Pitchfork

Wow, remember Napster? Because there simply aren't enough websites offering exclusive live sessions these days, the resurrected file-sharing giant-- now doing things the legal, boring way-- has stepped to the plate with the (subversively?) redundant "Live NapsterLive" series, according to their rawked-out logo.

Boasting exclusive live sessions and/or interviews from luminaries like Papa Roach, Teitur, Rick Ross, Sandi Thom, Default, and Barlowgirl (and okay, the Walkmen, Herbert, Sparks, Akon, Magneta Lane, and Earlimart), the series promises "raw, acoustic, intimate" music-making, and recently tapped none other than TV on the Radio, who shared an offbeat cover and two Cookie Mountain jams with the headphone-wearing cat alien thing.

Unlike their recent AOL Interface session, these aren't the least bit "acoustic." TVoTR tackle They Might Be Giants' "Dead", floating the quirky yet strangely profound ditty about reincarnation and expired groceries over a warm, fuzzy bed of looped guitars and such, harmonizing and overlapping vocals in a manner that might make a choral director cringe while an indie kid squeals with delight. They also contribute a blandly faithful version of Cookie's "Province" and an inspired, rough-edged take on "Wolf Like Me".

You may download the tracks from $0.99 each or $2.95 for all three-- or stream them whenever you like for free by pimping your e-mail address to Napster. Just click on the song titles.

In other TVOTR news, their video for "Wolf Like Me" is up for the MTV2 show "Subterranean"'s best videos of the year list. You can vote for it by going here on MTV's godawful website and clicking on "vote". The top ten vote-getters win the fantastic, orgasmic prize of...airing on the December 17 episode of "Subterranean"! What good fortune!