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'You Kill' by Eternal Summers - Free MP3
July 11, 2012 8:00 AM ET| Rolling Stone
Artist: Eternal SummersSong: "You Kill"Album: Correct Behavior "When we were beginning to write the songs for Correct Behavior I would joke around trying to play these grand rock anthem chords and riffs because I knew that wasn't something we really had done as a band. At some point the joke became serious as we realized that this was music we really enjoyed writing and playing," Eternal Summers' Nicole Yun explains. "'You Kill' set the tone for how we wrote the rest of t... | More »
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'Thunder' Ft. Bonnie McKee (Tantrum Desire remix) by Rusko - Free MP3
July 10, 2012 8:00 AM ET| Rolling Stone
Artist: RuskoSong: "Thunder" (Tantrum Desire Remix)Album: SONGS "One thing I love about this song is the fact that I reversed the original (it was an unreleased Bonnie track) – I made the verse into the chorus of 'Thunder' and the chorus into the verse," Rusko tells Rolling Stone. | More »
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'Tidal Wave' by Husky - Free MP3
July 9, 2012 8:00 AM ET| Rolling Stone
Artist: HuskySong: "Tidal Wave"Album: Forever So "'Tidal Wave' is a song about returning to times in ones life or parts of oneself that one has abandoned. It can be a violent excursion, as well as a comforting one," Husky's frontman Husky Gawenda tells Rolling Stone. "As soon as the song was recorded it was clear to us that it was going to be the opening song of Forever So, as it felt like the beginning of the album's story." | More »
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'Bitter' by Black Box Revelation - Free MP3
July 6, 2012 8:00 AM ET| Rolling Stone
Artist: Black Box RevelationSong: "Bitter"Album: My Perception "'Bitter' is probably my favorite BBR song lyrically. After I wrote this song I was astonished how well it blends my personal feelings in everything that just happens in everyone's life. I love it how such a personal approach to a song can be told in such a universal way," Black Box Revolution's Jan Paternoster tells us. "I think love's the most important emotion for everyone and everything on this planet... | More »
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'Ash & Chickenwire' by Minnesota - Free MP3
July 5, 2012 8:00 AM ET| Rolling Stone
Song: "Ash & Chickenwire"Artist: MinnesotaAlbum: Are You There "We thought of this piece as a critical part of the story behind the record, where the narrator of the story, the hitchhiker who ran away from home into a new world with the fantasy of thinking he's about to find the big 'IT,' realizes he's lost everything instead," Minnesota's David Hollander tells us. "Now he finds himself thousands of miles away from what he knows - reduced to nothing but ash and c... | More »
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'One Thousand Sins' by Permanent Collection - Free MP3
July 4, 2012 8:00 AM ET| Rolling Stone
Song: "One Thousand Sins"Artist: Permanent CollectionAlbum: Newly Wed Nearly Dead "When you're a teen who feels out of place in your town you think life is just fucked. Growing up in suburbs where there are people who take religion past the point of comfort it's easy for teens to rebel to a point of extreme," Jason Hendardy of Permanent Collection and the co-owner of Loglady Records tells us. "'One Thousand Sins' is just about this, being young, wanting to escape, and clo... | More »
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'Countermeasure' by Dub Pistols - Free MP3
July 3, 2012 8:00 AM ET| Rolling Stone
Artist: Dub PistolsSong: "Countermeasure"Album: Worshipping the Dollar "The new album Worshipping The Dollar is different to previous albums in that it’s the first time I've written any drum & bass, we just started doing it live and the reaction was massive so I just took that into the studio," the Dub Pistols' Barry Ashworth tells us. "There’s a bit more politics than normal but with the collapse of the banking system the rioting in the uk and the fact it was appro... | More »
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'Point of Surrender' by River City Extension – Free MP3
July 2, 2012 1:45 PM ET| Rolling Stone
Artist: River City ExtensionSong: "Point of Surrender"Album: Don't Let The Sun Go Down on Your Anger "'Point of Surrender' was probably the first song I wrote directly inspired by tour," says River City Extensions' Joe Michelini. "I spent the night with this beautiful stranger in this beautiful town; it was all very foreign and very inspiring to me. I was in a relationship back home at the time that I realized I wasn't ready for, and I think I got my first taste of gr... | More »
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Joe Jackson and Iggy Pop, 'It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)' - Free MP3
June 25, 2012 9:00 AM ET| Catherine Fuentes
Click to listen to Joe Jackson & Iggy Pop's 'It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)' English singer-songwriter Joe Jackson knew that when he recorded an album in tribute to jazz legend Duke Ellington, he wanted the product to be unconventional and fun, much in the spirit of Ellington himself. "This album is an irreverent tribute to Duke Ellington, a man I revere," he tells Rolling Stone. For the record, Jackson teamed up with Iggy Pop for the track "... | More »
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The Temper Trap, 'Trembling Hands' (Chet Faker Remix) - Free MP3
June 20, 2012 8:00 AM ET| RJ Cubarrubia
Click to listen to The Temper Trap's 'Trembling Hands (Chet Faker Remix)' In this remix of "Trembling Hands," Australian indie rockers The Temper Trap get a reworking from their European tour mate Chet Faker. Steering clear of his hardware instruments in the studio, Faker kept his focus on synth melodies to flesh out the remix. Already happy with the drum tracking from The Temper Trap's recent The Temper Trap album, Faker worked with the rhythms as a skeleton for the trac... | More »
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