Download: Justin Townes Earle with Jason Isbell

Oh Jesus, oh Jesus. I am so disappointed to be missing the current tour of Jason Isbell and Justin Townes Earle. They've made my two favourite records of 2009, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit and Midnight at the Movies. However, some recordings of Justin's shows from the tour are available. One of which comes from the Turf Club, St Paul, MN on April 15th.

In it, Jason guests on Justin's cover of The Replacements' 'Can't Hardly Wait', as well as the entire 400 Unit on 'Birmingham Jail'. I suggest you download the entire show, but you can sample these two songs now.

Download:
Justin Townes Earle ft. Jason Isbell - 'Can't Hardly Wait'
Justin Townes Earle ft. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - 'Birmingham Jail'

Download the entire show here:
http://www.archive.org/details/jte2009-04-15.adkTLmtrx.flac16

Watch: 202s - Ease My Mind

Great news, 202s are supporting Reverend and the Makers at Heineken Green Spheres. Better news, there's a video for new single 'Ease My Mind'.

The video was made by Paddy Cahill & Jules Hacket and is hugely entertaining.

Watch it here:

Watch: Passion Pit - The Reeling

I get more excited for the new Passion Pit album each and every day.

Manners Tracklisting :
1.Make Light
2.Little Secrets
3.Moth’s Wings
4.The Reeling
5.Eyes As Candles
6.Swimming In The Flood
7.Folds In Your Hands
8.To Kingdom Come
9.Sleepyhead
10.Let Your Love Grow Tall
11.Seaweed Song

Watch 'The Reeling':


More info:
www.myspace.com/passionpitjams

Blogs What I Like: Whelan's 20th Birthday post

2uIBestow has a great post about the party at Whelan's for their 20th Birthday (or Anniversary) here:
http://2uibestow.blogspot.com/2009/04/whelans-20-years-of-live-music.html

He's got some excellent videos and downloads for you, plus a link to download some bootlegs, one of which is Béla Fleck and the Flecktones from 2002. I saw these guys supporting Dave Matthews Band in Randall's Island New York a few years back, and they blew me away.

Download the full Whelan's show here:
http://www.archive.org/details/bfft2002-11-18.shnf

Sample:
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones - 'Cheeseballs in Cowtown'

Live: Castlepalooza 2009

Great number of Irish acts announced for Castlepalooza 2009. This year's festivities take place on August 1st and 2nd at Charleville Castle , Tullamore. Tickets are €89 and on sale now. Much better value than Oxegen, and they've got a host of great acts - David Kitt, RSAG, Robotnik, The Ambience Affair, Dark Room Notes!

David Kitt
Project Jenny Project Jan
R.S.A.G
Channel One
Robotnik
The Lost Brothers
Dark Room Notes
Noise Control
8 Ball
Glint
Le Galaxie
Nell Bryden
The Ambience Affair
Followers of Otis
Patrick Kelleher

More info:
http://www.castlepalooza.com/inner/index.php

Download: Olafur Arnalds - Found Songs

Olafur Arnalds Variations of Static is incredible, you should really check it out. You should also check out, Found Songs, a collection of songs that make up an EP, each posted on a website via twitter last week. Very clever idea. All the songs are now up and you can download them all as mp3.

Download:
Day I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII

More info:
http://foundsongs.erasedtapes.com/

Follow him on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/olafurarnalds

Album News: John Mayer - Battle Studies

No release date, but small snippets of news, and a studio video preview thingy. Steve Jordan is to produce as well as play bass, and the other Trio member, Pino Palladino is back on bass. Good news indeed. But we do have a name, the new John Mayer record will be called Battle Studies!

Watch: