Fans of Best Coast should take note of Books of Love . The L.A. duo - comprised of Katy Goodman (Vivian Girls, La Sera) and Greta Morgan (The Hush Sound) - turns up the doo-wop on Bethany Cosentino's summery lo-fi surf rock. Their debut track, "Space Time," spins a tale of unrequited, interstellar love. It comes with a cute homemade video, which you can watch above. STREAM: Books of Love - "Space Time"

What? You want danceable rock n' roll? Well, then Colleen Green is going to give it to you. On her first single for Hardly Art she's offering up gritty guitar tracks backed by pulsating synth beats. Her voice is hazily haunting in the background, leaving listeners with an endearing pop song that you'll likely want to include on your next digi-mix. She'll be dropping Sock It To Me on March 19th via the aforementioned label, who've yet to put out a bad record [...]

After taking its sweet time last year, summer has struck back with a vengeance. At least here in the midwest, 90+ degree temperatures and clear, sunny skies are quickly becoming the norm. Of course, with the changing of the seasons not only comes trips to the beach and increased slushie sales but exuberant, feel-good summer jams. As is our tradition here at Music For Ants, we're providing a mix that will hopefully soundtrack some of your 2012 summer memories. Download below or take a listen at Spotify . Enjoy! MP3 Japandroids - The House That Heaven Built [...]

It's always a great feeling when you randomly discover an artist late in the night that makes you want to listen to more and more of their work. Such is the case with La Sera , the solo project of Katy Goodman , who really reminds me of Best Coast with the vibe going on in her songs. There's a lot of similarities between the two bands, from the female vocals to the fast, upbeat theme in their songs. Please Be My Third Eye is a song from La Sera's most [...]

All of the downloadable tracks from the past week in one single download for your listening pleasure! TRACKLIST: 1. “Eat Your Vegetables” / Childish Gambino 2. “Sad Vacation" / The Dandy Warhols 3. “Well They're Gone” / The Dandy Warhols 4. “The Only Place" / Best Coast 5. “Please Be My Third Eye” / [...]

Here is this week's music singles chart for the week ending April 8 - 14. There is no movement in the Top 3. Which means Japandroids spends a second week at #1. Love that song! There are the two new debuts. Check it out! This Week Last Week Total Weeks Artist Songs 1 [...]

Sorry for not having the music singles chart last week. It was due to being in Toronto for CMW 2012 . Here is a double bill of the chart. In chart #101, there was no change in the #1 spot but there are debuts of acts that impressed me at CMW. But Cousins spends #1 for the second week. In chart #102, things are changed since the release of the new Japandroids single. I had to make it #1 this week. There are new debuts from Best Coast and Beach House. [...]

Things have been busy over here at MFR Headquarters and thank goodness for all of the great music being released currently. This may be the best HOTT Mix yet, good work internet. Spread the word and be sure to support the artists you enjoy. Delta Spirit - “California” Best Coast - “The Only Place” Free Energy - “Electric Fever” [...]

Welcome to The New York Rockmarket’s end of the year list spectacular. This is when I talk about how lists are fun but ultimately meaningless, and apologize for not posting the last few days because I’ve been compiling my lists. This is also where I talk about favorites as opposed to best, like I did last year . All of those things still apply. I’m making two lists this year: Favorite Songs and Favorite Albums. I’m going to attempt to skew my albums list a bit more towards the critical, but this songs list is just straight-up about fun, beautiful, [...]