Video: Punch Brothers "Just What I Needed (The Cars Cover)"

Punch Brothers recently covered the The Cars tune, "Just What I Needed," for the third installment of The A.V. Club's Undercover project. Check it out below, along with the new release, Who's Feeling Young Now?, out now via Nonesuch.




[VIDEO] Punch Brothers - Just What I Needed (The Cars Cover)


[Website] Punch Brothers
[Facebook] Punch Brothers

[Count Me Out] Video: Punch Brothers on Leno
[Count Me Out] Album Review: Punch Brothers - Who's Feeling Young Now?
[Count Me Out] Punch Brothers "Movement And Location"
[Count Me Out] Punch Brothers on NPR's Mountain Stage
[Count Me Out] Punch Brothers Announce New Tour Dates
[Count Me Out] Punch Brothers on NPR's Mountain Stage
[Count Me Out] Punch Brothers on Daytrotter

Album Review: Rocky Votolato - Television Of Saints

Rocky Votolato - Television Of Saints


01. Little Spring
02. Ghost Writer
03. Fool's Gold
04. Above The Water
05. Sunlight
06. Television Of Saints
07. Start Over
08. Sparks
09. Writing Fiction
10. Crooked Arrows





Standout Tracks: Little Spring / Fool's Gold / Television Of Saints


Television Of Saints is out today.


* 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.


[Website] Rocky Votolato
[Facebook] Rocky Votolato

[Count Me Out] Rocky Votolato on Daytrotter
[Count Me Out] Rocky Votolato Announces Tour Dates
[Count Me Out] Rocky Votolato "Little Spring"
[Count Me Out] Rocky Votolato on Daytrotter
[Count Me Out] Album Review: Rocky Votolato - True Devotion
[Count Me Out] Rocky Votolato "Red River"

Album Review: Great Lake Swimmers - New Wild Everywhere

Great Lake Swimmers - New Wild Everywhere


01. Think That You Might Be Wrong
02. New Wild Everywhere
03. The Great Exhale
04. The Knife
05. Changes With The Wind
06. Cornflower Blue
07. Easy Come Easy Go
08. Fields Of Progeny
09. Ballad Of A Fisherman's Wife
10. Quiet Your Mind
11. Parkdale Blues
12. On The Water
13. Les Champs De Progéniture





Standout Tracks: Easy Come Easy Go / New Wild Everywhere / Parkdale Blues


New Wild Everywhere is out today via Nettwerk.


* 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.


[Website] Great Lake Swimmers
[Facebook] Great Lake Swimmers

[Count Me Out] Great Lake Swimmers "Les Champs De Progéniture"
[Count Me Out] Video: Great Lake Swimmers "Easy Come Easy Go"
[Count Me Out] Great Lake Swimmers "Easy Come Easy Go"
[Count Me Out] Great Lake Swimmers on NPR's Mountain Stage
[Count Me Out] Video: Great Lake Swimmers "The Chorus In The Underground"
[Count Me Out] Video: Great Lake Swimmers "River's Edge"
[Count Me Out] Video: Great Lake Swimmers "Stealing Tomorrow"
[Count Me Out] Great Lake Swimmers on NPR's Mountain Stage
[Count Me Out] Video: Great Lake Swimmers "Palmistry"
[Count Me Out] Video: Great Lake Swimmers "Still"
[Count Me Out] Great Lake Swimmers Announce Fall Tour Dates
[Count Me Out] Video: Brian Williams Interviews Tony Dekker
[Count Me Out] Video: Great Lake Swimmers "The Legion Sessions"
[Count Me Out] Great Lakes Swimmers on The LaundroMatinee
[Count Me Out] Album Review: Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels
[Count Me Out] Video: Great Lake Swimmers "Pulling On A Line"
[Count Me Out] Great Lake Swimmers on Camera Music + New Stream
[Count Me Out] Great Lake Swimmers "Pulling On A Line"
[Count Me Out] Great Lake Swimmers Announce Tour Dates
[Count Me Out] Great Lake Swimmers Announce Lost Channels
[Count Me Out] Great Lake Swimmers "Moving Pictures, Silent Films"
[Count Me Out] Great Lake Swimmers "I Am Part Of A Large Family"

Album Review: Bear in Heaven - I Love You, It's Cool

Bear in Heaven - I Love You, It's Cool


01. Idle Heart
02. The Reflection Of You
03. Noon Moon
04. Sinful Nature
05. Cool Light
06. Kiss Me Crazy
07. World Of Freakout
08. Warm Water
09. Space Remains
10. Sweetness & Sickness





Standout Tracks: The Reflection Of You / Cool Light / Sinful Nature


I Love You, It's Cool is out today via Hometapes/Dead Oceans.


* 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.


[Website] Bear In Heaven
[Facebook] Bear In Heaven

[Count Me Out] Bear In Heaven "Sinful Nature"
[Count Me Out] Video: Bear In Heaven "The Reflection Of You"
[Count Me Out] Bear In Heaven "The Reflection Of You"
[Count Me Out] Bear In Heaven Announce I Love You, It's Cool
[Count Me Out] Bear In Heaven on Daytrotter
[Count Me Out] Bear In Heaven on Dirty Laundry
[Count Me Out] Video: Bear In Heaven on Don't Look Down
[Count Me Out] Bear In Heaven Announce Fall Tour Dates
[Count Me Out] Video: Bear In Heaven on Pitchfork
[Count Me Out] Bear In Heaven Touring With Cymbals Eat Guitars
[Count Me Out] Album Review: Bear In Heaven - Beast Rest Forth Mouth

Album Review: AU - Both Lights

AU - Both Lights


01. Epic
02. Get Alive
03. Crazy Idol
04. OJ
05. The Veil
06. Solid Gold
07. Today/Tonight
08. Why I Must
09. Go Slow
10. Old Friend
11. Don't Lie Down





Standout Tracks: Solid Gold / Get Alive / OJ


Both Lights is out today via Hometapes.


* 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.


[Website] AU
[Facebook] AU

[Count Me Out] AU "Get Alive"
[Count Me Out] AU Announce Both Lights
[Count Me Out] AU "Solid Gold"
[Count Me Out] Video: AU "Ida Walked Away"
[Count Me Out] AU "Ida Walked Away"
[Count Me Out] Video: AU "RR vs. D"

Brendan Losch "Son Of A Gun"

I'm happy to share with you a new tune, "Son Of A Gun," off my very own forthcoming release, Low, out 4/10. Check it out below, along with the album art and tracklist.





Tracklist

01. Tired From Sleeping
02. White Light
03. Time Stood Still
04. Son Of A Gun
05. Someone Has Always Got Someone
06. Just Be You
07. On My Own
08. Slow Motion
09. The One Saying No
10. The Things We Used To Do




[MP3] Brendan Losch - Son Of A Gun


[Website] Brendan Losch
[Facebook] Brendan Losch

This Week On Late Night TV

Here are the bands/musicians/groups performing on Late Night TV (Conan, The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and Last Call with Carson Daly) this week.


Monday (4/2)

Conan: Yuna
Letterman: Los Campesinos!
Leno: Eric Hutchinson
Kimmel: Eli Young Band
Carson: Bombay Bicycle Club


Tuesday (4/3)

Letterman: Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real
Leno: Gym Class Heroes
Fallon: Dr. John feat. Dan Auerbach
Carson: Jay Rock


Wednesday (4/4)

Conan: Heartless Bastards
Letterman: Punch Brothers
Leno: Seal
Fallon: Pegi Young and The Survivors
Kimmel: Billy Currington
Carson: White Denim


Thursday (4/5)

Conan: Good Old War
Letterman: Eric Hutchinson
Leno: Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
Fallon: Walk The Moon
Kimmel: NeedToBreathe
Carson: Thee Oh Sees


Friday (4/6)

Letterman: Girls' Generation
Leno: Rodrigo y Gabriela
Carson: Speakers


Saturday (4/7)

Saturday Night Live: One Direction


* some of these seem to change during the week and or are repeats, but as of now, this is what's in store.

Video: Plants And Animals "The End Of That"

NPR has a premiere of the new Plants And Animals video for "The End Of That," the title track off the new release, The End Of That, out now via Secret City. Check it out below and remember that a Chicago show is set for May 11th at Schubas.




[VIDEO] Plants And Animals - The End Of That


[Website] Plants And Animals
[Facebook] Plants And Animals

[Count Me Out] Video: Plants And Animals "Lightshow"
[Count Me Out] Album Review: Plants And Animals - The End Of That
[Count Me Out] Plants And Animals "Song For Love"
[Count Me Out] Plants And Animals Announce Tour Dates
[Count Me Out] Plants And Animals "Lightshow"
[Count Me Out] Video: Plants And Animals on La Blogotheque's Soirée de Poche
[Count Me Out] Plants And Animals on Daytrotter
[Count Me Out] Plants And Animals Take Away Studio
[Count Me Out] Album Review: Plants And Animals - La La Land
[Count Me Out] Video: Plants And Animals "The Mama Papa"
[Count Me Out] Plants And Animals "Tom Cruz"
[Count Me Out] Plants And Animals Take Away Show

Santigold Announces Tour Dates

Santigold has announced some new tour dates in support of the forthcoming release, Master Of My Make-Believe, out 5/1 via Downtown/Atlantic. Check them out below.


Tour Dates

04.02.12 at BankAtlantic Center (Sunrise, FL) *
04.04.12 at RBC Center (Raleigh, NC) *
04.06.12 at Time Warner Cable Arena (Charlotte, NC) *
04.07.12 at Colonial Life Arena (Columbia, SC) *
04.09.12 at Greensboro Coliseum (Greensboro, NC) *
04.10.12 at The Arena - Gwinnett Center (Duluth, GA) *
04.12.12 at Fedex Forum (Memphis, TN) *
04.13.12 at Coachella (Indio, CA)
04.20.12 at Coachella (Indio, CA)
04.26.12 at Heaven (London, UK)
04.30.12 at Bowery Ballroom (New York, NY)
05.08.12 at The Trocadero (Philadelphia, PA)
05.09.12 at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel (Providence, RI)
05.11.12 at State Theatre (Portland, ME)
05.12.12 at Northern Lights (Clifton Park, NY)
05.15.12 at Kool Haus (Toronto, ON)
05.16.12 at Town Ballroom (Buffalo, NY)
05.25.12 at Sasquatch! (George, WA)
05.26.12 at Commodore Ballroom (Vancouver, BC)
05.28.12 at In The Venue (Salt Lake City, UT)
05.29.12 at Ogden Theatre (Denver, CO)
06.04.12 at The Crescent Ballroom (Phoenix, AZ)
06.06.12 at House Of Blues (Dallas, TX)
06.07.12 at House Of Blues (Houston, TX)
06.09.12 at Bonnaroo (Manchester, TN)
06.10.12 at Egyptian Room (Indianapolis, IN)
06.12.12 at The Pageant (St. Louis, MO)
06.13.12 at Newport Music Hall (Columbus, OH)
06.15.12 at Bogart's (Cincinnati, OH)
06.16.12 at Stage AE (Pittsburgh, PA)
06.18.12 at 9:30 Club (Washington, DC)
06.19.12 at Rams Head Live! (Baltimore, MD)
06.22.12 at House Of Blues (Boston, MA)
06.23.12 at Governors Ball Music Festival (New York, NY)
06.24.12 at Radio 1's Hackney Weekend (London, UK)
06.29.12 at House Of Blues (Cleveland, OH)
06.30.12 at Electric Forest (Rothbury, MI)
08.04.12 at New Orleans Arena (New Orleans, LA) *

* w/ Red Hot Chili Peppers


[Website] Santigold
[Facebook] Santigold

[Count Me Out] Video: Santigold "Disparate Youth"
[Count Me Out] Santigold "Disparate Youth"
[Count Me Out] Video: Santigold "Big Mouth"
[Count Me Out] Santigold "Go (feat. Karen O)"
[Count Me Out] Video: Santogold "Lights Out"
[Count Me Out] Video: Santogold on Conan
[Count Me Out] Album Review: Santogold - Santogold
[Count Me Out] Video: Santogold "L.E.S. Artistes"

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros "That's What's Up"

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros have shared another new tune, "That's What's Up," off the forthcoming release, Here, out 5/29 via Community Music/Vagrant. Check it out below and remember that a Chicago show is set for May 24th at The Riv.




[STREAM] Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - That's What's Up


[Website] Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
[Facebook] Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

[Count Me Out] Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros Announce Reveal Here Tracklist
[Count Me Out] Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros "Man On Fire"
[Count Me Out] Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros Announce Here
[Count Me Out] Video: Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros on Conan
[Count Me Out] Video: Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros "40 Day Dream"
[Count Me Out] Video: Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros on Conan
[Count Me Out] Video: Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros on Jimmy Kimmel
[Count Me Out] Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros on The LaundroMatinee
[Count Me Out] Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros "Memory Of A Free Festival" (Bowie Cover)
[Count Me Out] Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros Take Away Show
[Count Me Out] Video: Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros "Home"
[Count Me Out] Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros Announce Tour Dates
[Count Me Out] Video: Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros "Home"

Video: Alabama Shakes "Hold On"

Alabama Shakes have shared a new video for "Hold On," shot at The Kinks' Konk Studio. Check it out below, along with the forthcoming release, Boys & Girls, out 4/10 via ATO.




[VIDEO] Alabama Shakes - Hold On


[Website] Alabama Shakes
[Facebook] Alabama Shakes

[Count Me Out] Alabama Shakes Announce More Tour Dates
[Count Me Out] Video: Alabama Shakes on Conan
[Count Me Out] Alabama Shakes on Morning Becomes Eclectic
[Count Me Out] Alabama Shakes Announce Boys & Girls

Bowerbirds Announce More Tour Dates

Bowerbirds have announced some more tour dates in support of the new release, The Clearing, out now via Dead Oceans. Check them out below.


Tour Dates

04.03.12 at The Crocodile (Seattle, WA) *
04.04.12 at Doug Fir Lounge (Portland, OR) *
04.06.12 at The Independent (San Francisco, CA) *
04.07.12 at Troubadour (Los Angeles, CA) *
04.08.12 at Casbah (San Diego, CA) *
04.11.12 at The Parish (Austin, TX) *
04.12.12 at The Loft (Dallas, TX) *
04.14.12 at The Bottletree (Birmingham, AL) ^
04.15.12 at The Earl (Atlanta, GA) ^
04.20.12 at Motel Mozaique Festival (Rotterdam, NL)
04.22.12 at Vega (Copenhagen, DK)
04.23.12 at Debaser Slussen (Stockholm, SE)
04.24.12 at Pusterviksbaren (Goteborg, SE)
04.25.12 at Uebel & Gefahrlich (Hamburg, DE)
04.26.12 at Lido (Berlin, DE)
04.27.12 at Feierwerk (Munich, DE)
04.28.12 at El Lokal (Zurich, CH)
04.30.12 at Café De La Danse (Paris, FR)
05.01.12 at Trix (Antwerp, BE)
05.03.12 at Brudenell Social Club (Leeds, UK)
05.04.12 at Deaf Institute (Manchester, UK)
05.05.12 at The Haunt (Brighton, UK)
05.07.12 at Cargo (London, UK)
05.08.12 at Ancienne Belgique (Brussels, BE)
05.09.12 at Paradiso (Amsterdam, NL)
06.07.12 at The Ottobar (Baltimore, MD)
06.08.12 at Wexner Center (Columbus, OH)
06.09.12 at The Bishop (Bloomington, IN)
06.11.12 at Magic Stick Lounge (Detroit, MI)
06.12.12 at Beachland Ballroom (Cleveland, OH)
06.13.12 at Mr. Small's Theatre (Pittsburgh, PA)
06.14.12 at Tralf Music Hall (Buffalo, NY)
06.17.12 at The Haunt (Ithaca, NY)
06.18.12 at Iron Horse Music Hall (Northampton, MA)
06.19.12 at Il Motore (Montreal, QC)
06.20.12 at Space (Portland, ME)
06.21.12 at The Met (Providence, RI)
06.23.12 at Music Hall of Williamsburg (New York, NY)
08.03.12 at Pickathon Music Festival (Happy Valley, OR)
08.04.12 at Pickathon Music Festival (Happy Valley, OR)

* w/ Dry The River
^ w/ Mandolin Orange


[Website] Bowerbirds
[Facebook] Bowerbirds

[Count Me Out] Video: Bowerbirds "Tuck The Darkness In"
[Count Me Out] Album Review: Bowerbirds - The Clearing
[Count Me Out] Video: Bowerbirds - The Clearing (Mini Documentary)
[Count Me Out] Bowerbirds "In The Yard"
[Count Me Out] Bowerbirds "Tuck The Darkness In"
[Count Me Out] Bowerbirds Reveal Some Fall Tour Dates
[Count Me Out] Video: Bowerbirds "Northern Lights"
[Count Me Out] Bowerbirds on NPR's Tiny Desk Concert
[Count Me Out] Bowerbirds Announce Early 2010 Tour Dates
[Count Me Out] Video: Bowerbirds on Cemetery Gates
[Count Me Out] Video: Bowerbirds on La Blogotheque's Soirée de Poche
[Count Me Out] Video: Bowerbirds on They Shoot Music
[Count Me Out] Bowerbirds on Daytrotter
[Count Me Out] Album Review: Bowerbirds - Upper Air
[Count Me Out] Bowerbirds "Northern Lights"
[Count Me Out] More Bowerbirds Album Info
[Count Me Out] Bowerbirds Announce Upper Air + Tour Dates
[Count Me Out] Bowerbirds Cancel Upcoming Tour With Calexico
[Count Me Out] Video: Bowerbirds "In Our Talons"
[Count Me Out] Bowerbirds at Schubas (07.20.08)
[Count Me Out] Bowerbirds "The Marbled Godwit"
[Count Me Out] Bowerbirds Take Away Show
[Count Me Out] Bowerbirds Sign To Dead Oceans
[Count Me Out] Bowerbirds on Daytrotter

Liars "No.1 Against The Rush"

Liars are set to release a new album, WIXIW, on 6/5 via Mute. Check the album art and tracklist out below, along with a video trailer and a stream of the new tune, "No.1 Against The Rush."





Tracklist

01. The Exact Colour Of Doubt
02. Octagon
03. No.1 Against The Rush
04. A Ring On Every Finger
05. III Valley Prodigies
06. WIXIW
07. His And Mine Sensations
08. Flood To Flood
09. Who Is The Hunter
10. Brats
11. Annual Moon Words

[STREAM] Liars - No.1 Against The Rush




[VIDEO] Liars - WIXIW (Trailer)


[Website] Liars
[Facebook] Liars

[Count Me Out] Liars Releasing A New EP
[Count Me Out] Liars on Daytrotter
[Count Me Out] Video: Liars "The Overachievers"
[Count Me Out] Album Review: Liars - Sisterworld
[Count Me Out] Video: Liars "Scissor"

M. Ward on Daytrotter

M. Ward had a Daytrotter session posted today. Check it out here, along with the forthcoming release, A Wasteland Companion, out 4/10 via Merge. Also, remember that a Chicago show is set for May 22nd at The Vic.


Tracks

01. Paul's Song
02. Clean State
03. Cosmopolitan Pap
04. Post-War


[Website] M. Ward
[Facebook] M. Ward

[Count Me Out] M. Ward "Primitive Girl"
[Count Me Out] Video: M. Ward "The First Time I Ran Away"
[Count Me Out] M. Ward Announces A Wasteland Companion
[Count Me Out] M. Ward Announces Tour Dates
[Count Me Out] M. Ward Announces A Few More Tour Dates
[Count Me Out] M. Ward Announces Solo Tour Dates
[Count Me Out] Video: M. Ward "Rave On"
[Count Me Out] Video: M. Ward on Craig Ferguson
[Count Me Out] M. Ward on Morning Becomes Eclectic
[Count Me Out] Video: M. Ward on Letterman
[Count Me Out] Album Review: M. Ward - Hold Time
[Count Me Out] M. Ward "Never Had Nobody Like You"
[Count Me Out] Stream M. Ward's Hold Time on NPR
[Count Me Out] Video: M. Ward "Hold Time"
[Count Me Out] M. Ward Announces Hold Time
[Count Me Out] M. Ward & Jim James from SXSW

Dirty Projectors Announce Swing Lo Magellan

Dirty Projectors are set to release their new album, Swing Lo Magellan, on 7/10 via Domino. Check the tracklist out below.


Tracklist

01. Offspring Are Blank
02. About To Die
03. Gun Has No Trigger
04. Swing Lo Magellan
05. Just From Chevron
06. Dance For You
07. Maybe That Was It
08. Impregnable Question
09. See What She Seeing
10. The Socialites
11. Unto Caesar
12. Irresponsible Tune


[Website] Dirty Projectors
[Facebook] Dirty Projectors

[Count Me Out] Dirty Projectors "Gun Has No Trigger"
[Count Me Out] Dirty Projectors "Temecula Sunrise (Live at Other Music)"
[Count Me Out] Dirty Projectors on Levi's Pioneer Sessions
[Count Me Out] Dirty Projectors Announce 2010 Tour Dates
[Count Me Out] Free Dirty Projectors Digital 7"
[Count Me Out] Video: Dirty Projectors on Jimmy Fallon
[Count Me Out] Video: Dirty Projectors Jamming In The Roots Dressing Room
[Count Me Out] Video: Dirty Projectors on Letterman
[Count Me Out] Dirty Projectors Announce Fall Tour Dates
[Count Me Out] Dirty Projectors To Release New EP
[Count Me Out] Video: Dirty Projectors "Stillness Is The Move"
[Count Me Out] Album Review: Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
[Count Me Out] Dirty Projectors Announce More Tour Dates
[Count Me Out] Dirty Projectors "Stillness Is The Move" Again
[Count Me Out] Dirty Projectors "Stillness Is The Move"
[Count Me Out] Dirty Projectors "Remade Horizon (Live From SXSW)"
[Count Me Out] Video: Dirty Projectors "Knotty Pine"
[Count Me Out] Dirty Projectors Announce Bitte Orca
[Count Me Out] Dirty Projectors + David Byrne "Knotty Pine"