Frankie Rose And The Outs - Candy mp3Frankie Rose And The Outs - Little Brown Haired Girls mp3from their debut album,Frankie Rose And The Outsto be outed 21 September (tomorrow) onSlumberland RecordsWe loved Brooklynite Frankie Rose's single, Thee Only One, and let you know about it here. Now that she's in with the Outs, we're even more pumped. Thanks to Ma and Pa Slumberland for continuing to
Let's Say We Did - Straight Back To You mp3from Straight Back To You EPreleased 4 September onNesna RecordsThe demo of this irresistible song came out in 2008 but didn't reach our ears until earlier this year. It was love at first listen, and we sent you straight to it. We're now delighted to find it's been worked up for the Stockholm band's recently released EP and appreciate their letting us
We get no tireder of saying this than we do of finding all the boffo music at their sites: Thanks, bloghosts!Olivia Tremor Control - Love Athena - Suffering JukeboxThe La's - Timeless Melody - Barely Awake in Frog Pajamas - Hop to it, and pronto. Something tell me it'll soon be gone.Math and Physics Club - We're So DIY! - Tullycraft BlogGirlfriends - Good To Be True - The Ampeter ReviewThe Like -
The Paparazzi - Hi mp3from March 2010 release,Rococoon Serious Business RecordsCat Power bassist Erik Paparazzi fronts a rockin' outfit his ownself (and has done for seven years). I think it's darned nice that Cat Power is the first of the band's "friends" at MySpace. Many thanks to my li'l pod for reminding me on tonight's nocturnal mission it was time to post this excellent tune.MySpace |
Aussie label Popboomerang just let us know they have some excellent free and low-priced downloadable powerpop and janglepop compilations here. Hmmm, that reminds us of five excellent songs from the 'rang we posted quite a few moons ago here. They're still wonderful and viable and well, actually, we've just got to go ahead and post two of them again because they ecstaticate us bigtime.Splurge -
Ah, g'day, Joel. You've lost your what? Sloooower, mate. No way. Calm down, it'll turn up, no worries. Of course Matt doesn't have it. How could you even think such a thing? He doesn't bloody have it, mkay? When did you last see it? 2006???? And you just now noticed? Crikey.*** The Lovetones - City Meets The Stars mp3on their fifthcoming LPLostdue 28 September onPlanting Seeds RecordsWe're
Bad Books - You Wouldn't Have to Ask mp3from forthcoming 19 October release,Bad Bookson Favorite GentlemenWe're def looking forward to hearing this ten-song collab between Brooklynite Kevin Devine and Manchester Orchestra, due out on MO's Favorite Gentlemen label. Sure, record and promo companies feed us all kinds of blurbage for their projects, but the song above speaks for itself. I will, say
We've done it again and we've done it big. Four months' worth of pppurcha$e$ at eMusic can be found here. We are particularly excited about Virginia gazers Ceremony, powerpoppers Redd Kross, Fastbacks, Eurovox, Bubblegum Lemonade, and The Yum Yums, the two Ash songs, Aussie psych powerhouse Tame Impala, and a band we found in our last.fm friend kohsuke1978's library, Cherry Blossom Clinic. But
Tamaryn - Love Fade mp3from San Francisco band's forthcoming 14 September full-length debut,The Waveon Mexican SummerOccasionally something perfect and necessary enters one's psyche, like a dream, unbidden. (Freakin' poet here, wot?) Thanks to Joanna at For the Win for making it happen.MySpace | Amazon mp3 | eMusic
Many thanks to the wise, generous, and thoughtful bloggerfolk for making the following earable.Silver Sun - Lies - Peter's Power Pop - I've bought dozens of songs by these excellent London powerpoppers the last several years; pure.The Well Wishers - Grammareater - Peter's Power Pop - Likewise have I expended for TWW. See our previous posts of mp3s by this excellent powerpopping San Francisco band
Magnapop - Bring It To Me mp3Magnapop - Q-Tip mp3both from 2009 release,Chase Parkon The Kraft RecordsI previously told the exhilarating story of my first listen to these noble Athenians, so shan't repeat it. (You're welcome [to click the link, if you please].) Chase Park snuck under my radar, so I was thrilled to find mention at the excellent blog, Underneathica. (jonder and I might not share
We're twee as coitus,So, headbangers, bite us. . .Oddly enough I was in the act of composing lyrics for a possible Tullycraft song when out of the blue arrives word of a forthcoming 21-song salute to the much-beloved Seattle band. (Some of that's apocryphal, but I gotta start these blogposts somewhere.) Due to drop 14 September and named after the final song on the album, Wish I'd Kept A
The N.E.C. - Those (Guilty Pleasures) mp3The Atlanta psych outfit's recent LPIson Double Phantom Records.As you know (or maybe don't, it pstill holds), we're quite willing psuckers for the kind of psuccor this excellent pstuff affords our needy psyches. Many thanks to Jessi at Banter Media for psending it our way. And pspeaking of "way," BTW, we were once planning to write a psong called "(Too
Procedure Club - Vermont mp3Procedure Club - Rather mp3from Doomed Foreveron Slumberland RecordsDear Membership Committee,We always keep folders, manila and computeral, labelled "Procedural." May we therefore join da Club? If not, please know anyway that we love your music.Yours, etc.pplistP.S.: Be sure to thank Ma and Pa Slumberland for letting us know about da Club. It was also nice of them to
The Martial Arts - Empty Out Here (demo) mp3Paul Kelly of Glasgow indie/powerpoppers The Martial Arts recently cooked up this tasty entree in his kitchen and kindly put it on our platter. This is the first TMA number since their acclaimed 2006 debut, Your Sinclair, which is downloadable for free at their MySpace site and also available at the commercial sites below (along with other fare). If the
Mmmmm, we like what we've found. Thanks, gracious hostfolk! Hope you wonderful visitorfolk enjoy these. (And, yes, that's Bare Wires up there.)Matthew Sweet - Sick of Myself - Another Aging HipsterSloan - A Case Of You - Star Maker MachineBare Wires - Dancing On A Dime - Raven Sings the BluesThe Mantles - Cascades - Raven Sings the BluesThe Warlocks - Baby Blue - Infrasons The Libertines - I Get
Fever B - Please, Operator? mp3from The Lonely Sailor Sessions 12"on Burger RecordsSpeaking of the superb Indiepages, we caught the above while paging through their Sounds section. It was love at first listen. We noticed the aforementioned Burger Records has (or have) a ton of excellent groups we've been discovering lately, some of which have names too naughty to mention here but most that do not.
Well, well, well, looka here, another installment of pppurcha$e$. We bought some primo stuff at eMusic back in March, stuff you just might want to consider owning your ownself. You can either go to our barebones blog here (which has a couple of suggestions) or cut to the chase and go straight to the list o' links. Or, of course, neither.
Our feelings exactly!Superchunk - Digging for Something mp3 - from Digging for Something 7", released yestiddySuperchunk - Skip Steps 1 & 3 mp3 - Merge Records will reissue the Chunk's No Pocky for Kitty and On the Mouth on CD, LP, and digital download on 17 August. (Please forgive our saying "the Chunk's." We're just trying to sound like "cool" bloggers.)Superchunk - Misfits & Mistakes mp3 -
Worry not: we shall find more pics.Hot Hot Heat - 21 @ 12 (alternate version) mp3This is the alternative to the version found on the Vancouver, BC band's LP Future Breeds.MySpace | Bandsite | Amazon mp3 | eMusicPicture Credit
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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
