
Since the backlog of music we have is enough to fill a Super Guppy , we'll keep the comments fairly brief and let the music speak play for itself. Actually, there's so much to get caught up on we may have a second weekend inbox on Sunday. Thanks for your patience to all the nice folks whom have sent music to us, and special thanks to all that take time to visit even with the long breaks between posts due to that four-letter thing called work. No particular order [...]

Luke Messimer y David Knight en las voces y en las guitarras, Scott Rabjohns en el bajo, Santino Lighthouse en los teclados y Patrick Haag a la batería forman Mississippi Man , nueva banda california que se estrena con un ep llamado The Snake Oil Sale sman. Folk-pop de calidad en la estela de mis admirados Dr. Dog. * Mississipi Man-The Jester

Fullerton, CA quintet Mississippi Man have released their 7 song debut EP, titled The Snake Oil Salesman . Mississippi Man formed in the fall of 2008, setting out to record The Snake Oil Salesman in early 2009 with Raymond Richards (Broken West, Red Cortez, Ferraby Lionheart) at Red Rockets Glare studio in West LA. After many shows in the greater Los Angeles area, the band is set to go on a west coast tour in May/June with The Rosewood Thieves and Lemon Sun audio: The Jester dates: [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: An Horse : "Camp Out" [mp3] from Rearrange Beds other An Horse posts at Largehearted Boy The Black Lips : "The Drop I Hold (featuring GZA)" [mp3] from The Drop I Hold other Black Lips posts at Largehearted Boy The Dears : "Meltdown in [...]

[I'm a few days ahead of myself, but I would be remiss if I did not point out that the Cure's headlining set Sunday at Coachella falls two days before Robert Smith's 50th birthday. Let's all get our eyeliner just so, OK?] Buzz Bands is in Indio, where highs are forecast in the upper 80s and low 90s this weekend. I will do my best to blog until my feet are sore, wear sunscreen and remain hydrated, and you might see some guest bloggers before the weekend is up. My weekend forecast for L.A. [...]

[Nifty new sounds from L.A. bands just on my radar ...] Maybe it's the leviathan drums or maybe it's the story in the lyrics, but "Cleopatra" makes Anglos sound like they're more than a flavor of the moment. The big, patient anthem, the title track off the foursome's debut EP, is the work of songwriters Josh Thorpe and Sean Miller, Portland boyhood pals who have assembled an L.A. lineup that includes ex-Acute bassist Matt Herman and drummer Roger Brogan, who plays with Sonic Boom [...]