Lissy Trullie Unveils New Tunes At NYC Benefit Gig

Enjoy 'Forget...' & 'She Said' below. Catch Lissy on 10/21 @ TMS's CMJ showcase!


MP3: Lissy Trullie - Self Taught Learner [alt link]

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Feist Incorporates Food Drive Into New Tour

Official info is as follows: *Feist is inviting you to bring more than your fall coat to her upcoming Canadian tour; unlike many party hosts, she is asking you to bring food. The Feist concert food drive (in tandem with the Canadian Association of Food Banks) will take place at each tour stop along her upcoming 13 city tour. Feist encourages attendees to bring food donations and/or monetary contributions to help benefit their local Community Food Bank. Those who contribute will be rewarded with a chance to win a special prize from Feist.* Further details here.

Visit Feist on MySpace.

MP3: Feist - 1234 (Van She Mix)

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Dandy Warhols Announce New Charity Endeavor

Learn all about Breathe Easy in the clip below. Visit the benefit's MySpace page here.


MP3: Dandy Warhols - The World Come On

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Bjork Tune Covered By Ugandan Children For Benefit LP

Official word is as follows: *Bjork's song "All Is Full Of Love" is covered by Ugandan children and youths on an album by a organization called Bitone (meaning "talent"). Their mission is to restore the lives and hopes of children between 8 and 18 years old in Uganda, whom have been traumatized by the death of their parents or loss of their home due to disease, war, or economic hardship. The program was founded by Branco Sekalegga and Hassan Kayemba with the vision of "Restoring Hope By Nurturing The Body And Spirit". Bitone youth are provided with basic food and shelter, a nurturing environment, an academic education, and counseling. Through learning traditional African music, dance, folklore and theater, the children build self esteem, become self reliant and contribute to creating a peaceful future for the next generations of Ugandans and others worldwide. The record was recorded with a laptop and one microphone in the center's living room.*

Learn more & sample tracks here.

MP3: Bjork - I Miss You

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Ben Gibbard & Jenny Lewis To Perform At DNC Event

TONIGHT @ Denver's Manifest Hope Gallery. The surprise line-up includes:

Ben Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie)
Cold War Kids
Silversun Pickups
Matthew Caws (Nada Surf)
Jenny Lewis
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Jonathan Rice
Zooey Deschanel (She & Him)

For tix, head here.

MP3: Death Cab For Cutie - Title...

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Gold Streets & Cholo To Perform NYC AIDS Benefit Gig

Details are as follows:

September 9th
The Delancey
7:30 PM ($10)

For further info, head here.

Visit Gold Streets at their official site.

MP3: Gold Streets - The Wait

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The Walkmen Pre-Release New Album For Charity

The band exclaims: *All donations go to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in honor of Luca Vasallo, a friend to the band and a current patient who is seven months old and doing a great job fighting a very difficult disease. This is a very good organization that certainly deserves the attention.* Purchase You & Me for $5 at Amie Street. Read my review of the LP here. MP3 at bottom.

MP3: The Walkmen - In The New Year

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The B-52's Set For Intimate Concert At Private School

Details are as follows:

August 8th
The Ross School
East Hampton, NY

For further info, head here.

The group recently performed on Ellen.

Visit The B-52's on MySpace.

MP3: The B-52's - Hot Corner

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Grizzly Bear Announces Brooklyn Benefit Gig

Deets are as follows:

Saturday, August 9th @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg

Part of the proceeds will benefit The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation flood relief. Bowery Presents will also be donating $1 per ticket sold in addition to the band's donation to the foundation. Tix are on sale this Thursday.

MP3: Grizzly Bear - Shift (Acoustic)

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Bjork Duets With Sigur Ros At Icelandic Benefit Gig

Enjoy a snippet from last night's tremendous performance of 'Gobbledigook' below.


MP3: Sigur Ros - Untitled 8

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Amy Winehouse Performs At Nelson Mandela's 90th B-Day Gig

Enjoy last night's rendition of 'Rehab' below. Download an MP3 at bottom of post.


MP3: Amy Winehouse - Rehab (Jay Z Remix)

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Bjork + Sigur Ros + National Geographic Equals

Saturday, June 28th @ 3pm EST.

Log on and enjoy!

Learn more about their upcoming benefit gig here.

MP3: Sigur Ros - Staralfur

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Tokyo Police Club Covers The Rentals For Lupus Benefit

The Canadian collective tackles 'Friends Of P'.

Learn more about the cause & download the track here.

Visit TPC on MySpace.

MP3: Tokyo Police Club - Citizens...

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Butch & Bellie Headline NYC AIDS Benefit Gig

100% of the evening's proceeds go towards charity.

6/3 (TOMORROW) @ The Delancey, $10.

Line up is as follows:

Butch & Bellie
Wilde Turkey
Phoebe Jean & The Airforce

For further info, head here.

Visit Wilde Turkey on MySpace.

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Bjork & Sigur Ros Team Up For Massive Iceland Gig

The socially conscious show will take place in Reykjavík on June 28th. Bjork shares the following statement with Morgunbladid newspaper: *“Sigur Ros & I are neither environmental experts nor politicians, but we travel around the world a lot and we have seen how far behind Iceland is in conserving our environment. For example, I was in South America for two months and you could see all these impoverished people recycling. We can’t be 30 years behind but we need to be in the forefront.”* Bjork MP3 at bottom of post.

For further info, head here.

MP3: Bjork - Earth Intruders

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The Wombats Plus Royal Albert Hall Plus Kids Equals

Let ITN fill you in on the equation below. Enjoy a Wombats tune at bottom of post.


MP3: The Wombats - Live On Radio 1

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Editors Set For Acoustic Oxfam Benefit Show

Proceeds will support Myanmar's cyclone victims.

Info is as follows:

June 1st
The Scala
London N1

Purchase tix here.

Visit Editors on MySpace.

MP3: Editors - Bones

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Mountain Goats Headline Brooklyn AIDS Benefit

Friday, 5/16 @ Masonic Temple.

Full roster is as follows:

The Mountain Goats
Dave Hill
John Oliver
Rock Plaza Central
Dave Lathan
Sarah Bunting

100% of proceeds go to AIDS Walk NY.

Purchase tix here.

MP3: The Mountain Goats - New...

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Morrissey Sponsors Rock Against Racism Gig

Here's the official word: *Morrissey has personally stepped in with a significant financial contribution to the Love Music Hate Racism campaign in order to allow their 30th Anniversary Rock Against Racism concert to go ahead in Victoria Park, London this weekend without financial loss or burden to the charity. In addition to his own contribution he has rallied his management, booking agency and promoters to make up the majority of the £75,000 deficit LMHR was faced with after their main sponsor pulled out. Morrissey commented, "This is a historic event spreading an important, anti racist message so it must be allowed to go ahead. LMHR got in touch and explained that the NME had pulled its support, possibly as a result of their association with me, and asked if I could help as they had not been able to replace them. This is something I'm committed to & we appreciate everyone coming together so quickly to make it happen."*

MP3: Morrissey - Alma Matters [alt link]

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Midlake Guitarist Launches Cappulido Coffee

World's Fair reports: *Eric Pulido, guitarist of Midlake, has launched his very own brand of coffee! Cappulido Coffee was born in the Spring 2008 in the great land of Denton, TX and features six different blends of fair traded coffee, each selling for around $10 a pop. With the purchase of Cappulido Coffee, you are giving aid directly back to farmers in developing countries, lending them the financial support necessary to continue developing an excellent product and compete in the world market.* For further information, head to CC's official site.

MP3: Midlake - Roscoe

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