As of December 2009, YouTube now hosts the website VEVO. If the video you are looking for comes from UMG, Sony Music Entertainment, or EMI and you have initiated a search on YouTube, you may be directed to a VEVO video which allows you to watch with lyrics, visit the artists profile, and create a playlist.

Anyway, the VEVO video below is the first official single, “Blue Skies,” from the second studio album by Noah and the Whale, The First Days of Spring. On Friday evening Noah and the Whale will be performing at Walter’s on Washington here in Houston, TX.

Windsor Drive is based in Houston, Texas. Come watch them play at Fitzgerald’s on February, 27th. From their debut album, Meet the Tide, here is the video for “Fall.”

I have been a fan since I heard of this band because (a) I like the name of the band and (b) I LOVE the debut album title track “Taller Children.” Having studied classical composition at Berklee College of Music, Elizabeth Ziman wrote most of the tracks on Taller Children, including “Race You.”

Jakob Dylan, founder of The Wallflowers, will release his second solo album, Women and Country, on April 6, 2010 on Columbia Records. T-Bone Burnett produced Dylan’s 1996 album, Bringing Down the Horse, and its single “One Headlight.” Burnett will team up with Dylan again for the new album. Neko Case of The New Pornographers will appear on 8 of the 11 tracks.

Track Listing:

Nothing But The Whole Wide World
Down On Our Shield
Lend A Hand
We Don’t Live Here Anymore
Everybody’s Hurting
Yonder Come the Blues
Holy Rollers for Love
Truth For A Truth
They’ve Trapped US Boys
Smile When You Call Me That
Standing Eight Count

Texas native, St. Vincent, released her second album Actor in May of 2009. Myspace featured “Laughing With A Mouth of Blood” on February 2, 2010 as their video exclusive.

“Laughing With A Mouth of Blood” by St. Vincent

In June I posted the title track to their first EP, “All Those Pretty Lights.” Andrew Belle is now releasing a full-length album titled The Ladder. It is available for pre-order through the website store page. The official release date is February 23, 2010. They will be performing at 10am at the BMI Brunch in Austin, TX on Friday, March 19th as part of the South By Southwest Music Festival.

In April, 2009 I posted the single “She Loves Everybody” from the debut album by Chester French, Love the Future. Now they have a video for a new song titled “Cirock Star.”

“A few weeks ago we went to Vegas with Diddy, Jadakiss, and Clinton Sparks for a sleepless night of adventure. The result, which we are proud to present to you now, was the official video for our song “Ciroc Star.” ~ D.A. and Max

The Whigs will release their third studio album, In the Dark, on March 16, 2010. Click here and get your free download of “Hundren/ Million” and “In the Dark.”

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“In the Dark” by The Whigs

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“Hundred/ Million” by The Whigs

mp3’s courtesy of The Whigs promo offer (link above).

In the Dark-single