Monsters of Folk, the Conor Oberst, M. Ward, Mike Mogis and Yim Yames collaboration, has made available “Say Please” as a free download. Just head over to Monsters of Folk’s official website to sign up and grab the song. Their self-titled debut LP will be out September 22.
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Noah & the Whale, Britain’s most adorable folk-pop-rock band, recently released a free mp3 of “The First Days of Spring,” the title track of their forthcoming LP (out 8/31). Now, you can download two remixes of “Blue Skies” (unfortunately, the original song doesn’t appear to be available):
Death to the Throne remix of “Blue Skies”
Yacht remix of “Blue Skies”
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BrooklynVegan reports that Ambulance LTD has finally extricated itself from the years-long bankruptcy of TVT Records. Marcus & co. are now free to sign with another record label and release the long-awaited follow-up to their first and only full-length album, 2004’s LP.
Head over to Ambulance LTD to stream some of their old songs as well as a demo or two.
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The Guardian’s Anna Pickard asks the age-old question, Wouldn’t it be great if a band made a video where they punch themselves in the face?
Well, Franz Ferdinand have done just that with “Can’t Stop Feeling.” Start your weekend off with three minutes of this hilarity:
