Indie Music

SIDE A 1. Joshua Radin - Sesame Street (Joe Raposo Cover) 2. Bat For Lashes - Kangaroo (Big Star Cover) 3. Magnolia Electric Co. - Lawyers, Guns And Money (Warren Zevon Cover) 4. Califone - No Expectations (Rolling Stones Cover) 5. Wilco - True Love Will Find You In The End (Daniel Johnston Cover) 6. Matthew Ryan - Something In The Night (Bruce Springsteen Cover) 7. M. Ward - Green River (CCR Cover) SIDE B 1. Serena Ryder & The Beauties - The Funeral (Band Of Horses Cover) 2. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Puff The Magic Dragon (Peter Paul & Mary Cover) 3. Joshua ... Read Full Story

photo credit: Djenan British musicians Eric Clapton and Morrissey may not seem to have much in common, other than the Queen, but the two stars both turned up on the too-old-to-rock list this week after cancelling concerts. While neither cancellation is attributable to causes as over-the-top as 61-year-old Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler’s recent head/neck injuries caused by dancing off the edge of a stage during a concert, both performers have taken ill this week. ( Read: Aerosmith Over? Joe Perry and Steven Tyler, Not Speaking ) 64-year-old guitarist Clapton has cancelled a high profile show at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25 ... Read Full Story

“Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay.” – Robert Browning There’s nothing like the majestic melancholy of autumn. The cooling winds, wood smoke and mosaic of sunburned colors make for a truly magical few weeks, tainted only by a quiet apprehension of winter. Maybe it’s the slow fade of fall that makes me nostalgic, but every October, I’m reminded of the autumns from years past, and specifically, what I was listening to in those times. Here’s a hint: the timbre of an acoustic guitar is sweet honey when enjoyed with falling leaves. Nick Drake You may have ... Read Full Story

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Radiohead fans got their first taste of new studio material Wednesday, when the group made available "Harry Patch (In Memory Of)" for download via its online store. Unlike "In Rainbows," fans will have to pay for this track and won't be allowed to set a price: The 5-1/2-minute digital file costs one pound ($1.70). Proceeds will be donated to the Royal British Legion, which promotes the welfare of former military personnel and their dependants. The BBC Radio 4 Web site is streaming the track, which pays tribute to Harry Patch, the last known British World War I veteran, who passed ... Read Full Story

If you’re anything like me, you are a tiny bit obsessive compulsive when it comes to charts and numbers (and iTunes organization, album art work, et al). If you’re anything like me, you will agree with me when I say that cutting-edge innovations like FixTunes and Last.fm are utterly indispensable and essential. I look at my Last.fm stats often and connect every music outlet I use to my account. I starting using the account in December of 2008, despite opening it in October of 2007. Since December, I’ve made to make every listen count, whether it be on my iPod, iPhone, at home, or ... Read Full Story

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Grizzly Bear, who are just about as all-over-the-place as Thom Yorke these days, join the Radiohead-head and some other indie luminaries on the OST to the Twilght sequel. But you read the internet, so you already knew that . What’s eluded laptops, though, is a glimpse greater than 80 seconds of the band’s soundtrack collab with Beach House’s Victoria LeGrand, titled “Slow Life.” As it happens the two acts are on tour together, so it looks like “Slow Life” has become a nightly setlist fixture, here captured in full from last night’s stop in Columbus, MO. The song itself is nothing like the last ... Read Full Story