Hey, everyone! Welcome to another installment of our news round-up series… Lots of nifty things going on, this week, and so we’ll just get right to it.
Weird Al stopped by NPR for a Tiny Desk Concert: [link]
Jónsi stopped by Pitchfork.TV to perform the unreleased “Icicle Sleeves” and “Kolnidur” from Go: [link]
Jenny and Johnny (Rilo Kiley, The Wizard’s Jenny Lewis and boyfriend Johnathan Rice) have given us the first single from their forthcoming I’m Having Fun Now: [link]
Some of Band of Horses stopped by the Black Cab Sessions: [link]
Captain Obvious has unleashed a great covers mixtape: [link]
Five brand new Neil Young tracks have surfaced! [link]
And here are a couple of videos for you:
We’ve mentioned The Voice Project before, and now they’ve got Peter Gabriel covering Tom Waits:
Peter Gabriel » Tom Waits from The Voice Project on Vimeo.
Also, from Stereogum, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have released a video for their exceptionally catchy “Say No To Love:”
And last, this week, Bruce Springsteen recently performed his “No Surrender” with Brian Fallon of Gaslight Anthem:
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And that’s all for this week. On a final note, The Ramones would like to remind you that Oil Spills and Soccer Hooliganism aren’t the only serious problems facing the world:
Sweet finds! The Weird Al I spotted earlier today in my podcasts feed within iTunes. That was a hoot.