I’m a huge convert to chrome with the extension.fm extension. As you surf the web it allows you grab all the audio mp3 tracks from a site and add them to your “library”. It doesn’t download them, just builds an itunes style directory of them for you at extension.fm so you can at any time browse the music and play by site, artist etc. It is a phenomenal music experience to keep track of and play music from sites you visit.

Apparently Dave Rawlings cowrote the song Yo Be Young with Ryan Adams- what a classic and killer cover version.

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from the great reggae tribute album Is it Rolling Bob?

Great chart from Last.fm data about what people in New York listened to month by month versus what the nation was listening to in 2009.

Larger graphic with readable detail of the same chart.

Grizzly Bear: Two Weeks of of the album Vecktamist

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Great new track from David Byrne & Santigold which he describes as follows:

“I think Santi did a perfect version of this song, which describes, pretty much in her own words, Imelda Marcos’ adventures in what she called “handbag diplomacy.”

Take a listen to Please Don’t:

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Download the track for yourself or watch the video