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Video: Ryan Adams, Live From Abbey Road

Earlier this morning, we fawned over Ryan Adams’ first duet with longtime mutual admirer Laura Marling, and now more footage from his performance at the legendary London studio has crossed our path. Performing on Live From Abbey Road, Adams not only took on timeless Heartbreaker cut “Oh My Sweet Carolina,” but he also revisited a number of his other earlier tunes in stripped-down form, including “My Winding Wheel” and “I See Monsters,” as well as cuts from his new album, Ashes & Fire, such as “Invisible Riverside,” “Lucky Now,” and the title track. Gold single “New York, New York” was also among the impressive set.

UK residents can enjoy the full program here, but here’s a clip for the rest of us: the latter aforementioned song in its new piano-backed form. Check it out above.

Jeff Tweedy Produces Kids These Days’ ‘Traphouse Rock’

Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy’s latest project as a producer was announced this week: Traphouse Rock, the debut LP from Chicago genre-hopping group Kids These Days. The band, made up of 18-20-year-olds, made a big splash at their hometown’s Lollapalooza Festival this year (perhaps where Tweedy caught wind of their talents), though they’d already been gaining word of mouth in the local scene following high-profile opening slots for the likes of Snoop Dogg, Raphael Saadiq, and Derek Trucks.

If Tweedy’s work on the excellent new Mavis Staples album is any indication, he’ll likely bring a natural, live approach to putting Kids These Days to tape. A cursory tour through their YouTube clips so far should validate that type of treatment, I’d say, but who knows what’s in store at this point. In the meantime (the release date is TBA), get acquainted with an impressive video for their song “Darling” below:

‘Occupy This Album’ ft. Crosby, Nash, Lucinda Williams, More

Dozens of solo artists, bands, and legendary musicians have jumped aboard the Occupy movement in recent weeks — more recently, Zack de la Rocha penned a poem for OWS — and now the official release of recorded music for the cause is on the way. Aptly dubbed Occupy This Album, the compilation will arrive later this winter with contributions from the likes of David Crosby and Graham Nash (who performed at Zuccotti Park the other day), Jackson Browne, Devo, Third Eye Blind, Ya Lo Tengo, Lloyd Cole, members of Woody Guthrie’s family, Lucinda Williams, and — the only non-musician revealed to be joining the project — director Michael Moore.

The LP seeks to “provide an anthem and rallying cry for the protesters involved in the uprising,” said Occupy This Album producers in a statement to the press. One producer, Jason Samel of Music for Occupy, reassured that all proceeds from the set will benefit the movement directly, with half going to the group’s General Fund and the other half of the profits being distributed evenly to nationwide occupation sites.

Given the musical element to this historic event so far, we can’t wait to see how an organized official release will shape up in coming months. Once a tracklist and further details are available, updates will be posted here.