Afternoon Dump

I've had a bunch of things adding up for a while that I've been meaning to post but keep forgetting. Figured now was as good a time as ever.

Actually, the thing that spurred the post was the fact that Heather at I Am Fuel, You Are Friends has a new track from Fountains of Wayne entitled "Michael and Heather at the Baggage Claim". She has good things to say about the new album (Traffic and Weather, due April 3rd), but this song does not bode well. Can you say boooooooring? I knew you could.

In other news, You Ain't No Picasso is reporting that Bishop Allen has signed to the new Dead Oceans label, which is somehow related to both Secretly Canadian and Jagjaguwar. Congrats, fellas!

Stew favorite Pink Nasty is playing Pete's Candy Store in Brooklyn on April 18th. Unfortunately, I'm seeing Son Volt that night.

Just in time to ride the wave of "big media" adoration, Bradley's Almanac re-posts an Arcade Fire show from several years back.

Or, for a more recent Arcade Fire show, head over to NPR.

You can also download a live show from My Morning Jacket (1/9/07) over at Archive.org.

Spinner premiered the new video by Bright Eyes last week. Great song, interesting idea for a video. Absolutely no need for the audience noise in the video, though. It distracts from the song.

Don't throw away your spandex just yet -- Aversion.com is reporting that The Darkness is continuing without lead singer Justin Hawkins. Guess the bassist needs money to keep up his moustache-wax expenses.

Edited to add: This just made my day. Yeah, I'm easy to please. Solo!