Blitzen Trapper: "American Goldwing" Album Stream

Head over to PASTE Magazine to take a listen to the new Blitzen Trapper album "American Goldwing". These guys will be heading out on tour with Dawes starting on October 7th for what should be a great show. All tour dates listed below.....

October 7th Mystic Theatre Petaluma, CA
October 8th SoHo Santa Barbara, CA
October 9th Belly Up Solana Beach, CA
October 10th Crescent Ballroom Phoenix, AZ
October 13th Club Dada Dallas, TX
October 14th Utopia Fest Utopia, TX
October 15th Manship Theatre Baton Rouge, LA
October 18th Variety Playhouse Atlanta, GA
October 19th Mercy Lounge Nashville, TN
October 20th Headliner's Louisville, KY
October 21st Orange Peel Asheville, NC
October 22nd Cat's Cradle Chapel Hill, NC
October 24th The Black Cat Washington, DC
October 26th Webster Hall New York, NY
October 27th The TLA Philadelphia, PA
October 28th Royale Boston, MA
October 30th Opera House Toronto, ON
November 1st Beachland Ballroom Cleveland, OH
November 2nd Calvin College Grand Rapids, MI
November 3rd The Metro Chicago, IL
November 4th First Ave Minneapolis, MN
November 7th Fox Theatre Boulder, CO
November 11th The Neptune Seattle, WA
November 13th McDonald Theatre Eugene, OR
November 15th The Fillmore San Francisco, CA

Saturday Smorgasbord

Here's a bunch of links I didn't get a chance to get up this week, enjoy the weekend!

- William Elliott Whitmore - "Field Songs" Album Stream: Listen HERE to preview William's new album streaming over on Paste Magazine.



- Adele - "I Can't Make You Love Me" : Another great cover of the Bonnie Raitt tune, this one is from the Itunes Festival July 7, 2011 (thanks to @lindsaymusic) for the link.





- Freelance Whales: Honey I'm Home Sessions: Take a listen HERE to a new session from the Freelance Whales over on The Wild Honey Pie. You'll hear "Ghosting", "Generator ^ 2nd Floor" and "Hannah", great stuff here!



FREELANCE WHALES HONEY I’M HOME SESSIONS

Dawes: Live From Paste

Paste Magazine is showcasing some great live clips from Dawes promoting their upcoming album "Nothing Is Wrong". Got to their site HERE to check out some videos of new tracks, "Time Spent In Los Angeles", "If I Wanted Someone" and "My Way Back Home"

Glen Phillips @ Paste Studios

Paste Magazine has posted some video footage of Glen Phillips performing in their studio. You can take a look HERE.

You might recognize the song "Whatever I Am".

Ryan Montbleau @ Paste Studios

HERE's a great video of Ryan Montbleau performing "My Best Guess" at the Paste studios.

Paste Presents: The Pearl Jam Takeover

Paste Magazine has a huge feature today dedicated to Pearl Jam called "The Pearl Jam Takeover". It includes a selected mix of 25 songs, interview with Brendan O'Brien, documentary on the making of "Backspacer", etc. Some great stuff which you can take a look at HERE.

"Backspacer" officially comes out on Tuesday, if you haven't heard it yet I can tell you that it's GREAT.

Paste Magazine: "Best of What's Next '09"

Paste Magazine has a good feature on it's site right now detailing some picks for up and coming bands with some staying power. I agree with several of their choices, including Dawes, Frightened Rabbit and Blind Pilot. You can find the article HERE.

Paste Magazine: "Catching up with Jim James"

I really enjoyed this interview with Jim James (of My Morning Jacket) from Paste Magazine. Sounds like he's got some interesting stuff lined up over the next year. Read the whole thing HERE.

Save Paste Magazine

You may have already seen some stories online discussing this but Paste Magazine is reaching out to its readers to help save the magazine. With a minimal donation, you get access to over 100 downloads from various bands supporting the magazine and you're also eligible to win a bunch of prizes. Here's just some of the prizes:

Collection of cool indie-rock concert posters from artist Clinton Reno including Neko Case, Franz Ferdinand, Over the Rhine, The Decemberists, The Gutter Twins, Rilo Kiley, Death Cab for Cutie, and Nada Surf. (Note: these are not signed by the musicians.)
2 Free tickets to the SOLD OUT Austin City Limits Festival
Special items:
2 original Sufjan Stevens Illinois promo posters from before the image of Superman was removed (rare collector's item)
An entire Of Montreal Skeletal Lamping Collection
Cheap Trick Live at Budokan CD/DVD Box & autographed Budokan poster
Billy Joel The Stranger autographed 30th Anniversary Legacy Edition Box Set
Signed items from Morrissey, Marianne Faithful, James & Duncan Sheik, Brian Wilson, Randy Newman, k.d. lang, Ry Cooder & Wilco
Concert tickets from Aimee Mann, The Wrens & Joan Baez
More to come!

I donated last week and got an email from them last night with an update.....the good news is that they've raised $148,000 (pretty amazing), but they're still short of their goal of $300,000. HERE'S more information on the campaign, take a look and see if it's something you'd be interested in supporting.