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Consequence of Sound recently posted an intriguing essay on Tom Waits in their “Icons of Rock” series. Writer Carson O’Shoney positions Waits alongside literary anti hero Charles Bukowski as a prolific and highly influential outsider who defies categorization and continues to be relevant as trends come and go throughout the years.
“He began his career in [...]

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NPR’s Song Of The Day is Bettye LaVette’s soulful rendition of George Harrison’s “Isn’t It A Pity” from her new album Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook.
As NPR site states, “LaVette’s version also floats, but in stillness. Where Harrison and Spector found space inside the instruments, LaVette and her band put it between them, paring the [...]

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Sage Francis unplugged – live on BBC radio 2010 by Strange Famous Records
Sage Francis’ recent visit to London included an in-studio appearance with DJ Lauren Laverne on her BBC Radio show where he performed “The Baby Stays” off his album Healthy Distrust, “Hell Of A Year” from Human The Death Dance and the immensely epic [...]

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Tom Waits will have his songs “Down There By The Train” (from Orphans) and “Lost In The Harbour” (from Alice) featured in the upcoming film “Miral” directed by Julian Schnabel (Before Night Falls). The film will debut September 2010 at the Venice Film Festival and chronicles Hind Husseini’s effort to establish an orphanage in Jerusalem [...]

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Mavis Staples and Jeff Tweedy talk about working together on Mavis’ upcoming album “You Are Not Alone” out September 14 on Anti-Records

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Heathen Child, the new single from Grinderman, will be released through Anti- on September 7, 2010. The first track available from Grinderman’s new studio album Grinderman 2 (due September 14), Heathen Child will be available as a two-track download, accompanied by exclusive track Star Charmer.
A special Heathen Child Limited Edition double A-side 12″ Coloured Vinyl [...]

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The first formal review of the Mavis Staples-Jeff Tweedy collaboration “You Are Not Alone” from the album of the same name due out September 14th.
“On paper, it is a head-scratcher of a partnership: a 70-year-old gospel legend recording material produced — and, in the case of this title track, written — by Jeff Tweedy, the [...]

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Islands perform a melancholy rendition of their song “Lonely Love” at the studio of KDHX in Saint Louis, MO. this past July 9th.

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Chapel Hill orchestral folk collective Lost In The Trees have their Anti-Records debut All Alone In An Empty House featured on NPR’s First Listen Series beginning today and running through the album’s release date of August 10. First Listen, part of NPR’s All Songs Considered programmed by Bob Boilen, is a much sought-after avenue for [...]

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A little philosophical tidbit care of your good friends at Anti.

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