Enjoy the full Q&A session (discussing Where The Wild Things Are) below.

MP3: Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Cheated Hearts (Peaches Mix)

Happy Valentine’s Day? Sweetheart: Our Favorite Artists Sing Their Favorite Love Songs is out on 1/30. The full track listing is as follows:

1 Death Cab For Cutie: “Love Song” (Cure cover)
2 Katy Perry: “Black & Gold” (Sam Sparro cover)
3 DeVotchKa: “Hot Burrito #1 (I’m Your Toy)” (Flying Burrito Brothers cover)
4 Department Of Eagles: “Love Me” (Elvis Presley cover)
5 Jessica Lea Mayfield: “Words Of Love” (Buddy Holly cover)
6 Ben Bridwell: “Your Love Is Forever” (George Harrison cover)
7 Kate Tucker: “I’m On Fire” (Bruce Springsteen cover)
8 Rogue Wave: “Maps” (Yeah Yeah Yeahs cover)
9 A.C. Newman: “Take On Me” (A-Ha cover)
10 Jem: “Yellow” (Coldplay cover)
11 Richard Hawley: “Early Morning Rain” (Gordon Lightfoot cover)
12 Daniel Martin Moore: “I Hear Music” (Billie Holiday cover)
13 She & Him: “I Put A Spell On You” (Screamin’ Jay Hawkins cover)
14 Lila Downs: “My One & Only Love” (Frank Sinatra cover)

MP3: Daniel Martin Moore – Stray Age

Have You Heard? includes:

1 She & Him – Why Do You Let…
2 Goldfrapp – A&E
3 Grand Archives – Miniature Birds
4 The Rosewood Thieves – Honey…
5 Sera Cahoone – Baker Lake
6 Bon Iver – Skinny Love
7 Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal
8 Over The Rhine – Nothing Is Innocent
9 Thao – Bag Of Hammers
10 Nada Surf – Beautiful Beat
11 Ryan Lindsey – Put Your Trust In Ross
12 Kate Tucker – Faster Than Cars Drive
13 Eagle Seagull – I’m Sorry…
14 Liam Finn – Second Chance
15 Bettye LaVette – You Don’t Know…
16 Fink – This Is The Thing

Learn more here.

MP3: Thao – Bag Of Hammers

Watch it below. Check here if you missed the first two 30-second TV spots.

MP3: Badly Drawn Boy – Donna & Blitzen (via EC)

If you missed the first one, watch it here. Which do you prefer (if any)?

MP3: Badly Drawn Boy – Promises

Enjoy/Protest the coffee chain’s latest commercial featuring BDB’s ‘I Love NYE’.

MP3: Badly Drawn Boy – Once Around The Block (via Radio Slipstream)

Via the always reliable (ahem) New York Post:

Having already proven that it can sell other companies’ music, coffee giant Starbucks is planning to launch its own record label and is close to a deal for the next album from former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney to be its first release, according to sources familiar with the plans.

The formation of Starbucks Records, as the unit is expected to be called, could be announced as soon as this week, according to these sources.

I guess we all knew this was coming, but I never thought Paul McCartney would be the first sell his soul.

Shame on you, mate!

MP3: The Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night

Oh geez. KCRW & Starbucks are teaming up to release ‘Sounds Eclectic: The Covers Project’. The album, which will be available on March 13th in most major cities, will include The Flaming Lips’ take on Radiohead’s ‘Knives Out’ and Damien Rice’s version of the band’s first massive single, ‘Creep’. For Radiohead enthusiasts, these covers aren’t exactly new but I have mixed feelings about hearing them at Starbucks, of all places.

Also, what’s probably more upsetting is that album sales will NOT be going to a charity. No, not even partially. According to Bitchfork, ‘proceeds from album sales will assist the station in digitizing its huge music library’.

Err, I love you KCRW, but I don’t know about this one. Anyone else as ambivalent as me?

MP3: Damien Rice – Creep (Radiohead cover)