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Alan Palomo and Neon Indian played a few Psychic Chasms jams for Daytrotter recently; take a listen to "Deadbeat Summer" -- complete with expanded Rundgren sample -- below, and download the full session here. neon indian :: deadbeat summer (daytrotter session) ********

WAVVES rolled through the vaunted Daytrotter studios recently, and the duo played a couple of unreleased songs, as well as a new Zach Hill-ified version of "To the Dregs." Take a listen to that one + new jam "Horse Shoes" below, and download them all here: WAVVES :: to the dregs/horse sholes (daytrotter session) **********

Woods dropped by Daytrotter recently, and recorded 3 unreleased songs, as well as a track from their excellent Songs of Shame LP. New song "Death Rattles" is particularly haunting, but it's all good. Download the whole set here. woods :: death rattles (daytrotter session) *********** previously: mp3: ***********

As I mentioned last month, the lovely Alela Diane has signed to Rough Trade, and will release her new LP To Be Still in February '09. The first song to surface from the follow-up to Alela's vastly underrated (but apparently huge in France) Pirate's Gospel is the starkly haunting "White as Diamonds...

Rough Trade Records has announced the signing of Portland/Nevada City's Alela Diane, one of the most absurdly overlooked and underappreciated folk singers of the last few years (and, a gorilla vs. booze 07 alum). Her new LP, To Be Still, is set to be released on February 17 of next year...

Head over to Daytrotter to download their recent session with Department of Eagles. Worth your time, if only to grab the best existing recordings of new songs "1997" and "What is Your Deal?," a brand new Daniel Rossen gem that, by his own admission, is "slightly unfinished with some loose ends...