Some good news about the economy, however anecdotal: You can still have a job which involves some of the most amazing musicians on the planet coming to your place of work, and playing music in a room occupied by only you and they. The latest fruits:

http://opbmusic.org/performances/87-Ra-Ra-Riot

I guess the good news for everone else is that it’s free to listen to. Be sure to check out the Performances section of opbmusic.org for lots of other great bands.

Also, this weekend on In House: Jeremy Petersen talks with Colin Meloy about the new Decemberists album, Hazards of Love, and then we play it in its entire 58 minute glory (the way it was meant to be heard). That’s this Saturday night on OPB and opbmusic.org.

 

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artist - song - album :: extra info

This is Ivy League - You And Me And The Moon :: Magnetic Fields Cover
(website | myspace)

Ra Ra Riot - Ghost Under Rocks (Passion Pit Remix)
(website | myspace | @ YouTube | Ghost Under Rocks video)

Immaculate Machine - Sound The Alarms - High on Jackson Hill :: out April 21
(website | myspace)

Nickel Eye - Dying Star - Time of the Assassins :: side project of Strokes‘ Nicolai Fraiture
(myspace)

Fear - Benjy Ferree - Come Back to the Five and Dime Bobby Dee Bobby Dee
(website | myspace)

Dan Deacon - Get Older - Bromst :: out March 24
(website | myspace)

Marissa Nadler - River of Dirt - Little Hells :: out March 3
(website | myspace | River of Dirt video)

The Whitest Boy Alive - Island - Rules :: out March 30
(website | myspace)

Hotels - Hydra - Where Hearts Go Broke
(myspace)

Heartless Bastards - The Mountain - The Mountain :: out February 3
(website | myspace)

Luke Jackson - Half a World Away - …And Then Some
(website | myspace)

Tiger House - Air Traffic - Geodyssey
(myspace)

The Online Romance - Ladybug Don’t Smile :: album still in progress, release date TBA
(website | myspace)

Willie Nelson & Asleep at the Wheel - Hesitation Blues - Willie and the Wheel
(website | myspace)
mp3s:

This is Ivy League - You and Me and the Moon
Ra Ra Riot - Ghost Under Rocks (Passion Pit Remix)
Immaculate Machine - Sound the Alarms
Nickel Eye - Dying Star
Marissa Nadler - River of Dirt
The Whitest Boy Alive - Island (via Fairtilizer)
Heartless Bastards - The Mountain
Tiger House - Air Traffic
The Online Romance - Ladybug, Don’t Smile (via Local Cut)
Willie and the Wheel - Hesitation Blues