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Single Minded: Emmylou Harris, Martha Wainwright and More

Every Tuesday Single Minded highlights new tracks hitting stores (or the Web) this week. On Fridays, come back for rarities, remixes, mash-ups and more. Emmylou Harris, “Hold On” [MySpace] No flashing lights, no pop crossovers, just Emmylou doing what she does best: curling her smoky alto around dry chords and singing of sorrow and longing. Lil Wayne, “A Milli” [MySpace] The gauntlet has been thrown, Axl! After months of rescheduling, re-recording and about 750 different mixtapes named “The Leak” or “The Drought,” the year’s most anticipated hip-hop album is upon us. Meaning for that the next six months, indie rock bloggers are going to have nothing to write about. Martha Wainwright, “Comin Tonight” [MySpace] Is it just us, or does this family kind of remind you of the Tenenbaums? Or the Glass family in those Salinger books? Does the Wainwright’s pet terrier have a record coming out? Did they record it with Van Dyke Parks? This scorcher from sister Martha proves her worthy of her family’s heavy mantle. Flying Lotus, “Roberta Flack ft. Dolly” [MySpace] Now this is more like it: anyone who wishes the new Portishead sounded more like old Portishead should be mailing Flying Lotus $15 before they finish this sentence. Dark beats and druggy vocals — simply sublime. My Morning Jacket, “Touch Me I’m Going to Scream” [MySpace] All good beardos unite: MMJ broker a treaty between Radiohead and the Band on their latest. “I know it sounds confusing, but it makes a lot of sense,” Jim James sings on this one. You’re telling us. [Photo: Getty]

Published: 2008-06-10 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Single Minded

Single Minded: The Roots, New Pornographers, Foxboro Hot Tubs and More

Every Tuesday Single Minded highlights new tracks hitting stores (or the Web) this week. On Fridays, come back for rarities, remixes, mash-ups and more. The Roots ft. Patrick Stump, “Birthday Girl” [Axed Track] We know, this leaked a while ago. But let’s take one last run through this track, just excised from the Roots’ forthcoming album, before it vanishes into history’s dustbin forever. Meanwhile in New Jersey, Gerard Way wonders why Common has suddenly stopped returning his calls. Various Artists, “Remix Sunday” [Mixtape] Nonstop dance party featuring amped-up remixes of the Streets, 50 Cent, Michael Jackson and Portishead. Sadly, they are not all on the same song. Blu & Exile, “Blue Collar Worker” [Video] In case you haven’t figured it out, Single Minded has a fetish for a very particular sound of hip-hop. We wait anxiously for the day when the world will embrace the brilliance of Blu & Exile. In the meantime, enjoy this video like it’s your own little secret. The New Pornographers, Live on National Public Radio [Live] Once again, hard-earned taxpayer dollars are going to fund pornography. Foxboro Hot Tubs, “The Pedestrian” [Internet Single] New single from California’s Foxboro Hot Tubs, a band that sounds and looks and behaves suspiciously like Green Day. Not that we’re making any allegations. We’re just saying. They sound an awful lot like Green Day. It’s almost as if this were some sort of Green Day side project or something.

Published: 2008-03-28 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Single Minded, Rock Daily

Single Minded: Robyn, Portishead, The Roots and More

Robyn, “Who’s That Girl” [Full Album Stream] The new Madonna record is also out today, but we figure you know a lot about that already. Instead, try this track from Robyn, who’s referred to as the Madonna of Sweden. Coincidentally, this track is called “Who’s That Girl.” Can a mock crucifixion on a particleboard, assemble-it-yourself cross and a starring role in Desperately Seeking Sven be far behind? Portishead, “Machine Gun” [MySpace] The title does not deceive: Portishead’s return is angry, threatening and violent, full of tight bursts of sound and long, terrified wails. “Machine Gun” is theoretically the album’s single, but if there’s a radio station that will play this, please send us the call letters immediately Robert Forster, “Pandanus” [Yep Roc] Two years after the death of his songwriting partner Grant McLennan, one half of the greatest band that ever was returns with a bright, hopeful solo record that honors the memory of his friend. Estelle, “American Boy” [Live on Letterman] We’re cheating with this one, but only because this live version is so good. Breathless and soulful and speedy, it would be played at every wedding in the country, if wedding DJs all simultaneously got struck by a giant cinder block and realized that KC & the Sunshine Band are terrible and that nobody, nobody likes doing the macarena. The Roots, “Rising Up” [Official Site] On this cut from the excellent-as-usual new Roots record, Chrisette Michelle complains, “The radio’s been playing the same song all day long.” If only that song was this one, she’d have nothing to complain about.

Published: 2008-04-29 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Single Minded