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10 MP3s You Need to Download for Free This Week: Joanna Newsom, Joe Jackson and Iggy Pop

By Tom Hawking on

It’s Friday, and we’re back with another installment of our regular roundup of downloadable MP3 goodness from around the web. This week, there’s a live version of a new track that Joanna Newsom played recently, which will no doubt have fans salivating. There’s also Joe Jackson duetting with Iggy Pop, Corin Tucker being raucous, an undiscovered Exile on Main Street cut*, and new tracks from Thee Oh Sees, Mungolian Jetset, and The Raveonettes. (*Possibly.) In other words, there’s plenty of interesting sounds awaiting you after the jump, and since they won’t cost a penny or land you an RIAA lawsuit, as your attorneys we advise you to start downloading immediately. … Read More

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10 Albums You Need to Hear in April

By Tom Hawking on

Spring is here, and so is the spring release schedule. Rejoice! May and June are both shaping up to be excellent months as far as album releases go, and while April doesn’t have quite the same volume of goodness, there’s still going to be plenty of good music to hear over the next four weeks. We’ve pored over the schedule to select the ten records we reckon are going to be worth hearing — there’s everything from the return of Orbital and Spiritualized to Malian songhaï blues, spooky pop music, and punishing, nasty hip hop. We’d love to know what you’re looking forward to, so do let us know via the comments section. … Read More