Full Album Streams
My First Albums
[photogallerylink id=82199 align=left]It’s the beginning of another year, the perfect time to start over and consider how things began. (XRT would often feature famous firsts on New Years Day, playing selections from debut albums.) After years […]
Album Stream: The Submarines – 'Love Notes/Letter Bombs'
[pullquote quote="After what feels like a trillion-year voyage at sea, we are back!" credit="The Submarines"] [lastfm]The Submarines[/lastfm] were all over your television a few years back with their first single, “You, Me, and the Bourgeoisie” […]
Full Album: Ryan Adams And The Cardinals Release “III/IV” On Vinyl, CD And At iTunes
[photogallerylink id=51175 align=left]Fans of Ryan Adams have come to expect the unexpected from their fearless musical hero. Each new cycle in his career finds him in another state of mind, another fleeting moment of creativity, […]
Full Album: Two Door Cinema Club – ‘Tourist History’
[lastfm]Two Door Cinema Club[/lastfm] are an Electropop/Indie Rock band from Bangor and Donaghadee, Northern Ireland that originally formed in ’07. They recently signed to French record label burst on the scene with their jangly debut […]
Full Album: Band of Horses – ‘Infinite Arms’
[photogallerylink id=37209 align=left]Infinite Arms is [lastfm]Band of Horses[/lastfm]‘ third full length album and major label debut. Produced mostly by the band itself, the songs on “Infinite Arms” project the essence of the different American locales […]
Full Album: Listen To ‘Almost Acoustic’ By Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band
In 1987, Garcia wanted to get back to his more traditional music roots like what he was involved in before [lastfm]The Grateful Dead[/lastfm] so the [lastfm]Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band[/lastfm] was formed. [lastfm]Jerry Garcia[/lastfm] fans have […]
Free Download: New Album From Girl Talk, ‘All Day’
Mash-up mastermind [lastfm]Girl Talk[/lastfm] (real name: Gregg Gillis) just released his fourth sample-heavy album. This 12-track compilation features nearly 400 samples of artists from [lastfm]Beck[/lastfm] to the [lastfm]Beastie Boys[/lastfm], [lastfm]Radiohead[/lastfm] to [lastfm]Portishead[/lastfm], the [lastfm]Arcade Fire[/lastfm] […]
Album Stream: ‘The Genius of Miles Davis’ & More
It going to take a ton of money (miles of cash) to own the new collection of [lastfm]Miles Davis[/lastfm]‘ work. For $749 you can get a new 43 CD set that comes in a case […]
First Listen: Big Beat Song Of The Week & Full Album, ‘Face Tat’ From Zach Hill
On Monday night, Marty Lennartz gave a spin to Face Tat, the new album from Zach Hill. Hear The Big Beat Song of the Week, “Total Recall” and every other track from the album. Plus, […]
Full Album Stream: Buddy Guy’s “Living Proof”
(Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images) [pullquote quote="Ain't nothin' that I haven't done. " credit="Buddy Guy, "74 Years Young""]Ambassador to Chicago Blues, Buddy Guy pioneered an individual style that would influence music for decades. His rock-blues […]


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