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Madeleine Peyroux’s “The Blue Room” Shows Another Side of Charles, Newman, & Cohen

Ray Charles lives on as Madeleine Peyroux collaborates with legendary producer Larry Klein (Joni Mitchell, Herbie Hancock) to revisit one of his most controversial albums, Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music. But the upcoming […]

WXRT–2013/02/08

New Music Thusday Highlights

Highlights include previews of forthcoming albums by David Bowie, Depeche Mode, Dave Grohl’s all-star Sound City soundtrack, The Strokes, Airborne Toxic Event, Johnny Marr, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Dawes, the Jeff Tweedy- produced […]

2013/02/07

Iron & Wine Announce New Album Ghost On Ghost; Check Out First Single “Lovers’ Revolution” [First Listen]

Iron & Wine, the indie-folk group led by Sam Beam, is back this spring with their 5th studio album, Ghost On Ghost. Although the group has previously incorporated hints of jazz in their mainly folk […]

WXRT–2013/01/31

Will Sheff Releases First Track from New Project, “Lovestreams” [Free Download]

Will Sheff, lead guitarist and songwriter of the rock band Okkervil River, has just released an awesome new track called “Shock Corridor.” If it sounds like he locked himself up in an apartment until it […]

WXRT–2013/01/17

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New Music Thursday Is Back For 2013!

It’s XRT’s first New Music Thursday of the year, with highlights including exclusive previews of David Bowie’s first new album in ten years, Paul McCartney’s collaboration with Dave Grohl and the surviving members of Nirvana, […]

2013/01/10

What Made Milwaukee Famous Releases New Single, LP

After four years, Austin’s indie pop-rock band What Made Milwaukee Famous is back with a new single off their upcoming LP “You Can’t Fall Off The Floor”, which is set to be released in January. […]

2012/12/13

21 Free Christmas Songs! [Free Download]

Classic Christmas songs are untouchable, but dare I say it, they can become tiresome year after year. Just hearing them once or twice around Christmas is plenty. For the sake of reserving the prestige of […]

2012/12/13

Haroula Rose, “Time’s Fool” [Free Download]

On this New Music Thursday we’d like to introduce you to Haroula Rose, a brand new female singer-songwriter from right here in Chicago, who has since relocated to L.A. You can hear it in her […]

2012/12/06

Eels Release New Track, “Peach Blossom” [Listen]

I know what you’re thinking. “What have the Eels been up to lately?” It’s funny you asked, because they’re getting ready to release their tenth studio album, “Wonderful, Glorious” on February 5, 2013. The singer, […]

2012/11/08

“Monster’s Mother” Music From Fantasmes [Free Download]

Happy November! With a new month, and a New Music Thursday, how about a new Free Download? Check out the newest single “Monster’s Mother” from Puerto Rican duo Fantasmes. Mario Negrón and Darío Morales are […]

2012/11/01

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