You could win a copy of Morrissey’s new CD Years of Refusal at Muruch! I’m sorry I told you, because I really want to win it myself.

Still reeling from that bout of the flu? The photo of Iggy Pop at To Die By Your Side will make you feel better, and Iggy’s covers of “Louie Louie” and “Pablo Picasso” will do even more.

Harry at Tha Bomb Shelter says Doves are coming to my town in May. On a weekend! I must alert Indie Mom.

Like me, Rollo and Grady are drooling from afar over the bounty of SXSW with three watchlists.

Music Under Fire has a fabulous weekend mix you don’t want to miss!

Check out Fanfarlo at Lost In Your Inbox–really different and interesting.

Both Lost In Your Inbox and It All Started With Carbon Monoxide make reference to this week’s Contrast Podcast, a fabulous mix of live covers and versions. My own contribution is Joseph Arthur’s “Prison” from his performance at the Roxy in May 2007, which features–ME! Well, sorta.

Photo by alt-gramma: male pallid swallowtail butterfly and his shadow, seen on last Sunday’s hike.

New York DJ Charlie! remixed “Berlin” from Alaska In Winter’s own recent remix release, and will soon have an EP out. Meanwhile, AIW will play two dates at SXSW and three on the U.S. west coast before returning to Europe.
Alaska In Winter: Berlin ((Charlie!’s pet robot remix)
Charlie!’s MySpace
Alaska In Winter: MySpace | Label: Regular Beat
Buy at Amazon.com, iTunes

Sweet Touch keeps sending me ear-catching covers and remixes by Emil and Friends. I like a lot of them, but I have no idea where you can buy them.
Emil and Friends: sLEePyHeAd (Passion Pit cover)
MySpace | Label: Sweet Touch Records

My Tiger My Timing: this is not the fire (django django remix)
MySpace | Website | Label: Silver Machine
Available April 6 at Amazon.com

From a new remix album to be released in April:
The Carribean: Do You Believe in Dinosaurs? (Scott Solter Remix) from Scott Solter Re-Populates the Carribean
Website | Label: Hidden Shoal Recordings
Buy at Hidden Shoal Store

In spite of their French name, these three ladies are Scandanavian. The name means “The Slim Body of Francoise.”
Le Corps Mince de Françoise: Bitch of the Bitches (Limping remix)
MySpace | Website/Blog

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