by SHANE SINNOTT

Soul-freak rockers King Khan and the Shrines, who just played here, are working the Internet to their advantage by giving exclusive rights to Imeem—“the world’s largest social music service”—to document their tour exploits. Check it out at tinyurl.com/qjt8p5. You can see classics like the ol’ “I’m super-bored in the van and pretending my fingers are running over cars” routine, which is no Dave Grohl making that distorted headphone song on the plane in Live! Tonight! Sold Out! but hey, you can grab the mellow “69 Faces of Love” from What Is?! at tinyurl.com/pasffd.

If you’re into following Kayne West’s online missives (and you should be, shit is entertaining as hell), be advised he’s just posted a rant on his blog denying any use of Twitter. “I DON’T HAVE A FUCKING TWITTER... I’M TOO BUSY ACTUALLY BEING CREATIVE... EVERYTHING THAT TWITTER OFFERS I NEED LESS OF... HEY TWITTER: TAKE THE SO CALLED KANYE WEST TWITTER DOWN NOW... WHY?... BECAUSE MY CAPS LOCK KEY IS LOUD!!!!!!!!” So if you thought you were his Twitter buddy, it seems that you are not. Read it all here: tinyurl.com/qpejj9.

Dinosaur Jr. have a new album called The Farm, out on June 22, their first after their surprising 2007 comeback, Beyond. Judging from the track, “I Want You to Know,” J. Mascis et al have once again pulled off the oft-attempted feat of sounding like that last 10 years never happened, and in a way that doesn’t suck. Download it at tinyurl.com/oug3y6.

Covers, you say? Try the blog Music Induced Euphoria, which has just posted a good collection. Franz Ferdinand’s “Call Me” (Blondie), Patti Smith’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (Nirvana) and Smashing Pumpkins’ “Isolation” (Joy Divison)—which is weirdly soft and pretty, as far as Joy Division covers go—are just the first three in the list at tinyurl.com/qo4len.

Finally, rember Wilco? Their new album leaked a month early, and they’ve responded by streaming the entire thing for free from their Web site, though they ask that you donate to a charity if you listen: tinyurl.com/qhfrtu.