MP3: "My Leather, My Fur, My Nails" (Way Yes remix) Travis from (614) Magazine turned me onto the indie-dance-pop Michigan trio Stepdad led by a heavy-set, balding, heavily bearded bear going by the name of Ultramark. It's the kind of thing the Care Bear dreams are made of. Yeah, it's a Tuesday night but the show is a helluva lot cheaper (ie FREE) than what you'd pay to see like-sounding acts like MGMT and The Passion Pit . [...]

Listen to 2 new tracks from This Is My Suitcase . In the wake of their video for "Fish and Dishes" earlier this summer, This Is My Suitcase are releasing two new tracks from their outstanding debut LP The Keys to Cat Heaven . The band is hard at their house/studio/rehearsal space called the Poppermost creating their follow-up LP entitled In the Wake of Atrophy: A Poignant Album for Heartsick Humans . To tide everyone over in the mean time, This Is My Suitcase are proud to release "See Love, Sea Love" and [...]
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: The Horns of Happiness : free and legal Horns of Happiness EP [mp3] search for more Horns of Happiness posts at Largehearted Boy Jookabox : "Worms" [mp3] search for more [...]

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This Is My Suitcase new songs This Is My Suitcase are releasing two new tracks from their debut LP " The Keys to Cat Heaven ". The band is currently working on their follow-up LP titled " In the Wake of Atrophy: A Poignant Album for Heartsick Humans ". Download: "See Love, Sea Love" [ MP3 ] "Mean Fish" [ MP3 ]

El quinteto de Columbus, Ohio, This Is My Suitcase, nos presenta su último single, "Fish and Dishes", extraido de su último álbum "The Keys to Cat Heaven" publicado el pasado año 2009, con el que el grupo se reafirmaba tras las buenas sensaciones generadas con su primer disco, "Missent To Thailand" (2005) "The Keys to Cat Heaven" está compuesto por un total de quince canciones alegres, de melodías pegadizas, constantes teclados y deliciosas armonías vocales, que en determinados momentos nos recuerdan el sonido de Los Campesinos! Parece ser que a principios del próximo 2011 [...]

Photo by Dan Marchio Today's song is "Fishes and Dishes" by This is my suitcase. This song is the lead single from their latest LP The Keys to Cat Heaven. The Columbus, Ohio quartet recently put out a video for this song featuring graphic design by album artwork legend Jesse Ledoux (The Shins, Pedro The Lion, Death Cab For Cutie, Iron & Wine). The video showcases the bands' love for surreal animation and music that may induce panic attacks. For more information on the band check out and get their [...]
The DØ The Do - At Last (kidam version) from THE DO on Vimeo . The Do's song "Stay" is perhaps one of my favorite feel good tunes to add at the tale end of a mix or to throw on the bring on a bout of smiles. I've been waiting for what seems like forever to get word of new material from the French/Finnish duo and I think "At Last" is the perfect package to deliver the news that their next album A Mouthful [...]
Video: This Is My Suitcase "Fish and Dishes" Taken from their latest LP " The Keys to Cat Heaven " on Paper + Plastick. The mp3 can be downloaded here .

MP3: ICURN4A187 I'm much more enthused about the second half of Karate Coyote 's new (and first full-length) album, Inner Animals , but the above track (#2 of 12) helps redeem Side A for me. It's got all those things you love about Karate Coyote, if you love Karate Coyote: hoots and hollers, ohhs and ahhs, background shouts of "Hey!", creative vocal lines courtesy of Sam Corlett, little bits of weird/throwback lead guitar that doesn't seem like it should fit but does. CD release show in Columbus this Friday (3/26) [...]
...tonight we will be hosting David Payne for his final week of the January Residency at The Buddha Den NTRO/XPO. We're sending him off with a bang as we've also invited our new/old friends, Sleep Fleet [formerly All Alliteration Aside] and their friends from Columbus, This Is My Suitcase. As always, we'll be at Oregon [...]

(Separate Columbus list further down. Though, if the lists were combined, some of the local releases would unseat a few here...) 1. Larry Jon Wilson - Larry Jon Wilson I won't lie. Talking to Larry Jon and producer Jerry DeCicca (Black Swans) about this album, learning about its origins, and visiting Wilson's back catalog gave me a heightened appreciation for this masterpiece. So context helps, but even if you know nothing about the back story, this is a stark, beautiful album from start to finish [...]

Flotation Walls ( photo by Jen Duane ) MP3: Flotation Walls - Willis The Fireman MP3: This is My Suitcase - Fish and Dishes On Friday night, Circus will be hosting the fourth annual Mission:Kids benefit, and they've enlisted some great Columbus bands to help raise money for CD101's children's charity CD101 for the Kids . This means that in addition to a night of high-quality local music (see lineup below), [...]

Well, given the unceremonious removal of my review of the Doves new album, "Kingdom of Rust" by the kind folks over at the I**I, I wanted to share some live videos and mp3s that I came across yesterday. First is a performance by Doves on Later with Jools Holland and some mp3s from the show courtesy of Chris over at Culture Bully . "Kingdom of Rust (from Jools Holland)" Doves "Winter Hill (from Jools Holland)" Doves Next we've got [...]
After two flights, a layover, and no rest whatsoever, upon arriving in Florida yesterday my first and only instinct was to sleep for 13 hours. And so now it is Valentine's Day, and I didn't even realize that.Whoops, my bad. In other news, it's good to be home, tomorrow's my birthday, and this kid's a dad.And now, a song for lovers.***L-O-V-E - This Is My Suitcase
After two flights, a layover, and no rest whatsoever, upon arriving in Florida yesterday my first and only instinct was to sleep for 13 hours. And so now it is Valentine's Day, and I didn't even realize that.Whoops, my bad. In other news, it's good to be home, tomorrow's my birthday, and this kid's a dad.And now, a song for lovers.***L-O-V-E - This Is My Suitcase
Maybe it's just me, but 2008 was a rather slow year for music - or, at least, for the sort of music that I listen to. In actuality, it was probably an average year, seeing releases from names like Lil' Wayne, Fall Out Boy, and Beyonce, as well as countless others. But what about kids like me? You know, the insufferable fucking hipsters? That's not to say that I don't enjoy the music of the
Maybe it's just me, but 2008 was a rather slow year for music - or, at least, for the sort of music that I listen to. In actuality, it was probably an average year, seeing releases from names like Lil' Wayne, Fall Out Boy, and Beyonce, as well as countless others. But what about kids like me? You know, the insufferable fucking hipsters? That's not to say that I don't enjoy the music of the
As we wind down this wonderful year, I'd love to share some Exclusive ThaBombShelter content with you all. Starting back in January of last year (it was the Black Swans/Megan Palmer concert at Andyman's), I finally perfected the art of extracting live tracks from the YouTube videos I was uploading. So here, in addition to the best live photos from the year, is a collection of the best live tracks I've gotten this year. I didn't bother ranking them, because, really, these are all unique and all special. Enjoy! First up, The Best Photos [...]

If you're one of the other ten people who are in the know, yes, you read that right. My favorite unsigned act, This Is My Suitcase , is making plans to hit the road for the first time in their still young career, and I couldn't be more excited. On their blog , they've listed a shortlist of cities that they are interested in hitting. Luckily for me, both Florida and New York are included in the group of potential stops. Unfortunately, for all you guys out there running on Pacific or Mountain time, you're S.O.L. They're not [...]