New Franz Ferdinand
 A couple of Franz Ferdinand tracks have surfaced for their new record Tonight: Franz Ferdinand.
We've been playing them for months on KWOD, but now you can have them for yourself.
Go here.
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New Lily Allen
.jpg) Another new Lily Allen track has surfaced from her forthcoming album called "The Fear."
As she says she's,"trying to do this album with integrity, and I want you all to know that it has been thought about by me, not just some thrown together last minute industry bullshizz."
Take a listen here
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New Prodigy Track
 After a four year break, Prodigy is back, with details of their studio album Invaders Must Die. The album, set for release on March 3, even features Dave Grohl on drums for the track, "Run With The Wolves."
Get a free download of the title track here.
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Coldplay EP Tracks
 Coldplay just released their new EP Prospekts March, which were leftovers from Viva La Vida. Check out a couple of tracks from the album, here and here.
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Stephen Jenkins of Third Eye Blind
 Rubin had a little chat with Stephen Jenkins of Third Eye Blind recently.
Yes, they are back and you can listen to the four part interview below.
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
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Scott Weiland Stream
 Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland has a new solo record coming out on Tuesday (November 25th), and you can hear the whole thing now streaming on his Myspace.
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Stephen Colbert Xmas Song
 Stephen Colbert, who has a Christmas special airing on Friday (November 21), has thrown out the very funny track, “Another Christmas Song,” about how easily you can make money off of a mediocre Christmas song. “Another Christmas Song” will be available digitally on iTunes as a part of A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All soundtrack, due on November 25, but you can listen here
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Another MGMT Remix
 MGMT have been THE most remixed band of the year, and now Jim James takes his stab at "Electric Feel."
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New Rivers Cuomo (Weezer)
.jpg) We've been talking about the new Rivers Cuomo record, with solo demos he's collected over the years. He's now streaming the new single, "My Brain Is Working Overtime" on his Myspace page. Look for Alone II to come out 11/25.
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New Killers Tracks
 Several tracks have sprung a leak with the new Killers record Day and Age.
Bloggers have been putting together write-ups on the bands November 22nd release, with a taste of some new tracks, including "Spaceman," and "Human."
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Radiohead Frontman Gives Out Free Track
 Thom Yorke of Radiohead has given out a free track in celebration of Barack Obama's victory.
As some of his solo record The Eraser was inspired by the Bush Administration, he gives us one of those, a remix of "Harrowdown Hill."
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New Shiny Toy Guns Tracks
 The new Shiny Toy Guns record Season Of Poison came out this week (Nov 4th), and it brings a more dark texture to their catalog.
Hear three new tracks-the single "Ricochet," a remix of that song and another highlight off the record, "Frozen Oceans." Go here
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Two New Snow Patrol Tracks
 Snow Patrol just released A Hundred Million Suns last week (Oct 27th) to real strong reviews. Check out a couple of new songs from the record, "The Golden Floor" and "If There's A Rocket Tie Me To It," over here.
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Gnarls Barkley Give Out Music
 Gnarls Barkley are serving up some free mp3 action, as they prepare to release their 4-song EP on 11/11.
Check out the demo version of "Who's Gonna Save My Soul"
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New Lily Allen
 Lily Allen has a brand new track she's released on her Myspace-"Everyone's At It."
It's more upbeat than earlier material she had been letting leak to the public.
Get it here.
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Perry Farrell New Track
 The film/soundtrack for Twilight are both due next month, with a lot of talk coming from new material from Paramore and Perry Farrell.
The new Farrell track sounds a bit like Porno For Pyros.
Listen to "Go All the Way" here.
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Rubin Chats With Two Comedians
 In case you haven't noticed, Rubin likes to talk with comedians. In fact, we are convinced that if you aren't a comedian, he won't talk to you.
Rubin has gotten a lot of chatter in lately with the likes of Cheech Marin and Christopher Titus.
Hear Cheech-Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
Hear Titus-Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
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Coldplay's "Lost Jay-Z Remix"
 That new EP that has been much talked about from Coldplay, Prospeckt March will be out soon. We get a tease of the new record with the Jay-Z remix of their new single "Lost," here.
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Eminem is Back
 Eminem's new track "I'm Having A Relapse" is leaking all over the place, and we got that and a few details. First, his next album will be titled Relapse. Also Eminem said that Dr. Dre produced most of the record so he could concentrate on his lyrics. It would be the first Eminem release since 2004's Encore. Rumor has it that the album could be out before the end of the year.
For a listen go here
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Of Montreal Covers Nirvana
 Kevin Barnes and the crew in popular indie band Of Montreal have covered the untouchable Nirvana classic "Smeels Like Teen Spirit," and believe me, it's not what you would expect.
More here
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Smashing Pumpkins-G.L.O.W.
.jpg) You may have heard the new Smashing Pumpkins track "G.L.O.W." on KWOD, but in case you haven't, check it out here.
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M.I.A. feat Jay-Z-"Boyz" Remixes
 M.I.A. has teamed up with several artists, for many remixes over the last few months. Her latest features Jay-Z and Wale for the track "Boyz."
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Katy Perry Covers MGMT
 Katy Perry recently did a cover of the MGMT track "Electric Feel." It might be as good or better than their version. Check it out here.
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Rubin Talks With Daniel Tosh
 Comedian Daniel Tosh, who will be in town on November 15th at the Crest talked to Rubin about his celebrity neighbor, his house, Pennywise and more.
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
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Paramore Debut New Song
.jpg) Paramore’s contribution to the vampire flick Twilight is now online and streaming “Decode,” which you can listen to over at the Website of Twilight author Stephenie Meyer, is the first track off the film’s soundtrack, due on shelves November 4th. Paramore’s Hayley Williams said, “I chose the title ‘Decode’ because the song is about the building tension, awkwardness, anger and confusion between Bella and Edward.” Twilight the film enters theaters November 21st.
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New Vampire Weekend-Ottoman
 Finally some new music from Vampire Weekend.
They have included some brand new stuff called "Ottoman" from the Nick and Norah Infinite Playlist soundtrack.
Get it here.
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Jonathan Davis Covers Lil Wayne
 Jonathan Davis is sitting around the house these days bored to tears. So, he recorded a cover of Lil Wayne's "Got Money," Korn style.
Get it.
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Arcade Fire Cover
 If you like covers at all than you should check out this interesting Arcade Fire cover of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Maps."
It almost sounds a little Talking Heads-like.
Get it here
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The Kooks Cover MGMT
 ![""]("http://imgsrv.kwod.net/image/kwod2/UserFiles/Image/thekooks.jpg") The Kooks were touring in Australia and decided to throw down a cover from MGMT-"Kids."
Get it here
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Jay-Z/Oasis Mashup Album
 A new mixtape mixing the music of Oasis and Jay-Z – Cookin' Soul's 'Ojayziz' – is available to download now.
The mixtape is inspired by the famous spat between the rapper and Oasis' Noel Gallagher.
Noel Gallagher said Jay-Z was "wrong" for Glastonbury – the festival the rapper headlined earlier this year.
Jay-Z responded by opening his Glastonbury set with 'Wonderwall' and then later rapping about Noel Gallagher.
'Ojayziz' is available to download now free here
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 A new Wilco song has surfaced, as they perfomed it live at Lollapalooza last weekend called "One Wing."
 There's been a rumored collaboration between Muse and The Streets, and now it has surfaced. It's a song called "Who Knows Who," and we hear it may not show up on either bands new record. Take a listen.
 Lollapalooza took place this past weekend (August 1st-3rd) at Grant Park in Chicago, and was a huge success. It was the first sellout in years, thanks to bands like Rage Against the Machine, Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails taking part.
Now you can download full perfomances here
 Everlast called in to talk with Andy Sims about living in L.A., covering Johnny Cash, what inspired "Letters Home in the Garden Of Stone" and more. Listen
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The Kooks were on BBC radio and decided to cover Coldplay's "Violet Hill."
Check it out.
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On the U.K. version of Weezer's Red Album, their are a couple of covers added in, including this remake of Talk Talk's "Life's What You Make It."
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We ran a little Offspring special based on their new album Rise and Fall Rage and Grace.
Hear some of the cuts on the album, and see what Dexter and Noodles are up to these days.
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
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Jesse, the lead singer of the band 10 Years dropped us a line while on tour, talking to Sims about all kinds of crap. Get it.
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Alkaline Trio hung out with Sims, did a little talking, and played some exclusive acoustic tracks right here in our studio.
Take a listen to Part 1 with "Do You Want To Know (acoustic)" and Part 2 with "Love Love Kiss Kiss (acoustic)"
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If you can't get enough of Pennywise, you're in luck. We have two interviews for you with Fletcher and Jim.
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Matt Skiba, guitarist and vocalist of Alkaline Trio was one of the highlights of our Rock the Vote show at Empire. Hear the interview he did with Rubin, before he ripped the joint in half.
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Andy Sims had the pleasure of talking to Weezer guitarist Brian Bell about The Red Album, and all kinds of other informational tidbits. Hear it
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Ludo dropped by the KWOD studios recently, and performed three songs-Go Getter Greg, LoveMe Dead and a special Elvis cover, Can't Help Falling In Love
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KWOD History of Punk Pods on Demand Stream past pods below:
Dead Milkmen
The Queers
Bad Brains
The Sex Pistols
CBGB's
Garage Rock
MC5/The Stooges
New York Dolls
Velvet Underground
Nirvana
90's Punk
The Modern Lovers
70's So. Cal Punk Rock
Dead Kennedys
English Beat
NOFX
Black Flag
The Runaways
Generation X
Bouncing Souls
Patti Smith
X
Sex Pistols-Wintergarden gig
Angry Samoans
The Germs
Buzzcocks
Guttermouth
Operation Ivy
Toy Dolls
Face To Face
The Replacements
Flogging Molly
Suicidal Tendencies
Sacramento Promoter Stewart Katz
Husker Du
Reverend Horton Heat
Lagwagon
The Cramps
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Interviews and Private Sessions:
Presidents of the USA Come By the KWOD Studios/Play Acoustic
Part 1 Part 2
Lisa Lampanelli TalksTo Rubin
Andy Sims Talks to Sam from The Bravery
Rubin Interviews Bad Religion Bass Player Jay Bentley
Also snag the Bad Religion Concert Cast
Rubin Talks With Coheed and Cambria at Warped Tour
Rubin talks to Bill Maher
KWOD Listener Interviews Linkin Park Drummer Rob Bourdon
Jacoby Shaddix of Papa Roach Talks To Rubin About New CD
Rubin talks with actor Kurt Russell
Rubin Talks With Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Shiny Toy Guns Interview With Rubin
Rubin chats with Brandon from Incubus
Rubin talks to Nicolas Cage
Adam Corolla interviewed at Twisted Xmas
My Chemical Romance chat at Twisted
Papa Roach chat at Twisted
Cee-Lo Talks With Capone At Twisted Xmas
Rubin Hoobstank Interview 4/21/06
Plus 44 Exclusive (Acoustic Private Session)
When Your Heart Stops Beating
Switchfoot Private Session
Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
Track 4
Track 5
Track 6
Track 7
Lostprophets Private Session
Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
Track 4
Taking Back Sunday KWOD Private Session @ Arco
Break U Down
Count Me Out
Bad Feeling
Dave Wakeling (English Beat) Drops By KWOD To Play Two Classics
Mirror in the Bathroom
Save It For Later
Papa Roach Plays Acoustic For KWOD
Forever
Last Resort
Scars
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