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Akron Family is on now. First Communion Afterparty up next..

• 3:30pm Akron/Family
• 5:30pm First Communion Afterparty
• 7:15pm Gomez

• 11:30am Razorlight
• 1:30pm Andrew Bird
• 3:30pm Peter Bjorn and John
• 5:30pm PJ Harvey & John Parish
• 7:30pm M. Ward

Saturday, April 25
Mainroom / 6:00 pm / 18+

M.WARD

$16.00 adv | $18.00 door

Tickets onsale Friday 2/20

March
15 Dallas TX Dallas Museum of Art – Horchow Auditorium

April
17 Indio CA Coachella
18 Tucson AZ Rialto Theatre
19 Tempe AZ Marquee Theatre
20 Albuquerque NM Sunshine Theatre
22 Tulsa AZ Cain’s Ballroom
23 Omaha NE Slowdown
24 Milwaukee WI Pabst Theatre
25 Minneapolis MN First Avenue
26 Chicago IL Vic Theatre

May
15 Visalia CA Fox Theater
16 Oakland CA Fox Theater
17 Davis CA Freeborn Hall
18 Chico CA Senator Theatre
22 Eugene OR McDonald Theatre
23 George WA Sasquatch Music Festival

Caroline Smith & Jeremy Messesmith @ 7th St Entry – Review & Video via Cakein15

Puffy Areolas - Tonight @ Monster Island Basement (NYC) @ Brooklyn Vegan

Box Elders stole the show @ Market Hotel in NYC – Brooklyn Vegan has pictures & words, coming to The Hexagon in Minneapolis on 2.27

Will Oldham – Performs new Bonnie Prince Billy track – You Aint No Picasso has the scoop

Fever Ray – The Knife side project Watch the video @ Muzzle Of Bees

M. Ward - New album streaming @ NPR

Andrew Bird – Also has a new album streaming @ NPR & An amazing instrumental album on his website..

Adam Green – “Rich Kids” - of Moldy Peaches fame is featured on RCRD LBL

Bat For Lashes – Confirms new album & UK tour @ The Quiteus

Animal Collective vs. Ratatat via Gorilla vs. Bear

mp3:

RATATAT :: mirando (animal collective remix)

Buy 12″ Single from Beggars Group

Alela Diane  -White as Diamonds - Brand new video courtesy My Old Kentucky Blog

Full disclosure, Matt is without a doubt my favorite solo artist post ’00, so i’m a WEE bit excited for this

Exclusive First Listen: M. Ward’s ‘Hold Time’ : NPR Music.

The songs of singer-guitarist M. Ward seem to drift in on the crackling radio waves of a distant time. Warm and intimate, his largely acoustic and usually spare arrangements are a tribute to what Ward sees as the greatest era for American music: the 1950s and early ’60s, when singers like Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison infused country-rooted pop with honesty and romance. Ward’s latest album, Hold Time, continues this tradition, with a gorgeously produced mix of finger-picked guitars, upright bass and shuffling rhythms, all tied together by his achy voice.

Hold Time won’t be released until Feb. 17, but listeners can hear the entire album here on NPR Music as an exclusive preview, beginning at 11:59 p.m. ET Monday, Jan. 12.

The new disc was mixed by producer and multi-instrumentalist Mike Mogis, with guest appearances by Lucinda Williams, Zooey Deschanel (She & Him), Rachel Blumberg (The Decemberists) and others. Though it mostly features all-new songs, Hold Time includes a handful of cover tunes, including Don Gibson’s “Oh Lonesome Me” and “Rave On,” made popular by Buddy Holly.

“I think the songwriting style of (Buddy Holly’s) period was superior,” Ward says in an interview with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen. “There was a certain amount of joy in it, no matter how sad the song is. You get joy in listening to these Buddy Holly or Roy Orbison sad lyrics. I’m attracted to songs that have balance between the darks and the lights and giving them all equal opportunity.”

Watch the video for the title track, ‘Hold Time’

Pre-Order Hold Time

More Cowbell would love to send one lucky reader and a friend to see this great lineup for FREE:

To enter to win, send an email to kyle@morecowbell.net with the subject: “Okobos Giveaway” by Tomorrow (Wed 10/8) at 3pm CT.

Good Luck!