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Free music Friday

Young Sinclairs – “Tribe”
(electronically ampli?ed pop-art)

1986 – “Undertow”
(featuring members who have played with Bishop Allen, The Rosebuds, The Gutter Twins, Cursive, or Okkervil River)

The Heligoats – “Fish Sticks”
(delirious art craft and song wit by ex-Troubled Hubble member)

King of Prussia – “Waitin’ for Something”
(country-western indie rock)

Sideways Reign – “Oxygen”
(part Citizen Cope and part Ray LaMontagne with a hint of Neil Young’s soulfulness, and electric driven, blues influenced groove evoking thoughts of Blind Melon)

Bluebrain – “Ten by Ten”
(electro-pop)

Or, the Whale cover Britney Spears

This cover is pretty awesome. So is Or, the Whale. I think this cover of “Toxic” is going to wind up on a Cokemachineglow podcast though I can’t find any info out about that podcast.

DOWNLOAD: “Toxic” (by Britney Spears as performed by Or, the Whale)

Not sure if this qualifies for a supergroup but Apparatjik features singer/guitarist Jonas Bjerre (Mew), guitarist/keyboardist Magna Furuholmen (a-ha) and bassist Guy Berryman (Coldplay).

I’m not sure when the band’s first album, We are Here, is supposed to be available but there are plenty of videos on YouTube featuring the songs (like the video posted above) and it sounds like this could be a really good record.

Tour: The Temper Trap

Aussies The Temper Trap got exposure via the sleeper hit film (500) Days of Summer. Time to capitalize on that exposure by bringing the dance-rock sound to the U.S. (phew … I missed ’em at SXSW 2009 even though they were on my “must see” list).

March
10- Los Angeles, CA @ Henry Fonda Theatre
12- San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
14- Portland, OR @ Peter’s Room
17- Boston, MA @ Hurricane O’Reillys, WFNX St. Patrick’s Day Party
20- Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre
22- Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall
23- Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Hall
24- Chicago @ Metro
26- Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall, CD101 Low Dough Show
27- Cleveland, OH @ Cambridge House at HOB
30- Toronto, ONT @ Mod Club
31- Montreal, QUE @ The Cabaret du Musee Juste Pour Rire

April
2- New York, NY @ Webster Hall
3- Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts
6- Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
12- Dallas, TX @ Pontiac Garage at HOB
13- Austin, TX @ Emo’s
15- Tempe, AZ @ Clubhouse
17- Indio, CA @ Coachella

The Wrens’ 2009 year-in-review and 2010 plans

An update from The Wrens:

Q409 Annual Report to Shareholders – Part I – A summary of the band’s 2009 activities including info about their 20th anniversary, the new CD of old songs, new t-shirts.
Q409 Annual Report to Shareholders – Part II – Read about how the band hasn’t started recording yet (boo!), a bit about the business side of making music and running a band, and their solution to keeping the band going in these challenging economic times.

Q409 Annual Report to Shareholders – Part III – 2010 plans – “So, for like the dozenth time, official full-band recording starts next Wednesday, January 13th, 2010, at approximately 6:00pm E.S.T. in a New Jersey basement studio not far from Rudy Van Gelder’s original Hackensack one.”

The Wrens don’t have any tour plans in the immediate future but are playing a special Haiti Benefit gig with the likes of Ted Leo, The Cold War Kids, AC Newman, Rhett Miller and Jimmy Fallon on January 27 in Brooklyn