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July 21st sees the release of Magnolia Electric Co.’s fifth LP, Josephine, an album that marks Jason Molina’s sixteenth full-length with the Secretly Canadian label.   In a word, prolific.  Whether recording under his own name, Songs: Ohia, or Magnolia Electric Co., Molina consistently delivers, and Josephine proves to be no exception.  A skilled tradesman, Molina [...]

(Leading up to the June 2nd release of the first volume of Neil Young’s long awaited Archives project, AD is posting a series Neil related posts.)
Those keeping track the past couple of weeks will note this is the second cover I’ve featured culled from Neil Young’s 1992 Harvest Moon album (noticing a trend here?).  In [...]

Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XM, channel 26 (SIRIUS), and channel 43 (XM), can now be heard twice, every Friday – Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST. Below is this week’s playlist.
SIRIUS 96: Wilco – Misunderstood ++ Wilco – Via Chicago ++ Wilco – I Am Trying To Break Your Heart [...]

It’s a good time to be a Bad Seed.  In addition to releasing the critically-acclaimed Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!, Nick Cave has, in the past year, toured relentlessly to rabid crowds, written the score to John Hillcoat’s adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, curated the Australian edition of All Tomorrow’s Parties, and worked on the eventual [...]

In 2009 it’s anyone’s guess which album will “break” an artist. It could be a placement in a viral iPod Nano commercial, a segment during the Olympics, soundtrack placement, or in some rarer cases a consistent output of solid material. The latter is the case with the March release of Neko Case’s latest LP, [...]

Just ran across this piece on NPR’s website reporting that the heavily anticipated Danger Mouse/Sparklehorse produced Dark Night Of The Soul compilation may not see an official release due to entanglements with EMI.  Not the first time Danger Mouse has had to deal with the label (see the 2004 Grey Album situation).
Dark Night of the [...]

Obviously I’ve been on a bit of a Drones kick of late — and, really, I’d encourage those reading to do the same.  With five studio albums and a few live releases under their collective belt, the Melbourne, AU based group have been around for the better part of a decade, but as a yank, [...]

Was upping Wilco’s “Engineer Demos” for a friend yesterday and thought I would post here for a limited time. Like the Yankee Hotel Foxtrot demos, the following are both outtakes and alternate versions of tracks that would make the final cut. “Cars Can’t Escape” remains a favorite, and I’ve always been curious why it did [...]

At the time of this writing the immediate cause of Jay Bennett’s death is yet unknown.  Yesterday, mid-afternoon, rumors of the artist’s passing began flying via email, text messages, Twitter, and message boards.  Some speculated that the Bennett in question was in fact a case of mistaken identity — that of the death of another [...]

Even though A Woman A Man Walked By marks only the second album, and the first in 13 years, whose title credits include both the names of PJ Harvey and John Parish, the duo have been collaborating since 1995’s To Bring You My Love and as recently as 2007’s stellar White Chalk. It’s been [...]

Recording under the moniker White Antelope, Fleet Foxes principal singer/songwriter Robin Pecknold continues to tackle folk covers on his MySpace page.  Big thanks to Kyle for both the heads up and mp3 rips.  I could listen to an entire album of these (hint, hint).  Fleet Foxes perform at the Sasquatch festival this weekend.
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MP3: White Antelope [...]