Patterson Hood @ ACL – 2008 (Photo Rollo & Grady)
Drive-By Truckers frontman Patterson Hood is streaming two new songs from his solo album, Murdering Oscar – due out June 23rd. Head over to his Myspace page to stream the tracks (click here).
The Drive-By Truckers are playing twice tomorrow at Coachella. One as DBT and the other backing Booker T. for his set. I plan on catching both.
Stereogum is offering a new track from former Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker from his upcoming album, Further Complications. I love it!!
MP3: Jarvis Cocker – Angela
MP3: Jarvis Cocker with Thom Yorke – Waiting For You (Ft. Thom Yorke)
Release Date May 19th – via Rough Trade.
Deerhunter have offered a new track off of their forthcoming Rainwater Cassette Exchange EP, due out June 8th on Kranky. Very strong!
MP3: Deerhunter – Rainwater Cassette Exchange
Source: Pitchfork
By Nate Anderson of Ars Technica
The Pirate Bay “spectrial” has ended in a guilty verdict, prison sentences for the defendants, and a shared 30 million kronor ($3.5 million) fine. According to the Swedish district court, the operators of the site were guilty of assisting copyright infringement, even though The Pirate Bay hosted none of the files in question and even though other search engines like Google also provide direct access to illegal torrent files. Continue Reading
Billboard.com :Why the Pirate Bay Decision Doesn’t Matter
Sam McBean’s (Black Mountain) side project Pink Mountaintops have made a new track available for download. The Mountaintops’ forthcoming album, Outside Love, will be released via Jagjaguwar on May 5th.
MP3: Pink Mountaintops – Vampire
Hill Country Revue is being billed as the modern Southern Rock & Blues band for the new generation. Formed by Cody Dickinson and Chris Chew from The North Mississippi All-Stars in February 2008, it features Kirk Smithhart, Ed “Hot” Cleveland and Dixie Dan Coburn. The band’s debut studio album, Make A Move, will released by Razor & Tie on May 12th. The majority of the material on the album was written by Garry Burnside, the youngest son of legendary Mississippi bluesman R.L. Burnside. They’re playing tonight at the Georgia Theatre in Athens. For additional tour dates (click here).
MP3: Hill Country Revue – Alice Mae
MP3: Hill Country Revue – Can’t You Hear Me Knocking (The Stones)**
**Nice Stones Worthy Jam
Due to budgetary constraints, Rollo & Grady will not be attending tomorrow’s festivities in Indio. If I were attending the event, I would catch the shows listed below. Truth be told, I most likely wouldn’t roll in until People Under The Stairs set. The Black Keys is the can’t miss show of the day, followed by N.A.S.A.
Alberta Cross
Time: 1:25pm – 2:10pm
Stage: Outdoor Theatre
Ryan Bingham
Time: 2:20pm – 2:40pm
Stage: Gobi
People Under The Stairs
Time: 3:05pm – 3:55pm
Stage: Gobi
People Under The Stairs – Same Beat (The Wesley Rap)
Beer Break
M. Ward
Time: 4:55pm – 5:45pm
Stage: The Outdoor Theatre
M. Ward – Bye Bye Love [Demo]
*Cut M.’s set short to make my way over to The Black Keys
The Kills have announced that they will re-release their 2003 debut album, Keep On Your Mean Side, and will include five B-sides on the new version. The album will be available on May 5th. I highly recommend adding this record to your collection.
Track-Listing:
Superstition
Cat Claw
Pull A U
Kissy Kissy
Fried My Little Brains
Hand
Hitched
Black Rooster
Wait
Fuck The People
Monkey23
Gypsy Death & You
