Seattle folk staple Damien Jurado is rounding out an excellent 2012 in which he released arguably the best album of his career, Maraqopa. With as prolific as Damien has been through his music making years, he’s certainly undertaken Christmas tunes before. But he’s put out his first original Christmas tune now, plus an accompanying video. It’s called […]
Looks like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs are both down with 2012 lore and releasing new music. Today, they tweeted (yeah, it’s a credible news source these days) “DNA upgrades, spontaneous evolution and NEW YEAH YEAH YEAHS RECORD ARRIVING SPRING 2013! finally.” If you’ve spent/wasted time reading up on the new age vibes of December […]
Well, here it is: the very last Happy Monday. Yes, in just four days, the world (as we know it) comes to an end. So gear up for December 21, 2012 and let’s reflect on this last Happy Monday with the fitting R.E.M. track “It’s The End of the World”. Thanks for reading Apes […]
The xx have gotten into the holiday spirit in prep for next Tuesday. While they didn’t quite go as all out as Sufjan Stevens, they’ve released a cover of Wham!’s “Last Christmas”. Though given today’s Happy Monday & related events, maybe we should toss “The” at the beginning. Check it out, plus the original version […]
Following their much-buzzed-about new track during the 12-12-12 concert earlier this week, Paul McCartney and the remaining members of Nirvana (Krist Novaselic, Dave Grohl and Pat Smear) took to Saturday Night Live to perform their new, original track “Cut Me Some Slack”. The song will be featured on Grohl’s new film Sound City.