david and the citizens

Sweden's David & the Citizens will release a new self-titled EP on March 7th, 2006. Found on Friendly Fire Recordings it features the songwriting talent of David Fridlund, who last year released a critically acclaimed solo debut, Amaterasu. His band work with The Citizens is harder, poppier, more guitar driven then his solo recording. It is very good, as you'd expect from a writer of Fridlund's abilities.

+ let's not fall apart
+ big chill
+ graycoated morning


David & The Citizens [Friendly Fire Recordings]
01. Graycoated Morning 3:11
02. Now She Sleeps in a Box in the Good Soil Of Denmark3:01
03. Big Chill 3:36
04. Let Me Put It This Way 3:23
05. Summer In No-Man's-Land 3:21
06. Let's Not Fall Apart 3:20

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*Sixeyes' Previous Posts: David Fridlund and David & The Citizens
David Fridlund Interview
David Fridlund :: NEW MP3
David Fridlund - 'New Song'
David Fridlund "Me Against You"
'david & the citizens'

His Name Is Alive: New Album + MP3

His Name Is Alive have released their latest effort this past Tuesday. Titled Detrola, it was produced, arranged, composed, and performed by Warren Defever.

From Detrola...
+ get your curse on (summer left your heart behind)

Track Listing
The Darkness Night (Introduction)
After I Leave U (Maybe Again When I Leave You)
I Thought I Saw (Mama Don't You Think I Know)
In My Dreams (Sometimes Screw)
C*A*T*S (Here Forever Always)
Your Bones (Bones)
You Need A Heart (You Need A Heart To Live)
You and Me (Interlude)
Get Your Curse On (Summer Left Your Heart Behind)
Seven Minutes (Seven Minutes In Heaven)
Send My Face (I'll Send My Face To Your Funeral)
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On the band's website is a free album download. Here's what the band has to say about it:
"In November 2004, a limited edition of 50 wood "cloud boxes" which gathered ten CDs of new music from His Name Is Alive was released via mail order from Time Stereo. These quickly sold out. An 11-track sampler of the boxset, titled Cloud Pop, was subsequently planned and it appears below as a limited time free download courtesy of His Name Is Alive. These downloads are of interest to owners of the Cloud Box as well as those who missed out because these are freshly remixed versions, never before released in any form. Enjoy!"

Cloud Pop released December 13, 2005
+ USA vs Gamelan
+ Brown Rice
+ The Pine Cone
+ The Pine Cone II

THE rest of the album can be downloaded at the band's site. Just look for this (Download FREE samples from the CLOUD BOX boxset for a limited time TODAY!) at page top, and follow the link.

AMESTORY: National Release Jan. 31

Amestory released their first full length last October on Portia Records. I would guess that it slipped under the radar of many, including myself, even though I did receive a promo copy of the self titled disc. Unfortunate that I misplaced the disc after a change of residence and, you know... out of sight, out of mind. The good news is that the album will receive a national release on January 31st. And it offers 12 tracks of sparse, airy, indie pop laced with a chamber music mentality, not to mention a rich piano sound. Mix their carefully arranged and presented miniatures with vocalist Mike Russell's Death Cab-like tones and the restrained support of Doug Prior (piano), J.D. Knotts (drums, slide) Derek Coburn (bass), and guest violinist Ray Tong (violin) and this band (now that I've gotten around to them) is one I can highly recommend.



from Amestory...
+ constants
+ north
+ perfect blocks
+ in the back of a house
+ they're telling you you've been alive
+ seul dans l'air
+ turn in

Track List
1. North
2. Perfect Blocks
3. They're Telling You You Have Been Alive
4. Constants
5. Seul Dans l'Air
6. Turn In
7. In The Back of a House
8. Scotch
9. Track 04
10. The Sea and the Sky
11. Electric Avenue
12. Waking Up

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Myspace page
Amestory eCard

Hamell on Trial: New Album

Hamell on Trial can be a funny guy, one who makes honest, and at times unnerving, observations about what we've all been through, or wanted to go through.

His latest, Songs for Parents Who Enjoy Drugs, was produced by Ani Difranco and will be released on February 7th on Difranco's own label, Righteous Babe Records.



From Songs for Parents Who Enjoy Drugs...
+ Inquiring Minds
+ Heat
+ Pretty Colors
+ Coulter's Snatch

Track Listing
Inquiring Minds
Heat
Wheels Pt 1
Pretty Colors
Apartment #4
Hey Boss
Values
Maddy's
Jerkin'
Socializiing
Maddy's Pt 2
Coulter's Snatch
Civil Disobedience
Mommy's Not Talking Today
Father's Advice
Wheels Pt 2

Sweet Billy Pilgrim: We Just Did What Happened And No One Came: Review

Sweet Billy Pilgrim
We Just Did What Happened And No One Came
[Wonderland Avenue 2005]
*Sixeyes Score: 8.4 out of 10


UK band Sweet Billy Pilgrim have finally put out a full length album, We Just Did What Happened And No One Came, and it's stunning. The band members, Tim Elsenburg on vocals, guitar and electronics, Anthony Bishop on bass, guitars and vocals, and Al Hamer on drums and percussion, have created a near-minimalist work of art that practically turns the sound of rain on window pane into music. "God In The Details" opens like a Tom Waits song off of Swordfishtrombones, albeit one swimming in a placid pond. In fact this mesmerizing record by Sweet Billy Pilgrim evokes water in it's soft, open spaces and the 'fallen from grace' choir boy vocals from opener, "Atlantis", to closer, "Atropina". Like water, the music rises and falls, carries with it surprising and unseen power, refreshes and relaxes--always matching the gliding, deceptively powerful vocals of Tim Elsenburg. An album which will reward repeated listens, if only to pour again and again the beauty of Sweet Billy Pilgrim into you like a glass of spring water. This band has discovered a secret to beauty, whether they realize it or not, and that is to match their music to the amazingly affecting vocals of Elsenburg. Highly recommended.



+ stars spill out of cups
+ no jesus in here
+ god in the details

more mp3s here and here.

We Just Did What Happened And No One Came: Track List
Atlantis
Stars Spill Out Of Cups
God in the Details
In The Water I Am Beautiful
Deshonrado
No Jesus In Here
Experience
Black Flag
Aropina

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Bronx Cheerleader: Website Launched

Good news for those that like good unknown music: Canadian band, Bronx Cheerleader, whose debut CD I reviewed here about seven weeks ago, have just launched the debut of their website... and they kindly offer six mp3s for download!

Here's one + racing time ... go here for the rest.

In band news, Bronx Cheerleader announced the addition of new member, Joe Lapinski, head of the label, Yummy Recordings and the man who engineered Bronx Cheerleader's debut, Tough Guy Cliches.

Dancing About Architecture

Popmatters reviews Belle and Sebastian's latest, The Life Pursuit.

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Slate looks at the unbearable torture of 'earworms'.

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Harp Magazine has a couple of interesting pieces on musical women:Beth Orton and Cat Power.

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The S.C. Sentinel talks to Mark Kozelek about his latest album--all Modest Mouse covers.

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Kevin Barnes, the leader of Of Montreal, talks with the Seattle Weekly.

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Film School is interviewed by the San Francisco Chronicle.

Tomihira: New Album Coming

The San Francisco band, Tomihira, are close to finishing up their debut recording, Play Dead. But until it sees the light of day, they have kindly put up remastered and remixed versions of the mp3s on their site. And as Dean (pictured left above) says himself, they are 'just plain better', and I agree.

I have written about the band previously and below is part of what I said. If you follow this link you will find the original post and an interview I did with Dean Tomihira.

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I've said it before (because it's true), 'the best songs are sad songs' - the ones that pluck and strum the minor chords of your life. The band, Tomihira, led by Dean Tomihira (vocals and guitar) and ably bolstered by the talented pair of Markkus Rovito (drums and percussion) and Chris Zaballos (bass), deliver these songs. Songs with the melancholy thrum and ache of guitar matched by the Pacific Ocean blue of Dean Tomihira's vocals.

Put simply... Tomihira is West Coast electric melancholia, beautifully controlled and arranged.

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+ world class
+ pillbox
+ all to be undone

Go here for a couple more mp3s, info on the band, tour dates, and news.

Wintergreen: The Extended Play EP

A young band based in LA, Wintergreen have released an EP titled Extended Play and, I believe, are working on a full length. The guys seem to be more than a little cracked [a good thing]. I asked for some info on Wintergreen and this is what Wintergreen said...

we are all straight.enjoy nights out at fancy restaurants and seeing movies...or just nights at home curled up under blankets on the couch watching old TV shows....we prefer people that are honest...no playing games!!! people that know what they want in life and aren't afraid to dream big and really go for it...but love is far more important then good looks and success....also...wintergreen has been a band for about 18 months in Los Angeles...we are all Midwestern kids that are unknowns really...we immediately began writing and recording for an album with Michael krassner (ealimart, califone, koufax) and later worked with niko bolas (Neil young, Keith Richards, Fiona apple, Billy Joel, kiss, Bette milder, Travis, Warren Zevon... ok.. the guy is a recording legend) but we are label and money free...thus we've always been waiting for open studio time and time from others to get this sucker done once and for all....we got antsy and put out the EP as a lil teaser of what is to come on my friends label Mt.Fuji....has redeye distro and might be people's favorite new indie label someday....random hollywood truths are....jessica simpson and nick lachey were at our first show ever.....cameron diaz was at our 10th and has our demo....shows 8 and 9 we were openers for the get up kids on their farewell tour....indie 103.1 was the first radio station to play us ever...and played us a few times this summer....yet wintergreen members are all fucking crazy in their own way...our lead guitarist is homeless...most of us work for low wage and can barely get by...but all of us have been through the best and worst together...we only want to be in this band and only death will break us up...

Trevor Sherwood age 26-leo
Jared Anderson age 28-taurus
Todd Ramsey age 28 Gemini
Drew Mottinger age 23 Capricorn

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What do they sound like? Well, the English jaunt of The Smiths permeates 'When I Wake Up" and to a lesser extent, "Waste of time". Actually the song "Waste of Time", it's title is little more than just that, a title (time wise I mean). As two out of these three mp3s, including "Waste Of Time", are little more than 2 minutes in length... this foursome don't waste any time... perhaps due to financial constraints, studio time does add up. A lack of funds can help crystallize and distill a band's creative energy.

You can buy the EP at insound.com

Listen to freeze-dried Wintergreen...
+ last dance
+ waste of time
+ when i wake up
+ fall apart

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WATCH the new Wintergreen video here: http://keithschofield.com/et/
my space: http://www.myspace.com/wintergreen

eMusic Free Trial

Here are a few discs new to eMusic (and a few select picks). 50 free downloads for those who sign up for the no strings trial.

Robert Pollard - From A Compound Eye
Film School - Film School
The National Trust - Kings and Queens
East River Pipe - What Are You On?
Butthole Surfers - Hairway to Steven
Soulwax - Any Minute Now
The Alkaholiks - Firewater
Tortoise and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - The Brave And The Bold
The Gourds - Heavy Ornamentals

Austin TX's pride and joy,Spoon can be downloaded from eMusic. That's their entire output on Merge Records, all the albums, EPs, and singles. In fact all four albums can be had for free... Gimme Fiction, Kill The Moonlight, A Series Of Sneaks, and Girls Can Tell total 50 tracks exactly! Look into eMusic's free trial.

Released: January 24th

Here are the many, many new releases at insound.com this week!

01/24/06 Advantage Elf-Titled 5 Rue Christine

01/24/06 AIDS Wolf The Lovvers LP Lovepump United

01/24/06 Akimbo Forging Steel & Laying Alternative Tentacle

01/24/06 Andrew W.K. Who Knows? MVD

01/24/06 Arctic Monkeys When The Sun Goes Down Domino

01/24/06 Ariel Pink's Haunted House Arrest Paw Tracks

01/24/06 Audio Bullys Generation Astralwerks

01/24/06 Azita Detail From the Mountain Side Drag City

01/24/06 B. Fleischmann Poploops For Breakfast (re-issue) Morr Music

01/24/06 Beastie Boys The Skills to Pay the Bills: The Story of the Beastie Boys Three Rivers Press

01/24/06 Can Can (DVD) Mute

01/24/06 Cat Power The Greatest Matador

01/24/06 Catfish Haven Please Come Back CDEP Secretly Canadian

01/24/06 Class of 98 Touch This and Die The Militia Group

01/24/06 Clearlake Amber Domino

01/24/06 Delta 5 Singles & Sessions Kill Rock Stars

01/24/06 East River Pipe What Are You On? Merge

01/24/06 Elected Sun, Sun, Sun Sub Pop

01/24/06 Ester Drang Rocinate Jade Tree

01/24/06 Everlovely LightningHeart Cusp Hydrahead

01/24/06 Excepter Sunbomber 5 Rue Christine

01/24/06 Film School S/T Beggars Banquet

01/24/06 Four Tet Everything Ecstatic DVD/Bonus CD Domino

01/24/06 Go-Betweens That Striped Sunlight Sound CD/DVD Yep Roc

01/24/06 Golden Dogs Everything in 3 Parts Funzalo

01/24/06 Good Clean Fun Between Christian Rock and a Hardplace Equal Vision

01/24/06 Gossip Standing In the Way of Control Kill Rock Stars

01/24/06 Guitar Sunkissed (re-issue) Morr Music

01/24/06 Henry Rollins Talk Is Cheap Vol. 2 2.13.61

01/24/06 His Name is Alive Detrola Reincarnate

01/24/06 Howling Hex 1-2-3 Drag City

01/24/06 Isan Salle D 'Isan (re-issue) Morr Music

01/24/06 Isan Slamander (re-issue) Morr Music

01/24/06 Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins Rabbit Fur Coat Team Love

01/24/06 Jose Gonzales Stay in the Shade EP Hidden Agenda

01/24/06 Karl Blau Beneath Waves K Records

01/24/06 Laura Veirs Year of Meteors Kill Rock Stars

01/24/06 Love Is All 9 Times That Same Song What's Your

01/24/06 Manual Ascend (re-issue) Morr Music

01/24/06 Manual Until Tomorrow (re-issue) Morr Music

01/24/06 Matthew Shipp One Thirsty Ear

01/24/06 Men's Recovery Project Very Best of… Load

01/24/06 MF Doom Special Herbs Box Set Vol. 0-9 Nature Sounds

01/24/06 National Trust Kings and Queen Thrill Jockey

01/24/06 Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Road to God Knows Where/Live At The Paradiso (DVD) Mute

01/24/06 Northern Chorus Bitter Hands Resign Sonic Unyon

01/24/06 Old Man Gloom Seminar III: Zozobra Magicbullet

01/24/06 Pearls and Brass The Indian Tower Drag City

01/24/06 Plastic Constellations Crusades French Kiss

01/24/06 Portugal The Man Waiter: You Vultures Public Music

01/24/06 Robert Pollard From a Compound Eye Merge

01/24/06 Rocky Votolato Makers Barsuk

01/24/06 Saint Etienne Tales From the Turnpike House Savoy Jazz

01/24/06 Some Girls Heaven's Pregnant Teens Epitaph

01/24/06 Starters Set Starters Set Kill Rock Stars

01/24/06 Styrofoam A Heart Without a Mind (re-issue) Morr Music

01/24/06 T. Rex Bolan's Zip Gun Rhino

01/24/06 T. Rex Futuristic Dragon Rhino

01/24/06 T. Rex Tanx Rhino

01/24/06 T. Rex Tanx (reissue) Rhino

01/24/06 T. Rex Work In Progress Rhino

01/24/06 Tarkio Omnibus Kill Rock Stars

01/24/06 Taylor Hollingsworth Tragic City Brash

01/24/06 Test-Icicles For Screening Purpose Only Domino

01/24/06 Thievery Corporation Sounds From The Thievery Hi-Fi ESL

01/24/06 Tied & Tickled Trio S/T (re-issue) Morr Music

01/24/06 Tortoise + Bonnie "Prince" Billy The Brave and the Bold Overcoat

01/24/06 Town and Country Up Above Thrill Jockey

01/24/06 Tusk Get Ready Hydrahead

01/24/06 Various Artist Otis' Opuses Kill Rock Stars

01/24/06 We Are The Fury Infinite Jest East West

01/24/06 Wechsel Garland S/T (re-issue) Morr Music

01/24/06 Willie Nelson Complete Ghost Masked Weasel

01/25/06 Casiotone for The Painfully Alone Along-Young Shields 7" Tomlab

dios (malos) tour dates + new MP3

Hawthorne CA band, dios (malos), will begin touring in two weeks. Joining them on the road will be Matt Pond PA... here are the dates and some free mp3s.

(special thanks to Russ Flournoy for turning me onto these guys)

dios (malos)
+ dumb after all (b side) *new*
+ feels good being somebody
+ asshole
+ all said and done
+ starting five
+ everday
+ you make me feel

dios malos Video >> i want it all [wmv]

matt pond pa
+ canadian song
+ ladder
+ a list of sound
+ competition
+ copper mine
+ dont believe
+ fortune flashlight
+ its over
+ other countries
+ possibilities of summer
+ closer
+ graves disease
+ lily one

dios malos with begin touring on Feb 7th.

dios malos Tour Dates w/ Matt Pond PA
02/07/06 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
02/08/06 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
02/09/06 Providence, RI Century Lounge
02/10/06 Montreal, PQ Main Hall
02/11/06 Toronto, ON Mod Club
02/13/06 Detroit, MI Magic Stick
02/14/06 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
02/15/06 Pittsburgh, PA Club Cafe
02/16/06 Cincinnati, OH 20th Century
02/17/06 Columbus, OH The Basement
02/18/06 Indianapolis, IN Birdy's
02/20/06 Chicago, IL Double Door
02/21/06 Minneapolis, MN Ascot Room
02/22/06 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
02/23/06 St. Louis, MI Pops (small room)
02/24/06 Lawrence, KS Bottleneck
02/25/06 Denver, CO Bluebird Theatre
02/27/06 Salt Lake City, UT Club Sound
02/28/06 Boise, ID Bourbon Street

Matt Pond Pa and dios malos can be found on eMusic.com

Spinto Band

The Spinto Band are from Wilmington, Delaware, a city with many ties to history and tradition, as most American east coast cities do. And the band Spinto, as well, has ties to history, and in a sense, tradition. Key founding member, Nick Krill, discovered the spark which set the band in motion while sifting through his late grandfather's belongings close to ten years ago. Roy Spinto, Krill's grandfather and a guitarist, lived down in the Mississippi delta where he practiced the odd habit of scrawling original songs on the inside of Crackerjack boxes. These songs were the impetus that Krill needed to start off on a creative journey leading to the formation of the Spinto Band. Now after seven albums the six man outfit have moved past bringing those songs to life and now pen their own quirky indie music; they have also earned deserved comparisions to bands like The Flaming Lips and Pavement. The band is currently touring their latest effort on Bar None Records, Nice and Nicely Done, in the UK. With only a few shows left [overseas that is, they return stateside to continue touring], here are the dates and some free mp3s...

Jan 23 2006 9:00P - King Tuts Glasgow,
Jan 24 2006 9:00P - The Cockpit Leeds,
Jan 25 2006 9:00P - The Cargo London,
Jan 26 2006 9:00P - Oceans Room Brighton,
Jan 27 2006 9:00P - The Debaser Stockholm,
Mar 13 2006 8:00P - Great American Music Hall San Francisco, CA
Mar 15 2006 8:00P - Music Box @Henry Fonda Theatre Los Angeles, CA
Mar 18 2006 8:00P - The Metro Chicago, IL
Mar 21 2006 8:00P - Phoenix Concert Theatre Toronto,
Mar 22 2006 8:00P - La Salla Rossa Montreal, QC
Mar 23 2006 8:00P - The Paradise Boston , MA
Mar 25 2006 8:00P - Webster Hall New York, NY
Mar 26 2006 8:00P - First Unitarian Church Philadelphia , PA
Mar 27 2006 8:00P - 930 Club Washington, DC


From Nice and Nicely Done [2005]...
+ brown boxes
+ oh mandy
+ crack the whip
Bonus MP3s...
+ tractor
+ baby nerd part 1
+ look at the floor
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OF COURSE you can find Spinto Band's great Nice and Nicely Done record at eMusic. And if you've taken eMusic up on their free trial offer and you've got a dozen or so downloads left, go here. And if you haven't taken the leap... what are you waiting for? Go here now.

Sufjan Stevens :: Free MP3s + Lyrics

The indie world's 'buzz' boy since the release of Illinois in July is Sufjan (Soofyan) Stevens. It's hard to recommend one of these mp3s... but a current fave is "Chicago". Stevens composes very lyrical music. Melodically lyrical and... uhh, lyrically lyrical. This is essentially the same post I put up a couple of weeks ago... the difference being I've added the lyrics for some of the mp3s from Illinois.

Of course you can find more MP3s here.

+ part 1: the world's columbian exposition part 2: carl sandburg visits me in a dream
+ the dress looks nice on you
+ chicago*
+ michigan
+ seven swans
+ all good naysayers speak up! or forever hold your peace
+ year of the tiger
+ holland
+ year of the dog
+ a winner needs a wand
+ jason
+ niagara falls
+ lord god bird
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*sources*
asthmatic kitty
toolshed
insound
myspace
internet archive

*OF course, Stevens can be found at eMusic through their free trial offer of 50 downloads.*

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Sufjan Stevens: LYRICS

"part 1: the world's columbian exposition part 2: carl sandburg visits me in a dream"
Oh great intentions
I've got the best of interventions
But when the ads come
I think about it now

In my infliction
Entrepreneurial conditions
Take us to glory
I think about it now

Cannot conversations cull united nations?
If you got the patience, celebrate the ancients
Cannot all creation call it celebration?
Or united nation. Put it to your head.

Oh great white city
I've got the adequate committee
Where have your walls gone?
I think about it now

Chicago, in fashion, the soft drinks, expansion
Oh Columbia!
From Paris, incentive, like Cream of Wheat invented,
The Ferris Wheel!

Oh great intentions
Covenant with the imitation
Have you no conscience?
I think about it now

Oh God of Progress
Have you degraded or forgot us?
Where have your laws gone?
I think about it now

Ancient hieroglyphic or the South Pacific
Typically terrific, busy and prolific

Classical devotion, architect promotion
Lacking in emotion. Think about it now.

Chicago, the New Age, but what would Frank Lloyd Wright say?
Oh Columbia!
Amusement or treasure, these optimistic pleasures
Like the Ferris Wheel!

Cannot conversations cull united nations?
If you got the patience, celebrate the ancients

Columbia!

I cried myself to sleep last night
And the ghost of Carl, he approached my window
I was hypnotized, I was asked
To improvise
On the attitude, the regret
Of a thousand centuries of death

Even with the heart of terror and the superstitious wearer
I am riding all alone
I am writing all alone

Even in my best condition, counting all the superstition
I am riding all alone
I am running all alone

And we laughed at the beatitudes of a thousand lines
We were asked at the attitudes
They reminded us of death

Even with the rest belated, everything is antiquated
Are you writing from the heart?
Are you writing from the heart?

Even in his heart the Devil has to know the water level
Are you writing from the heart?
Are you writing from the heart?

And I cried myself to sleep last night
For the Earth, and materials, they may sound just right to me

Even with the rest belated, everything is antiquated
Are you writing from the heart?
Are you writing from the heart?

Even in his heart the Devil has to know the water level
Are you writing from the heart?
Are you writing from the heart?


"Chicago"
I fell in love again
all things go, all things go
drove to Chicago
all things know, all things know
we sold our clothes to the state
I don't mind, I don't mind
I made a lot of mistakes
in my mind, in my mind

you came to take us
all things go, all things go
to recreate us
all things grow, all things grow
we had our mindset
all things know, all things know
you had to find it
all things go, all things go

I drove to New York
in the van, with my friend
we slept in parking lots
I don't mind, I don't mind
I was in love with the place
in my mind, in my mind
I made a lot of mistakes
in my mind, in my mind

you came to take us
all things go, all things go
to recreate us
all things grow, all things grow
we had our mindset
all things know, all things know
you had to find it
all things go, all things go

if I was crying
in the van, with my friend
it was for freedom
from myself and from the land
I made a lot of mistakes
I made a lot of mistakes
I made a lot of mistakes
I made a lot of mistakes

you came to take us
all things go, all things go
to recreate us
all things grow, all things grow
we had our mindset
all things know, all things know
you had to find it
all things go, all things go

you came to take us
all things go, all things go
to recreate us
all things grow, all things grow
we had our mindset
(I made a lot of mistakes)
all things know, all things know
(I made a lot of mistakes)
you had to find it
(I made a lot of mistakes)
all things go, all things go
(I made a lot of mistakes)

"Casimir Pulaski Day"
Goldenrod and the 4H stone,
the things I brought you,
when I found out you had cancer of the bone

Your father cried on the telephone,
and he drove his car into the navy yard,
just to prove that he was sorry

In the morning, through the window shade,
when the light pressed up against your shoulderblade,
I could see what you were reading.

All the glory that the Lord has made,
and the complications you could do without,
when I kissed you on the mouth.

Tuesday night at the Bible study,
we lift our hands and pray over your body,
but nothing ever happens.

I remember at Michael's house,
in the living room when you kissed my neck,
and I almost touched your blouse.

In the morning at the top of the stairs,
when your father found out what we did that night,
and you told me you were scared.

All the glory when you ran outside,
with your shirt tucked in and your shoes untied,
and you told me not to follow you.

Sunday night when I cleaned the house,
I find the card where you wrote it out,
with the pictures of you mother.

On the floor at the great divide,
with my shirt tucked in and my shoes untied,
I am crying in the bathroom.

In the morning when you finally go,
and the nurse runs in with her head hung low,
and the cardinal hits the window.

In the morning in the winter shade,
on the 1st of March on the holiday,
I thought I saw you breathing.

All the glory that the Lord has made,
and the complications when I see His face,
in the morning in the window.

All the glory when he took our place,
but he took my shoulders and he shook my face,
and he takes and he takes and he takes.

"The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts"
Trouble falls in my home
Troubled man, troubled stone
turn a mountain of lies
turn a card for my life
Man of Steel, Man of Heart
Tame our ways, if we start
To devise something more
Something half ways

Only a steel man came to recover
If he had run from gold, carry over
We celebrate our sense of each other
We have a lot to give one another

I took a bus to the lake
Saw the monument face
Yellow tides, golden eyes
Red and white, red and wise
Raise the flag, summer home
Parted hair, part unknown
If I knew what I read
I'll send it half ways

Only a real man can be a lover
If he had hands to lend us all over
We celebrate our sense of each other
We have a lot to give one another

Took my bags, Illinois
Dreamt the lake took my boy
Man of Steel, Man of Heart
Turn your ear to my part
There are things you have said
Raise the boat, and raise the dead
If you take us away
Still can we say:

Only a steel man can be a lover
If he had hands to tremble all over
We celebrate our sense of each other
We have a lot to give one another

Sounds Familyre: FREE MP3s

Sounds Familyre is a tiny indie label. Located in New Jersey it began in 1999 when Daniel Smith needed an outlet to release his own recording under the name Danielson Famile.

These are free and legal mp3s of Sounds Familyre artists...

Wovenhand + Sparrow Falls
Wovenhand + My Russia
Wovenhand + White Bird
Br. Danielson + Things Against Stuff
Br. Danielson + Daughters Will Tune You
Dan Zimmerman+ Either/Or
Half-handed Cloud + To Love Like The Father & Son Love Each Other
Half-handed Cloud + We're Very Greatly Loved
Lenny Smith + I Saw a Mighty Angel
The Singing Mechanic +Dying to be Social
Soul-Junk + 3 Facinating Smells
Soul-Junk + Corinth
Soul-Junk + Hogging All the Islands

The Lovely Feathers: New Album Coming + MP3s

Montreal's The Lovely Feathers are excited to announce the release of their debut album, Hind Hind Legs, out May 2nd on Canadian indie label Equator. The band recorded Hind Hind Legs at Studio Plateau in Montreal, working with a diverse team which included producer Jimmy Shaw (Metric guitarist), engineer Drew Malamud (whose credits include Sum41, The Dears, Death From Above 1979 and Stars), and mixer John O’Mahony (Jimi Hendrix, System of a Down, Matt Pond PA).

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*Sixeyes contacted the band and guitarist/vocalist, Mark Kupfert, filled me in on what the band's been up to:

"Since coming off the road we put the finishing touches on the album. The album has been basically done since August, but there were a few small things. The album will be released in the first week of April and it will have 5 re-recordings of songs off the My Best Friend Daniel demo and 8 new ones. Awaiting the release, some of us are finishing school (me), working at part-time jobs and visiting girlfriends in South Korea (Daniel is in Seoul visiting his girlfriends' family while teaching English). He'll be back we hope. During the next three months, we hope to demo out our new songs, so that we're ready to record our next album in the summer. Funny, thinking that our record hasn't come out yet, and we're pondering the next one already. That's what happens when songs are with you for too fuckin long. Next album will hopefully take less than 8 months to be released."

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Before touring this spring (stay tuned for dates), The Lovely Feathers will gear up to film the video for their first single, “Frantic”.

*Sixeyes hopes that these demo mp3s will stir a similar Arctic Monkeys/Clap Your Hands Say Yeah mania for this outstanding Montreal band. Here are some mp3s from the 2004 demo recording, My Best Friend Daniel to get the ball rolling...

+ lawrenceville blazer
+ wrong choice
+ photocorners
+ icebergs
+ cadillac backpack
+ like you

Dancing About Architecture

The Guardian reviews Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.

and...

Cat Power's latest, The Greatest.

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Paste Magazine reviews Animal Collective's Feels.

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Slate calls Arctic Monkeys debut "A Perfect Album".

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Morningwood are interviewed by Village Voice.

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The Independent chats up Rilo Kiley's Jenny Lewis.

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Drowned in Sound talks with Stuart Murdoch of Belle and Sebastian.

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Toronto Star interviews Kevin Drew of Broken Social Scene.

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The Toronto Sun has a talk with Broken Social Scene's Brendan Canning.

Beth Orton: "Conceived" Video

"The release date for the long awaited fourth album from Beth Orton is approaching fast! Comfort Of Strangers, produced by the legendary Jim O'Rourke, comes out via Astralwerks on February 7. In addition to the regular release, diehards can look forward to the special limited edition of the album which will include a 5 track bonus cd with exclusive tracks. The amazing new single 'Conceived' has started to gain some momentum...and the video is just as mystifying. A wonderful, feel good time."

Watch the video for Beth Orton's 'Conceived'.

Real Player
lo hi

Quicktime
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*via filter*

Kelley Stoltz

San Francisco DIY musician, Kelley Stoltz, has a new album to offer. Below The Branches is now out on Subpop.

From Below The Branches
+ the sun comes through
+ memory collector

From Antique Glow
+ perpetual night
+ jewel of the evening

from "the past was faster"
+ vapor trail
from "crockodials" (kelley stoltz's version of the 1980 album "crocodiles" by echo & the bunnymen)
+ going up
+ crocodiles
+ rescue
+ villiers terrace

Below The Branches
Track Listing:
1. Wave Goodbye
2. Little Lords
3. Ever Thought of Coming Back
4. Words
5. Mystery
6. Summer's Easy Feeling
7. Memory Collector
8. Birdies Singing
9. The Rabbit Hugged the Hound
10. The Sun Comes Through
11. Winter Girl
12. Prank Calls
13. No World like the World

Magnet is Even Johansen

Magnet is Even Johansen, a Norwegian musician who makes his home in the city of Bergen, also home to international musicians Sondre Lerche and Annie. And not unlike Lerche, Johansen has a lushness to his sound. The music is lush and melodic, set apart by an ear for quirky sounds and instruments. Magnet is an indie package with a major label voice... and that's not always a bad thing.

Magnet's latest, The Tourniquet, will be released in North America February 14th 2006

+ hold on The Tourniquet
+ heaviest heart - Where Happiness Lives EP
+ i'll come along ** - Where Happiness Lives EP + On Your Side CD
+ little miss more or less - On Your Side CD
+ let it snow - Minus EP 2004

**if the link for "I'll Come Along" doesn't work, cut and paste this into your browser...
www.homeofmagnet.com/media/av/Magnet - I'll Come Along.mp3

The Tourniquet Track List
1. Hold On
2. Duracelia
3. The Pacemaker
4. Believe
5. All You Ask
6. Deadlock (Its Over)
7. Fall At Your Feet
8. Blow By Blow
9. Miss Her So
10. Jaws
11. This Bird Can Never Fly (US bonus track)

Magnet Tour Dates
01.22 Glasgow, UK @ King Tuts cancelled
01.23 Manchester, UK @ Late Room cancelled
01.24 London, UK @ ULU [support from Dios Malos]
02.22 Boston, MA @ Paradise [supporting Stars]
02.23 Philadelphia, PA @ Beyond
02.24 Washington DC @ Black Cat
02.25 New York, NY @ Webster Hall
03.07 Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour [supporting Isobel Campbell]
03.08 San Francisco, CA @ Café Du Nord
03.09 Seattle, WA @ Triple Door


magnet home page
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Magnet's On Your Side CD is available to download from eMusic. Check out eMusic and their Free Trial offering 50 free downloads.

MP3 Music Downloads at eMusic

Emusic always, that's always, has stuff I didn't realize they did have. Some of these fall into that category.

Destroyer [all you could want... well, almost... Destroyer's Rubies isn't even released yet]
Man Man
Cat Power
Eels [Blinking Lights 2005]
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness [According To Plan 2005]
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Tom Waits
Hawksley Workman [For Him And The Girls - Workman's debut and a very good one. Much better than his last release]

Go here for eMusic's free trial offer.

Vanderslice + Death Cab Tour Dates

Vanderslice European tour dates have been confirmed! He's hitting the continent with old Barsuk label mates and now major label stars, Death Cab For Cutie.

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"Koln meets Oslo" Spring Tour 2006 Feb 1 - March 13

01 Feb 2006 BERLIN, GERMANY
Postbahnhof
03 Feb 2006 HAMBURG, GERMANY
Markthalle
04 Feb 2006 MALMO, SWEDEN
KB Club
05 Feb 2006 OSLO, NORWAY
Rockefeller Music Hall
06 Feb 2006 STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
Berns
11 Feb 2006 COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
Vega Musikkenshus
12 Feb 2006 BIELEFIELD, GERMANY
Kamp
13 Feb 2006 COLOGNE, GERMANY
Live Music Hall
14 Feb 2006 FRANKFURT, GERMANY
Batschkapp
15 Feb 2006 HEIDELBURG, GERMANY
Karlstorbahnof
16 Feb 2006 DRESDEN, GERMANY
Star Club
17 Feb 2006 VIENNA, AUSTRIA
Arena
18 Feb 2006 MUNICH, GERMANY
Ampere
19 Feb 2006 FRIBOURG, SWITZERLAND
Fri-son
20 Feb 2006 ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
Abart
21 Feb 2006 MILAN, ITALY
Rainbow
23 Feb 2006 BARCELONA, SPAIN
Bikini
24 Feb 2006 MADRID, SPAIN
Copernica
25 Feb 2006 SAN SEBASTIAN, SPAIN
Rock Star
27 Feb 2006 PARIS, FRANCE
Trabendo
28 Feb 2006 LONDON, UK
Astoria
01 Mar 2006 LONDON, UK
Astoria
02 Mar 2006 NOTTINGHAM, UK
Rock City
03 Mar 2006 MANCHESTER, UK
Academy
04 Mar 2006 GLASGOW, UK
Barrowlands
05 Mar 2006 NEWCASTLE, UNITED KINGDOM
Northumbria University
06 Mar 2006 PORTSMOUTH, UNITED KINGDOM
Pyramids
07 Mar 2006 BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
Ab Box
08 Mar 2006 AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
Melkweg
11 Mar 2006 OXFORD, UNITED KINGDOM
Brookes University

Elefant: New MP3: "Lolita"

Here's the official single from Elefant's new album, The Black Magic Show . "Lolita" will be released to radio stations on February 21st with the album seeing a digital release around the same time.



ELEFANT TOUR DATES
02-05 Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre *
02-07 Minneapolis, MN - The Quest Club *
02-08 Chicago, IL - Metro *
02-09 Cincinnati, OH - Bogarts *
02-10 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall *
02-11 Slippery Rock, PA - Slippery Rock University *
02-13 Cleveland, OH - The Odeon *
02-14 Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls Theatre *
02-15 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street *
02-17 Boston, MA - Avalon *
02-18 New York, NY - Webster Hall *
02-19 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts *
02-20 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
02-22 Carrboro, NC - Cats Cradle *
02-23 Athens, GA - 40 Watt *
02-24 Nashville, TN - Exit In *
02-25 St. Louis, MO - Mississippi Nights *
02-27 Atlanta, GA - Roxy Theatre *
02-28 Orlando, FL - The Social *
03-01 St. Petersburg, FL - The State Theatre *
03-02 Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room *
03-05 New Orleans, LA - The Parish *
03-06 Houston, TX - Meridian *
03-07 Austin, TX - The Parish *
03-08 Dallas, TX - Trees *
03-10 Phoenix, AZ - The Clubhouse *
03-11 San Diego, CA - House of Blues *
03-13 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre *
03-15 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore Auditorium *
03-16 Sacramento, CA - Empire
03-18 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom *
03-19 Bellingham, WA - Nightlight *
03-20 Seattle, WA - The Showbox *

*With Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.

Released: January 17th

These are this weeks new releases at insound.com--stay tuned for next week, a huge amount of new stuff coming out!

01/17/06 Aqualung Strange and Beautiful Columbia
01/17/06 Deadly Snakes Porcella (2xLP) In The Red
01/17/06 Fink Pretty Little Thing Ninja Tune
01/17/06 Halifax The Inevitability of a Strange World Drive Thru
01/17/06 Kid606 Done with the Scene Tigerbeat 6
01/17/06 Say Anything Say Anything... Is a Real Boy Doghouse
01/17/06 Streetlight Manifesto Keasbey Nights Victory
01/17/06 Various Artists New York Noise 2 Soul Jazz

John Vanderslice and Death Cab For Cutie Tour

John Vanderslice will tour Pixel Revolt in Europe, again... with Death Cab For Cutie! Stay tuned for details on this tour and a spring North American jaunt.

Doveman leaves "Chinatown"?

There has been a lovely collection of covers available on Thomas Bartlett's Doveman webpage for some time. Entitled Steffani Birthday EP, it offers touching cover versions that bear the idiosyncratic touch of Bartlett's talent as a musician and the unmistakeable high, sharp whisper of his voice. It's as if he wants to make it as hard as possible for the mic to pick that voice up, but of course that's not true. The final song of this EP is titled, "Chinatown" and it's slow, sweet, and sour--a beautiful song that immediately demanded repeated listening. The lyric is especially good, even more so if you are in the right frame of mind.

Now I have just come across a new mp3 of a Doveman song called "I Don't" and discovered that it is the same song. So, I've come to the conclusion that it is an original. If I'm wrong, Thomas, let me know, please.

You should also seek out Doveman's debut album, The Acrobat. *Sixeyes review of it is here. It can be bought through insound.com.

steffani birthday EP
+ fade into you [mazzy star]
+ la cienega [ryan adams]
+ new partner [will oldham]
+ reflections after jane [the clientele]
+ chinatown [doveman original]

Great Lake Swimmers: Free MP3s

Toronto based quintet, Great Lake Swimmers, make their American label home at Misra Records, which has thankfully released, stateside, the band's 2003 self-titled debut. For a band that's still relatively unknown, they have drawn some lofty praise from the European press:

'Beautiful bittersweet, drifting, late summer melancholia' **** Mojo

'Dekker squares the circle between Nick Drake, early Neil Young and Will Oldham' **** Uncut



Led by singer/songwriter, Tony Dekker, whose melancholy vocals seemingly float above the music, Great Lake Swimmers are a rustic, pioneer orchestra drifting across a wilderness lake, with Dekker's vocal the devoted missionary sent forth to gather in those that have lost touch or faith in the Holy Trinity mentioned above by Uncut magazine.

Sounding like a rural choirboy who has grown up and out of boyhood and into a neighbourhood of ethereal folk, inhabiting a country of alternative flavours -- Dekker describes the band this way:
"We are basically a quiet, alt-country flavored, independent band who play thoughtful, shaky folk music," says Dekker. "Come and see us if you'd like to have a quiet night out." -- From this article by Michelle Lobkowicz.

MP3s
From their most recent work, 2005's Bodies and Minds...
+ Various Stages
+ Bodies and Minds

From 2004's S/T debut...
+ Moving Pictures Silent Films
+ I Will Never See the Sun
+ moving, shaking
+ three days at sea

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weework records - Canadian label
fargo records - European label

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Great Lake Swimmers can be downloaded from eMusic... both releases are available... go here to look into their Free Trial offering 50 free downloads.

Between The Pine: Between The Pine: Review

Between The Pine
Between The Pine
[Hot Porta Records - 2005]
*Sixeyes Score: 7.9 out of 10

This one man band from Rhode Island, Between The Pine [a.k.a. Jim Diotte], is without a doubt my favourite artist of 2006. What? What's that? The year 2006 is hardly two weeks old? All right... so far, Between The Pine is my favourite and will most certainly be my 'Discovery of the Year'. And I truly hope he is one of yours as well. I stumbled upon the fantastic songs of Between The Pine a short time ago and have previously written about the music and artist here and here. One of these pieces was a brief review of the FREE downloadable EP available at 80H Records, but those songs have grown more pleasing as time passed(the three tracks you can grab can be found on the full length album as well). When I heard another song from the full length, "Bronze Shoes", it just further confused me as to why I hadn't heard of this artist, because it's another strong track--one with a chorus that will corkscrew into you and swell until you're singing and swaying along. "Bronze Shoes" has, as many of these songs do, been given an indie folkiness by the addition of an accordion--an instrument which finds itself somewhere between a Hammond organ's atmospheric power and a harmonica's French film soundtrack playfulness--this song also, due to it's strong melody line and the accordion, stirs up welcome echoes of The Arcade Fire... if they were playing for you and you alone in the back of a mini van or in a dark corner at a noisy party. The song also boasts the pleasant surprise of backing vocals from Diotte's wife, Robin Toste.

The album opener, the feathery "Sit down, Shut Up", melds the familiar feel of a Beatles-like rhythm guitar and a much less familiar, but pleasing, vocal which resembles Baxter Dury (son of Brit legend, Ian Dury). While the song, "We Awoke", enters, or draws us into, the unique universe of Sufjan Stevens, if he lived in a art house film shot in France, or another of those 'old country' countries with a laissez-faire attitude. It's the vibraphone, or xylophone, that lends a European air to the melody and which always stirs images of foreign films and sub-titles in my mind. "We Awoke" starts sadly and beautifully and stays that way--only adding more layers of blue over the waltzing alabaster melody. A standout track which has been granted a precious fold of gray matter in my skull, an area labeled 'permanent memory", smack up against the 'feel good' center. Other highpoints include "I'll Carry On My Father's Joke", "We All Know Where You Are", and "Shoot Me In The Spine".

A dash of Sufjan Stevens, a little lo-fi indie, an eccentric mix of instrumentation, and a timelessness that evades reasoning is what the debut album from Between The Pine is all about.
If I can turn just a few people onto this great music then the songs themselves will do the rest. You should give Jim Diotte and the DIY gems he cuts in his Rhode Island basement studio a little time, but no effort... oh no, it's no effort at all to listen to imagination and talent.

+ bronze shoes
+ we all know where you are
[Mp3s with permission of Jim Diotte]

Between The Pine's homepage

Between The Pine Tracklist
1 Sit Down, Shut Up**
2 I'll Carry On My Father's Joke**
3 Bronze Shoesd
4 Shoot Me In The Spine
5 Robbie, Brute Of The Brawlers
6 We All Know Where You Are
7 She's Got Eyes Upon Her Back
8 We Awoke**
9 There's No Room For The Light
10 Capo 8

**These tracks are available as mp3s here or here.

"When The Sun Goes Down" Free MP3 Demo

Many visitors are coming here searching for the Arctic Monkeys track, "When The Sun Goes Down". *Sixeyes doesn't have a free and legal mp3 of that song from the upcoming release, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not [Domino], but here is a free and legal mp3 of the demo for those interested. It was originally titled, "Scummy".

Scroll down for a link to more demo mp3s.

+ When The Sun Goes Down [Scummy Demo]

So who's that girl there?
I wonder what went wrong
So that she had to roam the streets
She don't do major credit cards
I doubt she does receipts
It's all not quite legitimate

And what a scummy man
Just give him half a chance
I bet he'll rob you if he can
Can see it in his eyes, yeah
That he's got a driving ban
Amongst some other offences

And I've seen him with girls of the night
And he told Roxanne to put on her red light
They're all infected but he'll be alright
Cause he's a scumbag, don't you know
I said he's a scumbag, don't you know!

Although you're trying not to listen
I bet your eyes are staring at the ground
She makes a subtle proposition
Sorry love I'll have to turn you down

And oh he must be up to something
Want half a chance to show he's more than likely
I've got a feeling in my stomach
I start to wonder what his story might be
What his story might be

They said it changes when the sun goes down
And they said it changes when the sun goes down
And they said it changes when the sun goes down
Around here
Around

And look here comes a Ford Mondeo
Isn't he Mister Inconspicuous
And he don't have to say 'owt
She understands she's here to get picked up

And she's delighted when she sees him
Pulling in and giving her the eye
Because she must be fucking freezing
Scantily clad beneath the clear night sky
She don't stop in the winter, no and...

They said it changes when the sun goes down
And they said it changes when the sun goes down
And they said it changes when the sun goes down
Around here

They said it changes when the sun goes down
And they said it changes when the sun goes down
And they said it changes when the sun goes down
Around here
Around here

What a scummy man
Just give him half a chance
I bet he'll rob you if he can
Can see it in his eyes that he's got a nasty plan
I hope you're not involved at all

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*Go here for the full original post of Lyrics and Free MP3s

Arctic Monkeys: Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not: Review

You can find this review HERE at my new blog, Hipstereo.

Cat Power: Stream New Album + Free MP3s

You can stream Cat Power's new 'soon-to-be-released' album, The Greatest (Matador - January 24th), right here.

+ the greatest
+ he war

Radio Session
+ satisfaction
+ troubled waters
+ be a good woman

Cat Power has a website coming soon and perhaps you'll find it here when it appears.

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*Cat Power albums can be downloaded at eMusic--look into their free trial of 50 MP3 downloads.*

The Hype Machine - latest from the finest mp3 music blogs!

I know that many of the visitors who come here don't use an mp3 aggregator. These aggregators gather the many, many posts from the large number of music blogs out there right now, but if you haven't used one I recommend you give The Hype Machine a try. There are surely countless music blogs that you haven't read or heard of, so if you have a couple of days try it out.

*SIXEYES SATURDAY FREE MP3s

Oxford Collapse is a Brooklyn band, a good one, who are currently on tour with We Are Scientists. Here are the dates and some free mp3s of the band with a few more thrown in to spice things up.

oxford collapse tour dates
Jan 12 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom w/Bishop Allen
Jan 13 Buffalo, NY @ Buffalo Icon
Jan 14 Toronto, ON @ The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
Jan 15 Detroit, MI @ The Magic Stick
Jan 16 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
Jan 17 Cleveland, OH @ The Grog Shop
Jan 18 Baltimore, MD @ Sonar Club Space
Jan 19 Philadelphia, PA @ North Star Bar
Jan 20 Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwells

FREE MP3S
oxford collapse + proofreading
oxford collapse + the money you have maybe too little
oxford collapse + cracks in the causeway [spin.com]
oxford collapse + The Boys Go Home
oxford collapse + Last American Virgin
papas fritas + let's go down to the town oasis
east river pipe + baltimore
i love you but i've chosen darkness + your worst is the best
i love you but i've chosen darkness + according to plan
i love you but i've chosen darkness + when you go out
super xx man + and i again
actionslacks + tad loves kimberly james
mk ultra + goodbye max
mk ultra + the dream is over

Hot Hot Heat Come Off The Road

According to ChartAttack, "Canadian band Hot Hot Heat have come off the road to work on new material", (or maybe to dry out and sober up).

Or it could be this little piece about We Are Scientists found on Jam Music.

Hot Hot Heat MP3s
From the latest release...
+ island of the honest man
+ middle of nowhere

Older stuff...
+ bandages
+ get in or get out
+ haircut economics



Hot Hot Heat bassist Dustin Hawthorne is the one standing on the step.

New on eMusic - MP3 music downloads

Here are the most recent additions to eMusic's site.

Deerhoof - The Runners Four
Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock And Roll
Stereolab - ABC Music: The Radio 1 Sessions
Yo La Tengo - Prisoners Of Love
The Pixies - Hey - Live Pixies


Emusic continues to offer it's Free Trial of 50 MP3 downloads... no strings attached. Go here.

Meredith Bragg and The Terminals

I've reposted this review as I've just discovered that the band is Spin's Band of The Day. Visit and vote.

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Meredith Bragg and The Terminals
The Departures EP
[The Kora Records - Jan 17 2006]
*Sixeyes Score: 8.0 out of 10

This is the collection of songs that should push Meredith Bragg and his band, The Terminals, to the fore of the indie playground. Third track, "Let's Start Over", resembles current 'indie band of the moment' Death Cab For Cutie during a power outage while the EP as a whole is acoustic/chamber pop that never fills up all the cracks and crevices... it wisely leaves air between the sounds. Bragg's voice can resemble DCFC's Ben Gibbard, but without his keening overtones and it, Bragg's voice, does a more than adequate job of tackling the ominous task of covering Jason Molina's (Songs: Ohia) "Two Blue Lights".

The songs on this EP are so complete and yet so well trimmed. Each track a perfect haircut, each hair in place... no mousse, no gel, no ozone chomping hair spray... this is all natural. You never looked so good.

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+ talk me down [full mp3]

Low Res 60 sec mp3 Clip: + let's start over
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*pre-order*here

*There are older mp3s of the band to be had at the label web site, visit through the pre-order link above.*

Secret Mommy: Free MP3s

Do you turn a blind eye and deaf ear when you see, or hear, the term electronica? Do you imagine hearing, once again, a handful of fascinating bleeps, squiggles, and bloops looped until you can't stand to listen any longer? Ok, I feel that way at times, although Vancouver's Secret Mommy uses an array of electronic sounds and samples to grow the captivating song "Dance Studio". At times humorous, it is always reaching in some small way towards a different pattern. The looped foundation of the track is the root system and the shifting rhythms are the sprouting leaves, the unfurling tendrils.

Not being a fan of experimental electronica I have a hard time comparing the music of Secret Mommy to anyone else... but betterPropaganda name checks Prefuse 73 in the similar artists box, so I'll go with that and also you could check out fellow Canadian and electronic musician, Montag.

from Very Rec [ache records 2005]...
+ dance studio

+ save as
+ drop shadow

*SIXEYES Free Downloads

eels + jelly dancers
ray davies + thanksgiving day
gang of four + damaged goods
nouvelle vague + just can't get enough
mark lanegan and isobel campbell + ramblin' man
brendan benson + cold hands, warm heart
grandaddy + pull the curtains
greenhornes + pattern skies
elbow + forget myself

*all mp3s courtesy of betterpropaganda

AUDIO LUNCHBOX LAUNCHES MP3 SUBSCRIPTION PROGRAM

Press Release:

AUDIO LUNCHBOX LAUNCHES MP3 SUBSCRIPTION PROGRAM; OFFERS USERS LEGAL
DOWNLOADS FOR AS LOW AS 20 CENTS PER SONG

LOS ANGELES, CA (01/10/06) - On the heels of thrilling news that digital
sales have increased 148% industry wide from 2004 to 2005, Audio Lunchbox
has developed a new subscription program that will allow new and repeat
customers to get even more bang for their buck!

Audio Lunchbox's new subscription program allows customers to purchase
points redeemable for downloads throughout the entire Audio Lunchbox
catalog. Monthly programs are $9.99 for 40 points and $24.99 for 125
points. Yearly programs are $100 for 30 points per month with 120 anytime
points and $250 for 80 points per month and 250 anytime points. With single
tracks as low as 1 point and entire albums as low as 10 points, the Audio
Lunchbox customer can purchase tracks as low as 20 cents each. Subscription
tracks will be offered in open MP3 format which means users can cancel at
any time and keep their downloads forever.

"Digital music is exploding and ALB is on the cutting edge of the
revolution. We take user feedback very seriously and are proud to say we are
the only digital music provider to offer "permanent" a la carte and
subscription downloads side by side without DRM restrictions of any kind.
ALB will continue to offer our users as many options as possible to download
their music legally," said Morgan Harris, CEO of Audio Lunchbox.

Audio Lunchbox will also be giving away 50 free MP3s to customers joining
the new subscription program. ALB will now offer a combination of great
catalogue depth and the best possible price structure for legal music
downloads, positioning itself among the leaders in digital content
providers.

About Audio Lunchbox: Audio Lunchbox, LLC was formed in April 2003. Our
mission is, simply, to increase the exposure and availability of independent
artists and their music. ALB features a cross platform system, which works
on PC, Mac and Linux. Albums and tracks are available for purchase by
subscription or a la carte plans. The file capability of ALB audio is 100%
compatible with all portable music players including Apple's iPod. ALB has
secured a licensed catalogue of over 1 million tracks with 79 sub-genres
ultimately providing something for everyone. ALB works with the greatest
independent labels and aggregators in the world including Epitaph, Razor &
Tie, IODA, Digital Rights Agency, INgrooves, Parasol and CD Baby. The store
boasts artists ranging from Queens of the Stone Age to Nickel Creek and
Death Cab For Cutie to Louis Armstrong. ALB also carries the current indie
big sellers such as Elliot Smith and Nada Surf to name a few.