Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead : 2008-09-27, Austin [mp3,ogg,flac] "Richter Scale Madness" [mp3] other Trail of Dead posts at Largehearted Boy Dolly Varden : 2009-09-19, Chicago [mp3,ogg,flac] "You Sexy Thing (Hot Chocolate cover)" [mp3] other Dolly Varden posts at Largehearted Boy Fruit [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Backyard Tire Fire : 2007-04-13, Live Oak [mp3,ogg,flac] other Backyard Tire Fire posts at Largehearted Boy The Gourds : 2004 tour live compilation [mp3,ogg,flac] "Cortez the Killer (with Brent Best) (Neil Young cover)" [mp3] other Gourds posts at Largehearted Boy Hill Country Revue : 2009-01-16, Austin [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Alejandro Escovedo : 2009-06-10, St. Louis [mp3,ogg,flac] "Beast of Burden (Rolling Stones cover)" [mp3] other Alejandro Escovedo posts at Largehearted Boy Billy Corgan : 2005-06-11, Cologne [mp3,ogg,flac] "To Love Somebody (Bee Gees cover)" [mp3] other Billy Corgan posts at Largehearted Boy Chatham County Line : [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Aeroplane Pageant : "I Remember I Think" [mp3] from Even The Kids Don't Believe Me other Aeroplane Pageant< posts at Largehearted Boy Black Heart Procession : "Rats" [mp3] from Six (out October 6th) other Black Heart Procession posts at Largehearted Boy Bloodkin : 2009-06-27, Athens [...]

Skin It Back is a track off the 1974 Little Feat album Feats Don't Fail Me Now . It also has the distinction of being the first Little Feat song where the songwriting credits are solely that of guitarist Paul Barrère. This is the second Little Feat song selected for CW. Longtime readers might remember that Mule was the winner of the Spanish Moon Cover Wars . Let's get down to business and look at this week competitors... The Bridge : Leading off this [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Back Forty : 2009-04-18, Ypsilanti [mp3,ogg,flac] "Lake Erie" [mp3] Back Forty : 2006-11-03, Kalamazoo [mp3,ogg,flac] "Devil Went Down to Georgia (Charlie Daniels cover)" [mp3] Backyard Tire Fire : 2009-04-25, Sheboygan [mp3,ogg,flac] "Corinne" [mp3] Jesca Hoop : 2009-04-29, Hollywood [mp3,ogg,flac] [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: The Harvey Girls : "Christmas Time" [mp3] from Wayside Waifs Holiday Charity CD other Harvey Girls posts at Largehearted Boy Justin Townes Earle : 2008-12-14, Austin [mp3,ogg,flac] "Can't Hardly Wait (Replacements cover)" [mp3] Justin Townes Earle : 2008-12-05, WDVX [mp3,ogg,flac] "Your Biscuits Are Big [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: The Awkward Stage : "Anime Eyes" [mp3] from Slimming Mirrors, Flattering Lights (out June 10th) other Awkward Stage posts at Largehearted Boy Backyard Tire Fire : 2008-04-21, Madison [mp3,ogg,flac] "I Got Drunk (Uncle Tupelo cover)" [mp3] other Backyard Tire Fire posts at Largehearted Boy Constantines : [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Carolina Chocolate Drops : 2008-04-10, Charlottesville [mp3,ogg,flac] "Wayward Girl Blues" [mp3] other Carolina Chocolate Drops posts at Largehearted Boy Grace Potter : 2007-10-19, Atlanta [mp3,ogg,flac] "Stop the Bus" [mp3] other Grace Potter posts at Largehearted Boy Matt Nathanson: 2008-04-27, Baltimore [mp3,ogg,flac] "Every Rose Has [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Grace Potter : 2008-02-23, Portsmouth [mp3,ogg,flac] "Down by the River (Neil Young cover)" [mp3] Grace Potter : 2007-09-07, Boston [mp3,ogg,flac] "Southern Man (Neil Young cover with Gov't Mule)" [mp3] other Grace Potter music blog posts: @lhb @hype @elbo.ws I See Hawks in LA : 2008-04-01, Los Angeles [mp3,ogg,flac] [...]
A couple of folks in the blogroll have posted their half-year-in-review or top-25 of new 2007 music. Since I don't have nearly the patience to offer up 25 of them, and music of what they've purchased isn't what I've purchased, this listing may actually do someone some good in finding something new. Then again, it might not. Optimism rules, so hope you like what you hear. As always, feel free to suggest something I might like; remember, I have a 137-mile each-way trip to work (yes, 137), so there's plenty of time for music on the interstate! I'd [...]

To say that Tishamingo is hot within the jam band scene right now is an understatement: a nomination for "Best New Band" at the 2005 Jammy Awards in New York City, two trips on the Jam Cruise. They recently finished their second tour of Europe, playing Italy, Switzerland and Austria, sharing the bill with the likes of B.B. King and Robert Cray. They played to a packed tent at Bonnaroo this year, despite being in the same time slot as Radiohead. In early January, they are headed out with longtime heroes Lynyrd Skynyrd on their inaugural "Gimme Three Days" cruise. [...]
The Klezmatics have made a couple of tracks available from their holiday album, Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah . Klezmatics : "Hanukah Tree" [mp3] from Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah Klezmatics : "Spin Dreydl Spin" [mp3] from Woody Guthrie's Happy Joyous Hanukkah Adam's House Cat ( Patterson Hood & Mike Cooley): 2006-12-01, Athens [mp3,ogg,flac] "Picture of Elvis Cured My Cancer" [mp3] @hype [...]
Brother Kite : several tracks [mp3] "The Music Box" [mp3] from thebrotherkite @myspace @hype machine Hands and Knees : several tracks [mp3] @myspace @hype machine The Icicles : "Sugar Sweet" [mp3] from A Hundred Patterns @myspace @hype machine The Lil Hospital : several tracks [...]