And now for some links that caught my eye today…
- Jim O’Rourke has not only been producing Burt Bacharach tribute records in Japan, but he’s been performing numerous intimate experimental gigs and singing live on television, as well.
- Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy will rock for former White House Chief of Staff and current Chicago mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel.
- Jonny Greenwood’s score to the film adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood has a release date.
- Jon Spencer and Lisa Hannigan provided vocals for the new album Controlling Your Allegiance by Irish dance-pop outfit the Japanese Popstars. You can stream tracks here.
- New music videos have arrived from Matt & Kim, SSLYBY, Esben & the Witch, and Times New Viking, as well as new tunes from the Mountain Goats, Best Coast, and MNDR.