According to her website , by gathering influence from "Townes Van Zandt, John Lee Hooker, and Joni Mitchell, to name a few," Caroline Rose brings us serious, integral folk music, and that is no joke. Accompanied by her partner of four years, Jer Coons, Rose produced her debut album, America Religious , an ode to gritty folk music that tackles the important issues. Music Player: [...]
![EAR CANDY | [MP3] “Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely” (Ryan Hemsworth Remix)](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/4908851_lg.jpg)
Official | Facebook | Twitter | Bandcamp | Soundcloud [MP3]: "Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely" (Ryan Hemsworth Remix) (click through for download pg) Backstreet Boys > N*Sync I don't know about you, but I was a BSB girl back in the day (N*Sync who?). M illennium was the first album I ever owned (sorry Britney), and if last.fm scrobbling and the Internet had existed back then, you best [...]
![Thad Reid “The Attic” [mixtape]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/4878680_lg.jpg)
Virginia rhymesayer Thad Reid has come together with The DJBooth to bring listeners his latest street release, The Attic. The official mixtape prelude to forthcoming studio album Unadulterated Reid (coming this summer), the project features 16 tracks' worth of unreleased records, freestyles, and original material. Included on the tracklist is reader-approved single "It Gets Better." Reid rocks the mic solo throughout The Attic, which boasts production by Antagonist, Don Suave, Ear Candy, J. Clyde, Nick Cicero, Ologist, Protege, Reggie Odrick, Rich Young, Shuko and Sickness.

Here's some new music from the Robot Army and the artist formerly known as Jason Davis. Adding a Disco to his name, he proves that he's still got the same sound. Philly Phil and B4La$ers join him on this record, which sounds good as the weather gets warmer. Check out the new record below, and download if you dig it.
![[MP3]: Pandercakes – ‘Paint By Numbers’ EP](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/4135046_lg.jpg)
PANDERCAKES @ Columbia, SC Facebook | Bandcamp | Soundcloud For fans of: Twin Sister, Oberhofer, Cults, Summer Camp Sounds like: hearing your neighbor's noisy 90s party through the wall and not getting mad because you know they're all probably wearing neon windbreakers and spandex over there I downloaded Pandercakes ' debut EP Paint By Numbers last week and finally got around to listening [...]
![EAR CANDY | [MP3] Sweet Hearts EP](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/4062493_lg.jpg)
SWEET HEARTS @ Los Angeles, CA. Pop, Acoustic, Indie Official | Facebook If you know me (I'll assume you don't), you'll know that I'm not much for belt-y, powerhouse vocals; I'm more keen on whisper-sweet serenades that require you to almost lean in (even if you've got headphones on). Priscilla Ahn more than checked off that box for me when I first came across her sparse 'girl with a guitar and a loop and sometimes a harmonica' easy listening [...]

Brooklyn quartet Beach Fossils have a new 7" single, 'Shallow', coming out February 21 on Captured Tracks. It's a jaunty and full driven affair that more than adequately marks time while they work away on a second album to follow up the ultra-impressive ear candy that served us so well on last year's EP What A Pleasure. That should see the light of day sometime this year. Grab the digital copy of [...]
![EAR CANDY | [MP3] Memoryhouse – “Walk With Me”](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/4019273_lg.jpg)
Official | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr It's been a bit of a whirlwind for Guelph, Ontario dream-pop duo Memoryhouse . Having just self-releasing their digital EP The Years the year before (2010), Sub Pop quickly snatched them up in them in 2011, remastered the EP, added a couple of new tracks, and re-released it-this time with a full-fledged physical release (cd and vinyl). Their debut full-length, entitled The Slideshow Effect , is due out February 28 . [...]

Alkota’s Bang These Beats Vol.1 is a mix of released and unreleased hip hop & boom bap instrumentals produced by Alkota between 2008-2011. Bang These Beats, Alkota’s 2nd Beat Tape is 20 instrumentals deep of professionally mixed & mastered ear candy. These joints are the backdrops to songs featuring Rasco, Sean Price, Don Streat, Ruste Juxx, Pep Love, Soiled Seed, RD Peoples, Indefiniate Etiquette, and Phonetic. Cuts are provided by DJ Grazzhoppa. Don’t Sleep! Download Now & Bang These Beats! -VIA alkotabeats.com WIB WITH THE HEAT!! Listen/Purchase "Bang [...]
![EAR CANDY | [MP3] Oberhofer – “HEART”](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/4006765_lg.jpg)
Facebook | Myspace | Twitter The recent couple years have seen an uprising of lo-fi bedroom musicians (see: Youth Lagoon, Coma Cinema) and when Brad Oberhofer appeared on the scene in 2010 unsigned and with a free EP for download, he was no different. "Heart," the first single from Oberhofe r's debut LP Time Capsules II (out March 27), is a departure from the reverb-laden fuzz-filled soundscape that we've come to identify with him. From the crisp and clear opening notes of a solitude [...]

☠ Selections for a creepy Halloween! Psi Corps: Shadow Creatures Creepy Russian ambient EP based on the book CREATURES OF LIGHT AND DARKNESS by Roger Zelazny. Gloomy atmospheric soundscapes. Halloween 2011 Exclusive from Superchunk Superchunk likes to give seasonal treats. Get their Misfits cover for free! [...]
![EAR CANDY | [MP3] St. Vincent – “Surgeon”](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/3633367_lg.jpg)
Myspace | Official | Facebook | Twitter "...But where is her face?" I'm sure this was the first thought to cross the mind of every single longtime St. Vincent fan when they saw the album art for her forthcoming album, Strange Mercy (out Sept. 13 via 4AD ). When it was first released, I was pretty stunned not to see Annie Clark 's [...]

So Kanye and Jay-Z have released the appropriately titled, "Otis," (it features a sampling of Redding's "Try a Little Tenderness" ) the first track off their highly anticipated collab album, Watch the Throne . Cue a million pre-teens professing that they have always loved Otis Redding before it was "cool" and before this song even came out and then cue their parents eye-rolling the hell out of their eyes because they actually were fans. Yeah, no. Look at it this way, at least a whole generation is being introduced [...]

This track is pretty relevant to me in several ways right now. Firstly because my ridiculously busy schedule has meant that I've let this blog 'Fade into Darkness' recently (Did you see the link?!) and secondly, on the lead up to Brighton Pride next month I've been searching for that summer time anthem to drop into the peak of my set for weeks. Well, its become clear to me today that that search is over. 'Fade Into Darkness' is a remake of Avicii's earlier released beaut of track, 'Penguin' which has [...]
![EAR CANDY | [MP3] Memoryhouse – “Modern, Normal”](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/3539315_lg.jpg)
Myspace | Official | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr | Bandcamp [MP3]: Memoryhouse - "Modern, Normal" ( via ) I have so much love for Memoryhouse that it's seeping out of my every pore. But it is summer, so it could just be the heat. I don't know. Regardless, here is the just released "Modern, Normal" -one of two new [...]
![EAR CANDY | [MP3] Bon Iver – “Calgary”](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/3446151_lg.jpg)
Myspace | Official | Facebook | Twitter Eargasm. I’ve been waiting for an eternity for some new Bon Iver , and finally, we get our first taste of new material with the release of the first single off the band’s doubly self-titled sophomore LP- Bon Iver, Bon Iver (due out June 21 via Jagjaguwar ). [MP3]: Bon Iver - "Calgary" ( via ) [...]
![EAR CANDY | [MP3] Fleet Foxes – “Grown Ocean”](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/3422297_lg.jpg)
Myspace | Official | Facebook | Twitter Fleet Foxes' highly regarded sophomore album, Helplessness Blues , was released May 3, but that isn't stopping Sub Pop from giving away another freebie: "Grown Ocean. " [MP3]: Fleet Foxes - "Grown Ocean" (right-click, save as) If you haven't already, you can also grab the lead single and title track that was given away as a [...]

The well-above-average mashup artist 5 & A Dime marked this week with this latest full-length release, Ear Candy , dropped on the 19th but much more appropriate to get your Friday night going. Plenty of folks out there today give the mashup thing a go, and plenty do it well, but Dime throws in a complexity and variety that's to be appreciated, and also to be raged to. No full stream of the tape currently available, but taste the few below and download the beautiful mess at the link... Download: [...]

So 5 and A Dime does not miss. Ever. When he sent us this mixtape earlier this week it was so hard not to post it right away. Due to some technical issues with Hulkshare, we had to delay sharing it with you all. At long last, here it is - Ear Candy. Top to bottom this thing BUMPS. It's one of those mashup mixtapes you can toss on at a party and let it play all the way through without worrying if people will be able to rock out. They will. Turn it on. Turn it up. [...]

Well I had the opportunity to listen to this album last night as 5 & A Dime sent it over my way. Now I can relay it on to you. Just know that if your a mashup fan, you'd be all types of dumb to not download this. If you choose to let it play all the way through, it does, but you have the option to do them individually too. Seriously, dopeness. Don't hesitate. Enjoy. Download: 5 & A Dime - [...]