Indie Fan's definitive day one playlist for Coachella 2011 featuring MP3's from day one artists with songs hand-picked by Indie Fan. Including music from: !!! 12th Planet Afrojack Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti A-Trak Beardyman Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears Boys Noize Brandon Flowers Brandt Brauer Frick Breakage Caifanes Cee Lo Green Clare Maguire Cold Cave Cold War Kids Crystal Castles Cut Copy Emicida Erick Morillo Excision Flogging Molly Gayngs Glasser G.Q. [...]

i am a song person versus an album person. that means i have ADD or am just peculiarly particular. nevertheless, i could never in good conscious make a best of 2010 album list, because i believe in the skip/fast forward button way too much and NEVER listen all the way through (this coming from a child of the vinyl days). so thank goodness, i write for a blog administrator who lets me do mixes...they may appear non-sequitur or chaotic, but they are true to my latest adorations and/or old flames. sooooo, it is time to recall 2010 and [...]

While some blogs and publications filled their year-end lists with nearly every album released in 2010 I decided to whittle my list down to my 5 favorites . While only discussing my absolute favorite music of the year made for a more meaningful list, choosing so few albums to place on a pedestal left out a lot of great music. I certainly enjoyed more than 5 albums this year and in an effort to share some of those with you I've put together a little mixtape full of my honorable mentions of 2010. Before the hype machine of 2011 gets [...]

It is indeed that time of year. Well, yes, it is late December aka Christmas/New Years time. However, when most people are trimming trees, dusting off their John Denver and the Muppets Christmas albums and throwing back some egg nog, music addicts/geeks alike are perusing every "Best of 20103 list they can find on the world wide web. That being said... Two-thousand and ten was quite a whirlwind year for me. I became part of this brilliant music blog, had a crash course in promoting shows and met some pretty special people along the way. It’s [...]

We'll keep this short so we can get to the music. Just last year we were exchanging our Best Of lists via email, so it's terribly exciting that we are now able to do so on a semi-public scale. Thanks to everyone for reading. 20 . Free Energy - Stuck On Nothing Buy at iTunes - Insound - DFA 19 . John Vanderslice [...]

25. The Books – The Way Out Vastly experimental on all levels and as usual, admirable to no end. The Books did it again with The Way Out , while still a bit more accessible than their last few records, this album dives deep into the art of sampling and multi-instrumentation. It's a mathematical achievement and another masterpiece by this bizarre and humorous group. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] [mp3] The Books - Beautiful People from The Way Out (2010) [...]
Sharon Van Etten "Love More" ::: photo by Josh Lovseth If my 2010 was a mix tape (or a couple mix tapes as it were), these would be the tracks. These were the songs that were my most frequent and adored companions of 2010. They're the songs I'll know the words to for the rest of [...]

30 Vampire Weekend Contra 29 Spoon Transference 28 No Age Everything in Between 27 Delta Spirit History From Below 26 Abe Vigoda Crush 25 Avi Buffalo Avi Buffalo 24 Sleigh Bells Treats 23 Maps & Atlases Perch Patchwork 22 Yellow Ostrich The Mistress [...]

Our beloved Californian four-piece The Morning Benders got remixed again. You probably know their song "Mason Jar". Thanks to Twin Sister , you have now the chance to discover it in a completely new way. ( via ) mp3 | Mason Jar (Twin Sister Remix)

Bemoan the downfall of the independent record store all you want, but album art remains an integral part of the record-purchasing process. We have compiled ten of the most striking, engaging, and original album covers of 2010 and the artists responsible. What are your favorite album covers of 2010? Tame Impala - Innerspeaker Artwork by Leif Podhajsky Tame Impala - "Solitude Is Bliss" [...]

Photography by Me! WHEE ! Happy US Thanksgiving Eve!!! Very excited! Tonight, all across America, people will be placing giblets under their pillows with hopes that the Great Gobbler will swoop down their chimneys, exchanging the less-than-pleasanet-though-ver y-high-in-iron innards for beer & Stove Top Stuffing brand stuffing! AND... if you've been an extra good boy or girl this year, the Great Gobbler will even insure your favourite team has an extra-special juiced-up syringe of steroids, to help them win "the big game". Here's [...]

Singles NazcarNation - "Beeswax" From Dynazty EP , name your price Tape Deck Mountain - "P.I." Secret Serf EP out 1/11 British Sea Power - "Living Is So Easy" From Valhalla Dancehall , due out next year via Rough Trade Ryan Adams - "Destroyers" Bonus track from Ryan Adams & The Cardinal's forthcoming archival release [...]
This post is a "QuickPick". QuickPicks are my attempt at getting all of the music that's sent to me that I like (or just music I like but have no words for because it's so awesome), out into the dubya dots. Any time I get sent music that I like I "star" it in Gmail and then go back and listen to it a day later. If it's still as good as it was a day before then it goes up on the site, but sometimes I get backlogged and can't get through writing [...]

The Morning Benders' stellar “ Excuses ,” one of our favorite songs of 2010 , has been completely reworked on the new Golden Filter remix, adding an enormous supply of bass, distortion and spaced-outness. Continue reading: MP3: The Morning Benders - "Excuses" (The Golden Filter Remix) Subscribe to the PMABLAST, a daily newsletter with free mp3s, music news and reviews sent directly to your email inbox. Tags: The Golden Filter , The Morning Benders Yeasayer - "Madder Red" [...]

The Morning Benders gem "Excuses" is still the likely winner of being crowned as my favorite song of 2010. There's no denying its greatness. It's been remixed and covered a handful of times, and months later fresh remixes are still pumping out. The Golden Filter took their turn at remixing it, and the result is a tight electronic remix that shows the song in a new light. Grab that below: [mp3]: The Morning Benders - Excuses (The Golden Filter Remix) or get it via this widget: [...]
Photo by Achablive "Excuses" by the morning benders gets remixed by The Golden Filter. The superb track, is available now for free download over at benders' official site (left... **Summary** Go to website for downloads, videos & more.

The Morning Benders - Excuses ( The Golden Filter Remix) brand new remix from the APC fave Golden Filter you can download it for free with this widget bellow