Here’s a video of the first single, You’re the Radio which is getting a lot of airplay and compliments on British radio.

1. This Town
2. God’s Got Nothing On You
3. Due South
4. Jazz Hands
5. Love’s The Greatest Instrument
6. Automatic Blue
7. Coffee and Roses
8. You’re The Radio
9. Not Alone
10. Not Alone
11. Now The Love Gets In
12. Mexico
13. Wondrous Thing
14. My Voice (bonus track)

[Thea Gilmore Official]

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1. Death Cab For Cutie – “Meet Me on the Equinox”
2. Band of Skulls – “Friends”
3. Thom Yorke – “Hearing Damage
4. Lykke Li – “Possibility”
5. The Killers – “A White Demon Love Song”
6. Anya Marina – “Satellite Heart”
7. Muse – “I Belong to You”
8. Bon Iver & St. Vincent – “Roslyn”
9. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – “Done All Wrong”
10. Hurricane Bells – “Monsters”
11. Sea Wolf – “The Violet Hour”
12. OK Go – “Shooting the Moon”
13. Grizzly Bear – “Slow Life”
14. Editors – “No Sound but the Wind”
15. Alexandre Desplat – “New Moon (The Meadow)”

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Am I super excited? Yes I am! Are you?

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**MYSPACE MUSIC WORLDWIDE EXCLUSIVE***
MySpace Music Exclusively Premieres Lily Allen’s New Album, It’s Not Me, It’s You

Fans May Stream Album beginning on February 3rd Before it Hits Stores
MySpace Music , the world’s premiere online music portal, is excited to announce the world exclusive premiere of It’s Not Me, It’s You, the highly anticipated second album from British singer and songwriter Lily Allen. [Lily's MySpace]

Starting on February 3rd, MySpace users across the world will be able to stream her new album in its entirety, giving fans a chance to preview it before the official US release on February 10th. It’s Not Me, It’s You can be pre-ordered on Lily’s MySpace page this week and will be available for purchase via MySpace Music on February 10th. In addition to her global album premiere, fans should stay tuned for exciting MySpace news about special performances by Lily Allen.

It’s Not Me, It’s You is both a continuation of the preoccupations of Alright, Still, Lily’s critically acclaimed debut and a stiletto-heeled leap forward. The forensic, affecting, often humorous examinations of relationships and sexual politics are still there, but bigger themes are also tackled. BLENDER aptly summed it up as “part God, part country and all middle finger.” Working in a tiny rented house in England’s Cotswolds and at Eagle Rock Studios in Los Angeles, Allen wrote and recorded the album’s 12 songs with producer Greg Kurstin (the bird and the bee), who collaborated with her on three tracks for Alright, Still -Everything’s Just Wonderful, Alfie and Not Big.

Lily Allen created her MySpace Music page in November 2005, where she used the site to post demos and self-produced mixtapes to attract thousands of listeners from around the world. As she started gaining tens of thousands of MySpace friends, the media took notice of her growing popularity on the site and in March 2006 received her first major mainstream media coverage. Lily Allen released her first single Smile in 2006, which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart in July 2006. In December 2006, her debut album Alright, Still was voted one of the best albums of the year by Mixmag. In 2007, it was nominated for the award of Best British Album at the BRIT Awards and Lily was nominated for Best New Artist at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards. The album was nominated for a 2008 Grammy Award in the category of “Best Alternative Music Album”. Alright, Still has sold over 2,600,000 copies worldwide. Lily Allen has more than 449,000 friends on MySpace Music. For more on Lily Allen and to stream It’s Not Me, It’s You, visit her [MySpace Music official profile].

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From the desk of Vanguard Records

It’s been two decades since the Indigo Girls launched their career with their independently released debut album, 1987′s Strange Fire.

Now, after entertaining millions of fans with their 10 major-label studio albums, Emily Saliers and Amy Ray have come full circle with the independent release of their new album, Poseidon and the Bitter Bug. There will also be a 2-CD Deluxe edition available which includes the full band studio sessions and the acoustic sessions with a bonus track. These will be hitting the streets on March 24th!

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Samantha Crain is one of my new discoveries and I just can’t get enough of her EP, Confiscation.

Story on [Paste Mag]

April 28, 2009, will see the release of Songs in the Night, the full-length debut of Samantha Crain, on North Carolina’s Ramseur Records.

Songs in the Night tracklist:

1. Rising Sun
2. Songs in the Night
3. Long Division
4. Get the Fever Out
5. Bananafish Revolution
6. Scissor Tales
7. Devils In Boston
8. Bullfight (Change Your Mind)
9. Calm Down
10. You Never Know
11. The Dam Song

[MySpace]
[Official Site]

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On December 9, 2008, Sarah is releasing The Baroness Redecorates, a new EP of extra songs recorded with the special addition of a string quartet during The Baroness sessions.

The Baroness Redecorates Track List

1. Parasol
2. Lonely Side of the Moon
3. Modern Man I & II
4. Compatriots
5. The Rose
6. Hear Me Out
7. The “Disarm” Suite

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Looks like they’re doing a lot of work on her site putting up some new fun things.
[Check it out]

From her site:

November Antique is a recording of a powerfully intimate live acoustic show given November 2007. It is unique in that it is unadorned and authentic. It is from the heart.

Track list
1. Satin Pull
2. Overture Song
3. Flea Circus
4. Colors Run
5. Sky
6. Overalls
7. Sometimes
8. Hallelujah –
9. Smoke, Pine, & Paper
10. Sleepless Wind

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I am so very excited for the season premier of Dexter this evening I can barely stand it.

I’ve just learned that Brandi Shearer’s song Lullabies will be in tonight’s episode on Showtime. This is a fantastic show and a great boon for Brandi!

Apparently its included twice – in one of the scenes a cast member is actually singing the lyrics.

I reviewed her record, [Close to Dark] in 2007 and I really liked it.

[Amoeba's Site]

[Brandi Shearer]

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Starting Sept 26th, BLAZING RED will be available at all live
shows and for digital download EXCLUSIVELY through [www.anneheaton.com]
Soon after, it will become available on iTunes and CDBaby as well.

On January 13th 2009, BLAZING RED will come out in retail
stores everywhere and other online stores.

It sounds like she’s very excited about this release and that it’s been quite a personal discovery journey. I’m very intrigued! I loved Give In and if this one is even better then watch out!
You can hear some of the songs here:
[Anne Heaton's (great new) website]

Blazing Red Track list
1. Jump
2. Crystallize
3. Pieces of Me
4. My Only Way Out is In
5. Where Your Scar Is
6. Momma to You
7. Out to Sea
8. Why I Resists
9. Blazing Red
10. Halfway Times Two
11. Fire Sign
12. Secret Weapon
13. String OV

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Here are all the tour dates! Stay tunes for more West Coast dates!

Friday, September 5th 8:00PM
@ TUPELO MUSIC HALL
2 Young Road
Londonderry, NH
(603) 437-5100
*last minute addition!*
s/f Chris Trapper

Thursday, Sept 25th 11:00AM
LIVE on WERS 88.9

Friday, September 26th 8:00PM
CD RELEASE SHOW!
@ CLUB PASSIM
47 Palmer Street
Cambridge, MA 02145
Advance tickets recommended – may sell out!

Wednesday, October 1st
@ GENGHIS COHEN
Los Angeles, CA
*tentative CD Release show*

Saturday, October 4th 8:00PM
CD RELEASE SHOW
@ PACE THEATER
(Pioneer Arts Center)
41 Union Street
Easthampton, MA 01027
$10/$12
(413) 527-3700

Sunday, October 5th 7:00PM
@ THE SPACE
295 Treadwell St.
Building H
Hamden, CT 06514
$20
s/f Melissa Ferrick
7pm

Saturday, October 11th 10:00PM
CD RELEASE SHOW!
@ THE TIN ANGEL
20 South 2nd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
$12
(215) 928-0770
w/Chris Trapper

Wednesday, October 15th 8:00PM
CD RELEASE SHOW *extended set!*
@ THE LIVING ROOM
154 Ludlow
NYC, NY 10002
(212) 533-7235
w/ Aoife O’Donovan

Saturday, November 1st 8:00PM
CD RELEASE SHOW
@ DRIFTWOOD FOLK CAFE
First Parish Church (UU) Kendall Hall
19 Town Square
Plymouth, MA 02360
For ticket info, call (508) 224-7024
w/Chris O’Brien

Friday, November 14th
@ ME & THEE COFFEEHOUSE
Marblehead, MA
w/Garnet Rogers

**Nov 15-28 approx: Midwest Tour with Rose Polenzani!….Dates coming
soon!

Friday, December 5th 7:00PM
@ THE IRON HORSE
Northampton, MA
s/f Catie Curtis

**December 8-12th: Possible Northwest Tour!

Saturday, January 31st, 2009
CIRCLE OF FRIENDS COFFEEHOUSE
262 Chestnut Street
Franklin, MA
s/f Vance Gilbert

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Please support him and place your order now. If this is anything like his last one, you’ll be in love with it.
(click on the picture)

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“Being one of millions with a close connection to cancer, I know I need to do my part,”

said Michaelson.

Michaelson’s song Be OK and music video will be featured on [http://www.standup2cancer.org] , an intimate, interactive online community for all those who are touched by cancer, and featuring celebrities and artists such as Jessica Biel, Jodie Foster, Morgan Freeman, Tobey Maguire, Susan Sarandon, Larry David, and others all joining in the fight, through PSA’s, and a nationally televised fundraising event that aired simultaneously and commercial free on ABC, CBS and NBC on September 5, 2008.

Michaelson and her self-released album Girls and Boys (featuring hit single The Way I Am), received great acclaim this past year in publications ranging from Entertainment Weekly to People to The New York Times. To date, Girls and Boys has sold over 235,000 copies while The Way I Am has sold over 710,000 digital downloads. As with Girls and Boys, Be OK will be marketed and distributed by Original Signal Recordings/RED.

Be OK will include:

* Be OK (radio mix)
* Lady In Spain (previously unreleased)
* You And I (previously unreleased)
* Giving Up (acoustic)
* Keep Breathing
* The Chain (live)
* The Way I Am (live)
* Somewhere Over The Rainbow (cover)
* Can’t Help Falling In Love (cover)
* Oh What A Day (previously unreleased)
* Be OK (acoustic)

Don’t Miss Ingrid Michaelson on her national tour this fall!

OCT. 29 STATEN ISLAND, NY WILLIAMSON THEATRE (College of Staten Island)
OCT. 30 BOSTON, MA PARADISE ROCK CLUB
NOV. 1 NORTHAMPTON, MA IRON HORSE MUSIC HALL
NOV. 4 ANAHEIM, CA HOUSE OF BLUES
NOV. 5 SAN DIEGO, CA HOUSE OF BLUES
NOV. 6 LOS ANGELES, CA EL REY THEATRE
NOV. 7 SAN FRANCISCO, CA GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC HALL
NOV. 8 SACRAMENTO, CA HARLOW’S
NOV. 10 SEATTLE, WA NEUMOS
NOV. 11 PORTLAND, OR WONDER BALLROOM
NOV. 13 ASPEN, CO BELLY UP
NOV. 14 DENVER, CO GOTHIC THEATRE
NOV. 16 OMAHA, NE SLOWDOWN
NOV. 17 MINNEAPOLIS, MN PANTAGES THEATRE
NOV. 18 MADISON, WI BARRYMORE THEATRE
NOV. 19 CHICAGO, IL PARK WEST
NOV. 20 ANN ARBOR, MI THE ARK
NOV. 21 COVINGTON, KY MADISON THEATRE
NOV. 23 PHILADELPHIA, PA THEATRE OF LIVING ARTS
NOV. 24 PITTSBURGH, PA CLUB CAFÉ
NOV. 25 ALEXANDRIA, VA THE BIRCHMERE

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Charlotte Martin has a new record coming out soon! It’s called “Orphans”. It’s an EP and due in November.

She is having a contest to design the cover. [Check it out]

I am afraid I don’t know a whole lot more because, while I am a member of the Arsonist Army, I forgot my password and haven’t got tome to diddle with it now. But I wanted to pass on what I could.

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I just heard that Matthew Sweet has a new record coming out soon. Years ago I feel in love with Girlfriend and still listen to it and several of his other albums on a regular basis. So this makes me very happy.

I do like [this song] (tho’ that looks nothing like the Matthew Sweet I know!)

Order the CD, Sunshine Lie. It is out 8/26 on Shout! Factory.
[Pre-Order from Amazon]

[Matthew Sweet's site]

1. Time Machine
2. Room To Rock
3. Byrdgirl
4. Flying
5. Feel Fear
6. Let’s Love
7. Sunshine Lies
8. Pleasure Is Mine
9. Daisychain
10. Sunrise Eyes
11. Around You Now
12. Burn Through Love
13. Back Of My Mind

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U Want Me 2 the first original track since Sarah’s 2003 release, Afterglow.

It is one of two brand new tracks originally composed and produced by Sarah included in new release Closer: The Best Of Sarah McLachlan, slated for an October 7th worldwide release.

[Nettwerk Store]

Ed Note: what’s with the title? Is she Prince now? Still looking forward to it!!!

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Perfect As Cats: A Tribute To The Cure Deluxe Edition Double CD/Download will be available October 28, 2008!

A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Invisible Children.
[MySpace Page]

I’ll be honest, other than Bat for Lashes, Kaki King and Dandy Worhols I don’t know many of these acts, but it’s Cure songs, so it will be good regardless. I will update and repost when I have ordering info. For now you can take a look at all the other [Cure tributes]!

Track list:
Bat For Lashes – “A Forest”
Jesu – “The Funeral Party”
Xu Xu Fang – “Fascination Street”
The Muslims – “Grinding Halt”
Astrid Quay & War Cloud – “The Caterpillar”
The Dandy Warhols – “Primary”
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – “Dressing Up”
Indian Jewelry – “The Walk”
Army Navy – “Jumoing Someone Else’s Train”
Rio en Medio – “Pictures of You”
Hecuba – “Killing An Arab”
Veil Veil Vanish – “The Upstairs Room”
Aquaserge and Laure Briard – “10.15 Saturday Night”
Joker’s Daughter – “Kyoto Song”
Voyager One – “M”
Ex-Reverie – “The Hanging Garden”
Devastations – “All Cats Are Gray”
Les Bicyclettes Blanches – “Hot Hot Hot!!!”
Katrine Ottosen (CALLmeKAT) – “The Love Cats”
Mariee Sioux – “Love Song”
Wolfkin – “Charlotte Sometimes”
Rainbow Arabia – “Six Different Ways”
Corridor – “The Kiss”
Tara Busch – “Let’s Go To Bed”
Kaki King – “Close To Me”
Lewis & Clarke – “Disintegration”
blackblack – “In Between Days”
We Are The World – “Why Can’t I Be You?”
Sarabeth Tucek – “Three Imaginary Boys”
Apollo Heights – “The Top”
Gangi – “Fire In Cairo”
Buddy – “Sugar Girl”
Ich Bin Aiko – “A Strange Day”
Silver Summit – “A Night Like This”
Caroline Weeks – “The Drowning Man”
Lemon Sun – “The Exploding Boy”

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Hope, Volume One Track List:

1. Charlotte Martin – Crimson Sky
2. Lisa Loeb – Come Back Home
3. Curtis Peoples – Wake Up (SAVE Mix)
4. Shannon Curtis – Paris Can’t Have You
5. Nathan Morris – Close Like Me
6. 5th PROJEKT – Resistance
7. far beyond frail – Portland
8. Kevin Max – Your Beautiful Mind
9. Terami Hirsch – Back to the Start
10. Crash Encore – A Little Time Away
11. Ken Andrews – Up or Down
12. VideoPhonic – Something Great
13. Katy Rose – Cool Whip (Edit)
14. Kevin Herchen – Tasteless Kiss (Live)
15. Joanne Cash featuring Johnny Cash – Softly & Tenderly
16. Max Schnitzer – The Return (Bonus Track)

Hope, Volume One a CD with proceeds benefiting Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE), to be released on June 24, 2008

Compilation features Charlotte Martin, Lisa Loeb, Kevin Max, Ken Andrews, Joanne Cash, and others

Minneapolis, MN – June 17, 2008 – ‘Hope, Volume One’, a compilation CD, with proceeds benefiting Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE) is scheduled for release on Tuesday, June 24, 2008. The release features an exclusive mix of Curtis Peoples’ Wake Up, previously unreleased songs by Kevin Herchen and Max Schnitzer, and selections from Charlotte Martin, Lisa Loeb, Kevin Max, Ken Andrews, Joanne Cash, and others.

Five online auctions are planned to coincide with the release of the CD. 100% of the auction proceeds will be donated SAVE. Items include an autographed guitar from Trisha Yearwood, a gift pack from Tegan and Sara, and an autographed CD from Matt White. Auction links will be posted on visionary-concepts.net, the morning of June 24, 2008.

The mission of Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE) is to prevent suicide through public awareness and education, reduce stigma, and serve as a resource to those touched by suicide. Daniel Reidenberg, Executive Director of SAVE, is humbled by the number of musicians and labels willing to partner on this project. “To have names like we do on ‘Hope, Volume One’ is incredible to me,” Reidenberg said. “These artists are willing to stand up and fight the stigma associated with mental illnesses and suicide, and to tell the world through music ‘we are going to do something positive about this’ – and that is the goal of this CD.”

Purchase courtesy of Visionary Concepts via ….
[Amazon]
[CDBaby]
OR
[Here is the page where all the retail links reside]

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