San Francisco rock band Train who had a hit 10 years ago with “Drops of Jupiter” managed to do it again with a song called
“Hey Soul Sister“. An unlikely scenario for an older band, but worth reporting nevertheless. “Hey Soul Sister” is currently sitting at #4 on the iTunes top 20.

Listen to the new track Here We Go by Danger Is My Middle Name. Upcoming dates with Rookie Of The Year and a show in NYC on January 24th at Webster Hall. Contact: danielrfriedman.com

Vampire Weekend surprisingly sold 123,597 copies of Contra topping the Billboard charts. The band is currently enjoying sold out shows in NYC and the UK and recently performed on the Tonight Show.

Check out the song 1915 by Moonlight Bride that comes off their self-released album “Myths” and recently went live on iTunes. The band has an upcoming profile in Paste that comes out 1/26/10 and Regional/Midwest tour starting now. Contact: bcmclane@aol.com

Disco Curtis who just signed to Myspace/Interscope Records premiered their debut music video for “Ashley” on myspace garnering 40,000 plays beating out Jay Z’s new video for “On To The Next One. Has upcoming Vans Warped Tour dates.