A.C. Newman Announces Get Guilty

Carl Newman aka A.C. Newman, is set to release a new record, Get Guilty, on 1/20 via Matador. The album will feature cameos from Jon Wurster (Superchunk), Mates Of State and Nicole Atkins. Check the album art out below.





[Myspace] A.C. Newman
[Website] A.C. Newman

Video: Deerhoof "Fresh Born"

Deerhoof have a new video for "Fresh Born," a tune off the forthcoming release, Offend Maggie, out 10/7 via Kill Rock Stars. Check it out below and remember that a Chicago show is set for October 17th at Metro.




[VIDEO] Deerhoof - Fresh Born


[Myspace] Deerhoof
[Website] Deerhoof

[Count Me Out] Deefhoof "Offend Maggie"
[Count Me Out] Video: Deerhoof "The Tears And Music Of Love"
[Count Me Out] Deerhoof Announce Fall Tour Dates
[Count Me Out] Deerhoof Announce Offend Maggie

Wilco (feat. Fleet Foxes) "I Shall Be Released"

As you may remember, I posted a video a few weeks ago of Wilco and Fleet Foxes covering the Dylan tune "I Shall Be Released." Welp, now Wilco are offering a free download of the tune, recorded live in Bend, Oregon. Just click the link below, which will take you to a page where you will need to provide an email address and a pledge to Vote in the 2008 Election.


[MP3] Wilco (feat. Fleet Foxes) - I Shall Be Released (Bob Dylan Cover)


[Myspace] Wilco
[Website] Wilco

[Count Me Out] Wilco "Thirteen"
[Count Me Out] Jeff Tweedy Plays A New Tune
[Count Me Out] Free Wilco Bonus EP's
[Count Me Out] Video: Wilco (feat. Fleet Foxes) "I Shall Be Released"
[Count Me Out] New Wilco Record In 2009
[Count Me Out] Wilco "Sonny Feeling (Live)"
[Count Me Out] Video: Wilco at the Cubs Game
[Count Me Out] Wilco at Lollapalooza
[Count Me Out] Video: Wilco on SNL
[Count Me Out] Video: Wilco on SNL (Preview)
[Count Me Out] Wilco Residency Night 5 Setlist
[Count Me Out] Wilco Residency Night 4 Setlist
[Count Me Out] Wilco Residency Night 3 Setlist
[Count Me Out] Wilco Residency Night 2 Setlist
[Count Me Out] Wilco Residency Night 1 Setlist
[Count Me Out] Wilco To Play Every Song

Album Review: Cold War Kids - Loyalty To Loyalty

Cold War Kids - Loyalty To Loyalty


01. Against Privacy
02. Mexican Dogs
03. Every Valley Is Not A Lake
04. Something Is Not Right With Me
05. Welcome To The Occupation
06. Golden Gate Jumpers
07. Avalanche In B
08. I've Seen Enough
09. Every Man I Fall For
10. Dreams Old Men Dream
11. On The Night That My Love Broke Through
12. Relief
13. Cryptomnesia





Standout Tracks: I've Seen Enough / Mexican Dogs / Something Is Not Right With Me


Loyalty To Loyalty is out today via Downtown.


* Album reviews are composed only after a few listens. Yes, opinions may change over time, but most first impressions (un)fortunately seem to hold true. I wish I was creative enough to write a proper review, but I've failed miserably in the past. Here's the next best thing, I hope.


[Myspace] Cold War Kids
[Website] Cold War Kids

[Count Me Out] Video: Cold War Kids "Something Is Not Right With Me"
[Count Me Out] Preview New Cold War Kids Tracks
[Count Me Out] Cold War Kids "Something Is Not Right With Me"
[Count Me Out] New Cold War Kids Album This September

Album Review: Brightblack Morning Light - Motion To Rejoin

Brightblack Morning Light - Motion To Rejoin


01. Introduction
02. Hologram Buffalo
03. Gathered Years
04. Oppressions Each
05. Another Reclaimation
06. A Rainbow Aims
07. Summer Hoof
08. Past A Weatherbeaten Fencepost
09. When Beads Spell Power Leaf





Standout Tracks: Hologram Buffalo / Oppressions Each / A Rainbow Aims


Another solid, mellow record which was recorded entirely under solar power. Motion To Rejoin is out today via Matador.


* Album reviews are composed only after a few listens. Yes, opinions may change over time, but most first impressions (un)fortunately seem to hold true. I wish I was creative enough to write a proper review, but I've failed miserably in the past. Here's the next best thing, I hope.


[Myspace] Brightblack Morning Light
[Website] Brightblack Morning Light

[Count Me Out] Brightblack Morning Light "Oppressions Each"
[Count Me Out] Brightblack Morning Light Announce Tour Dates
[Count Me Out] Brightblack Morning Light "Hologram Buffalo"

Album Review: Blitzen Trapper - Furr

Blitzen Trapper - Furr


01. Sleepytime In The Western World
02. Gold For Bread
03. Furr
04. God & Suicide
05. Fire & Fast Bullets
06. Saturday Nite
07. Black River Killer
08. Not Your Lover
09. Love U
10. War On Machines
11. Stolen Shoes & A Rifle
12. Echo/Always On/Easy Con
13. Lady On The Water





Standout Tracks: Furr / Black River Killer / Lady On The Water


Furr is out today via Sub Pop.


* Album reviews are composed only after a few listens. Yes, opinions may change over time, but most first impressions (un)fortunately seem to hold true. I wish I was creative enough to write a proper review, but I've failed miserably in the past. Here's the next best thing, I hope.


[Myspace] Blitzen Trapper
[Website] Blitzen Trapper

[Count Me Out] Blitzen Trapper on Daytrotter
[Count Me Out] Blitzen Trapper "Furr"
[Count Me Out] Blitzen Trapper on Fabchannel

Brazilian Girls on Morning Becomes Eclectic

Brazilian Girls had a session with KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic today. Check it out below, along with the new release, New York City, out now via Verve Forecast.




[VIDEO] Brazilian Girls on Morning Becomes Eclectic


Setlist

01. Strangeboy
02. Berlin
03. St. Petersburg
04. I Want Out
05. Ricardo
06. Good Time
07. L'interprete


[Myspace] Brazilian Girls
[Website] Brazilian Girls

[Count Me Out] Album Review: Brazilian Girls - New York City
[Count Me Out] Brazilian Girls "Good Time"

Beach House "Used To Be"

Beach House have shared a stream of their new tune, "Used To Be," which is off the forthcoming 7" single, Used To Be, out 10/21 via Carpark. Check it out below.


[STREAM] Beach House - Used To Be


[Myspace] Beach House
[Website] Beach House

[Count Me Out] Video: Beach House From Juan's Basement
[Count Me Out] Beach House Black Cab Session
[Count Me Out] Beach House Announce Used To Be 7"
[Count Me Out] Video: Beach House "Norway?"
[Count Me Out] Video: Beach House "Gila"
[Count Me Out] Beach House at Schubas (03.26.08)
[Count Me Out] Video: Beach House "Heart Of Chambers"
[Count Me Out] Video: Beach House "You Came To Me"
[Count Me Out] Beach House "Gila"

Efterklang Take Away Show

Efterklang recently did a Take Away Show with La Blogotheque. Check it out below, along with the latest release, Parades, out via Leaf.




[VIDEO] Efterklang - Mirador




[VIDEO] Efterklang - Echo Wave


[Myspace] Efterklang
[Website] Efterklang

[Count Me Out] Video: Efterklang "Caravan"

Regina Spektor on NPR's Mountain Stage

Regina Spektor had a session with NPR's Mountain Stage posted today. Check it out below, along with the latest release, Begin To Hope, out via Sire.


Setlist

01. Ain't No Cover
02. On The Radio
03. Man Of 1,000 Faces
04. Better
05. Ghost Of Corporate Future
06. Fidelity
07. Summer In The City
08. Real Love
09. Samson

[STREAM] Regina Spektor on NPR's Mountain Stage


[Myspace] Regina Spektor
[Website] Regina Spektor

Brett Dennen Announces Hope For The Hopeless

Brett Dennen is set to release a new album, Hope For The Hopeless, on 10/21 via Dualtone/Downtown. Check the album art and tracklist out below, along with some upcoming tour dates.





Tracklist

01. San Francisco
02. Make You Crazy
03. Heaven
04. Closer To You
05. Wrong About Me
06. So Far From Me
07. When She's Gone
08. World Keeps Turning
09. Who Do You Think You Are?
10. Follow Your Heart
11. Ain't Gonna Lose You


Tour Dates

10.31.08 at Hallowbaloo (Honolulu, HI)
11.03.08 at Doug Fir (Portland, OR)
11.05.08 at Triple Door (Seattle, WA)
11.06.08 at The Independent (San Francisco, CA)
11.07.08 at Hotel Cafe (Los Angeles, CA)
11.08.08 at Hotel Cafe (Los Angeles, CA)
11.10.08 at The Walnut Room (Denver, CO)
11.11.08 at Continental Club (Austin, TX)
11.13.08 at Schubas (Chicago, IL)
11.14.08 at Rams Head (Baltimore, MD)
11.15.08 at Tin Angel (Philadelphia, PA)
11.16.08 at Club Passim (Boston, MA)
11.18.08 at Canal Room (New York, NY)


[Myspace] Brett Dennen
[Website] Brett Dennen

[Count Me Out] Brett Dennen "She's Mine"

Album Review: Lisa Hannigan - Sea Sew

Lisa Hannigan - Sea Sew


01. An Ocean And A Rock
02. Venn Diagram
03. Sea Song
04. Splishy Splashy
05. I Don't Know
06. Keep It All
07. Courting Blues
08. Pistachio
09. Teeth
10. Lille





Standout Tracks: I Don't Know / Lille / An Ocean And A Rock


Sea Sew is out now via Lisa Hannigan's website.


* Album reviews are composed only after a few listens. Yes, opinions may change over time, but most first impressions (un)fortunately seem to hold true. I wish I was creative enough to write a proper review, but I've failed miserably in the past. Here's the next best thing, I hope.


[Myspace] Lisa Hannigan
[Website] Lisa Hannigan

[Count Me Out] Lisa Hannigan "Lille"
[Count Me Out] New Lisa Hannigan Album In September
[Count Me Out] Lisa Hannigan Demos

New J. Tillman EP/DVD

J. Tillman recorded/filmed four songs with Sean Pecknold and Kory Kruckenberg on Vashon Island for a DVD called, Isle Land, which will be available for the Oct/Nov tour via Bella Union.


Tracklist

01. Vacilando Territory
02. Vessels
03. Barter Blues
04. No Occasion


[Myspace] J. Tillman
[Website] J. Tillman

[Count Me Out] New J. Tillman Record In January
[Count Me Out] J. Tillman "James Blues"
[Count Me Out] J. Tillman Joins Fleet Foxes
[Count Me Out] J. Tillman "Steel On Steel"

New Ryan Adams Record in October

Ryan Adams is set to release a new album, Cardinology, on 10/28 via Lost Highway. Check the tracklist out below, along with some upcoming tour dates.


Tracklist

01. Born Into A Light
02. Go Easy
03. Fix It
04. Magick
05. Cobwebs
06. Let Us Down Easy
07. Crossed Out Name
08. Natural Ghost
09. Sink Ships
10. Evergreen
11. Like Yesterday
12. Stop


Tour Dates

09.25.08 at The Egg (Albany, NY)
09.26.08 at Landmark Theater (Syracuse, NY)
09.27.08 at Auditorium Theater (Rochester, NY)
09.29.08 at Palace Theater (Columbus, OH)
09.30.08 at Palace Theater (Cleveland, OH)
10.02.08 at Murat Theatre (Indianapolis, IN)
10.03.08 at Taft Theater (Cincinnati, OH)
10.04.08 at Fox Theater (St. Louis, MO)
10.05.08 at Overture Hall (Madison, WI)
10.07.08 at Stephens Auditorium (Ames, IA)
10.09.08 at Uptown Theater (Kansas City, MO)
10.10.08 at Brady Theater (Tulsa, OK)
10.11.08 at Nokia Theater (Grand Prairie, TX)
10.13.08 at Paramount (Austin, TX)
10.14.08 at Verizon (Houston, TX)
10.16.08 at Bama Theater (Tuscaloosa, AL)
10.17.08 at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater (Atlanta, GA)


[Myspace] Ryan Adams
[Website] Ryan Adams

William Fitzsimmons Webisode #3

William Fitzsimmons has another new webisode up. Check it out below, along with the forthcoming release, The Sparrow And The Crow, which is out 9/30.




[VIDEO] William Fitzsimmons Webisode #3


[Myspace] William Fitzsimmons

[Count Me Out] William Fitzsimmons Webisode #2
[Count Me Out] Preorder The New William Fitzsimmons Album
[Count Me Out] William Fitzsimmons "If You Would Come Back Home"
[Count Me Out] William Fitzsimmons Live Online Tomorrow
[Count Me Out] William Fitzsimmons "It's Not True"
[Count Me Out] The William Fitzsimmons Awesome Trivia Challenge
[Count Me Out] William Fitzsimmons is Covered In Snow