Category: Digital Music

Stream: The House of Love, ‘A Baby Got Back On Its Feet’ — off ‘She Paints Words in Red’

Stream: The House of Love, ‘A Baby Got Back On Its Feet’ — off ‘She Paints Words in Red’

We briefly were able to post the video for “A Baby Got Back On Its Feet” — the first single and lead-off track from The House of Love’s sixth album She Paints Words in Red — last month before it was removed from YouTube, but we finally can offer up the track in full now that it’s been premiered.

Stream: David Bowie, ‘The Next Day’ — listen to full new album for free on iTunes

Stream: David Bowie, ‘The Next Day’ — listen to full new album for free on iTunes

David Bowie isn’t due to release his highly anticipated new album — ‘The Next Day,’ his first new record in a decade — for another two weeks, but, as of tonight, the full collection is streaming for free on iTunes. The record has been preceded by a pair of singles, but now you can hear the whole thing.

Stream: The Replacements, ‘I’m Not Sayin” — new track from ‘Songs For Slim’ reunion EP

Stream: The Replacements, ‘I’m Not Sayin” — new track from ‘Songs For Slim’ reunion EP

The Songs for Slim benefit EP from The Replacements hits radio and digital outlets next week, but the first taste of the in-studio reunion hit the web today, thanks to Pitchfork’s premiere of the new ‘Mats cover of Gordon Lightfoot’s “I’m Not Sayin'” — one of four cover songs recorded by Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson.

Stream: Poltergeist, ‘Cathedral’ — off debut album from Echo & The Bunnymen spinoff

Stream: Poltergeist, ‘Cathedral’ — off debut album from Echo & The Bunnymen spinoff

Echo & The Bunnymen spinoff Poltergeist — an instrumental trio that reunites guitarist Will Sergeant with former bassist and founding member Les Pattinson — today debuted one of the tracks off the band’s upcoming debut album Your Mind Is A Box (Let Us Fill It With Wonder). Check out “Cathedral” via the player here.

Stream: Chelsea Light Moving, ‘Chelsea Light Moving’ — debut from Thurston Moore’s new band

Stream: Chelsea Light Moving, ‘Chelsea Light Moving’ — debut from Thurston Moore’s new band

It’s still two weeks until once and future(?) Sonic Youth frontman Thurston Moore releases the self-titled debut album from his new band Chelsea Light Moving, but you can go ahead and listen to the whole thing now after it premiered late last night on NPR Music. Check out the full stream via the player here.

Free MP3: Alison Moyet, ‘Changeling’ — first track off upcoming album ‘the minutes’

Free MP3: Alison Moyet, ‘Changeling’ — first track off upcoming album ‘the minutes’

Former Yazoo frontwoman Alison Moyet today announced that her upcoming eighth solo album will be called the minutes, and then proceeded to debut the first track off the largely electronic collection — a song called “Changeling,” which can be downloaded for free via the widget below in exchange for an e-mail address.

Stream: Johnny Marr, ‘The Messenger’ — ex-Smiths guitarist’s new solo album

Stream: Johnny Marr, ‘The Messenger’ — ex-Smiths guitarist’s new solo album

It’s still more than a week before legendary former The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr releases his new solo album ‘The Messenger,’ but you don’t have to wait any longer to hear the record — a full stream of the 12-track album premiered tonight via Rolling Stone, and you can hear it via the link included here.

Stream: The Ocean Blue, ‘Sad Night, Where Is Morning?’ — off upcoming ‘Ultramarine’

Stream: The Ocean Blue, ‘Sad Night, Where Is Morning?’ — off upcoming ‘Ultramarine’

The Ocean Blue gave fans an early taste last fall of two tracks — “Blow My Mind” and “A Rose is a Rose” — off its first new album in 13 years, and now, with that record, ‘Ultramarine,’ due out in March, the band has premiered another song, “Sad Night, Where Is Morning?,” which you can stream here.

Stream: Michael Stipe and Courtney Love, ‘Rio Grande’ — off Johnny Depp’s new pirate album

Stream: Michael Stipe and Courtney Love, ‘Rio Grande’ — off Johnny Depp’s new pirate album

It’s not exactly the return to music anyone would have guessed from Michael Stipe, but the former R.E.M. frontman is back with his first new recording since that band split in 2011: a duet with Courtney Love called “Rio Grande” off the new Johnny Depp-curated ‘Son of Rogue’s Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys.’

Stream: OMD, ‘Metroland’ — 7½-minute lead single off upcoming ‘English Electric’

Stream: OMD, ‘Metroland’ — 7½-minute lead single off upcoming ‘English Electric’

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark today premiered “Metroland,” the first official single off the band’s upcoming album ‘English Electric’ following a pair of Kraftwerk-esque teasers. The 7½-minute track — which you can stream below — will be released March 25, ahead of the April 9 release of the full album.

Stream: Simple Minds, ‘Broken Glass Park’ — new single off ‘Celebrate: The Greatest Hits+’

Stream: Simple Minds, ‘Broken Glass Park’ — new single off ‘Celebrate: The Greatest Hits+’

A brand-new Simple Minds single — “Broken Glass Park,” off the band’s upcoming multidisc set ‘Celebrate — The Greatest Hits+’ — debuted today on BBC Radio 2, and you can hear it now via the BBC’s stream or the radio rip posted below (courtesy YouTube user Dennie Rijnsewijn).

Full-album stream: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, ‘Push the Sky Away’

Full-album stream: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, ‘Push the Sky Away’

We’re still 10 days out from the release of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ 15th studio album ‘Push the Sky Away,’ but the band this morning debuted the full record via streams at NPR in the U.S. and The Guardian in the U.K.; here you can listen to the full 43-minute work courtesy of the NPR stream.

Stream: Butthole Surfers’ Gibby Haynes teams with Jack White for 7-inch

Stream: Butthole Surfers’ Gibby Haynes teams with Jack White for 7-inch

Butthole Surfers frontman Gibby Haynes next week will release a 7-inch single via Jack White’s Third Man Records, the label announced today, unveiling the three-song record that features two originals and a cover of Adrenalin OD’s “Paul’s Not Home” off the 1982 New York Thrash compilation.