The Fire Apes - Hey Kate! mp3from their May 23 releaseA Life In LettersThese simmerin' simians from South Carolina have put out a hot piece of perfectly pure powerpop. Listing such influences as Fountains of Wayne, The Pretenders, Green Day, and somebody called "The Beatles" (no information available), lead singer, songwriter, guitarist, and least hirsute bandmember John Seymour also enlisted the
Fungi Girls - Pacifica Nostalgia mp3from 2010 releaseSeafaring PyramidsWell, here we go again. No sooner do we buy this groovy little number at eMusic (as recently documented) than we find it available for free download at last.fm. So how does that make us feel? Ecstatic, that's how. You can find another free and legal by the Cleburne, Texas trio at that selfsame last.fm page.MySpace | Amazon mp3
If you like some of the same music we do, you might like to check out our purcha$e$ at eMusic for April, May, and June of this year. Click here to scope out the list. We found plenty by "old" favorites plus a wealth of new-to-usses. We're pretty sure those LPs by Ringo Deathstarr, The Raveonettes, and Kids on a Crime Spree will end up among our very favorites for all of '11. Funny, though, isn't
You may remember (no penalty if you don't) our recent effusions over Mobile, Alabama gazers The Sunshine Factory? Well, we just noticed over at the last.fm Shoegaze group page that the band have posted their entire LP Sugar for free download. How sad were we that we had already spent some of our hard-earned for some of the LP? Not a whit because we were thinking of you and the fiscally friendly
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Appropriately enough, we found this Worcester, Mass. band at Baby, You Got a Stew Goin'! The opening riff kind of reminded us of The Replacements' "Can't Hardly Wait," which is a very good thing indeed, as is the rest of the song. As B,YGaSG! suggests, there's not a lot of info about the band, but maybe they'll serve some up soon. If you want to read their tweets, click here.&amp;amp;
Our Italian's a bit rusty/nonexistent, but Karibean seem to be from the east coast of da boot. Here's our favorite song from their Love, Tears, and Spiritual Blessing EP, all of which can be downloaded at their Bandcamp page. Learn more at Facebook.&amp;amp;amp; amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;am p;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href=" http://karibean.bandcamp.com/t rack
We should be embarrassed going 2+ weeks without posting and then returning with another MotS thingy. So, okay, like, maybe we're blushing. (The music's pretty stellar, though, in our haughty opinion, so there's that.) We thank the hostbloggers vewy, vewy much.The Posies - Dream All Day & Solar Sister & Flavor of the Month - Peter's Power Pop - That "Dream All Day" vid was the first thing we ever
Favebloggers continue to outdo themselves. And we thank them. (Clicking on the artist names or blog names should take you where you want to go.)The Hummingbirds - Two Weeks With A Good Man In Niagara Falls & If A Vow - Peter's Power PopLEAGUE - Two Wild Hearts - I Guess I'm FloatingArmy Navy - Right Back Where We Started From (Maxine Nightingale cover) - Teenage KicksThe Art Museums - Dancing
We first entered into Gross Relations back in November and have reencountered them via the ever bountiful Gimme Tinnitus. We chose our favorite from each of two tuneful two-song singles at the Brooklyn band's Bandcamp site, so pay them a visit for more if you like. You can find them here and here, along with access to two other tuneful two-song singles.&amp;amp;amp;a mp;amp;amp;amp;amp
A few recent and recentish finds/loves:The Golden Dogs - Cheap Umbrellas mp3 - from Coat of Arms - MySpace - Thanks to Indie Rock Cafe, which has one more here.The Rassle - Celebrate The Days mp3 - from The Rassle EP - MySpace - Get the free EP here.Western Civ - My Valuable Hunting Knife mp3 - from Sing For Your Meat: A Tribute to Guided By Voices - MySpace - Thanks to Team Clermont.Skull Tape -
We could probably echo much of what Crawdaddy is quoted as saying about this San Francisco trio, but just go here to Slumberland and read it for yourself. Listen/download here or there, whichever you prefer. You can also hear and download more fine tunes at the Terry Malts Facebook page. We're more excited about these guys than chocolate malts (which give us pimples/spots). We woulda/coulda used
"This is some kind of fantastic," thought we upon hearing the widgeted number below. And no wonder: Kids On A Crime Spree are headed by Oaklander (former San Antonioan) Mario Hernandez, previously of Ciao Bella and longtime faveband From Bubblegum To Sky. Slumberland Records will launch KOACS's EP, We Love You So Bad, on 31 May. Schweet!Oh, and for good measure, here's a FBTS song we previously
Rust never sleeps, nor apparently do our favebloggers. Thanks, favebloggers. (Click anything in color to go to the posts.)The Raveonettes - Ignite - Covert CuriosityDinosaur Jr. - Freak Scene - Gimme TinnitusThe High Wire - Odds and Evens - IM/URFleetwood Mac - You Make Lovin' Fun - All Eyes And EarsThe Shins - New Slang - PopdoseRichard Thompson - Turning of the Tide - PopdoseEl Goodo - Stuck in
We're no longer afraid of widgets. In fact, we spent several hours plowing through every one of them over at RCRD LBL and were rather wildly delighted to find the following downloadables. Some of them we already had, indeed had already posted--Oh, that Morning After Girls tune. . .mwah!!!--but our links had expired, blah, blah, blah, etc. We weren't sure if posting a long list of widgets would
We're grateful to indie-mp3.co.uk for "turning us on" to these Glasgow and Leeds artists. You can find out more here, here, and here, plus by clicking other links below. You will notice that each song is downloadable, (if you're into that kind of thing). Raped by Education by bubblegumrecords Insect Guide - Bats by EardrumsPop
Crystal Stilts - Shake The Shackles mp3from Brooklyn band's 12 April releaseIn Love With ObliviononSlumberland RecordsThat moving bass has been delighting us continuously of late, whether through headphones or in our imagination. (So, of course, has the rest of the band.) And in case you were wondering, during our most recent monthly eMusic purchasefest, we acquired the new album's "Blood Barons,
Perhaps it is too soon to be doing another MotS post. Perhaps some of these below might be taken down soon by the gracious hosts (whom we thank). Flip. Tails. Let's roll.The Byrds - I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better - Perceptions! Delusions?Eat Skull - Heaven's Stranger - Rose Quartz - not perhaps to every popper's taste; we like the hook, the bass, the driveMurder Mystery - Honey Come Home - It All
Vancouver bedroom musician (one of our favorite kind, btw) Eh Jay's one-man band, Rec Centre, has popped out an excellent EP over at Bandcamp. Here are two of our favorites from Long Weekend; you can get the rest at da camp. Can't wait for a full week's worth.&amp;amp;amp;amp ;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;a mp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp ;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;a mp;amp;amp;amp;amp;
A few recent finds we're loving. How embarrassed are we to just post and run? Meh.Point Juncture, WA - Violin Case mp3 - from Handsome Orders - MySpaceSeapony - Blue Star mp3 - from Go With Me - MySpaceWitches - Creature of Nature mp3 - from Forever - MySpaceSonny & The Sunsets - I Wanna Do It mp3 - from Hit After Hit - MySpaceSomething Fierce - Empty Screens mp3 - from Don't Be So Cruel - MySpace
Powerpopulist
Sleigh Bells - Demons (Official Music Video)
The Rains of Castamere by The National
A-Trak & Dillon Francis - "Money Makin'" (Official Video)
DIIV "How Long Have You Known?" (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
Nas - Daughters
Monday Music – 28 May 2012
Bison - Quill
