
This year I delved through nearly every album I listened to in 2011 to pick out my personal cream of the crop. This is probably my most comprehensive list of "best of" songs I've done for BWC thus far...Hope you guys enjoy. The top albums of the year should follow shortly! If there are any mislabeled, mis-tagged links, let me know and I'll get it fixed. I wouldn't be surprised if I muddled through a few misclicks or something trying to copy and paste everything over Tim Kasher // [...]

It's taken more time than usual, but it's finally ready... Blogophilia 28 represents tracks compiled from April through mid May, and was rendered down while finishing work in U.S., and traveling to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji. That stated, the only real excuse for its delay is that I was pretty busy. Look for 29 soon! This is a mix where nearly all of the artists are new to the Blogophilia series. The only returnees are Vetiver and Starfucker. It's hard to believe we never had a Sebadoh track. Enjoy! Blogophilia 28 Promotional MP3s collected from blogs [...]
Given the volume of music available for consideration on One Track Mind, we invariably have to pass on a lot of tasty morsels. [tweetmeme] In a desire to share even more great, free music with you, the Sunday Sampler offers a handful of tracks without the usual critical and biographical write-up. Less talk, more tunes. Tim Cohen "Don't Give Up" from Magic Trick [ released 2/22/11 | indie-pop ] [ download [...]

I'm not sure why, but I'm more stoked on this month's mix than usual. A lot of good music has fallen into my lap recently. Whether it be new stuff or unearthed forgotten favorites, summer always seems to be one of the most exciting times to run things here. Enjoy! 01// parenthetical girls - the pornographer 02// the ghost of a thousand - moved as mountains, dreamt of by the sea 03// the wonder years - woke up older 04// hawkboy [...]
El Obo - Vrgn Evl from the flying chair on Vimeo . So I finally scrounged about enough extra cash to get my hands on El Obo's new album Oxford Basement Collection yesterday and I'm happy to report back that it's a great record. It's easy for a lot of artists nowadays to have solo-projects and alter ego's that seem like a redundant copycat of their main output, but that's not the case with Jesse Coppenbarger. El Obo's songs have a stark and soothing aesthetic, foraging [...]

Before we begin, I have some news about The Indie Sabbath . As you should know by now, the southern part of the United States has been ravaged over the past few weeks by violent thunderstorms, tornadoes and massive flooding. The scale of the disaster is incredible, and the people living in those areas are suffering in a way most of us can't even fathom. Starting Monday the 16th, I am going to be traveling to Missouri to help with the relief effort. This is going to be a physically draining experience as I will [...]

El Obo is the solo side-project of Colour Revolt frontman Jesse Coppenbarger and Oxford Basement Collection is his album that will be released tomorrow on Esperanza Plantation . Created in 2004 as an outlet for his accumulated material that did not quite fit the “loud rock band” mold, the album sums up several years of sporadic songwriting and recording that occurred in multiple studios with the assistance of numerous friends/musicians (including Steven Bevilaqua of Flight on guitar and Jr. Kimbrough’s son Kinney on drums). Check out On The Eighth Day , reminds me a bit of [...]
It's still miserable outside, and April Fool's jokes don't make the day any better. Hopefully this does though: our newest Friday Mixtape features new music from Fucked Up, Boris, Cold Cave, The Donkeys, Holy Ghosts!, and more, plus loads of remixes and covers, the latter of which comes compliments of our friends at Cover Me. Scroll to the bottom and you'll also find loads of mp3s from up and comers you just might want to check out. Enjoy, and hopefully next week will be warmer. P.S. New Foo Fighters album . NEW Singles: [...]