Misc. Music Archives

I'm in meeting hell today, so here are some music files to keep you busy:

[mp3] Saul Williams | Sunday Bloody Sunday

RCRD LBL has some new MP3s up:
Dirty on Purpose - Leaving
Sam Champion - Your Party Was Yesterday
I heart Sam Champion. They need to come play D.C. again ASAP.

[mp3] Beach House | Gila
I think BH are incredibly boring, but here's their new track.

Some holiday themed tunes:
[mp3] Mink | Little Drummer Boy

[mp3] Robbers on High Street | Seasons Greetings

Oh no! First Liam and now Captain Rock!

Yes, that's Richard Ashcroft at last night's Led Zep gig. Yuck. [via]

No shows for me this weekend, I have two Xmas parties and an art show opening, which sadly means I'm going to miss both shows at the 930 Club by my email buddy Ted Leo. Boo! It's always hard to carve out time for shows in December. It is, after all, the 31 days of drinking.

Ted's always good about dropping an awesome cover song into his set. Here are a few of my favorites:

[MP3] Ted Leo | Dancing in the Dark (live)

[MP3] Ted Leo | Since U Been Gone (live)

[MP3] Ted Leo | Ex-Factor (live)

Q: What's better than a holiday themed video with a twist (make sure you watch it all the way through) for one of my favorite songs of the year by my favorite band?

A: Goldenfiddle's recap of the Victoria's Secret fashion show.

While I was in Seattle, KEXP played "House of Cards" while we were driving around and it occurred to me that maybe everyone is missing the point regarding In Rainbows.

I think the big story here isn't the "pay what you want" sales model.

It's the new time line for releasing records and figuring out how a band can take advantage of it.

Instead of recording an album and sitting on it for four months while the label gets their marketing plan together, just release it for cheap on the internet (low bitrate files aimed squarely at people's iPods) as soon as it's done and then follow it up with the proper physical release when the label is ready. This way the band "leaks" their own album and hopefully makes a bit of cash before the P2P users do their thing. Ideally they (and the label) won't lose all of their retail sales because people will want to get the physical product, especially if the band does the normal touring and press behind the proper release.

We won't know if this actually works until January, when the physical copies of In Rainbows hit the record shops.

[MP3] Radiohead | Reckoner (Live webcast version)

[MP3] Radiohead | Faust Arp (Live webcast version)

[MP3] Radiohead | Nude (Amplive Remix)

[MP3] Radiohead | Nude Instrumental (Amplive Remix)

PS - "Bodyguards" "Bodysnatchers" is totally about Coldplay.