May 23rd, 2012
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If I Think (Mudhoney cover)
Tall Firs
I'll Be Your Mirror London covers project

Tall Firs’ cover of Mudhoney’s “If I Think,” part of the I’ll Be Your Mirror London covers project. Free download here.

May 18th, 2012
Hear the Afghan Whigs’ first new track in five years, a cover of Marie “Queenie” Lyons’ “See and Don’t See,” over at RollingStone.com. The track will be available as a free download at theafghanwhigs.com today at noon ET.

Hear the Afghan Whigs’ first new track in five years, a cover of Marie “Queenie” Lyons’ “See and Don’t See,” over at RollingStone.com. The track will be available as a free download at theafghanwhigs.com today at noon ET.

April 22nd, 2012

Mastodon’s cover of the Flaming Lips’ “A Spoonful Weighs a Ton” (a Record Store Day exclusive)

April 16th, 2012

Hear the entirety of The Electronic Anthology Project of Dinosaur Jr.synth-pop reinterpretations of nine Dinosaur songs by Built To Spill bassist Brett Nelson, with new vocals by J Mascisover at Stereogum. The album will be released on limited-edition purple vinyl on Record Store Day (April 21), with other formats to follow.

April 8th, 2012
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Bambi Slaughter
Dive

Brooklyn indie rockers Dive cover “Bambi Slaughter” by Kurt Cobain’s pre-Nirvana band Fecal Matter

March 28th, 2012

Brand-new video for “Angles,” another solo track from Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo. The clip was directed by his wife, Leah Singer.

March 27th, 2012
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Heavy Blanket - Dr Marten's Blues

NEW! “Dr. Marten’s Blues” by J Mascis’s instrumental trio Heavy Blanket

March 23rd, 2012
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Luise Pop - Fast And Frightening (L7 cover)

Austro-German indie rockers Luise Pop cover L7’s “Fast and Frightening.”

Reblogged from Shrivel Liberties
March 15th, 2012

A short preview of the forthcoming Heavy Blanket album: “blistering psych-drenched instrumental blues jams from J Mascis and his stoner buddies.” Heavy Blanket’s self-titled debut is due out May 8. (H/T Slicing Up Eyeballs)

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