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Back in September, we told you about Billy Corgan's ambitious new Smashing Pumpkins project, a 44-song album called Teargarden by Kaleidyscope, which is to trickle out online song-by-song (and eventually become a series of EPs and a box set). The first Teargarden track, called "A Song for a Son" just premiered on Spinner. Listen to it here.

pagebreakIt's an epic-- there's a contemplative intro, a shredding solo, and plenty of classic rock panache in between. Think "Stairway to Heaven Pt. 2". Talking about the tune to Spinner, Corgan said, "I think it's got something to do about not having any kids and thinking about why I don't have...

For nearly a decade now, Adult Swim has brought anime and absurdist humor to stoned college kids everywhere. The Adult Swim folks have also done their share of toe-dipping into the music world, getting behind records like Danger Doom's The Mouse and the Mask and releasing their own free, downloadable mixtapes like Warm & Scratchy and Definitive Swim.

For the latest free mixtape, Adult Swim has teamed up with Beaterator, Rockstar Games' new Timbaland-backed music mixer game. The mix is called

There’s a reason festivals like CMJ Music Marathon exist: it’s one of the few times that bands from across the world, in a variety of styles, genres and localities can showcase their young, upcoming bands for American audiences. For some bands — even local ones — it’s their first exposure to the important tastemakers, whether [...]

Listening to the famously dour, expressionless vocal from Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant on the great 1985 single "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)", you might not peg him as the sort of guy who'd be overcome by the holiday spirit two decades later. But in the year of the Bob Dylan Christmas album, all bets are off. On December 15 (December 14 in the UK), Astralwerks (Parlophone in the UK) will release Christmas, the new EP from the British synthpop originators. The EP will include a new version of "It Doesn't Often Snow at...

The Little Paper Planes gang is stoked to welcome two new artists to the store this week: Kirstin Lamb and Tamara Richel. Ladies, skulls, foods, and bleeding heart flowers are all rolled...

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The debut solo LP from impossibly high-voiced Sigur Rós frontman Jónsi Birgisson, Go, is set to hit retail locations of all sorts on March 23 courtesy of XL. Based on the wildly symphonic new track "Boy Lilikoi" (available for download at Jónsi's site), Go does not sound like some half-assed side project. If anything, the song is more over-the-top than most of Sigur Rós's crescendo-prone oeuvre.

Indie-leaning modern classical innovator Nico Muhly (Björk, Grizzly Bear) arranged the whole record, and his flourishing touch can be heard on "Boy Lilikoi", along with several teasing snippets also available at Jónsi's web...

Finger-picking folk revivalist Jack Rose unexpectedly passed away Saturday of a heart attack. He was 38. Rose was set to release his Thrill Jockey debut after a string of release for smaller labels, most notably Three Lobed. Scene magazine, Arthur, has posted a video retrospective, and friend Windy...

Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Each and every Friday we offer...

Three Lobed Recordings issued a statement over the weekend that Philadelphia-based acoustic guitarist Jack Rose passed away over the weekend of a heart attack; he was 38 years old. Rose was self-taught and made a name for himself originally as the guitarist in the band Pelt in the 1990s, but...