So… I’m back… please excuse my little absence but I got swallowed into the black hole of California. Busy times on tour with good times at both the Berkeley and Los Angeles Greek Theatres followed by MMJ on The Tonight Show with a drunk (by her own admission) Charlize Theron.
But here we are in the real world and here’s a list of today’s releases…

Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God
Anberlin - New Surrender,
Bayside - Shudder
Flecktones - Jingle All the Way
Ben Folds - Way To Normal
Jack’s Mannequin - The Glass Passenger
Tom Morello - The Fabled City
Polysics - We Ate The Machine
Porter Batiste Stoltz - MOODOO
Pete Seeger - At 89
T-Pain - Thr33 Ringz
Connie Talbot - Over the Rainbow
James Taylor - Covers
T.I. - Paper Trail
Trivium - Shogun
Les Paul & Friends - A Tribute To A Legend
And here’s some juicy Amon Amarth video…

I love me all kinds of Scandinavian metal. The blacker the better.

Speaking of, have you all seen Peter Beste’s work? Amazing photos.

That’s all for now. I must return to my 90210 viewing. 

Until tomorrow, lp

Original post by Linda Park

Posted: September 30th, 2008 under Notes.
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Remember the iPod commercial from June, the one with the silhouettes dancing? OK, many of them feature silhouettes dancing. The song is “Shut Up and Let Me Go” by The Ting Tings. The ad is online, here. There’s a SXSW angle here, as this Billboard story recounts, Apple execs attended the band’s SXSW shows and the deal for the iPod ad followed.

One of The Ting Ting’s SXSW performances was part of DirecTV’s SXSW Live programming, which has an online home at Crackle.com. We’ve embedded “Shut Up and Let Me Go” here, enjoy:

There’s a bunch of great SXSW Live footage at Crackle, we’ll be embedding more in upcoming posts. Cheers to our pals at Blaze TV, who bring you the SXSW Live programming.

Original post by andy

Posted: September 30th, 2008 under Notes.
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• Wal-Mart upgrades could sting some music consumers
  Story from LA Times. (site reg req’d)
• Congress poised to pass Internet radio legislation
  Story from AP via Wired.
• Media and technology companies form anti-piracy group
  Story from Reuters.
• Pakman to depart eMusic
  Story from CNET.
• Silverman predicts exodus of artists from MySpace
  Story from BBC News.
• Lars on loudness
  Post from Blender.
• ACL deserves top-tier status
  Review from NY Times. (site reg req’d)
• Hardly Strictly Bluegrass brings the ‘Joy for Free’
  Story from SF Chronicle.

Original post by jill

Posted: September 30th, 2008 under Daily Chord.
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