Bloggy Goodness: Starbucks Taps DC4C, She & Him and More For New Compilation

While mega-coffee chain Starbucks expects to make layoffs and close a number of stores this year, they still seem to knock it out of the park with their custom-made compilation albums. Their latest mix, Sweetheart: Our Favorite Artists Sing Their Favorite Love Song, hits stores tomorrow.

The fourteen track disc features the likes of She & Him, Death Cab For Cutie, Rogue Wave, A.C. Newman, Ben Bridwell (of Band Of Horses), DeVotchKa and more tackling songs from the likes of Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, The Cure, a-ha, George Harrison and The Flying Burrito Brothers.

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Finally, between their best selling new album – Black Ice – and current extended world tour, the last few months have been big for AC/DC. Next up for the legendary Aussie-rockers will be a special performance on April 5 in Houston, TX at Wrestlemania XXV where the band will be performing the event’s theme song, along with another tune from their catalog.