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Video: Sharon Van Etten, Live in Austin

April 5, 2012

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Somehow amid the hustle and bustle of SXSW, catching Sharon Van Etten’s return to Austin slipped between the cracks this year. Having gotten a healthy dose of a few Epic-heavy sets in 2011, it seemed smarter to focus on newer emerging acts last month. As it turns out, though, these shows were comprised of almost [...]

‘Blood on the Tracks’ Movie in the Works

April 4, 2012

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Grey Water Park Productions, the company behind 2007′s Bob Dylan-inspired I’m Not There and 2003′s Masked and Anonymous, which co-starred the man himself, have sold the rights for a film based on his 1975 masterpiece, Blood on the Tracks, according to reports (via The Playlist). Brazil’s RT Features are set to adapt the LP’s many [...]

Neil Young Files for New Audio Format Trademarks

April 3, 2012

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“I’m finding that I have a little bit of trouble with the quality of the sound of music today,” Neil Young told MTV in January. “I don’t like it. It just makes me angry. Not the quality of the music, but we’re in the 21st century and we have the worst sound that we’ve ever [...]

Fiona Apple: The Idler Wheel Tracklist, Release Date

April 3, 2012

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After years of speculation, leaked details, and tentative release info crossing our radar, the 7-year wait for Fiona Apple’s follow-up to Extraordinary Machine is finally, officially over: June 19 is the release date for her fourth album, The Idler Wheel is wiser than the Driver of the Screw, and Whipping Cords will serve you more [...]

Alabama Shakes: “Hold On” (Official Video)

April 2, 2012

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They’ve come a very long way from playing local record shops, as now the Athens, Alabama group formerly called The Shakes are set to tour with Jack White (with whom they’ve recorded) and follow up a television debut with one of this year’s most anticipated debut LPs: Boys & Girls. In celebration of the record’s [...]

The Walkmen: “Heaven” (New Song, Live)

April 2, 2012

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The stars are aligning for what’s sounding like an excellent new Walkmen LP due this summer. Beginning with last May’s sneak peek in the form of the band road-testing new material and — most recently — some much higher quality footage of Hamilton Leithauser and Co. breaking out the title track for Pitchork’s +1 series. You [...]

Patti Smith: Banga LP Announced

April 1, 2012

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No joke: Patti Smith’s new single, “April Fool,” is available starting today along with details of her 11th studio album, Banga. Produced by Smith herself and band members Tony Shanahan, Jay Dee Daugherty, and Lenny Kaye, Banga arrives on June 5th — complete with a ballad in tribute to the late Amy Winehouse titled “This [...]

Wild Flag Cover Fugazi + Carrie Brownstein Memoir News

April 1, 2012

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We’ve known that Carrie Brownstein, Janet Weiss, Mary Timony, and Rebecca Cole can filter rock royalty through their own brand of post-punk frenzy ever since they debuted a number of impressive covers live last year. (Most notably to these ears, their take on Patti Smith’s “Ask the Angels” remains a 2011 standout in the covers department.) [...]

Dirty Projectors, ‘Gun Has No Trigger’

March 31, 2012

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Dirty Projectors returned today with a first glimpse at their forthcoming LP: “Gun Has No Trigger,” a soulful, mid-tempo jam that offers both a nod to Dave Longstreth’s previous work and a confident step in a fresh direction. My pal/occasional 24B contributor Casey hears some Cee-Lo Green on lead vocals, but — picking up on [...]

Stream: Keaton Henson’s Debut, ‘Dear…’

March 30, 2012

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While Keaton Henson first reached these ears via a link from SoKo last summer, it seems like everyone I know has been suggesting his stuff since. It just wouldn’t click, though. There was something too precious, too sweet, and almost too heartfelt about these hushed folk remedies. “Can someone’s broken heart really be held this [...]

Video: Lee Fields – “Faithful Man” (Yours Truly Session)

March 29, 2012

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Thankfully for those of us in need of daily musical inspiration, up-close live videos that capture a moving moment aren’t so hard to come by nowadays. What remains rare, however, is a tight take (just unhinged enough around the edges) as stunning as this. Watch below as soul veteran Lee Fields and the Expressions tear [...]

Andrew Bird Covers Townes Van Zandt

March 29, 2012

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Attempts at covering songwriting royalty require a good excuse, I’d say, but Andrew Bird has one here with his unique arrangement of Townes Van Zandt’s “If I Needed You,” in which the song’s sturdy melody gets an instrumental fiddle part before a strummed, ukulele-esque violin arrives in time for the verses. Bird plays with the [...]

R.I.P. Earl Scruggs

March 29, 2012

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The great banjo player, co-founder of bluegrass, and country music legend Earl Scruggs died today in Nashville at 88, reports Billboard. With a career spanning from 1945 — when his signature three-finger picking style first made its mark on the genre alongside Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys — until last fall — when I had [...]

Bill Callahan: “Heaven Help The Child” (Mickey Newbury Cover)

March 28, 2012

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Hearing Bill Callahan do a cover tune used to be a rare event. In recent months, though, the ex-Smog singer has not shied away from paying homage to a few greats — from Leonard Cohen, with “So Long, Marianne,” to a live rendition of Lee Clayton’s “If You Could Touch Her at All.” Now we [...]

The Tallest Man on Earth: There’s No Leaving Now

March 27, 2012

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On June 12, just over a year since the Tallest Man on Earth’s Kristian Matsson debuted the promising, electric piano-backed tune “There’s No Leaving Now,” that song will arrive in studio form as the title track for his new LP. In fact, we also caught a glimpse of album cut “Little Brother” last month — [...]

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