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Al Franken show - Dallas - Today

Today I'll be heading down to Hard Rock Cafe in Dallas (yuck!) for a live-broadcast of The Al Franken Show. Should be good times. If you wanna listen live you can stream the broadcast from 11amCT-2pmCT at AirAmericaRadio.com (ya gotta register though.) Or you can wait till about 2:30pm and download an mp3 of the entire show (without commercials) from AirAmericaPlace.com. Al's latest book The Truth (with jokes) is out now.

       

Introducing... Marfa

Marfa are rock'n'roll band from Germany that sound like they're fronted by a young and vital Liam Gallagher. Enjoy...

• "Lyrical I"
• "Everybody Is Running"

I'll assume they're named after the city in Texas where Giant was filmed.

       

New Beth Orton tunes

Here a few tracks from the new Beth Orton album Comfort of Strangers. I'll assume that title has nothing to do with the book/movie of the same name.

• "Safe In Your Arms" [4:23]
• "Shadow Of A Doubt" [3:52]
• "Concieved" [3:22 stream. 1st single.]

WOXY unveils session archive

WOXY has unvelied an archive of (some) of the sessions that have been done at the station in 2005. They can be downloaded in QuickTime or WMA, and they've also got flickr pages up with photos each. Greatness! Here are some of my favs...

• Aberdeen City
• Margot And The Nuclear So & So's
• Mobius Band
• Rogue Wave
• The Spinto Band
• The Wedding Present
• World Leader Pretend
• Youth Group

New B&S tunes

Here are a couple tracks from the new Belle & Sebastian album The Life Pursuit, which is out in the u.s. on Feb 7th.

• "Act Of The Apostle" [2:55]
• "The Blue Are Still Blue" [4:08]

Out in the UK on Monday

The good stuff that's out in the UK this coming Monday...

It's a 4-way tie for Single of the Week!

Leya - "On All My Sundays" [A clip auto-plays at their site]

Computerman - "No More Broken Hearts" [vid]

Magnet - "Fall at Your Feet" [vid]

Mystery Jets - "Alas Agnes" [mp3]

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Story One - Beggars Belief EP [Stream clips]

Guillemots - "Trains to Brazil" [Anyone have an mp3?]

Franz Ferdinand - "Walk Away"

• The Strokes - "Juicebox" [$3 @ amazon]
• The Cribs - "You're Gonna Lose Us"
• Rokysopp - "What Else Is There?"
• Paul Weller - "Here's the Good News"
• Brian Wilson - "What I Really Want for Xmas"

Albums:

The Electric Soft Parade - The Human Body EP
Their first new material since the ultra-weak AA. Stream two tracks at their myspace. Sounds good!

Jim Noir debut album Tower Of Love [Wonky-pop out of Manchester. Songs auto-play at his site.]

Maximo Park - Missing Songs [9 tracks including 2 demos]

Dl new Rufus b-sides

Here are the new "b-sides" to Rufus Wainwright's UK cd Want, which is a combo of One and Two.

• "In With The Ladies" (3:52, the one with the surf-guitar riff)
• "Chelsea Hotel No. 2" (3:55)

Introducing The Lodger

Leeds 3-piece The Lodger are a slice of mid-80's indie-pop goodness. They release a double-A-side 7" single in the UK next Monday.

• "Not So Fast" [clip]
• "Watching" [.wmv]

DL new Sigur Ros b-sides

Here are the b-sides to the new Sigur Ros single "Hoppipolla" [the 1st UK cd-single off Takk.] The first track is a new version of a song from Von.

• "Hafsol" [9:47]
• "Meoblosnair" [2:24]

Watch the vid for "Hoppipolla."

Watch the entire 132min Iceland gig from the other day.

Stream Jim Noir album

Jim Noir debut album Tower Of Love [Wonky-pop out of Manchester.]

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01. My Patch
02. I Me You I'm Your
03. Computer Song
04. How To Be So Real
05. Eanie Meany
06. Tower Of Love
07. In The Key Of C
08. Turbulent Weather
09. Turn Your Frown Into A Smile
10. A Quiet Man
11. Eanie Meany 2
12. The Only Way