Culture Club - September 17th
Free Music
-Koushik is giving away The Beep Tape for free until Sunday, the 20th
-At Amazon: a sampler of stuff from this fall (including Neko Case, Booker T., Jason Lytle, Rain Machine and Islands) and “Tequila Sunday” from the Maldives
-Get Hanway Troof’s “And I” here and enter your video to win
-Atlanta producer Alex Goose is giving away his tracks that didn’t make the cut for Jay-Z’s The Blueprint 3
-And the Flaming Lips stopped by the Colbert Report yesterday. Colbert’s website is currently streaming their new album Embryonic
-There’s a mini-mix out there of Air’s Love 2
News
-Sasha Frere-Jones was not impressed with Animal Collective at All Tomorrow’s Parties
-Grizzly Bear is joining Thom Yorke, Bon Iver and Death Cab for Cutie on the New Moon Soundtrack (What is happening? I feel like my world is being turned upside-down…I’m all for bands making a mainstream jump and making piles of money, but this would be like the Flaming Lips putting a song on the Can’t Hardly Wait soundtrack, right?)
-Guitar Hero has run into some trouble for using Kurt Cobain’s likeness
-Smashing Pumpkins are planning to give away a 44-track album starting on Halloween
-Pavement is definitely getting back together and the Fader has a funny take on grown-up Pavement fans
-Carles has his analysis of Kanyegate
-Rawkblog continues their best of the aughts with #s 40-21
-Wired reviews 5 new music sites/services
-Urb recaps Peanut Butter Wolf’s 999 Tour
-The AV Club interviewed Sunny Day Real Estate
That’s all for tonight, folks. ¡Buen día de independencia Chilenos!
