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Booker T. and the DBT & Neil Young

 
 
 
 
 
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Dylan on track for his 5th #1 album

Together Through Life

 
 
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Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp
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Bob Dylan - Beyond Here Lies Nothin' - Single Beyond Here Lies Nothing - Buy Now

Upcoming Albums

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Jenny Lewis, Farmer Dave and Deer Tick at the Pageant
 
Black Sand Video
 
Dear Tick - Born on Flag Day

 
 

Bonnaroo 2009 A Huge Success, Attendance 'Up Dramatically'
Son Volt adds tour dates
Conor Oberst/Jim James/M. Ward Album Finally Coming Out?
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Dates for Cat Power/Juliette Lewis/Pretenders Tour Revealed

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of Montreal Prep New Single, Hit Fests
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Got a nice note from The Technicolor - check them out
Neil Young - Archives, Vol. 1: 1963 - 1972
Neko Case, People Got A Lotta Nerve Video
 Camera Obscura: My Maudlin Career
Arctic Monkeys Announce New Album
RICHARD THOMPSON FOUR DISC COLLECTION TO BE RELEASED
Susan Boyle - Semi-Finals
Sounds of Goodbye: Vern Gosdin
Paste Magazine Raises $166k in Reader Donations
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Peter Buck Talks New R.E.M. Album

Wilco Album Leak Generates 'Net Buzz

New Wilco album streaming here. 
 
Decemberists perform "The Wanting Comes in Waves / Repaid" on The Tonight Show THIS Thursday night

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Steve Earle Moonrise Hotel Package
 
See Steve in St. Louis at the Pageant
and stay at a cool, new hotel

Interview with Neil Young on Music Piracy, MP3 Hell and Finding Freaks on the Web

Nashville’s Donny Herron and Bob Dylan, 'Together Through Life'

Q&A: The Decemberists’ Meloy on Metal, Musicals and Scary Jobs

Doug Brinkley talks with Imus about Dylan Interview

Elvis Costello tour
Director's Cut: Bob Dylan's "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'"

Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band - Outer South

Reviews - Shows and Records
 
 
 
 

 
 
August
 
 

 
 
 
 
Yeah Yeah Yeahs Announce Spring American Tour

Wilco - Ashes of American Flags

Three Night Mini Spoon Festival Planned

Kings Of Leon extend North American tour

Conor Oberst to Open for Wilco

Of Montreal "Beware Our Nubile Miscreants" (Live on WTMD)

Beck set to issue 13 previously unreleased songs - June 1

Coachella 2009 Review - Final Recap (Top 10/ Worst 5)

Neko Case, Decemberists, Fleet Foxes
Play Folk Festival 50 - NEWPORT
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Decemberists announce second leg of US tour

Levon Helm Returns With Electric Dirt

The L.A. Acoustic Music Festival the city’s Santa Monica Pier, June 6-7

Phil Spector Found Guilty of Murder

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Middle Cyclone New Neko Case out 09-03-03 Spin

March of the Zapotec (Dig) Beirut - Zach Condon - Out now on iTunes. Really like these EP's. CD's 09-03-16 - Lakin Report Paste Magazine Beirut - March of the Zapotec & Realpeople - Holland

Hold Time M. Ward - Hold Time M. Ward - A Four-Track Guy in a Digital WorldNY Times Pitchfork Time Magazine Portland Monthly

Astral Weeks Live At the Hollywood Bowl review

Astral Weeks Van Morrison - Astral Weeks Van Morrison's Classic Album - New version out now - recorded live at the Hollywood Bowl.

 

 

Decemberists tour behind new record The Hazards of Love - DiS review
Gomez' A New Tide releases March 31
 
Alejandro Escovedo gets nostalgic and celebratory on comeback album
 
New Beirut Disc February 16 March of the Zapotec available on iTunes review here  Paste Magazine
 
Leonard Cohen To Release First Album Since 2004  0903-31

09-03-04
 
Wilco, Bon Iver, this Summer's Green Man Festival -Brecon Beacons -0908 21-23
 
NEIL YOUNG CONFIRMS UK LIVE DATES
 
Neil Young Releasing 'Fork in The Road' April 6

09-03-03
 
Face-to-Face: Animal Collective
 
Death Cab For Cutie, Grapevine Fires Video



09-03-02
 
 
Los Lobos - Great Band doing One Night in America
 
FLEET FOXES FOR BESTIVAL - Isle of Wight festival
 
Iggy Pop Preps Jazz Album About French Literature
 
17 Best Music Websites: Listen, Download, Read - (somehow missed LR)
 

09-03-01
 
 
 

09-02-28
 
Harmonius Living: The Watson Twins
 
U2 Fan Site - New record info
 
Neko Case's Non-Threatening Cyclone
 
09-02-27
 
The Decemberists: The Hazards of Love - DiS review
 
Jenny Lewis in Austrailia then back for festivals

09-02-26
 
New Wilco Record Due in June
 
09-02-25
 
iTunes Launches Indie Store
 
Wilco, Bon Iver, The Arctic Monkeys and Band of Horses at the Oya Festival in Oslo Norway. 0908 11-15
 
U2: No Line On The Horizon - review


09-02-23
 
 Jeff Tweedy in Chicago

09-02-22
 
Andrew Bird review
 
Nashville music great Buddy Miller recovering after heart surgery
 
Interesting Blog with Music Movies
 
Jimmy Fallon got Van Morrison
 
TVOTR's Kyp Malone Talks Charity Bowie Cover, Shitty "SNL" Sound
 
09-02-21
 
M. Ward makes "collages of different times."  Boston Review
M. Ward And John Wesley Harding In Concert
 
White Strips on the last Conan (Meg's guitar out of tune?)
 
Wilco tour dates - US & Europe

09-02-20
 
New Conor Oberst Album Out in May
 
TV On The Radio U.S. Tour 
 
Leonard Cohen Dazzles At New York Tour Warm-Up
 
09-02-18
 
 
Neko Case, 'Middle Cyclone
 
WILCO - ASHES OF AMERICAN FLAGS TRAILER
 
M. Ward tacks on more dates to tour
 
Placebo, Flaming Lips Play Rock Ness Fest
 

09-02-17
 
M. Ward:Hold Time   Time Magazine  Portland Monthly
 
SASQUATCH! MUSIC FESTIVAL 2009 LINE UP & ON SALE DATE ANNOUNCEMENT
Jane's Addiction (feat. all four original members), Kings of Leon, Nine Inch Nails, Ben Harper & Relentless7, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Erykah Badu, The Decemberists, Fleet Foxes, TV On The Radio, Animal Collective, Silversun Pickups, Bon Iver, Santigold, Of Montreal,

09-02-15
 
If A.C. Newman Sounds Like More New Porn, There's a Reason
 
Spoon front man Britt Daniel
 
White Lies, Animal Collective and Little Boots confirmed for Liverpool SoundCity festival.
 
Charlie Louvin's career spans genres, generations


09-02-14
 
 
 
 
 
09-02-13
 
 
 

Ben Kweller - Changing Horses

Review on Silent Sound
Just caught Ben Kweller on Letterman
Changing Horses out February 3rd
Ben touring with the WatsonTwins

Wanda Jackson to be inducted into Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame.
Interview with Exclaim!

09-02-12
 
Taj Mahal / Maestro
 
Eric Clapton / Steve Winwood -14 shows start June 10

Stix duh Clown - concert review
 
Springsteen slips - overtaken by The Fray
 
A.C. Newman interview
 
Leonard Cohen 2CD/DVD on April 6

09-02-11
 
Wilco DVD looks interesting - Released in stores 09-04-18
 
Bon Iver review

Pavement reforming?

Silver Jews call it quits

February 5

Blur To Headline T In The Park Festival

Fleet Foxes Front-man's Solo Project Revealed

Of Montreal hits the road again

Did Springsteen's E Street Band Pre-Record Super Bowl Halftime Show?

Franz Ferdinand Announce North American Tour

Changing Horses 3/5 on Spin  Pitchfork not impressed 5.3/10

Musicians on Twitter

Buddy Holly The Memorial Collection Down the Line Rarities

My Morning Jacket - iTunes Live from Las Vegas At The Palms - EP My Morning Jacket Live in Las Vegas

Blaze Foley, inspiration to Townes Van Zant and Lucinda Williams

Chris Hillman talks about Gram and the Flying Burrito Brothers.
.....and books a date in San Francisco.

New Song from The Decemberists 
Decemberists rock the house in a Bay Area show.
And another glowing review (with photos!)
New album track list and info.
NPR is streaming a show from Philadelphia here.
Recording plans ....

Radiohead, Neutral Milk Hotel Help Vinyl Sales Almost Double In 2008

Beatles songs - who wrote/sang each song.

Paul Simon to reopen Beacon in NYC.

Dylan recording techniques.
Killer of Hattie Carroll dies.
Dylan - never a normal musician.
A class on Dylan the poet.

Nice Tom Petty interview from his website.

Arctic Monkey's debut new songs live.

Brief review but some tasty photos of Los Lobos at House of Blues. 

Pitchfork adds their best of 2008. Starts with albums 26-50.
Stumbled across Pitchfork's top 100 of the 90's.

Nice article on Matisyahu. 

Fogerty readies a new Blue Ridge album.

2008 Obits
Mike Smith (Dave Clark Five)
Chuck Day (Mama's & the Papa's)
Richard Wright (Pink Floyd)
Buddy Miles (Jimi Hendrix)
Don Helms (Hank Williams)
Mitch Mitchell (Jimi Hendrix drummer)
Nick Reynolds (Kingston Trio)
Ira Tucker (Dixie Hummingbirds)
Danny Federici (E Street Band)

Springsteen & E Street Greatest Hit LP exclusive at Wal-Mart.

NPR listeners vote on best of 2008,
Rolling Stone has their top 50 album list out.
Q Magazine picks the Kings of Leon for their top 50 list of 2008.
Paste magazine, has an interesting top 50 list for 2008. Headed by She and Him.
NPR's World Cafe has a top 10 list for 2008 with the Kings of Leon in the top spot.

Okkervil River on Letterman

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Kathleen Edwards announces new tour dates.

Buckley comes in 2nd - amazing result. Cohen at 36.
Buckley wins the vote for Hallelujah! Although not the download record.

Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks have a new album in March.

New U2 album due March 2nd.

Article on the new Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex in New York

News about Springsteen's new album from Billboard.

New Dylan dates for Europe in 2009 have been released.
Early Bob Dylan article from his home town paper. Gives some insight into his family.
Edinburgh is the latest to host Dylan's Art Show.

New Killers album is out. Day & Age gets a nice review from Spin - 3.5/5 stars.
And a lousy review from Prefix.

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EMMYLOU HARRIS - SONGBIRD: RARE TRACKS & FORGOTTEN GEMS 4 stars (Uncut) Emmylou extravaganza: Bountiful five-disc, 88-track CD/DVD set

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R.E.M's Murmur, 25 year reissue, is getting rave reviews. Prefix is here.

Rolling Stone 5/5 stars,


My vote for best Christmas video. Turn in up, full screen.

This k.d. lang video brings a tear to my eye. Enjoy!!

Connor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band play live in Washington, D.C. - show is streamed on NPR. 

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1st night review in the UK for the Kings of Leon.
Pollstar has an article on the Kings of Leon.

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Cat Power has a new EP out December 9th.

If you have always wanted to play guitar, here is a wonderful site.

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Nice RS interview is here.
Rolling Stone gives 4 stars to this Neil Young disc released on  December 2
Halifax paper offers a retrospective look with this review of Sugar Mountain
Neil Young readies a box set.

Folk-music great Odetta dies Tuesday

Richard Thompson interviewed, briefly, in this Uncut article.

Fall Out Boy's UK dates are set.

David Byrne adds more dates.

Radiohead adds some more dates in S. America for 2009.

New Springsteen single My Lucky Day on Amazon now.

Another nice article on Ray.
Article with some info about Ray Davie's latest disc
Article in the Nashville Music Scene with Ray Davies who is on tour now.
1st ever Kinks Box Set along with upcoming dates for Ray Davies in nice Pitchfork article.

Kathleen Edwards extends her tour.

The Pogues back in the US for a quick spring tour. Details.

George Harrison interview.

Elvis Costello's new TV show on Sundance.....
and a very nice interview in Spin.
 

The Raconteurs add Ricky Skaggs and Ashley Moore for a Bluegrass track.

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Jenny Lewis sings on new movie soundtrack from Disney called Bolt.

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