent and formed Coyote Bones. The band’s debut record is coming out on CoCo Art, an upstart art/music/film collective that Matysiak started himself. Coyote Bones’ debut, Gentleman on the Rocks, features help […]
Mute records signs Maps
April 16th, 2007
Mute Records has signed Maps, a.k.a James Chapman. We Can Create is set for release on June 19. A purveyor of, as the Guardian dubs it, “bedsit electro melancholia”, Chapman has an affinity for My Bloody Valentine and dark, haunting melodies, which, as the Guardian also succinctly put it, sounds like “Aphex Twin with tunes.” […]
The Walkmen’s “Red River” stream from Spiderman 3
April 10th, 2007
I am admittedly puzzled by Spiderman 3’s decision to go indie for the its latest soundtrack, since the franchise has successfully slummed through unlistenable nonsense like Nickelback and Hoobastank on previous compilations with enough fanfare to ignore the little guys. I guess some remotely tuned-in staffer decided it was time to cater to the Subterranean […]
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Stream NIN’s Year Zero
April 5th, 2007
Tiny Mix Tapes can’t drop this in the recycle bin just yet, as it’s just a stream. Honestly, if Trent Reznor simply outsourced his lyric writing, it wouldn’t be that bad. If I were fifteen again, I’d be all over this.
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The Hold Steady record un-ironic version of baseball staple
April 4th, 2007
Living up to their image as Springsteen’s bizarro nerdherd offspring, The Hold Steady have recorded “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” as a personal favor to the Twins musical director Kevin Dutcher, who’s evidently a big fan. Likewise, Head Steady Craig Finn is an enormous Twins fan (as you well know if you’ve ever […]
Stream Bright Eyes’ Cassadaga
April 2nd, 2007
They’re just previews that launch in Windows Media Player, but it’s all 12 tracks off Cassadaga. I may be alone in this, but I prefer it when Oberst points his pen outward. The teenage angst was just too claustrophobic. And normally I loathe politicized music, but somehow Oberst makes it quasi-palatable. Must be the new […]
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