Remember, today is the last day to enter our Drones giveaway!
Aquarium Drunkard features great music this week, as usual, including The Beach Boys, The Shaky Hands, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, and Frankel.
B(oot)log has some live Apostle of Hustle from August.
Berkeley Place is giving away free (legal) copies of The Killers’ latest release of B-sides, [...]
I didn’t think it possible, but I did it: my 20GB iPod is totally and completely full. It now holds over 4,000 songs, and I imagine that there are several hundred that I’ve never even listened to all the way through. There are also several versions of some songs, including various live and [...]
As usual, Christmas songs hit the sound systems of retail establishments before Thanksgiving. If you’re like me you’ve been sick and tired of the same old carols for years. I’m always looking for new gems and different twists on the old standards.
The good news is that there is a whole album’s worth [...]
Since Indie Mom and I have a date this Friday with Aimee Mann (2nd Annual Christmas show at the El Rey Theater), I’m reminded of Til Tuesday, the band with which she gained her first foothold in popular music due in large part to a popular MTV video in which the singer finally and literally [...]
Most compilation albums I have purchased turn out to be a hodge-podge of discordant styles attempting to please all tastes and pleasing no one in the process. In contrast, the creators of The Cake Sale had the vision and confidence in their music to produce an album remarkable for its compatibility in tone while [...]
Take You Away, the second album by Megan Palmer, an Ohio singer/songwriter who plays violin, piano, and guitar, is a sweet, sad, sassy, and beautiful collection of songs. Not quite country and not quite folky, most of it was recorded in a 2-day session in Joshua Tree, CA, near where I lived for over [...]
Due to the holidays, alt-gramma and I won’t be able to see the Band of Horses and The Drones at the Avalon on Saturday. I had hoped to be able to give away two tickets for the show, but instead I’ve got something that can be enjoyed by anyone, not just the denizens of [...]
I wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving. I’ll be gone for the rest of the week.
Tristeza: Stumble_On_AirTristeza: Wearing The Blues both from En Nuestro Desafio (2006)MySpace | Label: Better Looking Records
Sleeping States: Rivers from The London Fields Single (2007)MySpace
Let’s Go Sailing: Come Home Safely from The Chaos in Order (2007)MySpace
Boy In Static: Bellyfulfrom [...]
I get lots and lots of mail from band promoters and from bands themselves. It’s really great to hear that someone has read our blog and wants to turn us on to their music. I don’t like everything, or sometimes it just doesn’t fit our format, but there is a lot of good stuff [...]
I didn’t write a Finally Friday this week, because Thursday night we were out late at a show and I was a mess the next day on three and a half hours of sleep. So instead, enjoy these Sunday morning tidbits.
The Dears are currently working on their follow-up to 2006’s Gang of Losers, which [...]
