Hooray Friday!

- Coldplay fans can stream Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends on their mySpace page starting tonight (it actually might be just tonight). Thanks to NME for the K. In other news, it sounds like they in the process of finishing up a follow-up album to be released in the near future ala Kid A/Amnesiac according to Twisted Ear.

- The Kooks cover Peter Bjorn & John's "Young Folks" and MOKB provides the love.

- M Ward, Jim James of MMJ and Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes got together in 2004 for a "Monsters of Folk" tour. The bootleg has individual sets and a threesome (not that kind, you pervs) jam at the end. Thanks to I am fuel.

- If you're looking for a live Radiohead fix, look no further. Okay, you'll have to make a few more clicks of the mouse, but I can't imagine it's not worth the effort. Ultra 8201 as always is on top of it.

- Same blog, different band. NIN is all about giving free shit away nowadays. This is an EP containing songs from bands that will be opening for them on their tour: A Place to Bury Strangers; Does It Offend You, Yeah?; Crystal Castles; and Deerhunter.

- The trifecta from Ultra 8201! I've heard about this before, but it got lost somewhere in my mind. If you haven't done so already, check out Black Cab Sessions for nifty performances from Bon Iver, MMJ, Death Cab, Spoon and others.

Hooray Friday!

- Coachella reviews are in at... I am fuel (Part 1, 2), Stereogum (Fri, Sat, Sun), and Reuters. In other Coachella news, Roger Waters' pig has been found. Thanks to Jude and LBJ for their crack-reporting.

- Death Cab for Cutie recorded six songs for Daytrotter which includes a few from their upcoming release Narrow Stairs, out May 13th.

- Have you downloaded your free copy of Coldplay's new song, Violet Hill? Apparently 600,000 did in the first 24 hours. While I have listened to it, I was not one of them. Sounds a little edgier than their recent stuff which, in my opinion, is a good thing.

- The Foals stopped by MPR to shoot the shit and hit us with a few songs.