M83: Midnight City

Midnight City’ is the first track from M83’s forthcoming album ‘Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming’. Download the track and find out more here: http://www.ilovem83.com/midnight-city. He will be in Austin in November as part of Fun Fun Fun Fest 6.

Latest tracks by M83

Stream: We Are Scientists - "Rules Don't Stop"

We Are Scientists are the maraschino cherries of indie rock—bright, palatable, and a surefire crowd-pleaser. No weird deviations in “Rules Don’t Stop,”—just two minutes of the flailing, sugary goodness that made these guys great in the first place. This, and more shiny pop-rock, can be found on Barbara, the band’s fourth studio album arriving in June. [Via]

[Listen on RCRDLBL]

Sleigh Bells Stream Entire Album "Treats" on NPR

Sleigh Bells have made their upcoming debut "Treats" available for stream on the NPR website. I have already given it a couple of listens and practically blew out my headphones. Good Stuff, I'm especially digging "Kids" and "Tell 'Em". You are going to be hearing this all summer so get your first taste now.

[Stream | Sleigh Bells - Treats]

New Julian Casablancas :: "11th Dimension"

Although it's not music from The Strokes, it's music from one of them, and for the most part they all seem to be pretty damn good. Singer Julian Casablancas is set to make his debut with Phrazes For The Young, out on Oct. 20th via RCA. Take a listen to the first single, "11th Dimension" down below.



[Julian Casablancas Myspace]
[Julian Casablancas Official Site]

The Dead Weather streaming entire album on iLike

THE DEAD WEATHER, starring Jack White, Alison Mosshart, Dean Fertita, and Jack Lawrence (of The White Stripes, The Kills, Queens of the Stone Age, and The Raconteurs, respectively) are streaming the entirety of their debut album, Horehound, on iLike TODAY ONLY! 

[http://www.ilike.com/artist/The+Dead+Weather/]

The album will be available for purchase on July 14th and they will be touring in support of it over the next few weeks. We put the dates up a few weeks ago but in case you missed it here they are again. All of this leading up to a Sunday ACL performance that we can't wait for.

[Previously: The Dead Weather announces tour dates]

And for those who have Cinemax the band will be debuting the short film/video for the track "Treat Me Like Your Mother" on July 11th at 9:55pm. Here are the trailers...

The Dead Weather 2009 North American Tour Dates:

07/13 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
07/14 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
07/16 - New York, NY @ Terminal 5
07/18 - Boston, MA @ House Of Blues
07/19 - Ottawa, Canada @ Ottawa Blues Festival (Rogers Stage)
07/21 - Montreal, Canada @ Olympia De Montreal
07/22 - Toronto, Canada @ Kool Haus
07/24 - Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
07/25 - Columbus, OH @ The LC Pavillion
07/27 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
07/28 - Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
07/29 - Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
07/30 - Nashville, TN @ War Memorial Auditorium
08/17 - Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
08/18 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
08/20 - Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
08/21 - Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
08/22 - Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
08/23 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
08/25 - Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern Theatre
08/27 - Pomona, CA @ Glasshouse
08/29 - San Diego, CA @ San Diego Street Scene
08/30 - San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival
10/04 - Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits

Mos Def - Life in Marvelous Times

This new track from Mos Def is my favorite song in the world right now. It is from his forthcoming album "The Ecstatic" . The track is available as a free download for a limited time on RCRD LBL so hurry up, download and enjoy. You can also stream the song although I can't imagine why you wouldn't want some free music?

[Mos Def]

[RCRD LBL]

[Download]

Listen to TV On The Radio's "Golden Age"

TV On The Radio have been hard at work on their new album, Dear Science. It will be released on September 23. Today we finally get to check out their new single "Golden Age".

[Stream "Golden Age"]

TVOTR will be here in Austin on October 30 at Stubb's. You can buy tickets for the Austin show here for $20. Check out the rest of the tour dates down below.

[TVOTR Tour Dates]

2008 SXSW Live Music Downloads/Streaming Audio

Special thanks to Largehearted Boy, who found some streaming audio from this years SXSW. He will be updating everyday, so make sure to check out his blog. NPR.org sure was busy during SXSW, as they were the ones who did most of the recording. It's really a cool way to relive your experience at a certain show. Maybe you missed a certain artist's performance or even worse, you just had too many free drinks (so hard to say no)!

We should have some stuff up tomorrow sometime about our SXSW experience.