Being a fan of folk music can be frustrating. Oftentimes, folkies focus so intently on their lyrical and storytelling powers that the music seems to come second, if at all; people forget that the flurry of finger-picking is just as important to "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" as the words themselves. At times, [...]
Turns out you won't need to wait for Madden '09 to hear new Franz Ferdinand. Also turns out that last sentence isn't complete nonsense. Alex and friends recently let us know we could <a href=" ">expect a new song on the soundtrack to the EA's forthcoming football timesuck, but as with all things audio/visual, YouTube is first. "Katherine Kiss Me"'s been getting the live treatment for the past few weeks, but this is the best version to stream the web yet. Remember when Nick McCarthy said "there are too many guitar bands out there now" and so [...]

The Roadside Graves - "Ruby" mp3 The Roadside Graves are one of the best out of the new crop of "indie" folk/rock bands out there right now. When compared to similar groups such as the Felice Brothers, Cave Singers, and the Avett Brothers, the Roadside Graves songs always win out. Yet, I have to say that when Vince, Tara and I caught them at Trash Bar in Brooklyn last year - they proved one of the most perplexing live acts I've seen in awhile. Hailing from New Jersey, this group is a conglomeration of friends that could not [...]

Ok, so i didn't even make two weeks in a row gettin my new digs out on time. i went back home for a wedding this past weekend and never found time. And then yesterday, my songs were somewhate inaccessible due to a much needed relocation and reorganization of my library to an external hard drive. i guess i just can't take the chance of my iPod donkeyin' off all my songs again. But never fear, better late than never, and all those cliches. These first two tracks come [...]

It's hard to always keep an eye out for new music when my library is filled with tons of songs i haven't really given a listen. But in order to try (and per John's request), i'm gonna start a weekly, New Music Roundup . It may not always be newly released stuff, just new to me. i'll try to post it on or around friday, so you can have some new tunes to get you through the weekend...... so here's some newish songs i've been diggin' this week: [...]

because it's the end of the year & all anyone seems to care about are lists, i thought i'd make another one...here are thirty of my favorite songs released in 2007...on a given day, a few of the titles might change, & to make things easier for myself (& to avoid reposting mp3s) i excluded tracks from my ten favorite albums of the year, but for the most part these are the songs i enjoyed most this year...they're listed below in alphabetical order, but if i had to pick my absolute favorite of the group, it would probably be jim [...]
I posted about this lot a while back in January, but they've got an album out soon called No one will know where you've been. This is the last track on the album, and when thinking about which track... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]