The new album El Camino drops on December 6, but the first track of the record is here. (BTW on Black Friday, which is also Record Store Day, the day after Thanksgiving, you'll be able to pick up a limited edition 12" reverse-cut vinyl version. Yes, reverse-cut -- you drop the needle near the label and it works its way toward the outer edge of the disc. Crazy!)
Portland's Decemberists are putting out a six-song, acoustic-ish EP on November 1 called Long Live The King, and tracks seem to keep leaking out. The songs were recorded during the King Is Dead sessions, but they didn't quite fit stylistically with that full-length, so now we get to hear them.
Yesterday this song appeared, a stripped-down tune called "E. Watson."
And this is a kind of a twangy song called "Foregone."
A little nostalgia for things that used to be, from John Wesley Harding. His new album The Sound of His Own Voice just came out, and on it you'll find this wistful tune, âThereâs A Starbucks (Where The Starbucks Used To Be.)â
And (spoiler alert!) notice that at the end he actually does walk into the Starbucks:
You already know that R.E.M. is looking back on their 30-years as a band with a 40-song compilation called Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982-2011, which drops on Nov. 15. The collection includes three new songs: âA Month of Saturdaysâ ââHallelujah,â and this one -- âWe All Go Back To Where We Belong.â
It's a wistful and melodic finale to a long career, and it's probably the last-ever single release from the band. Enjoy:
Not for everyone...let's just say his voice is "Dylan-esque", but he's a cherished dude. His new disc called Bad As Me is his first in seven years. Hear a brand new tune:
Ben Lee, the charming Aussie singer who brought you 'Catch My Disease' is back with new music: an album based on dreams and dreaming called 'Deeper Into Dream'.
Ben says, "I find dreams to be incredibly honest despite the kind of world we live in," Lee says. "[Dreams are] proof that every single person on the planet is an artist and is completely creative. I really don't like that elitist attitude to art â I like the idea that we are all creative and dreams prove it because people create entire worlds every night."
Do you remember Rachael Yamagata from a few years back? We played her song 'Worn Me Down' and it was on one of our Summer Samplers (before they were called Emerging Artist CDs!)
She's back and she's coming back to Seattle November 22 at The Croc. Check out her new song?
