Heather at
I Am Fuel, You Are Friends posted 19 "live and unreleased"
Ray LaMontagne tracks as a teaser for his forthcoming new album. She also recently put up two new
Black Crowes songs from the brothers Robinson's acoustic mini-tour. You can find "I Got The Late Nights Again" and "Cut From The Shadow"
here.
Cable and Tweed has a great set of pre-
Boy U2 demos posted, called "Contract Demos '78-'80". Don't know if all the uber-fans already have that stuff but it seems like a gold mine.
My Ex Best Friend has some
Coldplay rarities up. "Ladder To The Sun" is a full track, and there are also snippets of the boys covering Aqua's "Barbie Girl" and Nelly/Kelly Rowland's "Dilemma".
Also posted at My Ex Best Friend is an MP3 of
Radiohead covering Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" that can be found
here. I did a little
research and it's actually
Sparklehorse with Thom Yorke singing some of the vocals. Apparently he called in his vocal part over the phone and you can hear his TV on in the background.
Speaking of Radiohead,
Hello Gina posted a version of "Creep" as covered by
Damien Rice on Today FM in Ireland on 06-22-05.
Ear Farm has a fantastic series of live concert posts updated every weekend. Live sets from Sublime, Spoon, Ween, The Unicorns,
My Bloody Valentine, New Order, Sufjan Stevens, Neutral Milk Hotel, Sonic Youth, Explosions in the Sky, The Smiths, Morphine, Talking Heads, The Stone Roses, The Cure, PJ Harvey, Pulp, The Decemberists, Blur,
Nine Inch Nails, Johnny Cash, Yeah Yeah Yeahs,
Led Zeppelin, Islands, Echo and the Bunnymen, Morrissey, and The Durutti Column are available.
Muzzle Of Bees has an acoustic set from
Ben Gibbard of
Death Cab For Cutie that aired in 2003 on KEXP.
Ben Gibbard appears again at
You Ain't No Picasso covering Michael Jackson's "Thriller".
Belle And Sebastian cover "Billie Jean" as well.
Labels: Coldplay, Damien Rice, Death Cab For Cutie, Led Zeppelin, My Bloddy Valentine, Nine Inch Nails, Radiohead, Ray LaMontagne, Sparklehorse, The Black Crowes, U2
If you're a fan of U2 and haven't yet picked up the 2007 remastered re-release of The Joshua Tree you may need to seek professional help. This track is on the bonus disc of b-sides (btw - also included in the deluxe edition is a phenomenal DVD concert from 1987) and provides the listener with a deeper glimpse into the creative process of the band as they made this masterpiece.
