The Hold Steady polished off a live session with the Interface with some material from their new release Stay Positive, out tomorrow.  They stripped down for the studio and still sound fantastic.

The Hold Steady, Live on the Interface

Langhorne Slim stopped by HearYa’s studio on the way through Chicago and laid down 6 tracks. Extremely generous of him.

Here’s the first, but head over to HearYa for the rest from the Langhorne Slim live session.

Langhorne Slim - Hummingbird

Grayson Capps is releasing a new album in September. Until then, dive into this live show at the Paridiso in Amsterdam.

Athens band, Modern Skirts, recently stopped in Chicago for a HearYa.com Live Session.  Their upbeat, acoustic pop tunes are sure to keep you in a good mood.  Head over to hear all the tracks.

Here’s one for you to taste:

Modern Skirts - Motorcade

Northampton, MA based band, Winterpills, stopped into WOXY to perform some new stuff in their Lounge Acts sessions.

Track Listing:
Handkerchiefs
Broken Arm
Bee Sting (new/unreleased)
- interview -
Shameful
Gentleman Farmer (new/unreleased)

Listen here:

Winterpills Live Session at WOXY

My Old Kentucky Blog tipped us off to this session at Sun Studios by Backyard Tire Fire.

Download the session here.

Here is the video:

Thanks to Cause = Time for posting Nada Surf’s live performance from SxSW 2008.

Nada Surf Live Session @ the Dell Lounge, SxSW 2008

Paste Magazine also has a great video of the performance.

Nada Surf - “See These Bones”

Bon Iver recently stopped by The Current Studio for a Minnesota Public Radio/ KCMP live session.  You can download below.

Click here to hear the session.

HearYa recently had country’s hottest talent, Justin Townes Earle in for a live session.  It’ll show you that the album does him no justice. Here are the tracks. Pay special attention to Lone Pine Hill.  Amazing tune.

Justin Townes Earle - Lone Pine Hill

Justin Townes Earle - Who Am I To Say

Justin Townes Earle - Your Biscuits Are Big Enough For Me

Justin Townes Earle - Turn Out My Lights

The Brits are comparing 19 year old Adele to Amy Winehouse, but let’s just hope its a compliment for her vocal prowess and not a crack habit and case of crazy.

Hear for yourself at the AOL podcast:

Adele on The Interface

Here’s the setlist and links to video:

Full set
· Chasing Pavements
· Make You Feel My Love
· Melt My Heart to Stone
· Hometown Glory
· Interview