Year 2010

THE NEW YEAR'S WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with THE BEAT FARMERS!  Because I was in the mood for an encore of this more sober than usual, professionally-shot, early BF gig recorded at Universal Studios, including…

EDWYN COLLINS is joined by Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy on "Do It Again," an advance track from Losing Sleep. TY SEGALL did five free songs for Daytrotter. For fans…

  ELBOW previews "Lippy Kids" from Build a Rocket, Boys! (due in March), live at Blueprint Studios. ABIGAIL WASHBURN is advance streaming City of Refuge, which "takes her outside of the her…

JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN releases "The Magic" as the first video from her upcoming album, The Deep Field. BEST RELEASES from Superchunk, Tracey Thorn, The National, Beach House and more are streaming via…

    PJ HARVEY drops the "Last Living Rose" from the upcoming Let England Shake. GORILLAZ are streaming The Fall in return for your address. SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS: The Current…

THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND STARTS HERE: … with CHRIS ISAAK, live at Universal Studios last December 12th. Your holiday-themed numbers include "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," "Hey, Santa," "Last Month of the Year," "Blue Christmas," and…

BEACH HOUSE played their "10 Mile Stereo" for Conan. THE OLD 97s did the four free songs thing for Daytrotter. SHARON VAN ETTEN stopped by the World Cafe for a chat and…

NICOLE ATKINS drops a video for "Vultures" from her upcoming Mondo Amore LP. HIGHLIGHTED RELEASES from British Sea Power and Percy Sledge join Springsteen, Local Natives, Mumford & Sons, BSS, Budos Band,…

  JENNY & JOHNNY stopped by Morning Becomes Eclectic for a session.  The duo made their national television debut on Conan, performing I'm Having Fun Now single "Big Wave" for the broadcast…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with AIMEE MANN's CHRISTMAS CAROL (profanity warnings): Part One has your Scrooge-y set-up with Michael Penn. Part Two features The Office's John Krasinski. Part Three has Michael Cera.…