Washed Out‘s debut full-length Within and Without was released just last week, and a new video has already surfaced to accompany the first single. The clip for the ultra-chill “Eyes Be Closed” features a woman looking equally cool on a breezy motorcycle ride. Check it out, it’s sure to mellow you out on this hot [...]

The past few weeks have presented a slew of exciting new videos from a wide variety of artists. Here are six you don’t want to miss out on. It’s been almost four years since Beirut fans got a new album, so when Zach Condon & co. play a new song, it’s a pretty big deal. [...]

Happy birthday Bob! Join WXPN General Manager Roger LaMay as he goes to Non Comm 2011, held at the newly opened World Cafe Live at the Queen, in Wilmington Deleware. In honor of Dylan’s 70th birthday, Roger asked the performers what their favorite Dylan song was. Find out what these artists think Todd Snider Karen [...]

Paul Simon’s wonderful new song “Getting Ready For Christmas Day” is based on and samples a sermon by Reverend J.M. Gates an Atlanta preacher who was born in the late 1885. When he dies in 1945, Gates had a successful recording career. According to Dust To Digital Gates’s “Getting Ready” was a variation on some [...]

We’re all very excited to hear a new PJ Harvey album in 2011 and Let England Shake is being released on February 14th. She’s already got one new song up on her web site; here’s another, a video for “The Last Living Rose.”