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In The News: Beck, Conor Oberst, Flipper, Son Volt, Matthew Sweet/Susanna Hoffs And Free MP3s

sweet_hoffs550On April 14, Beck revives his One Foot In The Grave, the indie follow-up to 1994 major-label debut Mellow Gold, with a deluxe reissue. It includes 13 previously unreleased tracks from the original LP’s sessions as well as three additional songs from an out-of-print seven-inch … As we told you before, Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band are set to release Outer South next month on Merge. Starting Wednesday, One Of My Kind, a documentary about the band, will be available as a free stream or download via a handful of websites, including Oberst’s and Merge’s. Download “Nikorette” … Legendary punks Flipper, the self-proclaimed “band that simply refuses to die,” is releasing two new records May 19 on MVD Entertainment: a studio effort called Love and a live disc titled Fight. Fun Flipper Fact: Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic had been playing with the band since 2006 but recently gave notice that he was leaving … Alt-country pioneers Son Volt (well, founder Jay Farrar and some other guys) return with the atypically named American Central Dust (Rounder) July 7. Expect sounds ranging from rootsy to twangy … Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs (pictured) had such a good time with their first covers record, 2006’s Under The Covers, they decided to reconvene for Under The Covers Vol. 2 (Shout! Factory), out July 21. We’ll leave it up to you whether you really need to hear their versions of John Lennon’s “Gimme Some Truth,” Rod Stewart’s “Maggie May,” Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain” and Yes’ “I’ve Seen All Good People” … Unless you’ve been living under an indie rock, you surely know April 18 is Record Story Day and bands galore are celebrating with special release. Two more: Black Kids’ limited-edition 10-inch vinyl of demos for the 2007 Wizard Of Ahhhs EP and the Dandy WarholsEarth To The Remix E.P. Volume Two, which, as the title implies, features four more remixes of tunes from last year’s Earth To The Dandy Warhols. A digital version of the Dandys’ effort will be available April 21. Download “The Monster Mish”Damon And Naomi, Saint Etienne, Laurie Anderson, Jarboe and others are featured on a Scott Walker tribute LP, out next month on Lakeshore Records. The CD accompanies 30th Century Man, a Walker documentary directed by Stephen Kijak … Civilized (Bloated Wife), the third album from the preciously monikered stellastarr*, is set for July 7. The first single, “Graffiti Eyes,” will be available on iTunes April 20 and featured on Gossip Girl that night. Set your DVRs if you must. Download “Sweet Troubled Soul (James Iha Mix)” … And continuing a tradition of defiling hallowed baseball venues with mediocre, cash-grab concerts—like Dave Matthews and Jimmy Buffett gigs at Wrigley Field or, worse, the upcoming Billy Joel/Elton John and Rascal Flatts shows at the Friendly Confines—iconic jam band Phish invades Fenway Park May 31. To be fair, Bruce Springsteen played Fenway once, and the Police played Wrigley last summer. But why can’t we just let these shrines to the national pastime serve their original purpose?

John Lennon’s “Gimme Some Truth”
https://magnetmagazine.com/audio/GimmeSomeTruth.mp3

One reply on “In The News: Beck, Conor Oberst, Flipper, Son Volt, Matthew Sweet/Susanna Hoffs And Free MP3s”

And who died and left you in charge of what’s good and what’s bad?
And why can’t you keep your arrogant and opinionated blather to yourself?
And why not let the rest of us enjoy the music we’re willing to pay for? To be fair, I’m sorry you had to grow up listening to the crap you think is good.

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