From forthcoming LPGo Fly A KiteDue 7 Feb onThe Noise CompanyBen Kweller has one of the most affecting voices in rock, and if the samples at Amazon mp3 are any indication, we can't wait till next Tuesday for the full affect [sic].*Here's a fave from Sha Sha.Wasted And Ready by Ben Kweller on GroovesharkMySpace | Amazon | iTunes | eMusic*Not sure if it's apropos to sic a sic on ourselves, but, hey
Oh, but we do care, and very much, for this nifty number by Riverside siblings Chelsea and Justine Brown. The song is from their self-titled Burger Records debut, which you can sample here and purchase here. Six more free and legals are downloadable at Bandcamp. The Twins will be joining The Nerves' reunion tour this Spring, featuring powerpop legends Paul Collins and Peter Case. Thanks to
There must always be a catalyst, right? (The correct answer = "Right.") In this case it's finding one of our latest eMusic purchases over at mp3hugger (see below). As previously noted, the hugger don't keep 'em posted for more than a few days, so go check out ". . .Funky Hairdo" now, and we do mean then. (You're probably already too late.) Thanks to all these great bloggers for the
Cardinal - Love Like Rain mp3from 23 January releaseHymnsonFire RecordsWe heard this excellent song streaming at a faveblog several weeks ago and had it slated for purchase on dropday, i.e., this one. Imagine, then, our pleasure at finding it nestled in our emailbox this very day, compliments of the ever-generous Team Clermont. Cardinal, viz., Richard Davies and Eric Matthews, put out their debut
Here's one from the primo L.A. poppers' forthcoming 16-song live album, Beach Town Confidential, due out on 7 February on Alive Records. We're especially enjoying the persistent guitar's happy hook diddling our left ear. You? Click that down arrow to download it. The Plimsouls - Magic Touch by Pavement PR
The excellent shoegaze blog When The Sun Hits has released two compilations, both available for free downloading at Bandcamp. A third is due to drop tomorrow. Here are a couple of poppier items that caught our ears. Many thanks to Amber and Danny for making them available.WTSH teased us with a promise of more information about Famous, and we're confident we're gonna get it.&
We just came across this Austin (Texas) psychpop outfit over at NWMusicDX and really like what we're hearing. Do the widget thing and, if you like, left-click the Sonicbids link to download.& amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href=" http://holywave.bandcamp.com/t rack/golden-truth"&amp ;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;a mp;gt;Golden Truth by HOLY WAVE&amp
La Sera - Please Be My Third Eye mp3from forthcoming sophomore LPSees The Lightdue 24 March onHardly Art RecordsHardly Art says the new album will be "more direct, more aggressive" than last year's, dreamier eponymous debut. Either way's fine with us. Speaking of the debut, we're still adoring this previously posted beauty.La Sera - Never Come Around mp3MySpace | Amazon mp3 | iTunes | eMusic
According to our records, on 15 December of this year we found much fine tuneage over at Hozac Records. On this, the second day of xmas of this year, we finally post our five favorites. Please do not hate us for the delay, for this is the season of love and hypercapitalism.Reading Rainbow - Wasting Time mp3 - Hozac BandpageThe Flips - I Just Don't Know Where I Stand mp3 - Hozac BandpageLover! -
Many thanks to When The Sun Hits for the headsup on this dreamy Melbourne fivesome. Read WTSH's excellent interview with guitvoxer Etienne Mamo here.& amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;am p;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href=" http://deadparties.bandcamp.co m/track/in-dreams-of-decadence "& amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;am p;amp;amp;amp;gt;In Dreams Of
"Right, that's it, time to post." Thus spake our tiny brain upon finding that excellent song by The Resonars at The Finest Kiss. We're also pretty excited about the other fine tuneage we found at some of our favorite blogs. Thanks, favebloggers, for making us feel that way.Arlo - Runaround - Peter's Power PopThe Boys - Do The Contract Hustle - Raven Sings the BluesReading Rainbow - Runaways - The
An excellent LP of singles by San Francisco's Sporting Life is available for "name your price" download at Bandcamp. Thanks to Get Off the Coast for the headsup and excellent song, "Immigrant." Here's our favorite from the album.&amp ;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;a mp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href=" http://sportinglifewins.bandca mp.com/track/its-not-money"&am p;amp;amp;amp;amp;
From Perth, W.A. come three gifts of Xmas cheer, one of which particularly rattles our (J&M) chain quite merrily. Joe Algeri of The Britannicas, Jack And The Beanstalk, The Rockefellers, Stonemasons, The Summer Suns, and pseudonymous The JAC, amongst others (and, yes, you, too, can read all this at his info page), was kind enough to send links to three new songs to the Audities list. You can
Guided by Voices - The Unsinkable Fats Domino mp3from the forthcoming LPLet's Go Eat the Factorycoming on iTunes 20 Decemberand in stores on 17 JanuaryYes, we know, we should have posted the above weeks ago, you've already gripped it elsewhere, etc., etc., but we just got access to another downloadable (see below) by the classic GbV lineup and hope you'll forgive us. Click here to hear and
We're delighted to hear from bandleader Jeff Shelton that San Francisco powerpoppers The Well Wishers will be releasing new LP Dreaming of the West Cost on January 24. The song below is downloadable at Bandcamp, where you can also stream the rest of the album. We've loved The Well Wishers for years now, and you can still download some songs we previously posted here and here. We don't usually do
In the name of Bash the Father, Bash the Son, and Bash the Holy Ghost, Amen.The CRY! - Girls mp3The CRY! - Forget It mp3<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE [...]
Ma and Pa Slumberland were "excited and relieved" to let us know that the limited edition of San Francisco band Weekend's Red EP is now in stock, so we certainly are, too. (In stock, that is. Okay, we're also excited and relieved, although we're not completely sure why we're relieved, we just are.) The following most assuredly shows why we're excited.Purchase and other information can be found
The LP cover scares us, so we're going with this one.Marvelous Darlings - I Don't Wanna Go To The Party mp3from 1 Nov. releaseSingle LifeonDeranged RecordsWe'd just spoil it anyways. (Sniff.)MySpace | Amazon | iTunes | eMusic
People Noise by L. A.'s The Cold Volts will definitely be one of pp's favorite ep's of the year. Every song does it. "Dope" is more punky than the other three, so if #1 doesn't do it for you, proceed thou to #'s 2, 3, and 5, er, 4. Thanks to Get Off The Coast for the headsup and to Bandcamp.&amp;amp;lt;a href=" http://thecoldvolts.bandcamp.c om/album/people-noise-ep"& amp;amp;amp
We really hadn't planned to post just yet, but suddenly a gigantic wave of motivation swept over us and here we are. Ta to the hosterposterfolksters.The Knack - Pop Is Dead & A World Of My Own - Popdose - + 4 moreWet Illustrated - Gypsy Town - PitchforkThe Cold Volts - Dope - Get Off The CoastCable 35 - Cow Head - Swedesplease - Sail down to Malta.House of Love - Christine - Star Maker
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