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New York-based singer Reni Lane brought guitarist Jimmy Stull and bassist Nick Thorp out to the Esprit store in Rockefeller Center on June 27th for an in-store performance cum dance party. And we have the pictures to prove it.

»Album Reviews For Release Date: 06.30.09
by Joshua Krage
It’s an absolute furnace outside, so it’s nice to be indoors, listening to cool music under a nice, breezy A/C vent with a shop fan right on me. This week’s releases aren’t really so hot, but here’s the list anyway:
Ace Hood
Cunninglynguists
Levon Helm, Electric Dirt – from all accounts [...]

Middle Distance Runner’s music seems so versatile that it could be heard while you’re jamming out in traffic or while you’re watching an artsy HBO commercial. This band blends the right amount of indie rock and pop music and could be just the band you’re looking for.
This Washington DC band have been self-releasing albums for [...]

The Dead Weather’s upcoming album, Horehound, is up for pre-sale on Third Man Records’ online store right now. If there’s one thing that Third Man Records knows how to do, it’s records. Horehound will be released as a 12″ double-LP. (That’s two times the dose of your daily requirement of threatening sounds and scratchy [...]

At 2:26 PST on June 25, 2009, pop icon Michael Jackson was pronounced dead in Los Angeles. Because his music catalog has solidified itself as the soundtrack to various chapters of most of our lives, any encomiums I could list here would almost seem redundant and obvious. The loss is a pretty colossal one within [...]

Earlier in the month Jason Schwartzman bestowed upon us his video for “Microphone” which was great, and quirky, and animated in true Schwartzman fashion. Now the one-man band known as Coconut Records has premiered his newest video for “Any Fun,” which features Schwartzman, Chloë Sevigny, and Mark Gonzales partaking in some skateboarding and general hijinks [...]

It’s another festival lineup, yes, but this one takes place in our neck of the woods. From September 16th through September 19th, Portland, OR will host the eighth annual Musicfest NW festival.
MFNW is currently one of the most budget-friendly festivals around, offering four-day wristbands for just $60. So, you know, shower with caution and try [...]

Wheat: A duo from Massachusetts who will be releasing their newest album, White Ink, Black Ink on July 21st.
Preview: “H.O.T.T.”
First Impression: Pop-based, melody-driven upbeat song with a fun case of teenage-style self-doubt.
Listen To: When you’re in the midst of trying to stave off a case of the Mondays.
»Save It: “H.O.T.T.”

Loney Dear: Formerly “Loney, Dear” (but [...]

If you missed his mini tour back in April, Bobby Long will soon be amending any resulting deprivation you may be feeling. Though planning to take a few weeks off during the month of October to record some tracks for his forthcoming album, Bobby will be sojourning his way through the U.S. during the death [...]

Timothy Walker covers Bob Dylan’s classic, “Blowin’ In the Wind.”