LHB has a good-quality XFM recording of Jeff Mangum doing “Gardenhead, Leave Me Alone“.

Magpie has posted some live versions of the Hidden Cameras‘ “I Believe In The Good Of Life”. You can get the studio version here.

A coupla downloads I hadn’t noticed before over at the Parasol site:

Buddyhead has news on my favorite guilty pleasure, Hot Hot Heat. And I quote:

“The heat got a little too hot for Hot Hot Heat’s guitar player. While recording their new album in L.A. the dude recently quit the crappy band. Good move junior!”

Some good new releases this week, like the new Pinback, and the new Buckner.

I saw Buckner last week in Pittsburgh, with Dolorean and Damien Jurado. I swear, I thought Jurado was going to kill the drunk obnoxious hippie that kept screaming during the songs. When said hippie was finally being led out, he shouted something like, “My name’s John Smith. Singer-Songwriter.” Jurado glared at him and replied, “My name’s Damien Jurado. Singer-Songwriter, Backyard Wrestler.”

Classic.