Music Under Fire

The Twilight Sad are overseas entertaining the European countries, so alas, we must do nothing but wait for this album to come our way. Their tour is beginning today in support of Mogwai (Glasgow, UK), whose The Hawk Is Howling was released a little over a month ago. Their exclusive album will be available for sale at their upcoming shows.

Their exclusive album named The Twilight Sad Killed My Parents And Hit The Road, features covers of The Smiths, Joy Division and even the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. The album includes rarities and live performances of songs not yet released.

Here's the track listing:

1. Walking For Two Hours
2. That Summer, At Home I Had Become The Invisible Boy
3. Untitled #28
4. Cold Days From The Birdhouse
5. And She Would Darken The Memory
6. Twenty Four Hours (Joy Division cover)
7. The Weather Is Bad
8. Half A Person (The Smiths cover)
9. Untitled #27
10. Modern Romance (Yeah Yeah Yeahs cover)
11. I Was Hoping The Winter Was Over

MP3: The Twilight Sad - I'm Taking The Train Home (buy)

Below are their tour dates, which start today with Mogwai:

27 Oct - Rockhal, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
28 Oct - Casino de Paris, Paris, France
29 Oct - Live Music Hall, Koeln, Germany
30 Oct - Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
02 Nov - Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark
03 Nov - Mejeriet, Lund, Sweden
04 Nov - Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden
06 Nov - Huxleys, Berlin, Germany
08 Nov - Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg, Germany
10 Nov - Mousonturm, Frankfurt, Germany
12 Nov - Backstage, Munich, Germany
13 Nov - Aquarius Club, Zagreb, Croatia
14 Nov - WuK, Vienna, Austria
15 Nov - Archa Theatre, Prague, Czech Republic
17 Nov - Fri Son, Fribourg, Switzerland
18 Nov - Rote Fabrik Aktionshalle, Zurich, Switzerland

Hooray! We love when our favorite groups make an appearance when new music hits stores every Tuesday and we can particularly say that for our Scottish friends, The Twilight Sad. Their new EP this week Here, It Never Snowed. Afterwards It Did is a stunning follow up to 2007's Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters.

Also sitting on the edge of our listening grasp is My Morning Jacket's much talked about Evil Urges. There has been nothing but praise for the group since their single was available as a free download not more than two months ago. Critics are raving, fans seem to love them no matter what they do, whether we like it is not yet decided. More to come...

Jon Foreman's last installment of his promised four EPs in a year is finally complete with his Summer EP. I can't say this enough: Yes, it is Jon Foreman, who sings for Switchfoot, but if you're into side projects and some off-the-beaten-path music, each EP has been excellent and fitting for the season.

Lastly, you can't miss The Fratellis and Supergrass, two groups whose names have already done much of the talking. Perhaps if you can't find anything else you like this week, these two are surefire for a few good tracks at the very least.

MP3: Ben Sollee - A Change Is Gonna Come (buy)
MP3: The Awkward Stage - Anime Eyes (buy)
MP3: Joan as Police Woman - To Be Loved (buy)
MP3: Lexie Mountain Boys - Sweet Potato Sugar Tots (buy)
MP3: Sloan - I'm Not A Kid Anymore (buy)

Adele - 19 (Official) (MySpace)
Alamance - Moving On (Official) (MySpace)
Alanis Morissette - Flavors of Entanglement (Official) (MySpace)
Beast From Sea - What Your Children Dream Of (Official) (MySpace)
Ben Sollee - Learning to Bend
Better Luck Next Time - Third Time's a Charm (Official) (MySpace)
Dianogah - qhnnnl (Official) (MySpace)
Elysia - Lion of Judas (Official) (MySpace)
Flying Lotus - Los Angeles (Official) (MySpace)
Heart - Set Self-Destruct (Official) (MySpace)
Inhale Exhale - I Swear... (Official) (MySpace)
Jakob Dylan - Seeing Things (Official) (MySpace)
Jean Grae - The Orchestral Files (Official) (MySpace)
Joan as Police Woman - To Survive (Official) (MySpace)
Joe Wilson - On The Mend EP (Official) (MySpace)
Jon Foreman - Summer EP (Official) (MySpace)
Karen Dalton - Green Rocky Road (Official) (MySpace)
Lexie Mountain Boys - Sacred Vacation (Official) (MySpace)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (Official) (MySpace)
Martha Wainwright - I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings, Too (Official) (MySpace)
Miranda Cosgrove - iCarly (Official) (MySpace)
My Education - Bad Vibrations (Official) (MySpace)
My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges (Official) (MySpace)
N.E.R.D. - Seeing Sounds (Official) (MySpace)
Natural Born Rockers - Pump Up The Volume (Official) (MySpace)
Peter Von Poehl - Going to Where the Tea Trees Are (Official) (MySpace)
Plies - Definition of Real (Official) (MySpace)
Priscilla Ahn - A Good Day (Official) (MySpace)
Quitzow - Art College (Official) (MySpace)
Railroad Earth - Amen Corner (Official) (MySpace)
Rank Deluxe - You Decide (Official) (MySpace)
Setting Sun - Children of The Wild (Official) (MySpace)
Sloan - Parallel Play (Official) (MySpace)
Solomon Burke - Like a Fire (Official) (MySpace)
Supergrass - Diamond Hoo Ha (Official) (MySpace)
The Awkward Stage - Slimming Mirrors, Flattering Lights
The Bangkok Five - We Love What Kills Us (Official) (MySpace)
The Charlatans - You Cross My Path
The Fratellis - Here We Stand (Official) (MySpace)
The John Henrys - Sweet as the Grain (Official) (MySpace)
The Medic Droid - Whats Your Medium (Official) (MySpace)
The Twilight Sad - Here, It Never Snowed. Afterwards It Did (Official) (MySpace)
Tyga - No Introduction (Official) (MySpace)
Verse - Abomination (Official) (MySpace)

Shananigans! You can't say there's nothing good to listen to this past month. There was plenty of great music and we'd like to think we found some of the best, especially since we did have an extra day this year. The below list may not be all new music from February, but we've had it on repeat this past month nonetheless. Please, if there's a group you think we may have missed or need to check out, let us know. Here's our 'Best of February' list, enjoy!

Director - Leave It To Me (buy)
El Ten Eleven - Living On Credit Blues (buy)
Bell X1 - Bad Skin Day (buy)
The Reign of Kindo - Do You Realize (cover) (buy)
The Cribs - Don't You Want To Be Relevant? (buy)
Fields - Charming The Flames (buy)
LCD Soundsystem - North American Scum (buy)
Idiot Pilot - Last Chance (buy)
Pela - Song Writes Itself (buy)
The Answering Machine - Lightbulbs (buy)
Chris Walla - Geometry & C (buy)
Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma (buy)
The Twilight Sad - And She Would Darken The Memory (buy)
Electric President - Ten Thousand Lines (buy)
Your Vegas - Troubled Times (buy)
The Bell - On and On (buy)
Fields - If You Fail, We All Fail (buy)
This Will Destroy You - Threads (buy)
Air Traffic - Come On (buy)
Bell X1 - Rocky Took A Lover (acoustic) (buy)