
I've been incredibly busy the past couple of weeks (primarily moving, among other things) and I'm just now finally getting settled in. I don't think I've had this kind of incessant time away from blogging since I started this thing, but hopefully things will get back to normal around here. What better way to kick things off than with The Daily Graboid, as this will be another chunk of the last month or so of releases that I've missed. Starting next week I will probably get back to a weekly posting of this, so I'm sure [...]
Shad "The Old Prince Still Lives At Home"The Old Prince (June 30, EMI)Lots of love from Alternative Press, on Warped Tour now!Argyle Johansen "Sunny Day In Hell"Argyle Johansen (September, Self Released)You may remember this awesome song from Californicationwww.myspace.com /argylejohansenGuy Fantastico "Nom De Guerre"Nesting (August 4, Self Released)Video for "Nesting" coming soon!myspace.com/
LA's own Guy Fantastico and Asthmatic Kitty's Helado Negro have teamed up for a remix of Guy's "Graciella" and they are ever so graciously offering this track for free download (direct link below). Download: Guy Fantastico - Graciella (Helado Negro Remix)
LA's own Guy Fantastico and Asthmatic Kitty's Helado Negro have teamed up for a remix of Guy's "Graciella" and they are ever so graciously offering this track for free download (direct link below). Download: Guy Fantastico - Graciella (Helado Negro Remix)

Firs: "Welcome Home" Firs: "Destroyer of Worlds" The Firs are by Joey Cook of Pomegranates and friend Sophia Cunningham. The Firs are an Air-esque, lo-fi electro project compared to the more straight ahead rock of Pomegranates. The Firs' album Man In Space drops on August 4 from Lujo Records. Just for kicks, The Pomegranates: Pomegranates: "Corriander" Guy Fantastico: "Graciella" (Helado Negro Remix) Lanterns: "Creation Myth" [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Brandi Shearer : "When You Wake Up" [mp3] from Love Don't Make You Juliet (out September 1st) other Brandi Shearer posts at Largehearted Boy Ceu : "Bubuia" [mp3] from Vagarosa other Ceu posts at Largehearted Boy Chris Hickey : "Down" [mp3] from [...]
"Nom De Guerre" was written and produced in Costa Rica. It sounds like it. Something vaguely tropical with a shade of futurism. It's a surf record and Guy Fantastico (we'll assume it's a stage name) wrote it in between surf sessions. Those are the facts. Onto the analysis."Nom De Guerre" leaves you with a far better impression than it begins with. The first two verses are forgettable, maybe even