Exclusive Download: Giant Sand Becomes Giant Giant Sand on 'Forever and a Day'

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Giant Sand's Howe Gelb expanded his band to become Giant Giant Sand for their new album, Tucson. "We gathered for a quick album recording, attempting to start and finish over the Christmas holidays and master by mid-January with half the band in Tucson and half the band in Denmark," says Gelb. "We devised a way to concoct the same live-all-at-once atmosphere as we had done for the first session in Vevey, Switzerland a few weeks before. The rule was to play it all together live here in Tucson and then to ship all the songs over to Denmark for the other band half to do the same thing live in one afternoon with no overdubs."

Gelb describes "Forever and a Day," a highlight from the record, as a "yard sale of one man's life in flux, shoving all his stuff into the hands of anyone who will nab it." Tucson will be in stores on June 11th, but you can download the song here for free.

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Exclusive Download: Giant Sand Becomes Giant Giant Sand on 'Forever and a Day'

Click to listen to Giant Giant Sand's 'Forever And A Day'

Giant Sand's Howe Gelb expanded his band to become Giant Giant Sand for their new album, Tucson. "We gathered for a quick album recording, attempting to start and finish over the Christmas holidays and master by mid-January with half the band in Tucson and half the band in Denmark," says Gelb. "We devised a way to concoct the same live-all-at-once atmosphere as we had done for the first session in Vevey, Switzerland a few weeks before. The rule was to play it all together live here in Tucson and then to ship all the songs over to Denmark for the other band half to do the same thing live in one afternoon with no overdubs."

Gelb describes "Forever and a Day," a highlight from the record, as a "yard sale of one man's life in flux, shoving all his stuff into the hands of anyone who will nab it." Tucson will be in stores on June 11th, but you can download the song here for free.

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Jay-Z Becomes Spokesman for Duracell Powermat

Jay-Z attends an announcement of his Carnegie Hall performances hosted by the United Way of New York City and the Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation.Theo Wargo/WireImage for United Way NYC and Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation

Jay-Z has signed on as the spokesman for Duracell Powermat. The rapper, who may well be taking the gig to pay off a $1.3 million bill to rent out an entire floor of Manhattan's Lenox Hill Hospital for the birth of his and Beyoncé's daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, will also become an investment partner in the company.

"I believe in the future of wireless energy and I believe that Duracell Powermat is the company to bring on the revolution," Jay-Z said in a statement. "I'm partnering with Duracell Powermat because they're providing the solutions for the future."

Duracell struck a joint venture with Powermat in September to develop and produce wireless charging platforms for a variety of devices and environments, including charging stations for sports arenas. Perhaps not coincidentally, Jay-Z is a part-owner of the Nets basketball franchise, which is currently building a new arena in Brooklyn.

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