mp3: of montreal – breaking glass / be my wife
thanks to yanp for this bootleg of of montreal doing a mix of two songs from low, “breaking glass” and “be my wife”. as i’ve mentioned a few times before, low is awesome. it’s one of my favorite albums ever. so covers of low songs are always [...]

mp3: jay bennett – wicked world (daniel johnston cover)
daniel johnston cover from jay’s 2008 album whatever happened i apologize, which can be downloaded for free from rock proper.
daniel johnston – wicked world

mp3: neil cotterill – underneath (now infinite honey)
“i’m living underneath the loudest walker i have ever heard…”
my girlfriend picked up ea active recently and while playing it last night, i kept thinking of “underneath”. i’ve never made the least bit of effort to be respectful to my neighbors below, but after several rounds of running [...]

frankencottage, the debut ep from dark mean is currently available on the band’s website for the price of an email address. check it out.
video: dark mean – frankencottage

mp3: donny hue and the colors – steps
here’s the second in a series of weekly “free sides” from donny hue and the colors upcoming album letter from new virginia. listen to the first one, “oh lord”, here.

annie clark has been including the other actor b-side, “oh my god”, in the setlist of her current 5 week tour. i couldn’t find a video of her performance at the black cat on friday, but here is annie playing”oh my god” at ny’s webster hall last week. “oh my god” is available through itunes [...]

note: this is not the record store day release… same graphic on both, but purple vs. orange, different shows.
i don’t believe matador has any plans of releasing this excellent brighten your corners era pavement show to a wider audience than those that participated in the brighten your corners: nicene creedence ed. preorder.  so with that [...]

mp3: lo moda -les jardins (de l’bouli)
st. vincent is at the black cat tonight! her show at the rock n roll hotel was one of the best i saw last year, so i’ve got high expectations for tonight. i’m just hearing opening band lo moda for the first time this morning, but it appears that [...]

for those who have preordered dragonslayer (due out june 23) or those who want to do so, mp3 download codes should be coming from jagjaguwar today, if you don’t have them already. the big question of course was whether sr “paper lace” > sw “paper lace”? after listening to them both repeatedly… my verdict is [...]

dan played a handful of solo shows out on the west coast over the past two weeks and tucked into what look like some incredible set lists…. are a couple new songs! here’s one of them that’s being called “it ain’t easy being a baby” from the swedish american hall on may 9. there’s a [...]