
Better late than never, right? 2010 was a good yet weird year for music. I loved a lot of stuff but there wasn't any one album that stood head and shoulders above the rest. There are a number that vie for most-listened-to-in-their-enti rety, however, and those are the ones that made this list. One thing they all have in common is that there aren't any (well, not many) over-the-top woe-is-me type songs. There are sad ones, of course, a certain amount of melancholy is practically a requirement [...]

I recently asked , What are you in the mood for? Well, I've answered my own question by deciding I'm in the mood to make a mix tape. A mix of the best-of-2010-so-far. I hope you enjoy it. I've posted several of these songs before, but I ask you, what good is a mix if you can't get all the songs at the same time? Wintersleep -- "New Inheritors" mp3 off New Inheritors ( buy [...]

What a small world we live in. Yesterday we got an email from the always delightful Megan Hamilton talking about an artist she shared the stage with named Ryan Bourne . Deciding to listen to her keen ear, I searched through the stack of CDs I had on my desk, only to find I had been listening to Mr. Bourne off an on over the last few weeks but his record was ripped down without tags. The Calgary musician melds psych-pop melodies with 90's noise-laced riffs and sonic blasts. He can [...]

I went up to Raw Sugar Cafe on June 3, 2010. It was a last minute thing and wanted to get out of the house and take some polaroid photos. Playing at Raw Sugar Cafe were: Ryan Bourne You Yourself & I It was nice evening to check out these two acts. I stayed [...]
This is yet another week of many great new indie rock releases from The Dead Weather, Delorean, Thee Oh Sees, Sage Francis, The National, Japandroids, Phosphorescent, Coco Rosie, Sleigh Bells, Naked Hearts, We Have Band, Household Names, Holy Fu*k, GAYNS, Salteens, Hosannas, and Ryan Bourne. Less words, more music. "Hustle and Cuss" - The Dead Weather [...] Related posts:Best New Releases of the Week, Part I: Rogue Wave, Portugal The Man, The Whigs, These New Purtians,... Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe

Well, not really, not at the track anyway. But I did find three wonderful Canadian bands in my inbox this week, which I will share with you just like I'd share my winnings if I'd really hit the Trifecta. Yeah, right! Any hoo . . . Ryan Bourne -- "Love and Death" mp3 off Supermodern World of Beauty ( buy --comes out 5/11) This is a little rockier than the other two selections and immediately [...]
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Antlers : free and legal New York Hospitals EP [mp3] other Antlers posts at Largehearted Boy Big Tree : "The Concurrence of All Things" [mp3] from Home EP (out June [...]