Eddie Vedder - Now and Then

Wanna see my indie cred shrink? Here goes....Pearl Jam was cool. Argue with me and you'd be wrong. Ten was a special record - though No Code was my favorite. However, all that talk last year about their self titled record being a return to form was nonsense. It sucked. Indie cred salvaged?

Anyway here is the new Eddie Vedder video for the song "Guaranteed" from the soundtrack for the movie, "Into the Wild". The soundtrack is well done. Ed's best work in some time. Indie Cred destroyed again. Following it is the video for "Evenflow".

Eddie Vedder - "Guaranteed"

Pearl Jam - "Even Flow"

Holler Wild Rose

Holler Wild Rose are from Patterson, New Jersey. I have been listening to the songs on their myspace just about non-stop over the last couple days. After some careful research I have come to the conclusion that they sound like...well, everybody. Think of it like this, the Verve meets My Bloody Valentine, meets My Morning Jacket, meets Jeff Buckley meets...I could go on, but I won't. They are that rare occasion when so many influences are evident that the band sounds completely original. Do yourself a favor and listen. Ahh, those guitars. If you close your eyes for a moment you just might think you're flying. Take a look at the video below and pick up their debut album Our Little Hymnal.

Holler Wild Rose - Captive Train

Free Atmosphere Album for Download

Minneapolis based hip hop duo Atmosphere have an album available for free download. Get it here.

Vampire Weekend Review by Nick G at Kevchino (+ Tour Dates)

Brooklyn's Vampire Weekend has an album set to be released at the end of the month. It has an 80's vibe a la the Police. I have been listening to it a lot and dig it. Check out this review at kevchino. And tour dates below:

Jan 17 2008 8:00P
Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen (TIX STILL AVAILABLE) London
Jan 29 2008 8:00P
Bowery Ballroom [16+] w/Sam Rosen and Beat the Devil (SOLD OUT) New York, New York
Jan 30 2008 8:00P
Bowery Ballroom [21+] w/Aa, Plastic Little (SOLD OUT) New York, New York
Jan 31 2008 8:00P
Popscene San Francisco, California
Feb 6 2008 8:00P
The Rock and Roll Hotel Washington DC, Washington DC
Feb 7 2008 8:00P
First Unitarian Church Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 8 2008 8:00P
Willams College Willamstown, Massachusetts
Feb 9 2008 8:00P
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Massachusetts
Feb 13 2008 8:00P
Gypsy Hut Cincinnati
Feb 14 2008 8:00P
Wexner Center for the Arts Columbus, Ohio
Feb 15 2008 8:00P
Andy Warhol Museum Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mar 6 2008 8:00P
The Social w/ THE WALKMEN Orlando
Mar 7 2008 8:00P
Langerado Festival-Big Cypress Indian Reservation Clewiston, Florida
Mar 9 2008 8:00P
The Earl w/ THE WALKMEN Atlanta
Mar 10 2008 8:00P
The Bottletree w/ THE WALKMEN Birmingham

Bear Hands Playing Cake Shop Friday, Album Still Streaming, Video

Still have been listening to this Bear Hands EP that is continually streaming at Spinner. The band is playing the Cake Shop in NYC this Friday, January 4. Here is a live performance of "Vietnam" by the Brooklyn based band.

Bear Hands - "Vietnam" (Live on FearlessMusicTV)

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New R.E.M. Album Due in April

I'm not going to pretend that I have any R.E.M. album after Up, but I'm also not going to pretend they haven't created some amazing music up to that point. And I'm also not going to pretend that with every release I don't get really excited.

Anyway, enough rambling. They have a new album titled, Accelerate, that will be released on April 1, 2008. It will be their 14th and apparently it will have the "old" R.E.M. sound with the guitars “turned up”. But that to me is not "old" R.E.M. Oh well.

Scotch Mist - Radiohead Webcast II

Welcome to 2008! I didn't stay in to watch Radiohead's webcast last night, but I have been watching it all evening (as I nurse a severe hangover). The film was titled Scotch Mist and was made by Radiohead, Nigel Godrich, Adam Buxton, Garth Jennings, Stanley Donwood, Ric Jerrom, Hugo Nicolson and Dan Grech-Marguerat. It's a bunch of live performances (Weird Fishes/Arpeggi, Bodysnatchers, Jigsaw Falling Into Place, 15 Step, Videotape, Reckoner, House Of Cards and All I Need) and a video for "Nude". Check it out: