April was a busy and thoroughly enjoyable month in music. It's easy to point out that big names dominated most of it, some of them even brand names in indie music; Panda Bear, TV on the Radio, and Fleet Foxes are as close as you can get to that. I try to avoid featuring artists [...]
Ben Talmi wants to fuck with your ears. He does not want you to know that his instrument collection is limited, or that his recordings rarely extend beyond his bedroom. In an age where popular music is bursting with superfluous production it is hard to blame him. Talmi recorded his debut EP, For the Dreamers, [...]

Dubious Ranger , we hardly knew ye. The band is scheduled to play their "farewell show" this Friday, January 22nd (8 pm, $8/advance, $10/door, 21+) at the Red Devil Lounge : It is with a tear in our eye and a gryphon on our left shoulder that we announce that Dubious Ranger will be going on indefinite hiatus after this month. It's been a great run, and we are forever thankful for the support and love you've given us over the last three years. Friday's bill will [...]
1. Kittens Ablaze - "Doom Gloom Buttercups"2. Jessie Baylin - "Mrs. Christmas"3. Tim Williams - "Murderous Air"4. El Perro Del Mar/Robyn Remix "Change of Heart – Rakamonie Remix"5. Sam Amidon - "How Come That Blood"6. Califone - "Apelike"7. We Are Wolves - "Holding Hands"8. Spirit Kid - "You Lit Up For Me"9. Holopaw - "The Art Teacher and The Little Stallion"10. Mass Fiction - "Slow Fat Animals"
Lay Low - By and By (mp3) * According to her press release, Paste Magazine called Lay Low "The Icelandic Patsy Cline," which leads me to believe that the Paste writers have never actually heard Patsy Cline. Lay Low's melodic indie-pop music is very pretty, but it doesn't even remotely sound like the big-voiced classic country star. Oh well, the PR trick worked since I obviously listened, liked, and posted about her music. It's just one of the more bizarrely inaccurate comparisons I've seen in a while. Her U.S. debut album Farewell Good Night's Sleep [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: The Bats : "Face Inside the Sun" [mp3] from Don't You Rise other Bats posts at Largehearted Boy Bend Sinister : 8-track sampler [mp3]* other Bend Sinister posts at Largehearted Boy Gregory Webster : "Promised Land" [mp3] from Promised [...]
1. Old Canes - "Little Bird Courage"2. Historics - "Skin Orders"3. Frankie Negron - "Holding On to Love"4. Evangelicals - "Halloween Song"5. Erin McKeown - "Santa Cruz"6. Hopewell - "Island"7. Via Tania - "Wonder Stranger"8. Mass Fiction - "Sing to Dream"9. Of Montreal - "Brush Brush Brush"10. Mass Fiction - "Bad Form"**BONUS**Themselves "You Ain't It"Molina and Johnson - "Twenty Cycles to the
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Bebel Gilberto : "Chica Chica Boom Chic" [mp3] from All in One (out September 29th) other Bebel Gilberto posts at Largehearted Boy Cameron McGill : "Madeline" [mp3] other Cameron McGill posts at Largehearted Boy The Difference Engine : "5 Listens" [mp3] from [...]
1. The Phenomenal Handclap Band - "You'll Disappear" 2. The Almighty Defenders - "Bow Down and Die"3. Warpaint - "Billie Holiday"4. Motel Motel - "Cowboy"5. Reed KD - "Space Vacuums"6. Cory Chisel - "Born Again" (direct download)7. Ecstatic Peace - "Arriving"8. New Roman Times - "Smoke in Your Disguise"9. Vagabond Opera - "Kabarista Farewell"10. Wheat - "Changes Is"**BONUS**Mass Fiction - "Bad