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News and Notes: Pre-order new Jurado record

Damien Jurado is returning with his eighth full-length release in less than two weeks now and if “Gillian Was A Horse”–the free track available on the Secretly Canadian Web site–is any indication, it’s one that’s going to be worth pre-ordering. Click here to pre-order Caught In Trees and mark your calendar for Sept. 9.

News and Notes: Ordinary Radicals doc to debut

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNYgwNYf6Ok&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1] If you live anywhere near Philadelphia you won’t want to miss the world premier next weekend of “The Ordinary Radicals” see trailer above. The film was directed by and produced by Jamie Moffett, co-founder of The Simple Way community in Kensington. The premiere will be held at the Bryn Mawr Film Institute on Sept. […]

News and Notes: Asthmatic Kitty giving away music

Ashmatic Kitty is going free album crazy this week (their words not ours) with free legal downloads on their site of Grampall Jookabox’s Rill Bruh EP and an eight-song album of I Heart Lung remixes. Here’s a press release with tour dates of the Grampall Jookabox freebie, which is a primer for the Indianapolis-based ghetto-folkster’s […]

Saxon Shore album finished

Saxon Shore’s new album finished From an e-mail sent to fans on Aug. 21: “We’re very pleased to announce that we have completed a new album titled “It Doesn’t Matter,” working once again with producer Dave Fridmann (MGMT, Clap Your Hands, Flaming Lips). The album is our most ambitious release yet and comes in at […]