Rhode Island: " ...light the windows in these places let through... "

Rhode Island are a band from Leeds, UK. Just had a brief listen and that was enough to pass along this stream of their new record.

Light The Windows In These Places Let Through by rhodeislandband

Jason Bajada: "Down With The Protest" Video

"Down With The Protest" by Jason Bajada
Lined up your crosshair
Never thought anything of it
Your urgency is waning
I was down with your protest, once when you wanted

I never feel anymore
I never laugh at your jokes & tired punchlines
I’d never call you without a raincoat

The flood’s too strong for my arms
I know there’s no need to wallow here
In our past
Yes, you left far too fast
I’d rather bee careful

Lined up your deadweight
Build a dam, 2 years of silence
Frustration is waning
I was down with the protest, once when you wanted
I was down with your protest until I forgot how to speak

I never feel anymore
I never look at your face in photographs
I’d never call you without a raincoat

The flood’s too strong for my arms
I know there’s no need to wallow here
In our past
Yes, you left far too fast
I’d rather bee careful

Hipstereo's MP3 Player Mix: September 12th

three mile pilot
what's in the air

canon blue
indian summer (des moines)

explosions in the sky
welcome, ghosts
look into the air

downpilot
edge of the flood

calexico
two silver trees

caribou
melody day

menomena
TAOS

Mp3s courtesy of temporary residence, city slang, and tapete records.

BONUS: Tom Waits - "Strange Weather"

Video: William Shatner "Rocket Man" + Stream: "Fuck You"

William Shatner - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

William Shatner - Fuck You

Hipstereo's MP3 Player Mix: September 10th

from bubblegum to sky
hello hello hi
ulysses
the falcon
irving
situation

sebastian grainger & the mountains
american names
two gallants
the hand that held me down
bright eyes
lua
eric bachmann
carrboro woman
the faint
birth
the rural alberta advantage
don't haunt this place
frank, AB

mp3s courtesy of eenie meenie records and saddle creek records.

Feist To Present 'METALS' at CBC's Glenn Gould Studio

On October 8th Feist will be joined by special guests Mocky, Jeff Tweedy, Ed Droste (Grizzly Bear), Bry Webb (The Constantines), Doug Paisley, Joel Gibb and more.

With her upcoming record Metals to be released on Arts & Crafts October 4 fans from across Canada can win the opportunity to visit Toronto for this unique performance celebrating it's release.

Portions of the concert will be broadcast during CBC’s 75th anniversary celebrations November 2nd on Radio 2 at 7PM. CBC Radio will also broadcast an exclusive video interview with Feist conducted with Rich Terfry (aka Buck 65), host of Drive on CBC Radio 2 on October 4th as part of CBC Radio 2’s Feist Day.

The only way to get tickets to the show is to win them.

Contests will be announced September 6 with tickets given away via online and on air properties.

CBC Radio listeners can win a package that includes airfare, hotel accommodations and two tickets to the October 8th show by sending in their answer to the following question:

“Tell us about the band or musician that you discovered thanks to the CBC.”

Enter to win here.

Winners will be announced on September 26 On CBC Radio 2 Drive.

Monthly Spotlight: Francis

From Dalarna in central Sweden, the band Francis is singer Petra Mases (Vocals, Piano), Jerker Henriksson (Guitars, Backing vocals), Petter Nygårdh (Drums), and Tim Grundtman (Bass, Backing vocals). With only two and a half months past since the release of their first full length record, Lekomberg, We Were Kin, the band is still working at getting noticed outside of Sweden. And I know you'll agree that all it'll take is people hearing this collection of songs. Francis may have the tasty and restrained musicianship of skilled players, but it's the human touch lent by Petra Mases' vocals that lights up the room. Even while toiling in the towering shadow cast by vocal greats such as Patsy Cline, Mases still casts enough throaty light to stand out.

TRACKLIST:
1. Ten Thousand Times
2. Colossus
3. Judgment Day
4. Eternal Souls
5. Here Is The Key
6. Time On Our Side [MP3]
7. Until I Come Back Again
8. I Was Never Bored At All

Bon Iver & James Blake: “Fall Creek Boys”

Blake and Vernon meet at this past SXSW in Austin, Texas and worked up a few tracks. This one is interesting, but just not my cup of tea. Yet, it can't be ignored, especially the barking dog, or whatever that was. Woof!

“Fall Creek Boys”

Lyrics: Tom Waits "Bad As Me"

Tom Waits' first all new studio album in seven years will see it's way to stores on October 25th. Titled, Bad As Me (not Bad Ass Me), this one not only grinds and clanks (in a most musical way) it also honks like a drunk goose in a black Borsalino and Cuban heels. Go here to hear what I mean.

"Bad As Me"
You’re the head on the spear
You’re the nail on the cross
You’re the fly in my beer
You’re the key that got lost
You’re the letter from Jesus on the bathroom wall
You’re Mother Superior in only a bra
You’re the same kind of bad as me

I’m the hat on the bed
I’m the coffee instead
The fish or cut bait
I’m the detective up late
I’m the blood on the floor
The thunder and the roar
The boat that won’t sink
I just won’t sleep a wink
You’re the same kind of bad as me

No good you say
Well that’s good enough for me

You’re the wreath that caught fire
You’re the preach to the choir
You bite down on the sheet
But your teeth have been wired
You skid in the rain
You’re trying to shift
You’re grinding the gears
You’re trying to shift
And you’re the same kind of bad as me

They told me you were no good
I know you’ll take care of all my needs
You’re the same kind of bad as me

I’m the mattress in the back
I’m the old gunnysack
I’m the one with the gun
Most likely to run
I’m the car in the weeds
If you cut me I’ll bleed
You’re the same kind of bad as me
You’re the same kind of bad as me