2010
366 news posts, month by month. 2010 in review
January 65
- New Vampire Weekend record streaming on Myspace
- Reflection Eternal mixtape - The Re: Union (download)
- Soundgarden reunite
- An Evening with Wilco: Tour Dates for the Spring
- Michael Cera and Islands pretend that drugs are bad: "No, You Don't" vid
- 3 new videos from Kanye's 'Storytellers' performance
- Antony shows that no harm came to his cover of "Here Comes The Sun"
- The Knife go operatic: "Colouring The Pigeons" (mp3)
- Mash-Up Alert: White Stripes layered over a gang of rappers (download)
- Dâm-Funk's New Years Eve show (streaming)
- Liars are going out on tour
- Want to hear The Roots, Mos Def and Brother Ali performing together? (mp3s)
- Of Montreal are going out on the road again...hide your children!
- Video for Animal Collective's MPP warhorse, "Brothersport"
- Mixtape of The Roots backing 'Late Night' performers
- Josh Rouse's Takeaway Show (vid)
- MTV forgot that they don't make music programming and cooked up an Unplugged with Vampire Weekend
- Free Dirty Projectors' single
- Listen to the new Spoon record right now! (streaming)
- New M.I.A. album this summer (with details)
- Tons of Tour Dates! Spoon. Beach House. The Thermals.
- MORE tour dates: Alec Ounsworth. Shout Out Louds.
- Can't Stop The Tour Dates: Passion Pit and Mayer Hawthorne are touring together!
- New Bun B track: "No Mix Tape"
- Joanna Newsom has a new album and a new tour.
- Try this on: Theophilus London's "Humdrum Town"
- Your chance to hear Owen ("Final Fantasy") Pallett's new record, 'Heartland' (streaming)
- Jay Reatard has died.
- Green Screen Party: The Very Best ft. Ezra Koenig's "Warm Heart of Africa"
- Will Wu-Tang bring the ruckus on new compilation CD?
- Wish my terrace sounded like this: El Perro Del Mar and Lykke Li sing "Change of Heart"
- Mos Def & K'Naan's full Austin City Limits performance
- Libertines might be coming back in 2011
- Arcade Fire's Régine Chassagne writes editorial about Haiti
- Jay Z, Muse, and Gorillaz headline Coachella (full list inside)
- Essential Listening: Holly Miranda's "Joints"
- Jay Electronica's "Exhibit C"
- Hear the new Beach House album before it comes out
- Copyright Criminals: a PBS documentary on sampling in hip hop (vids)
- New Four Tet album is streaming in full
- Pretty Lights show us how they rolled into 2010 (mp3)
- 2 treats: New Raekwon, Ghostface and Meth song "Our Dreams" (mp3) and Beatles vs. Wu-Tang mixtape
- The New Pornographers' new album: Together
- The keyboardist for Hold Steady quits
- Matthew Dear Remix of The xx's VCR (mp3)
- New She & Him song "In the Sun" (link) + tour dates
- A Dungeon Family exposé: "The Untold Story..."
- Tour Dates for anyone that wants to get down: Major Lazer hits the road.
- A donation to Haiti gets you two Wilco shows
- The National returns with a new album and tour
- Pharrell on Pharrell, the music industry and illegal downloads (MIDEM interview)
- Freelance Whales to Tour, Melt Hearts Nationwide
- Live Nation and Ticketmaster Get the Green Light
- Ticket Giveaway! - Bodega Girls and The Constellations - Boston, 2/4/10
- Cudi gets baked, Cudi mouths raps
- Keith Richards has stopped drinking
- Phoenix take on a Dylan deep cut: "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" (mp3)
- Solange and Of Montreal revive the Jackson 5's "I Want You Back" (vid)
- A Day at the Opera: Stream the new Knife album right now!
- Mos Def takes the Godfather Theme, a bunch of firework sounds and creates "The Tournament" (mp3)
- Surfer Blood loves manatees and street sprints in underwear: "Swim" video
- Erykah Badu might leak her new album today
- New Hendrix track surfaces ("Valleys of Neptune"), album to follow
- Essential Listening: Wakey! Wakey! "Twenty Two"
- My Morning Jacket and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band are about to tackle the SE
February 41
- Melophobe finds the audio for Radiohead's Haitian Benefit (download)
- Major Lazer take a bad song and make it a good one: remixing Beyonce's "Halo" (mp3)
- Bun B drops a new, oddly titled mixtape: 'No Mixtape' (download)
- Some words for you on Broken Social Scene's upcoming album
- Those Darlins, NYC, Friday
- Girls and Dum Dum Girls hit the road, jack
- Flaming Lips are bringing 'Dark Side Of The Moon' to Bonnaroo
- "Day N Nite" producer leaks old Kid Cudi song: "Highs N Lows" (mp3)
- The Strokes actually ARE going to make another record
- Song Title of the Year? Prof & St. Paul Slim's video for "Horses In The Ghetto"
- Grab Kid Cudi's Demo Tape (download)
- The first, new track from Jamie Lidell's new album: "Compass"
- LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy to debut first film score
- 2010 Bonnaroo Artists Unveiled
- Forward-Thinking Warner Music Says No! to Free Streaming Music
- Bloggers beware, Google is coming after ya
- John Mayer is about to get swallowed up in public outrage
- St. Vincent becomes 'Eclectic': "The Strangers" (vid)
- Essential Listening: Local Natives' Gorilla Manor (Streaming)
- ticket giveaway! - el perro del mar - boston, 2/19
- Janelle Monae, Big Boi, and touches of Motown. She calls it "Tightrope"
- Wayne Coyne's Open House (pics)
- STS9 to Rock the Crystal Ballroom. Twice.
- POST JACK! Decemberists Covers Archive
- Sasquatch! announces best line-up of the year!
- Local Natives Tour Dates
- Songs to slit your wrists to: Cymbals Eat Guitars cover Elliott Smith "Ballad of Big Nothing"
- Free download: the Shout Out Louds "Fall Hard" remixed by Passion Pit
- Neko Case must love meatwad and his new TV girl cousin
- The Wax Fingers drop us a line from the studio: "Sticky Bees" (mp3)
- Barbara's cover of Kid Cudi's 'Pursuit of Happiness' (mp3)
- Kanye wants to be back in your life. "Coldest Winter" video.
- Lupe Fiasco breaks my heart. Portland-less tour dates inside.
- Jeff Buckley fans get a treat from KCRW (streaming)
- Wake Up "Sleepyhead," Ellie Goulding's cover rocks!
- Kanye starts new blog!
- New Pretty Lights song link, EP to follow
- Getting Lawrence Arabia's "Apple Pie Bed" Out of Your Head...Mission Impossible
- Massive Attack release spring 2010 dates
- Thom Yorke side project named
- New Gorillaz track hits you (and youTube)
March 9
- Deerhoof reissuing Apple O' and Green Cosmos for Record Store Day
- GQ, Pavement, and Chuck Klosterman. Oh My!
- Kid Cudi's "Dat New New" gets a Viking Remix (mp3)
- A couple new Erykah Badu songs find their way out into the public
- 3 songs off Lupe's new record unveiled in Claremont, CA
- As promised, Pretty Lights drop new EP
- mgmt leaks their new album
- lcd soundsystem's 'this is happening' is really happening
- The Chicharones become the victims of a cruel theft
April 4
May 3
June 8
- MFNW 2010 line-up comes swinging into the world
- NY Preview: Tobacco at Glasslands Tonight
- New Thermals album coming this fall
- Free mp3s from Barsuk Records: Phantogram, David Bazan and more!
- Ticket Giveaway! - Goldfrapp @ Hammerstein Ballroom, NYC, 6/23
- Show Preview: Mary Chapin Carpenter at Berklee, 6/27 (Boston)
- Arizona, we love you, but we ain't playin' your towns
- Los Campesinos drummer quits
July 6
- Download Hands and Knees' New Album for Free
- DJ Jazzy Jeff + Mick Boogie Present – Summertime: The Mixtape
- Show Preview: Original Genesis Member Hitting NYC Tonight!
- Win two passes to Crowded House + Lawrence Arabia at the HOB this Saturday AND get a free tune!
- Tanya Morgan + Kickdrums Hit NYC
- Elvis Perkins in Dearland replaces injured Justin Townes Earle at Newport Folk Festival
August 5
- Hands Down, The Mash-Up Album of Summer 2010: Lil Wayne and (500) Days of Summer (Download)
- Ticket Giveaway! - Sound Tribe Sector 9 w/ Lotus @ Roseland, NYC, 8/12
- Show Preview: HARD Summer Tour (Crystal Castles in Boston and Philly)
- Show Preview: Tanya Morgan Hit Portland
- Prepare your repeat button: Lupe Fiasco's "Go To Sleep"
September 42
- Jukebox the Ghost set loose their sophomore release (free download!)
- Matador Celebrates 21 Years Vegas-Style
- Sufjan Stevens Walked Too Much
- Enjoying Transportation with Fulton Lights
- Fresh Fuzz From Neon Indian
- Jack White's Triple Decker
- Chromeo and Vampire Weekend Commiserate Over Women
- Free Green Grow the Rushes EP? Yes, Please!
- Fashion Design & Mary Jane
- Maserati's manic melodic jam
- Stream Maximum Balloon's Self-Titled Album
- GWAR Will Drench You in Blood
- Boys Noize Got You Sayin' "Yeah"
- Oh (La La) Land
- Stream Superchunk's DC Performance Tonight!
- Trent Reznor Soundtracks Social Network
- Travis Barker & Cool Kids
- New Videos! M.I.A.! Sleigh Bells!
- Free EP from Crayon Fields
- Belle & Sebastian Wants to Catch Up With You
- No Age's Everything in Between Up for Streamin'
- Twin Sister Experiences a Real Recording Studio
- Grab Some Pom-Poms & Head to the Pep Rally with Hoodie Allen
- Chris Walla & Laura Veirs Offer Tribute to Led Zeppelin
- The Roots + John Legend = Soulful Magic
- Adult Swim Gives the Gift of METAL
- British Sea Power Has "Zeus"
- I Have an Art Boner for El Guincho
- Giveaway! Spoon at LA's Palladium!
- Sink in with Talons
- Them:Youth Won't Give You a Toothache
- Stream All of Sufjan's The Age of Adz
- Kanye Finally Reined in Mos Def
- Calling All DJs & Producers! Metric Wants YOU!
- 20 Seconds of Daft Punk's Tron Soundtrack
- CFCF Shows What's "Before and After Light"
- oOoOO's EP Up for Stream
- MPR & CNN Ride the Wave of Best Coast
- Raw Recording of Brand New Morning Benders
- Hard Mix Mixes Up a Mixtape
- Deerhunter Gets the Diplo Treatment
- Mischievously Sticky with Marz Lovejoy
October 67
- Badly Drawn Boy's It's What They're All Thinking
- Snoop & Far East Movement Imagine Being a Hot Woman
- The Last of Passion Pit's Touring
- Triple Threat TEEBS
- Thanks, NPR, for Antony & the Johnsons' "Swanlights"
- Various Back With a Vengeance
- Avey Tare! Lucky 1! New!
- Boston Show Previews: you should probably just move into Royale this week
- Donnis' Freestyling Over Paparazzi
- A 2-Minute Interlude With La Sera
- Emay Says Lincoln's a Douche
- Bassnectar Gets Wild in Style
- Hate New Weezer? Pay 'Em to Retire!
- N.E.R.D. Hypnotizes with Daft Punk
- Art Prevails: Nas Tells Def Jam What's Up
- Myspace Pwned By Kids of 88
- Mar's Version of Lil Wayne
- Video Backlog Friday!
- Smooth Crooner Glasser
- Oh, Inverted World Showcased with Grace
- Pre-Hiatus Stereolab
- Anamanaguchi Helps Me Beat Levels
- Lupe's "Lasers" Defeats Atlantic
- Mr. Dream Helps With That Pent Up Aggression
- Robyn Gives "Indestructible" a Make-Over
- LAZRtag Brings Back Crimewave
- Hear a Track off the Tron Soundtrack
- Killer Cyphers From BET Hip-Hop Awards
- All For the War on Drugs
- Diplo Divulges Details of All-Star Collabs
- Coheed and Cambria Remixed by Johnny Whitney
- Interview and News with Girls at ACL
- Video Backlog Friday!
- Deerhoof vs. Evil vs. "Merry Barracks"
- U Know U Want 2 See Prince Live
- Literary Exercises with Gauntlet Hair
- elizabeth & the catapult set to release sophomore effort - free download!
- Gruff Rhys isn't Rough in the Water
- DNTEL Invites You to Two After Parties
- Joanna Newsom to Visit the Simpson's Springfield
- Thom Yorke Sings Nothing for the British Legion
- Johnny Spanish's Lyrical Rap Got You Floatin'
- Ben Gibbard & Zooey Deschanel: Married Couples Do It Better
- Bloody Beetroots Get a Little Dirtyphonics
- Chad Valley Brings You Ensoniq Funk
- Grab your jean jackets...Free Energy and Foxy Shazam are coming to Portland!
- Crystal Castles is Coming to Give You Epilepsy in 2011
- You'd be a Fool Not to Stream Warpaint's Album
- French Connection: Phoenix Gets a Visit From Daft Punk
- Video Backlog Friday!
- If You Like Elizabeth & the Catapult You Can Listen to Their Album
- Team Me's Video Game Music Video
- "Get Some" From Lykke Li
- Last Minute Notice: DJ Shadow's Coming to Portland this Wednesday
- Beastie Boys Changing Up the Hot Sauce
- "South Pacific" Is Tropical
- Freaking Out with Tapes 'n Tapes
- Get More Than a Little Joy From My Disco
- Maserati, Drive Me Into the Pyramid of the Sun
- Pinkerton-era Weezer Gets the Free Stream on Mog Music
- Mark Your Calendars for Smith Westerns, Mogwai, Oh No Oh My, Girls & Lupe Fiasco
- Returning to The Streets
- HALLOWEEN PON DE FLOOR!
- Collabs Galore: Crystal Castles, Robert Smith, Gucci Mane & Waka Flocka Flame
- Video Backlog Friday!
- Cover, Tracks, & Tracklist from Kid Cudi's Man on the Moon II
- Your Halloween Plans, Boston: Canadian Rapper Shad at the Middle East
November 58
- The Decemberists Announce The King is Dead
- Killing Ladies with Cee-Lo Over at NPR
- Plans for Patrick Wolf: Leonard Cohen, New Singles & a New Album
- Boston Show Preview: Junip at Royale, 11/2
- The songs of Quincy Jones Get All-Star Remakes on "Soul Bossa Nostra"
- Cut Copy Will Define Zonoscope
- SXSW 2011 First Batch Line-Up! Hooray!
- Test Your Knowledge With Mustard Pimp's Mixtape
- Matt & Kim MySpace Their Album & Secret Show
- Yo La Tengo Leaves Their Upcoming Tour Up to Chance
- Daytrotter Acoustic Stories with Tim Kasher
- LCD Soundsystem's Infamous Live Show Has Been Captured and Put on Digital Wax
- New Death Cab, Covers & Charitable Acts
- Video Backlog Friday!
- Girl Talk Hits 35 of the 50 States in 2011 Tour
- Get a First Listen of Springsteen's The Promise at NPR
- Ryan Adams & The Cardinals' Concept Rock Opera Double LP
- Drop Everything & Jump Into the Fog with the Wombats
- Up In the Sky, It's Super Lupe!
- Kid Cudi Has a Bonus iTunes Song, "Maybe"
- Let Tennis Take You Somewhere
- Shugo Tokumaru Gets an American Release for Port Entropy
- Man Man + Islands = Mister Heavenly & Tour Dates
- Hear 3 New Robyn Tracks Off "Body Talk Pt. 3"
- Boston Show Preview: Kings of Leon, TD Garden, 11/14
- Hear the "Big Talk" about Cool Kids
- Birthed From The Faint, We Present Depressed Buttons
- Video Backlog Friday!
- Girl Talk's "All Day" Up for Free Download
- jj Freshens Up T.I., Akon & The XX
- Gorgeous Freestyle from Curt@!ns
- Info on Iron & Wine's "Kiss Each Other Clean"
- Best Coast & Wavves "Got Something For You"
- Stream Talons' Debut "Hollow Realm" Here!
- Nicki Minaj is "Blazin'" with Kanye West
- Golden Filter Reworks the Morning Benders
- Egyptrixx Previews Debut "Bible Eyes"
- Jon Stewart & Jay-Z Chat on the Daily Show
- Peaches Christ Superstar
- The Skinny on Fucked Up's "David Comes to Life"
- Video Backlog Friday! (NSFW)
- Breathe Owl Breathe Make "Something For the Kidz"
- "Going Home" with Vonnegutt (No, Not Kurt)
- Gorillaz Cover The XX's "Crystalised"
- Start Your Morning With Wilco Coffee
- Synth Attack! Fresh Material From M83, Cut Copy & Atlas Sound
- "That's My Bitch" with Kanye, Jay-Z & La Roux
- Ticket Giveaway! Black Angels at Wonder Ballroom on November 28!
- Free Energy Power Hour + Tour Dates
- Tegan and Sara Channel Their Inner Chipmunk in a Christmas Song
- Atlas Sound Follow-Up: Vol. 2 and 3 of the Bedroom Databank
- Video Backlog Friday!
- Free Demo EP Release From Britches
- David Lynch Shifts from Movies to Music with Debut Single
- Wolf Parade Takes a Break . . . Indefinitely
- Jamie xx Remixes Gil Scott-Heron's "NY is Killing Me"
- Portlanders! We Got Your Tix: Greenhornes 12/10 or The Grouch with Brother Ali 12/11
- Streaming Free: The National's Newbie, oOoOO Remixes Marina and Iron & Wine's EP
December 58
- Hercules and Love Affair Take You to "My House"
- Portlanders! Win Tix to Badly Drawn Boy on 12/12!
- Snoop Dogg Writes "Wet" For Prince William's Bachelor Party
- eBay Battles: Jack White Versus the Fans
- Hear Omar Rodriguez-Lopez's Two Freshly Released Albums
- Perfume Genius' Limited Edition "Dreeem"
- Video Backlog Friday!
- Relax Under Holy Spirits' "Bridges"
- New Noah and The Whale: "L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N." & "Wild Thing"
- Neutral Milk Hotel's Jeff Mangum Spurs A Surprise Show
- Yo La Tengo's Eight Crazy Nights Gets a Visit from Wilco's Jeff Tweedy
- M.I.A. Bringing in the New Year with a Mixtape
- Deftones Start a Remix Fundraiser for Their Bassist
- Give Kid Sister a "Kiss Kiss Kiss"
- Joanna Newsom's Tribute Album Up For Stream
- The Go! Team's "Buy Nothing Day" with Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino
- Alexander McQueen Short Tribute Film Soundtracked by Bjork
- Beastie Boy's Been Busy: "Fight For Your Right Revisited" + Lykke Li & Matt and Kim Covers
- Three Chapters Chronicling Cut Copy's "Zonoscope"
- The Mountain Goats' "All Eternals Deck" Is Metal
- Video Backlog Friday!
- Pearl Jam Celebrates 20 Years With a Festival
- The Deets on Rainbow Arabia's "Boys and Diamonds"
- Toro Y Moi's Funky & Ethereal "Still Sound"
- Gold Panda & James Blake on BBC Maida Vale Sessions
- "Children of the Revolution" Remade by Neon Indian
- Das Racist: Kicked Out of the U.K.
- Beck's Haunting and Heavy Remix of Lykke Li
- "Tyler Lambert's Grave" Won't Be On the New Mountain Goats LP
- A Visual Take & Vocal Remix of Fenech-Soler's "Demons"
- Curt@!n$ Releases a "Killer" Mixtape
- Grateful Dead's "Row Jimmy" Redone by The Decemberists
- ceo's Version of Beyonce's "Halo"
- Get Details on the Das Racist Remix Contest
- Holiday Video Backlog Friday!
- 45-Minute Free Stream of Florence and the Machine
- Jamie Woon's "Blue Truth" Revealed
- Festival Update: Solid Sound & SXSW
- Debut Performance & Album From James Blake
- Deck the Blogs: Holiday Gifts Part 1
- Bearstronaut's "Moniker" Gets Mammals Moving
- Hear the First Single Off Bright Eyes' "The People's Key"
- Jingle Blogs: Holiday Gifts Part 2
- Sleigh Bells' Ten Favorite Tracks: A Mixtape
- American Express Funds New Tracks For Passion Pit, Andrew Bird & The Antlers
- Hark the Blog Angels Sing: Holiday Gifts Part 3
- The G.O.O.D. Friday Collection
- Free EP from Klaxons on Christmas Day
- Twas the Blog Before Christmas: Holiday Gifts Part 4
- Name Your Price on New Yeasayer Live Album
- "Oh My Stars" Circle Around Andrew Belle
- Stars Float Into a Daytrotter Session
- Grizzly Bear in the Works for Album #4 After Scoring "Blue Valentine"
- A "Phoenix" Rises in The Wild
- Usher & Homer Simpson: A Coincidence or Plot?
- Pretty Lights' "Better Than I've Ever Been" with Kanye & Possibly Prince
- Ambiguous Details on M.I.A.'s Vicki Leekx Mixtape
- Evidence of an Evident Handsome Furs Album