NEW SONGS FROM UPCOMING ALBUMS

Here are some new-ish-ly released songs from some highly anticipated upcoming albums. Enjoy.
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[MP3] Islands - Creeper from "Arm's Way" (via Box.net)
"Arm's Way" is out May 20th via ANTI-.

Islands - Myspace
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[MP3] No Age - Eraser from "Nouns" (via Box.net)
"Nouns" is out May 6th via Sub Pop.

No Age - Myspace
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[MP3] Jay Reatard - Always Wanting More from "upcoming 7" single" (via Box.net)
The first 7" in Jay Reatard’s singles series for Matador, “See Saw” b/w “Screaming Hand” is out April 8th.

Jay Reatard - Myspace
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[MP3] Shearwater - Leviathan, Bound from "Rook" (via Box.net)
"Rook" is out June 3rd via Matador.

Shearwater - Myspace

MATADOR RECORDS releases new digital compiliation, new tracks from Shearwater, Jaguar Love and Jay Reatard!!

Matador Records has just released their annual "Intended Play" spring compilation, highlighting the label's recent and upcoming releases (including new ones from Jay Reatard, Shearwater, Jaguar Love [ex. Blood Brothers, Pretty Girls Make Graves]). You can download the compiliation as a ZIP file, here.

:::TRACKLISTING:::

01. Jay Reatard - Always Wanting More (from 7" #3, due out June 17)
02. Times New Viking - DROP-OUT (from Rip It Off)
03. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Cold Son (from Real Emotional Trash)
04. Shearwater - Leviathan, Bound (from Rook, due out June 3)
05. Cat Power - Metal Heart (from Jukebox)
06. Matmos - Polychords (from Supreme Balloon, due out May 6)
07. Mission Of Burma - That’s How I Escaped My Certain Fate (from Vs.: The Definitive Edition)
08. Jaguar Love (ex. Blood Brothers, Pretty Girls Make Graves) - Bats Over The Pacific Ocean (from Take Me To The Sea, due out this summer)
09. The Cave Singers - Helen (from Invitation Songs)
10. Dead Meadow - I’m Gone (from Old Growth)
11. The New Pornographers - All The Things That Go To Make Heaven And Earth (live) (from Live From Soho (iTunes Exclusive))
12. Earles & Jensen - Bleachy Is Back In Town, Look Out (from Just Farr A Laugh Vols. 1 & 2: The Greatest Prank Phone Calls Ever!, due out April 22)

Matador Records

NEW SONG: Shearwater "Rooks"

Shearwater's breath-taking album "Palo Santo" would have been high up on my 2007 Best Albums list had it not been a re-release (re-released in 2007 by Matador, it was originally released in 2006 by Misra Records). That being said, I am eagerly anticipating their latest release "Rook" which drops June 3rd. If this song, "Rooks", is any indication of what we can expect from this newest album then expect it to rank high on THIS year's list. Jonathan Meiburg's voice keeps getting better every album, and this song really showcases it. Recommended!

[MP3] Shearwater - Rooks from "Rook" (via Box.net)

Shearwater - website | Matador Records

Bill Callahan (smog) tours with Shearwater's Meiburg

Bill Callahan, formerly known as Smog or (smog), is currently touring with Jonathan Meiburg (lead singer/songwriter of Shearwater) in support of his first album as Bill Callahan, "Woke on a Whaleheart" (excellent BTW). Meiburg and fellow members of Shearwater prep for the release of their latest, "Rook", due sometime this year on Matador. This should be one do-not-miss show.

Callahan ::: Meiburg - TOUR DATES
02-18 Hattiesburg, MS - Thirsty Hippo
02-19 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder
02-20 Gainesville, FL - Common Grounds
02-22 St. Augustine, FL - Café Eleven
02-23 Charleston, SC - Village Tavern
02-24 Columbia, SC - New Brookland Tavern
02-25 Atlanta, GA - Red Light Café
02-26 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree
02-27 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge
02-28 Memphis, TN - Hi-Tone
02-29 St. Louis, MO - Blueberry Hill
03-01 Lawrence, KS - Jackpot
03-02 Tulsa, OK - Continental Club
03-04 Albuquerque, NM - Launch Pad
03-06 Phoenix, AZ - Rhythm Room
03-07 Tucson, AZ - Plush
03-08 El Paso, TX - Zeppelin's

[MP3] Bill Callahan - Sycamore from "Woke on a Whaleheart" (via Box.net)
[MP3] Smog - Ex-Con from "Red Apple Falls" (via Box.net)
[MP3] Shearwater - Hail Mary from "Palo Santo" (via Box.net)

Shearwater - website | Bill Callahan - Myspace

Retread Sessions & In Context: brought to you by Austin's KUT 90.5 FM and Super!Alright!

A little while back I posted about the "Burn To Shine" series which features artists performing in small, intimate spaces, and I just recently discovered the KUT 90.5 (Univ. of Texas public radio) & Super!Alright! (Collective of audio & visual media artists) online series, "Retread Sessions", which seeks to document musicians in a similar type of intimate setting. The first few sessions showcase some of my favorite bands including Shearwater (!!), YACHT & Red Before Black (whom I love). The first three sessions are online now (I've got a few of them below), check them all out here.
KLRU (Austin, TX - PBS affiliate) is also hosting their "In Context" series there as well, which showcases artists of all kinds focusing primarily on process.

Both KUT 90.5 & KLRU are non-profit public media outlets, they depend on donations to survive & to continue to bring you wonderful performances like these, for FREE. So if you have some extra money lying around, and you were wondering what to spend it on....please stop by their respective websites (which you can find below) and drop a few bucks their way.

[VIDEO] Shearwater "Seventy-Four, Seventy-Five"


[VIDEO] YACHT "See a Penny (Pick It Up)"


[VIDEO] Black Before Red "Matagorda"


KUT 90.5 (University of Texas) - website | Super!Alright! - website
| Retread Sessions & In Context - website | KLRU - website

Matador to release expanded edition of Shearwater's "Palo Santo"

Recent Matador signees, Shearwater re-recorded/remastered their 2006 album "Palo Santo" and it will be available to us (the eager public) on April 10th. Apparently this was the band's idea not the label's, and to quote them: "...we're proud to say that this is Palo Santo as we always hoped it would be". I heard they were amazing live, as told to me by some SXSW attendees. Ah, yet another reason to save my damn money!! I was hoping that they would be heading through the Atlanta area sometime soon, but no luck. Oh well. I still haven't seen them or Will Sheff's other band, Okkervil River. So if any members, of either band reads this, please play Atlanta. Please.

Here's a track off the newly re-recorded "Palo Santo".
[MP3] Shearwater - Red Sea, Black Sea (via Box.net)

Shearwater - Official website