Nikki Lane, "Gone, Gone, Gone"

Nikki Lane,"Gone, Gone, Gone" (Thanks to KEXP for the mp3)

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Louise Burns, "Drop Names Not Bombs"

Louise Burns, "Drop Names Not Bombs" (Thanks to AOL Spinner for the mp3)

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Pearl Jam 20

Pearl Jam 20, the soundtrack to the new Cameron Crowe documentary, can be streamed in its entirety (or song by song) at AOL Spinner.  20 years ago I used to make fun of his strained voice in "Alive". It didn't take long for me to see the Vedder appeal. Maybe it's because his name sounds so much like Vader.

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Watch the full episode. See more American Masters.

Sean Rowe

More videos at his website

Also watch his Tiny Desk concert at NPR.

Widowspeak, "Puritan"

Widowspeak, "Puritan" (MP3 thanks to KEXP)

Here more songs at their
Bandcamp page (including a nice cover of Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game".

St. Vincent, Strange Mercy

Listen to St. Vincent's new album, Strange Mercy, via NPR.

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Amanda Shires

This is very nice! Her voice reminds me a little of Tracy Chapman, though the style is a little folkier. She's won a new fan today :) (That's me).

Amanda Shires' website

I may not post much else this weekend - I'm moving *again*. I know. Third time in three years. What can I say? Circumstances, brothers and sisters. Circumstances.

Also I think the batteries in my wireless mouse are going...

Nice!

I was looking for AOL Spinner, so I went to AOL.com. I guess they just made Huffington Post be their music keeper. Anyway, I found a nice tribute to The Strokes. This is apparently the 10th anniversary of This Is It. It's hard to believe.

You can download the entire tribute album here. Listen to Morning Bender's version of "Last Night" here.

Spinner?

AOL Spinner is either gone or has been hacked. Don't try to look it up. All kinds of weird sites are coming up.

M.I.A. releases song dedicated to Amy Winehouse and other musicians

M.I.A. released an unreleased track called "27". It's dedicated to the musicians who died at age 27, including Amy Winehouse. I hadn't thought of it, but Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin and a number of other musicians died at that age.


Download the song here


This is probably going to be all I post this week. I found out recently that my older cat is very sick, so I've been very stressed and preoccupied.