First Listen: Foo Fighters – Wasting Light

The Foo Fighters’ newest album – Wasting Light – is coming out on April 12th, but you can hear it here… right now!  The album features some guests – notably Krist Nov0selic on “I Should Have Known” – and was recorded in glorious analog.  So, why wait?  The Butch Vig-produced album is streaming just below the cut…

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Radiohead Release “The Universal Sigh” Newspaper

In conjunction with the physical release of their The King of Limbs (Today in Europe, tomorrow in America), Radiohead have put together a newspaper: The Universal Sigh.  If you want to try and grab a physical copy, head on over to The Universal Sigh to find out where to get one.

Or, if you’d just like to read the thing, then some fine folks at Rip It Up in New Zealand have put together a .pdf for you.

Either way… Enjoy!

First Listen: Fleet Foxes – “Battery Kinzie”

Fleet Foxes debuted a new track from their forthcoming album – Helplessness Blues – on Radio 1, this evening, and now you can hear it, too!  The album’s out 5/3 on Sub Pop/Bella Union, and you can bid on a vinyl test pressing to help the Japan Earthquake Relief Fund by going here.  And now, “Battery Kinzie!”

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Reissues: Message to Bears – Departures

I’ve written about the excellent music of Message to Bears before, and now I’ve got some good news for those of you who missed out on their debut LP: Departures.  Dan from Message to Bears has just written to let me know that the original is being re-released on vinyl from Dead Pilot Records.  It’s a limited pressing of an excellent record, and I definitely encourage you to check it out!  You can hear some of Message to Bears’ music by visiting Bandcamp, or heading on over to MySpace.  Or, you know, by following the link below… Whatever you choose, I definitely encourage you to consider picking up the vinyl reissue!

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