Blog: Buzz Bands

Dispatch from the Midwest: Casey Meehan [left], the Chicago-based artist who launched the online music distributor that offered free downloads of Jay Bennett's album last year, today releases the album by his new project, Jitney. The album, "86-300," is available for free at Rock Proper . Jitney's album — which is quite a tour de force — was inspired by two long years Meehan spent as a graveyard-shift taxi driver in Chicago ("86-3003 was the number on his chauffeur's license). It's one of 12 albums Rock Proper is offering for free, with three [...]