Posts under ‘Music Musings’

I realize that my previous Emusic post may have been a bit short sighted because I was only coming from a consumer’s point of view. So I also wanted to delve into how the changes at Emusic might affect indie bands/labels that I love, support and even work with at times. Needless to say, I […]

All good things must come to an end. As a never-ending consumer of music, I have become a huge supporter of Emusic over the years. Their indie approach to downloading was something that I found to be enticing and sincere. I have found a lot of wonderful music through Emusic that I would not or […]

Here’s my playlist over the last three months courtesy of Last FM. Click on the pic for a larger view. Pretty cool feature you can try out here via Wordle.

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Among the countless reasons to go to If You Make It, you can now download awesome free albums here. I STRONGLY recommend that you download The State Lottery’s Cities We’re Not From record which I will have a review up for soon. And of course, you can buy the vinyl LP from Salinas. Seriously, this […]

From the Inbox:
Hello friends!
We have a new EP for sale and we are super-excited!
Please go to www.thewintersounds.com and download the ‘Pinebox EP’ which features three songs: ‘Pinebox’ ‘Autumn Movement’ and ‘the Heart is Scarlett’ all produced and recorded by Danny Reisch and Mitch Billeaud @ Cacophony Recorders and Super!Alright! in Austin, TX. The EP is […]

Taken from Auxes‘ myspace page here: “Started as Dave’s post-move-to-NC, for some reason leave all the people you love to play music with in Chicago, solo recording project, Auxes has now turned into a six piece with two drummers. Luckily we’re still able to bribe Noah to travel down from Chicago to play with his […]

My Beartrap PR partner/head man, Chuck, is working with a band called Tigers Jaw (they don’t like apostrophes apparently). And man, I am totally jealous that I did not find this band first. Tigers Jaw is amazing…summer time jams in the highest regard! But, I can not for the life of me think of many […]

It has been about 4 years since the release of Future Perfect, easily one of my favorite albums in recent time, and I’d almost forgotten about Autolux promising a 2008 release until yesterday when I ran across a new track entitled “Audience No. 2″ that the band put up on their website. Interestingly it […]

I am listening to Pedro The Lion’s 2002 album, Control, for the first time in years. I had forgotten how amazing this album is. This is Pedro The Lion at their most plugged in and rocking. Control showcases David Bazan’s religious themes at their most cynical and desperate state. Bazan’s work is that of a […]

The Winter Sounds are recording their new album as I type this. Here is a new song called “Trophy Wife”. Unmixed and unmastered yet still another winner from the band with a thousand hooks!

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