Sagely, Thrill Jockey records has made Extra Golden’s “Obama” available as a free download. As Brent Burton pointed out in his review of the D.C./Kenya band’s most recent album, Hera Ma Nono, the president-elect played a role in helping the band tour the United States. You can watch a video of the song here:

Peter Margasak at our sister paper the Chicago Reader brings word that WFMU’s Web site will stream the Ex and Getatchew Mekuria’s recent New York gig, a bill that also included semi-locals Extra Golden and the Either/Orchestra with Ethiopian singers Mahmoud Ahmed and Alemayehu Eshete. The show starts streaming at 6 p.m. Wednesday.