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A few days ago we posted this exclusive track, "Kind of a Girl", the first single from the generation-spanning supergroup Tinted Windows, featuring Taylor Hanson, Fountains of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger, James Iha and Cheap Trick drummer Bun E. Carlos.

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We just got off the phone with the lovely Norah Jones. We had a little chat about the amazing version of "Baby it's Cold Outside" that she recently recorded with her hero, Willie Nelson, that will be featured on Willie's upcoming standards record.

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We're stoked that Jane's Addiction are back together, especially since their original bass player Eric Avery is back in the fold. It's easy to tell when you listen to those old albums that Avery's riffs were responsible for some of their greatest songs. That dude doesn't get enough credit. Right? Exactly.

To coincide with their upcoming tour and album, Jane's will release a 3 CD+DVD box set, Cabinet of Curiosities, on April 21st. The box set comes loaded with over 40 rare cuts, including demos, live recordings and other rarities.  

Here's a rundown of what to expect when you open up the Cabinet of Curiosities:

• The first disc contains 13 unreleased recordings, including "Jane Says," "Three Days," "Ocean Size," "Classic Girl," "Summertime Rolls" and "Stop!" There are also five songs pulled from a 1986 recording session in Venice Beach.
• The second disc has more unreleased demos ("Ted, Just Admit It..."), including a remix of "Been Caught Stealing," and covers like Grateful Dead's "Ripple", Sly's "Dont Call Me Nigger, Whitey" (with Ice T), Zep's "Whole Lotta Love," the Stooges' "1970," and "Bobhaus," an old live staple that puts Dylan's "Like A Rolling Stone" lyrics over the music of Bauhaus' "Burning from the Inside."
• Disc number three contains the entire recording of the December 19, 1990 performance at the Hollywood Palladium, with a killer version of "Whores."
• The DVD included in the box set features eight music videos, three performances from shows played in 1990 and home videos of the band members.
• Concert fliers, ticket stubs and set lists.

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Black Keys guitarist and vocalist Dan Auerbach has recently released a killer solo disc, Keep It Hid, and he's just days away from embarking on a 10-city solo tour!

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If you're not yet hip to them, the Features are the Nashville-based rock quartet who made a splash scene back in 2006 with their killer debut, Exhibit A. That year they went on tour with fellow Tennesseans the Kings of Leon, and played gigs with  the Raconteurs and the Walkmen. 

The Features are back with their second LP, Some Kind of Salvation. The record will be released on May 26th, and features production work by KOL and Tom Waits producer Jacquire King.

Check out the Salvation track "Lions," below and head over to their website for more. 

The Features - "Lions"

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Sure, we didn't put up any new posts yesterday, but we have a damn good excuse.

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As we understand it, this is how it all went down.

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An unreleased Beatles tune has popped up on the internet, and it's pretty cool. 

The nearly 11-minute track is apparently "Take 20" of the White Album's "Revolution 1." It starts off with studio chatter, including a high-pitched John Lennon saying, "Take your knickers off and let's go," before it goes into a  a take on "Revolution 1." Around the five-minute mark the song takes an unexpected turn toward "Revolution 9" territory, using tape loops, voice distortion and samples.

"Take 20" ends with some heady conversation between Lennon and Yoko Ono, something about being naked and how things are "going to be alright."   

Our buddy, Matt Romano, who plays drums in Little Joy and in Albert Hammond, Jr.'s band, just opened an amazing bar in New York City. It's called the Cabin Down Below -- it's literally under Niagara -- but it's only accessible through a secret door in an East Village pizza parlor.     

Yes, only at the S.S. will you find the first single from Tinted Windows, the new supergroup featuring Taylor Hanson, James Iha, Adam Schlesinger and Bun E. Carlos.

It's called "Kind of a Girl," and will be featured on the Windows' self-titled debut album, dropping on April 21st.

The initial spark for Tinted Windows occurred in the mid-Nineties, when Taylor and Adam (from Fountains of Wayne) first crossed paths. "Ever since we met, Taylor and I had talked about trying to do something together," says Adam, who has also worked closely with Iha over the years. The trio eventually bonded over power-pop, rock and New Wave. "We talked about everything from the Buzzcocks to the Knack," says Iha. "And, of course, Cheap Trick." On a whim they invited Cheap Trick drummer Bun E. Carlos into the mix, and he said yes!

So here ya go.

Tell us what you think!

Tinted Windows - "Kind of a Girl"