John Doe's new album, Forever Hasn't Happened Yet hits stores on March 22. Here's a track via the crew at Yep Roc. Thanks guys. Ida, Cynthia Hopkins and San Serac tonight @ AS220. Six Star General and Mustache Ride @ Houlihan's on Saturday night.

Isaac Rentz's "Fidel"

"A boy learns to face his fears when he finds out that Fidel Castro is murdering his friends at an exclusive private school."

238 Miles of "Dancing Queen"
The horror.

I remember reading a band interview/story once where their driver would only listen to a single song throughout the band's entire tour. He had the distance between cities calculated as the number of times he had to listen to the song.

Ten for February 22^nd

Once again, I tried to narrow dozens of good releases down to just ten. Wasn't easy, but I think it's a pretty good snapshot. I would have had them up last night, but I felt sick from writing code for Tiny Showcase. The site launches in one week.

1. Crooked Fingers - Dignity & Shame  I think Crooked Fingers is the only band with multiple releases where I own every single one of their albums. Well, except for this one - I haven't had a chance to pick it up yet. Mark preordered and got an autographed copy. They play KEXP today. Stream the disc on the Merge site.
   
   
2. Enon - Lost Marbles and Exploded Evidence  Touch and Go's got a classy new website. They've got an MP3.
   
   
3. Jeff Hanson  Out on Kill Rock Stars. They've got an MP3.
   
   
4. Ida - Heart Like A River  Is Ida a Providence band? That's been confusing me lately. Their new disc is out on Polyvinyl. They've got an MP3.
   
   
5. Iron And Wine - Woman King  Check out Joe's review on 75 or Less. There's an MP3.
   
   
6. I ♥ Huckabees  
   
   
7. Karate - In The Fishtank  I had no idea this was being released. A nice suprise.
   
   
8. Mogwai - Government Commisions  Their live BBC material from the past few years.
   
   
9. Robbers On High Street - Tree City  
   
   
10. M. Ward - Transistor Radio  I've only heard a few tracks from the radio, but they were CRAZY good. Once again, you can stream the disc on Merge's site.