New music

• Cee Lo Green, full album stream of The Lady Killer (Nov 9th), NPR
• Tapes 'n Tapes, "Freak Out," Outside (Jan 11th), the Pop Sucker
• The Decemberists, "Down By the Water," The King Is Dead (Jan 2011), I am fuel
• Amy Winehouse, "It's My Party" (Lesley Gore cover), Q: Soul Train Bossa Nostra (Nov 9th), TwentyFourBit

"The Wanting Comes in Waves"

I saw this on Palladia or one of those other music channels months ago and was finally able to find it online. The song is my favorite from The Hazards of Love and this live version from ACL (maybe two years ago) ignites a fire in my belly. The sound, the theatrics, the harshness and beauty all rolled into one. Oh yeah, and the pipes on Shara Worden... goddamn!

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SXSW performances on NPR

NPR archived various performances from this year's SXSW Festival, to include Blitzen Trapper, The Heartless Bastards, and The Decemberists - who premiered their upcoming release, The Hazards of Love (Mar 24th) in its entirety. Stream them here at your leisure.