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Bloggy Goodness: Winnie & Zooey

If you didn’t think it was possible for Zooey Deschanel to get anymore adorable, then think again. The doe-eyed musician/actress will be featured on the  soundtrack to Disney’s reboot of Winnie

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Video: The Low Anthem – A Shot In The Arm

Last year, The Onion’s A.V. Club invited 25 bands into their Chicago office’s to cover 25 different songs as part of their inaugural A.V. Undercover series. Once a song was picked it was crossed off the list till they were all done. The pop culture site is back at it again with another 25 bands and 25 songs that range from Prince to Huey Lewis & The News to Belle & Sebastian.

Earlier this week, The A.V. Club posted the fourth cover performance of the series as The Low Anthem put their indelible ramshackle folk-rock stamp on Wilco’s A Shot In The Arm. READ ON to see how it turned out…

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Bloggy Goodness: Superfan #99

Last month NPR Music’s blog The Record kicked off a series called That’s What Fans Are For in an effort to look “at the ways the support of fans makes

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Bloggy Goodness: Vedder’s Ukulele Songs

As Pearl Jam continues to celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2011, the seminal Seattle rock band’s lead singer, Eddie Vedder, has announced plans to release a new solo album and

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BG: Smile Finally To Be Released

In the pantheon on great “lost” albums, the Beach Boys‘ Smile, may be the most sought after by fans. The album was intended be the follow up to the band’s

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Video: Booker T. & The Roots – Everything Is Everything

As we’ve previously reported, on May 10 the legendary Booker T. Jones will release the follow up to his 2009 Grammy winning album Potato Hole, with The Road From Memphis. This time around Jones has recruited the hardest working band in show business – The Roots – to serve as his backing band as well as an impressive roster of talent to make guest spots on the record (Sharon Jones, Lou Reed, Jim James, Matt Berninger).

READ ON to check out the video for Booker T. and The Roots’ instrumental cover of Lauryn Hill’s Everything Is Everything…

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Bloggy Goodness: Outside Lands Returns

While we’ve been busy keeping you abreast of all the East Coast music fests, we haven’t forgot about our Left Coast readers as news came down earlier this week that

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BG: On The Cover Of The Rolling Stone

While Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show’s tongue in cheek ode actually helped to land the band on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, the legendary music rag doesn’t give

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