Ellery – Down, Down, Down EP

My favorite husband-and-wife songwriting duo from Cincinnati is at it again… the holiday EP Down, Down, Down from Ellery is out.  This time it’s pay what you want (min $4).  Available for streaming at bandcamp, too.  I generally abhor Christmas music, but this one is pretty darn good.  The first two songs are brand new [...]

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Goddamn Electric Bill “Ten Thousand Years”

I’ve been a fan of Jason Torbert’s pseudonym Goddamn Electric Bill and his organic, electronic one-man bandness for a while.  I bought his EP, The Only Power to Please, from the musical social ghetto that is MySpace back in 2005.  I’ve been a fan of his work ever since – it fits with a lot [...]

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Digital Noise Academy is Melting Inside

So, the Digital Noise Academy dropped the “Los Angeles” from the front of their name… it’s been a while since there’s been any activity to report, but yesterday they posted their new official video for “Melting Inside“…

The DNA is Ken Andrews (coincidentally brought up in my Puscifer live show review from [...]

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RAZR13 + Pinnick / Fear Factory

So, for Veteran’s Day, here’s some rock news from some… um… rock veterans?
First, in order of awesomest news… King’s X frontman Doug “dUg” Pinnick and the band that he lent vocal duties to, RAZR 13, is finally releasing their debut album.  I wrote about this back in July, but now they’ve got the whole album [...]

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C is for…

The new digital only Puscifer EP is out now… get it on Amazon or iTunes.

The tour is underway and hits Portland’s Roseland Theater this coming weekend… woot!  I’ll be at the Saturday & Monday shows.
~Dan – np: Puscifer – C is For…

no free downloads, mp3, or torrents available here

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|:. Musical Stairs .:|

“We believe that the easiest way to
change people’s behaviour
for the better is by making it fun to do.
We call it the fun theory.”
- TheFunTheory.com

Stairs temporarily a piano.
Sorry for the convenience.
~Dan – np: Tegan and Sara – Sainthood thainthood

PS- The Bottle Bank Arcade and World’s Deepest Trash Bin videos are also on [...]

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Free the Glen Phillips 8

So, Glen Phillips (a frequent subject on this blog) just posted a FREE 8 song sampler with a mix of material from his post-Toad the Wet Sprocket days.  Click it and enjoy!
http://glenphillips.bandcamp.com/album/free-glen-phillips-sampler
Seriously.  Free music. Free good music for free download.  It’s free.  Download it.  DO it.
~Dan – np: Ahleuchatistas – Of the Body Prone

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Puscifer “The Mission” video

“The Mission,” from the forthcoming Puscifer digital EP…

I like Meats Meier, but I think this “little CGI Maynard” theme in his videos are getting a bit tiring to me.  Oh well… good song.  The C is For… -EP- comes out Nov 10th.  Check out tour dates below…

10/29/09, Las Vegas, NV (The Pearl, Palms Casino)
10/31, San [...]

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Reptet 7″ / Glen mashup video

Seattle jazz band Reptet has a new 7″ vinyl out called Agendacide.  It’s available in vinyl/mp3 and mp3-only versions via the Reptet website, CDBaby, or (I expect eventually) the Monktail Creative Music Concern’s webpage.  They’re headed out on a West Coast tour (that I won’t be able to catch this time, unfortunately):

October 29, 2009 [...]

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Glen Phillips’ “Little Bunny Foo Foo”

Yet again, Glen Phillips is releasing stuff at the end of the year via the Bandcamp website.  Heck, if this year ends up like last year (with the fantastic Plover and RemoteTreeChildren records), I’ll be happy to drop some more coin for some more Glen.  Here is his latest, silly ditty:

http://glenphillips.bandcamp.com/track/little-bunny-foo-foo
Go get this song now… [...]

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Nellie McKay is adorable

As Family Guy’s Peter Griffin would say… Nellie McKay’s latest is frickin’ sweet.  It came out on Tuesday (10/13/09), and its 13 tracks are great!  You can hear a glimpse streaming over at nelliemckay.com.  Here’s a promo “making of” video (click picture):

Normal As Blueberry Pie is Nellie’s Doris Day tribute album with the quite cute album [...]

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dredg & Salmon Rushdie

One of my favorite rock bands around right now is dredg.  I’ve seen them twice this year, and their 2009 album The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion is at this time the easiest pick for album of the year for me.  Easiest.  It’s fantastic.  The aforementioned album is a concept album inspired by Salmon Rushdie’s [...]

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Music for Insomnia

I mentioned the Asthmatic Kitty Records‘ Library Catalog Music Series back here (yeah, buried amongst 8 other music stories).  Anyway, 900X’s will likely not be my only multiple-spinnable one (sidenote: I just got the 900X album on vinyl… yay!).
Coming out in December are three more in the all-instrumental series…

Lowell Brams: Music for Insomnia
Yuuki Matthews: Music for [...]

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Dave Douglas – A Single Sky

I got the SF Jazz Collective’s Live 2009 CD in the mail the other day. It’s a smokin’ hot remembrance for me of the show they put on at The Shedd in February of this year.  The SF Jazz Collective features Dave Douglas, Joe Lovano, Miguel Zenon, and many more great musicians.  The new SFJC [...]

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Re-Pete: Comeback

You’ve heard of re-tweeting, right?  Well, here’s my re-posting of the lovely YouTube documentary unfolding real-time surrounding Peter Mulvey’s Long Haul Bike Tour.  Re-Peteing, as it were.  The original blog (with words and video edited by Kathy Wittman):

Peter Mulvey: Comeback (Kathy’s blog)

Peter’s tour route was HERE (map).  He rode [...]

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MxBx 3″

So, I got into Melt Banana (aka MxBx) when they put out a 5″ vinyl / 3″ CD split with Mike Patton’s Fantômas back in 2005 called “Animali in Calore Surriscaldati con Ipertermia Genitale / Cat in Red” on Italian label Unhip Records.  MxBx are the Japanese noise metal cousin of Fantômas; so the split [...]

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David Bazan on Daytrotter / Nellie McKay album cover

The few websites that aren’t RSS feed-able that made it to my “must check every day” list… Daytrotter is great, and they hit us on Monday with a live in the studio session with David Bazan (of Pedro the Lion)… it’s his second live session with Daytrotter…

Go here for the free music:
http://tinyurl.com/bazan-daytrotter2
1) Hard to Be [...]

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New Sufjan Song / Swell Season Tour

I Guess I’m Floating have a new live-captured Sufjan Stevens song “There’s Too Much Love.”  Snag the free mp3 here:
Sufjan Stevens – There’s Too Much Love {external link mp3}
Or watch the video here:

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

The Swell Season, comprised of Glen Hansard from The Frames and Marketa Irglova, is releasing their new album, Strict Joy, [...]

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Re-Pete: 7 more

You’ve heard of re-tweeting, right?  Well, here’s my re-posting of the lovely YouTube documentary unfolding real-time surrounding Peter Mulvey’s Long Haul Bike Tour.  Re-Peteing, as it were.  The original blog (with words and video edited by Kathy Wittman):

Peter Mulvey: 7 more (Kathy’s blog)

Peter’s tour route is HERE (map).  He [...]

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Re-Pete: Vermont

You’ve heard of re-tweeting, right?  Well, here’s my re-posting of the lovely YouTube documentary unfolding real-time surrounding Peter Mulvey’s Long Haul Bike Tour.  Re-Peteing, as it were.  The original blog (with words and video edited by Kathy Wittman):

Peter Mulvey: Vermont (Kathy’s blog)

Peter’s tour route is HERE (map).  He is [...]

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