Monsters of Folk New Video

Here is the Monsters of Folk's new video for "Dear God". If you have not bought this album yet, you should go get it.

Eric Clapton is 65 today

Eric Clapton turns 65 today.

Erykah Badu's New Controversial Video

Here are excerpts from an article in the Dallas Morning news about Erykah Badu's new video:

Erykah Badu appears naked in her new music video, but what people are talking about is the background scenery.

In the five-and-a-half minute video, the Dallas-born entertainer strips down with Dealey Plaza as a backdrop.

At the edited-in sound of a rifle shot, she falls to the ground with a jerk, within feet of where President John F. Kennedy was shot.

Badu said in an interview Monday that the video for "Window Seat" was a "protest" and "about liberating yourself."

She said she chose Dealey Plaza as the backdrop because "the grassy knoll was the most monumental place in Dallas," and she compared the criticism she expected to receive to Kennedy's murder.

"I tied it in a way that compared that assassination to the character assassination one would go through after showing his or herself completely," she said. "That's exactly the action I wanted to display."

Freelance Whales

Here is a new band that my wife sent my way.  That have a nice sound. Here is a video of the band performing "Generator 1st Floor".

The Freelance Whales, Generator 1st Floor from Luke Crawford on Vimeo.

Here is another video:

The Big To-Do

The Drive-By Truckers new album, The Big To-Do, is now available.   After just a couple listens I like it.

Drive-By Truckers - Birthday Boy (mp3)

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists cover Tears for Fears' 1985 mega-single "Everybody Wants to Rule the World."

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists cover Tears for Fears' "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"

Exile on Main Street to be reissued in May

The deluxe edition of Exile on Main Street will include the 18 original tracks along with 10 previously unreleased tracks that were recorded in the 1970s.  The super deluxe deal, which comes with a copy on vinyl, everything in the deluxe edition plus a documentary DVD and a 50-page collectors book that includes photos of the band in the early ’70s.

Erykah Badu on Jimmy Fallon Live

Dallas' own Erykah Badu sang her new single, 'Window Seat', on Jimmy Fallon Live last week.

New Tegan and Sara Video

Tegan and Sara have released a video for their song "Alligator." The winter-themed clip features the Quin sisters in a colorful igloo and making snow angels of sorts. "Alligator" is taken from Sainthood, which was released last fall.

Alligator

Tegan and Sara | MySpace Music Videos

Biz Markie performing "Benny and the Jets"

Happy Monday!