So from time to time we are going to put together a mix to download. Here is our first installment, Spring Mixer. Enjoy.

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Can’t wait for rock n roll camp?! Here are some fun volunteer opportunities coming up:

SATURDAY APRIL 29TH - Grimey’s Spring Fling Festival
They’re also having a huge sale (thousands of $2 cds and $1 lps) and outdoor show. Featuring FREE performances by SGRRC favorites Forget Cassettes, Dawn Kinnard + tons of other bands. Visit www.grimeys.com for more info.
The event begins at 11am and SGRRC will be tabling from 11am to about 2pm and we need a few people to help out. Come kick it at the coolest table at the event!

ALSO Saturday night is the Smiths Tribute show at Wallstreet!
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Interview with Gnarls Barkley up over at Pitchforck. Check out some of their songs over on The Hype Machine or add them to your friends on myspace.

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Apollo Up! has posted “Custom Critical” and “The Job’s a Game” from the forthcoming album Chariots of Fire over on their myspace.

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Spider is Jane Herships and she is beginning to generate some buzz. Her muted hushed manner of singing brings to mind Sam Beam of Iron & Wine, some Will Oldham and Chan Marshall. Give it a listen and you will be pleasantly surprised.

Don’t Be Afraid, I’ve Just Come to Say Goodbye
The Bitter

For more information and songs, see her official site or her MySpace.

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Pitchfork gave Calexico’s latest album Garden Ruin a rating of 8.1. Hope on over to Pitchfork to read about the direction of the album.

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Celebrity’s “Mining for Twilight” is in stores today. The original release date was to be April 18th, but it has been moved up one week. You can order it through Doghouse records, Zambooie, Amazon, or many of the other fine online retailers.

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Using her hypnotic voice, Neko Case puts you under her spell with her newest release.
You may not be able to decipher - or at least I can’t - all of the lyrics, but it really doesn’t matter. It only gives you another excuse to listen to “Fox Confessor Brings the Flood.” read more

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All the Rage goes Back to the Boro for a night out.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers new single entitled “Dani California” off the new double LP Stadium Arcade.
Dani California - Quicktime

Dani California - WMV

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The Youth Culture Center Website is up and running. So head on over and find out how you can be involved with a worth while cause.

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Courtney Love is back in the news. This time for selling off 25% of the Nirvana catalog. There had been rumors of Love licensing a Nirvana track for use in a Hummer commerical. Love denies the rumors. Hopefully, the guy that purchased part of the catalog has more brain cells left than Miss Love.

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The Flaming Lips new album At War With the Mystics comes out Wednesday April 4th. So here are a few reviews to read over:Pitchfork, Spin, and PopMatters.

Listening party tonight at 8pm at Grimey’s in Nashville.

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Jenny Lewis smiled at me. I smiled back. Opening with the sparse “Run Devil Run,” Lewis - backed by the nearly hometown girls, twins Chandra and Leigh Watson of Kentucky - ushered all bad spirits out of the intimate Belcourt Theatre setting the sold-out crowd up for an outstanding show where the music seemed to transcend time and genre. From my seat five rows back, standing between my new friend from Memphis and an old friend that came up from Chattanooga, I was in direct eye contact with Lewis as she sang heartbreaking personal songs that, frankly, gave me chills. read more

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What’s in the works for death comesto matteson?We are finishing up a new album right now and will be touring as much as we can this summer.

How was recording your latest material different than your previous outings?This is the first rock album (non-annual-acoustic) that we’ve recorded as a band. In the past, Matteson would go into a studio and bring along whomever was able to record with him at the time. Plus, we flew to Seattle to record most of it at Red Room Studio. read more

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