Once a week, Wayward Blog brings to you an MP3 of music from the area's musical past. Since Danger Bob has decided to grace Lawrence with their first show in over six years this fall, they seemed to ... Continue reading "Throwback MP3 of the Week: Danger Bob, "Just Call Me Ninny" (live)" >
Lions from Austin are not to be confused with The LIONS, who are from Los Angeles. The former is a hard rock powerhouse who released No Generation last year and the latter is a reggae/dub group. Lion... Continue reading "Tonight: Lions at the Record Bar" >
Las Cruces' Shang-A-Lang is one of the best bands bubbling up in the punk underground right now. They've got a sound that appeals to fans of garage bands like the Black Lips, with some seriously lo-fi... Continue reading "Shang-A-Lang - "Best Intentions" (Exclusive MP3)" >
Backpack hip-hopper Sage Francis just posted his newest mixtape, Sick of Wasting, and you can download that sucker for free. It's the fifth installment in the "Sick Of" mixtape series. This kind of s... Continue reading "Sage Francis Posts "Sick of Wasting" Mixtape" >
San Francisco Bay Area-based Lujo Records is happy to announce the release of their new Spring 2009 Sampler. This sampler is totally free and available for immediate download. Lujo Records' Spring 2... Continue reading "Lujo Records Spring 2009 Digital Sampler (Even Though It's Almost Summer)" >
Within weeks of launching The Music Tee, an innovative new T-shirt that literally weds music and fashion by embedding digital music in the shirt, clothing label LnA announced the second shirt in their... Continue reading "Mos Def Releases New Album On A T-Shirt (No, Seriously)" >
The Legends' Over and over on Labrador Records is out now in North America and we'll celebrate this by giving away the first song on the album for free. "You Won" is sparkling pop in colossal product... Continue reading "The Legends - Over and Over MP3s" >
What's better than a new record from No Idea, Florida's finest purveyors of reasonably-priced punk rock? A new record from No Idea that's free! Pretend Record is limited edition and first-come, first ... Continue reading "No Idea Records presents Pretend Record" >
Weird Al Yankovic has just put up the video for his new song, "Craigslist." You'd know that if you followed his Twitter feed. It's not a straight song parody. Rather, it's one of his "style parodies,... Continue reading "Brand new video from Weird Al" >
You know from reading this week's Wayward Son that Mac Lethal is a grown-ass man with an impressively growing label. Illustration by Johnnie Cluney for Daytrotter.com But one thing that slipped past ... Continue reading "Mac Lethal on Daytrotter" >
On Friday, downtempo Olathe pop band Sailor Sequence will present a new album called 5 at a CD-release party in Lenexa. Incidentally, the band tells me that 5 was recorded at The Punch recording stu... Continue reading "Sailor Sequence premieres a new CD at a Lenexa church club" >
Chad Matheny wears many hats. He's been in an R.E.M. cover band with members of the NYC jangle-fuzz band Oxford Collapse. Emily Yoshida Go west, young man!He's a fierce defender of publi... Continue reading "Tonight! Emperor X at the Jackpot in Lawrence! Snag an MP3 and Video!" >
Camille BrechtIt's the collabo some local heads have been waiting for...Topeka-bred rapper and producer Stik Figa (mayne) recently teamed up with Ron Ron (the rapper so nice they named him twice) for ... Continue reading "Leaked! (On purpose.) "Caked Up" by Stik Figa and Ron Ron" >
The Kansas City hip-hop scene continues to show up Santa Claus in terms of generosity. The latest offering: a big hunk of burnin' (digital) love from Miles Bonny and his INnatesounds Crew. Following ... Continue reading "Free For the Downloadin': INnatesounds Crew's 2009 Sampler" >
Breaking news: Today, after work and after whacking the parrot or feeding the wife or whatever it is you do between getting off work and heading out 'n carousing, you, sir or madam, are going to Knuck... Continue reading "Tonight: Adam Lee & the Dead Horse Sound Co. at Knuckleheads (+MP3)" >
Chicago art-rock reptiles Tortoise are preparing to poke their heads out with their first album in five years. Beacons of Ancestorship comes out June 23 on Thrill Jockey. The band will be playing dat... Continue reading "New Tortoise Video + MP3, "Prepare Your Coffin"" >
Awwwwwww. Owen Ashworth, the man behind the brainy and moody Chicago synthy-indie outfit Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, is not favoring KC (or Lawrence or anywhere else in KS or MO, for that matte... Continue reading "Casiotone for the Painfully Alone not coming your way, but you can have these MP3s." >
MP3: Max Justus, "Bending Space and Time" The new Max Justus album doesn't come out on The Record Machine label until July, but now you know what the cover's gonna look like. Get a taste of what it'... Continue reading "Pick up a new Max Justus track from Pitchfork" >
It takes some cojones to name your band after a state. Not since Kansas and Alabama has a band justified its co-opting of a state name as sincerely as Arizona, a foursome of indie rockers from - you g... Continue reading "Tonight: Arizona at the Record Bar (w/ free MP3)" >
It's been well over a year since Chrissy Murderbot moved from KC to Chicago, but his two new records look and sound so good, how can we not claim him? The DJ and producer behind the Ssion's Sleaze... Continue reading "New Chrissy Murderbot releases and free Norrit remix MP3" >