(via Nowness) In 1972, a young filmmaker named Tony Palmer followed a then-ascending Leonard Cohen on his tour of Europe with the hopes of capturing a film that could be used as both a promotion for Cohen and a snapshot of a particular moment in his career. Like Eat the Document before it, when the [...]

(Have you guys seen Album Tacos yet?) Pretty light day as far as New Arrivals go, so maybe use this opportunity to get that fantastic last Dead Weather record. A Frames, First Three Records: A Frames were massively overlooked during their lifespan — dark, grimy, often spazzy punk rock that was menacing and imposing. Imagine [...]

Former eMusic Selects act and perennial eMusic favorite Hurray for the Riff Raff is embarking on an enormous fall tour, and eMusic’s A+R Program wants to give you and a guest a chance to win tickets for a show near you! Just go here, click the “Enter Now!” button, take a look at the tour [...]

Today on eMusic sees the long-awaited return of The White Stripes, including their recent live album, Under the Great White Northern Lights. What can I say about the White Stripes that hasn’t been said already? Over the course of six records, Jack White has managed to evolve without expanding, refining his hooks while keeping his [...]

If you are not already, we would like to suggest you follow the hilarious Discographies twitter, wherein bands’ entire careers are summed up in 140 characters. It is always funny. Here’s a few of our favorites then, in the comments, anyone want to take a crack at a few on their own? Remember: 140 character [...]

This is my brother’s band. It is new to eMusic this week. It sounds like Stars, the Postal Service, hollAnd, stuff like that. I think the songs are very hooky. You might, too!

We’re really, really excited about a new feature that launched on the site this afternoon. In conjunction with the site Bands In Town, eMusic is now offering tour information for your favorite acts on both album and artist pages. So now when you’re freaking out about how amazing that new Zoroaster album is, you can [...]

If you’re anything like us, you love Frightened Rabbit. And if you love Frightened Rabbit, you also love Frightened Rabbit live. What’s that you say? You’ve never seen Frightened Rabbit live? Change that today with the above 15 Song (!) live set from San Francisco, which includes a cover of The National‘s “Fake Empire.” FEEL [...]

Recent eMusic Selects act Strand of Oaks has been enjoying a strong run lately, sophomore effort Pope Killdragon finding much favor with eMusic members. To return the favor, Tim is making available this live bootleg EP from a performance in Chicago in 2008, which features early versions of many songs that eventually ended up on [...]

Yesterday was kind of a crazy new release day at eMusic, huh? With the addition of a few of the year’s best (hello Contra!) along with a gang of new releases, we almost didn’t have enough room on the site to give everything its proper due. Also, um, a little artist named Sufjan Stevens sneak-attacked [...]

Special Bulletin to Anyone Who Downloaded All Delighted People: The price has been reduced from 12 credits to 8 credits. If you have All Delighted People in your download history, and would like those four credits back to maybe spend on the Decrepit Birth album, please contact eMusic’s Customer Service Department at 866-240-9271, or email [...]

Bunch of new jams on site today, some of which have been long-anticipated. I’m not much for standing on ceremony, so let’s just get right into the rundown, which includes new albums by les Savy Fav, Ra Ra Riot and the long-awaited arrival of Beach House and Vampire Weekend.

Andreya Triana is unenthused by your Heineken Some nice new stuff this week! Live Mogwai, promising new neo-soul, and oh yeah, NEW SUFJAN!!!!***AIRHORN**** Let’s get started with… Mogwai, Special Moves – The legendary post-rockers release the first document of their much-ballyhooed, powerful live show. Here’s Ian Gittins: With their intricate, nuance-heavy instrumentation, powerhouse riffs and [...]

Ted Leo And The Pharmacists – “Bottled In Cork” (Official Video) from John Hodgman The first video ever to include cameos from both John Hodgman and Patrick Stickles? Hang in there until the staging of the actual musical, which is hilariously on-the-money.

Sufjan Stevens All Delighted People EP [Asthmatic Kitty] Release Date: 23 August 2010 The first proper collection of Sufjan Stevens songs in five years starts small: just Stevens’s voice trembling over a gently lowing choir. It gets bigger eventually, adding strings and horns and timpani and gradually expanding to an 11-minute opus that takes on [...]

OK, I know I’m biased because I work here, but, you guys, this is badass. In October, legendary indie label and eMusic fave Matador will be celebrating their 21st Anniversary. No two ways about it: Matador is responsible for some of the most important records in indie rock: Slanted & Enchanted. Exile in Guyville. Turn [...]

A fair amount of solid titles today, so let’s get right to it. Plus, I suck at preambles. Below the jump: Flying Lotus, Esperanza Spalding, Ray LaMontagne and a strange, spooky digital 7″ you absolutely have to hear.

From Castle Talk out — like pretty much every other album in the world — on September 14.

Say this for Yeasayer and Broken Bells: they certainly know their audience. With less than a week between them, we’ve been treated to two videos with a similar connecting thread — this week, a video for the best song on the possibly-underrated new Yeasayer record featuring Indie Boy Heartthrob Kristen Bell. Last week, a video [...]

Last month we started a new feature to spotlight the records eMusic’s editors have been loving lately — some are old, some are new, it’s just what we’re into at the moment. Check out August’s edition here (with a guest appearance from Label Relations Manager Sujan Hong-Raphael)! As Sean mentioned on Tuesday, I personally can’t [...]