
One of the best things to come out of the expansion of the monthly RUMBLE parties is the discovery of each city's rising talents. Of all the towns we've set up shop in, which has just hit seven a month, the one I had regarded as the least promising in terms of talented acts, has jumped to the front surprisingly. Right now, the hottest music city NOT called Brooklyn is San Diego, California. [...]

Katy Davidson - Lake or something I'm terrible at song titles but I need to call it something. This is a perfect minute and a half sample of the song/lyric writing genius of Katy Davidson/Dear Nora/Lloyd & Michael , who have already been featured on this internet ramblings many times. However, this time I'm bringing some new content to the massive web of waste of time. Better than writing about how I just discovered the Vivian Girls or some obscure yet re-issued something or other. [...]
Canopy by The Laughing Harlequin Bands by The Lonelyhearts The Gaping Wound On My Chest Is Like Raading Your Diary Out Loud by Broken River Prophet Roll The Dice by Koufax Jam & Yima by Fantastic Magic Turn Me Off [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Fantastic Magic : "Sea of Gold" [mp3] Fantastic Magic : "Jam and Yima" [mp3] other Fantastic Magic posts at Largehearted Boy Hey Marseilles : "From a Terrace" [mp3] from To Travels and Trunks (out August 21st) other Hey Marseilles posts at Largehearted Boy [...]

Fantastic Magic continue to spread their own brand of joy, this time rounding up one of the tracks that graced their Abandon Ship CD/Cassette and adding a new one to this 7" on What Delicate Recordings. Fantastic Magic - Sea of Gold b/w Jam & Yima 7" Grabbing the cut "Jam & Yima" from the Abandon Ship release, one of the more carefree pieces from that record, and pairing it with the likeminded "Sea of Gold". FM keep [...]
From within the walls, it is a peaceful place. Le nationalism est une betise is a non-scalable argument. So 'Come and Take it'. Fantastic Magic - Flowerbeds I am searching for the bands of Fantastic Magic here in San Diego. They played last week with Frog Eyes, an altogether pleasant experience. So now I will grab on, for that brief instant before surprise and bewilderment strike with a regular consistency.