EXCLUSIVE SONG: Modest Mouse-Approved Folkies

FREE DOWNLOAD: Get a track from Mimicking Birds' excellent self-titled debut.
Mimicking Birds

More than a year after touring with Modest Mouse, Portland, OR, folk outfit Mimicking Birds released their self-titled debut Tuesday via MM frontman Isaac Brock's Glacial Pace Records -- and SPIN.com has an exclusive download of one of the album's best tracks below!

Download: Year Long Disaster's "Cyclone"

Raunchy boogie from the L.A. power trio.
Year Long Disaster

Consisting of guitarist-singer Daniel Davies (the son of Kinks guitarist Dave Davies), bassist Richie Mullins, and Third Eye Blind drummer Brad Hargreaves, City of Angels trio Year Long Disaster blasts raunchy Sunset Strip boogie -- with a touch of Zeppelinesque bombast -- all over their new Black Magic: All Mysteries Revealed.

LISTEN: Hot Brit Crooner Findlay Brown

Former bare-knuckle boxer channels Phil Spector and Roy Orbison on "Love Will Find You."
Findlay Brown

With an ear to retro soul, Amy Winehouse transformed herself into a chart-topping, Grammy-winning diva. Now another Brit, Yorkshire-born Findlay Brown, is pushing old sounds into new territory with his unique twist on early-1960s Brill Building pop.

LISTEN: Drake's Hot New Track

SPIN's 2009 Rapper of the Year drops "Over," the first proper single from his forthcoming debut album, Thank Me Later.
Drake

His debut album isn't set for release until late May, but Canadian MC -- and SPIN's 2009 Rapper of the Year -- Drake is already lamenting the spoils of stardom. That's the lyrical vibe on "Over," the first official single from the ex-Degrassi star's forthcoming Thank Me Later. Listen here:

DOWNLOAD: Hole's New Single!

Courtney Love leaks "Skinny Little Bitch," the lead single from her band's first album in 12 years.
Courtney Love / Photographed for SPIN by Daniel Jackson

Courtney Love's Hole -- cover subjects of SPIN's March issue -- have released "Skinny Little Bitch," the lead single from their upcoming album, Nobody's Daughter, out April 27 via Mercury/IDJ.

EXCLUSIVE SONG: Alt Rockers Cover Tom Petty

The Almost stay true to Petty's iconic track "Free Fallin'" on new tribute album, Punk Goes Classic Rock.
The Almost

The Almost didn't stray too far, geographically speaking, for their contribution to the upcoming compilation Punk Goes Classic Rock. The Clearwater, Florida, quintet covered fellow Floridian Tom Petty's 1989 classic "Free Fallin.'" Hear an exclusive stream right here!

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