There's a lot going on for Hall of Famers today. Springsteen's upcoming LP is streaming a week early via NPR. The first single from U2's next one got its first airplay and another new track from the Red Hot Organization's upcoming Dark Was the Night compilation is streaming (download the Dirty Projectors David Byrne contribution below). From the album's MySpace page:
"Dark Was The Night will be released on February 17th, 2009. It's comprised of 31 exclusive tracks and it will be available
REVIEW BY IAN HRABE
Last night at the Granada, amid the smell of industrial-strength permanent marker mingled with various perfumes in a crowd of rowdy young women and their boyfriends, I bought everything Jenny Lewis was selling.
Scott Spychalski
Though I've always found the vocals on her solo records to be a bit too thin for her country-folk-gospel songs, by the end of the night I was reminded of why Jenny Lewis is one of my favorite female singers in the business. Her set featured an equa
BY ELKE MERMIS
Conor Oberst has endured a slew of slightly painful Bob Dylan comparisons since he penned his very first sprawling story-song in his Midwestern hometown in the late '90s. Yeah, he's got a weird voice; yeah, he's a masterful lyricist; yeah, he's from a smallish town in the middle of the country, hates fame, whatever, we get it. But the truth in these comparisons never struck me with the sheer force that they did on Sunday night, when Conor Oberst unveiled his latest incarnation in
