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

On Monday, January 25, 2010, MySpace posted Local Natives’ “Airplanes.” This is the first official video from thier debut album, Gorilla Manor.

She & Him debuted their new single, “In The Sun” from the upcoming album Volume Two on Pitchfork.

Volume Two will be available in the US on March 23rd, 2010 via Merge Records. Unlinke Volume One, this album will present a lot of new material and only a few covers. This song features guest vocals by indie folk group Tilly and the Wall.

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“In the Sun” by She & Him

“Mouthful of Diamonds” was chosen as the Starbucks iTunes Pick of the Week on January 5, 2010. It is the second single from the album, Eyelid Movies, available for pre-order from Barsuk Records. The first single release from this album, and also a feature on their Running From The Cops EP, is titled “When I’m Small.”

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“Mouthful of Diamonds” by Phantogram