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Old 97s - “Dance With Me”

Jeff — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:28:33 +0000

The lead single from the alt-country powerhouse’s new disc Blame It On Gravity is Dance With Me, courtesy of the Onion’s AV Club.

Freezepop - “Less Talk More Rokk”

Jeff — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:30:37 +0000

Freezepop just collected three awards in the Boston Phoenix’s Best Music Poll, and for good reason. Please to enjoy Less Talk More Rokk.

The Charlatans - “You Cross My Path”

Jeff — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:46:18 +0000

The Charlatans (aka “The Charlatans UK”, if you’re an American lawyer) have released their new album for free. Free! Sure, Radiohead did it, but they’re filthy rich, so it’s pleasantly surprising to see the boys from Birmingham follow suit.

Get it via XFM.

Jill Sobule’s Next Record

Jeff — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:38:14 +0000

Jill keeps an ever-changing list of free mp3s on her website. If you like Jill, and you should, then you should check out how she’s financing her next record: a fan-funded “telethon”.

$25 gets you an advance copy of the disc; $100 gets you that plus a t-shirt saying you’re a junior executive producer; for $1,000, Jill will write you your own theme song; and for $25,000, you can sing on the album.

dada

Jeff — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:50:00 +0000

It might be easy to dismiss dada as just a one-hit wonder, based on their 1992 single “Dizz Knee Land”. But it’s a shame to do so; with each subsequent album their songcraft has grown richer and deeper.

Their site has four tracks for download, including Baby Really Loves Me and a live version of Playboy In Outerspace.

“Re: Vos Cerveaux”, mais oui!

Jeff — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:27:19 +0000

Jonathan Coulton has just released Re: Vos Cerveaux, one of his extant hits, redone in French. Why? Je ne sais pas.

Paul and Storm - “If James Taylor Were On Fire”

Jeff — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 18:13:24 +0000

As if there were any doubts that the Eagles had become anything but unprincipled whores, I just found out today that their forthcoming album will be sold only at Wal-Mart.

And speaking of hokey crap from the 70s, here’s the (not hokey) Paul and Storm with If James Taylor Were On Fire, from their new album “Gumbo Pants“.

“Dungeons, Dragons and Dope Beats”

Jeff — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 14:36:19 +0000

In honor of this article in the NY Times on nerdcore, here’s mc chris with Robotussin (featuring a sample from the video game Gauntlet) and MC Frontalot with Secrets From the Future (the title track from his latest album).

Optimus Rhyme feat. MC Frontalot - “Ping Pong Song”

Jeff — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:11:32 +0000

We’ve previously mentioned two of nerdcore’s luminaries, MC Frontalot and Optimus Rhyme. Both artists’ new CDs feature their collaboration, Ping Pong Song (Baddd Spellah Remix feat. MC Frontalot).

MC Frontalot - “Livin’ At The Corner Of Dude & Catastrophe”

Jeff — Fri, 18 May 2007 19:48:35 +0000

You don’t have to be a fan of Achewood to dig Livin’ At The Corner Of Dude & Catastrophe. But if you are, you’ll dig it even more.