Hinterland

Today's ramble is all about shoegaze and I'm not sure a week has gone by yet here without a solid or at least semi-relevant feature in that direction. Plenty of music blog folks are discovering and posting new bands from around the world that are re-creating similar variations of this now time tested sound for us. Today's featured band was part of a post on Mars Needs Guitars the other day. I honestly don't think you can classify what people refer to as shoegaze into a genre since it has been incorporated and evolved into so many other styles during the past several years. Plenty of the bands I've heard in the past 15 or so years interpret it in a definite Dinosaur Jr. or Hüsker Dü indie rock fashion. This makes sense to me since both bands were such a major influence to the original crop of late 80's/early 90's shoegaze musicians. Other artists have taken the sound into what I would consider a beautifully dark corner of the indie pop spectrum where female vocal talent is all important and the traditional wall of sound guitars are secondary, if present at all. The latter is where I would place today's featured band although you might disagree with me toward the end of this track when the guitars become slightly more pronounced. Whether you agree or not with my take on things above, this is a really great song and lead vocalist Michaela Galloway needs to be heard to be believed.



























Hinterland are five musicians from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada who began making music in 2000. After a pair of EPs in 2001 and 2002 the band's debut full-length album titled Under The Waterline was released in 2003 on HybridElectric Records. Their latest release The Picture Plane came out just this past February on Submerged Records and today's featured track is a part of that release. You can buy either of these at CD Baby for $13 USD or download their music via Zunior. Also, check out the Hinterland website for much more info and links. They have a MySpace page that is recommended for more listening and another song for download as well. The other songs are decidedly more pop-influenced but really good.















MP3: Object Lessons

Winechuggers

The music this week is turning out to be nice and low key so far here and in the group and I'm sure it's been needed (at least by me)... this being the official "balance the finances" week in Caseyland. I need to save a few bones since there is a huge 3-day Greek Festival here in town this weekend. My daughter usually wants to walk away with half of the place in shopping bags and I end up with a full stomach for days, but enough about that. Today's featured band was really a surprise to me. I saw them posted on 3hive and another blog I can't remember but skipped over them for some reason. Finally, after going from one MySpace page to the next this evening, I found them on the friends list of another great band. I listened but couldn't get the MySpace player to let me download so off I went back to blogland to grab this song. I was more than content with this track and love the way it ends in a light fuzzy guitar. Bill Cameron's vocals are also a great great listen.












Check out the Winechuggers MySpace to hear 3 more tracks and add on as a friend for sure. Today's featured song is from the 2005 release Grand Rapids and is available through Arena Rock Recordings for a mere $10.00 USD. Rather than going into detail about Winechuggers, I will quote a good summation from the Arena Rock biography page...

"Winechuggers may seem to have popped up out of nowhere, but Cameron's got a history. He started the project while living in Chicago, a side gig and change-up from his electronic duo Emperor Penguin, in which he played keyboards under the pseudonym Melvoin Stanke. Moving between Chicago and his hometown near Indianapolis, he began recording what would become Grand Rapids with friends Jeb Banner and his Emperor Penguin mate Carl Saff, finishing up most of the album by 2001. After a half-hearted attempt to get the disc put out, he packed the recordings in a box and moved to San Francisco, where he now lives. Last year, a copy found its way to the Arena Rock Recording Company offices in Portland, and the label is now bringing us what would've been something of a lost classic."

MP3: Long Circuitous Path

The Brad Pitt Light Orchestra

One crazy thing led to another looking for yesterday's music and I stumbled upon yet another great band from Ireland in the process. I was immediately smitten and ended up listening to the featured song at least 5 times in a row before shaking the blank stare off my face in order to download the song. This is really nice acoustic stuff and I hope you enjoy it. I got a late start so this will not be the most detailed review but around halfway through the song it won't matter what I have to say at all. Temperature being the Gauge, this is probably one of the warmest songs I've had to offer here. The shared vocal responsibilities are divided equally, but as I am a complete sucker for the female tone, Ann Blake really did me in. There are no comparisons that need to be made here. I'm just glad to have found this music.















The Brad Pitt Light Orchestra is a sextet from all over Ireland so don't ask me to pin it down to anywhere else besides the college where they met. That would be University of Limerick circa mid 90's. They were separated after university and some years later re-grouped in 2004. The product of that reunion is what you are listening to here. You can visit the BPLO MySpace to hear some more music and add on to their friends list if you feel so motivated. There is also the BPLO website where the band's Fireside Chat EP is completely free to download. That might be the band's way of secretly taking over the world... shhh! Or at least Brad Pitt's identity. This one is highly recommended.













MP3: Talking To Yourself

Crayonsmith

I stretched out my legs yesterday in order to jump around music blogs on a mission of finding something for today's feature. After sifting through a ton of Richard Buckner posts I decided to call it quits. When I want the rust belt feel of American folk rock, all I need to do is visit this guy. Not that Buckner isn't good or anything. He's just not Superman as some bloggers would have you believe. (next week = new flavor) Needless to say, I abandoned my mission and high tailed it back to MySpace for a stint. I messaged a band from Ireland the other day but they haven't been online to answer the all-important question "do you have band pics?" Since I was on their page anyway, I decided to check out this oddly named artist that was sitting on a silver ball with a blue guitar. Sure glad I did. The growl of the backing guitar sets what could surely be described as a shoegaze stage but it never really builds into anything that trapped. Swervedriver or MBV will come to mind at first but by the end of the song you will have the musical picture this artist might want you to see (or hear.) It's a really nice song as you can probably already tell, and sometimes that is just enough for a good sit back and listen. I need that sort of thing to start off the week.













Crayonsmith is primarily the music of Ciaran Smith from Dublin, Ireland. To complete the full band he enlists the assistance of Ruadhan O' Meara and Ronan Jackson. Ciaran has been creating music since he was a child and in 2004 started his current project under the name Crayonsmith. The debut release Stay Loose is a true DIY bedroom style recording that was mixed a bit more by friend Steve Fanagan who runs the Slow Loris record label. If you visit the Crayonsmith Myspace page you can click to buy a copy of the album for €12.50 (roughly US $16/GBP £8.50 - and you can use PayPal), and you'll find more songs for listening and download as well as a MySpace video. Also stop by the Crayonsmith Website for much more info. There is also this really good YouTube YouTube video of Ciaran on a building rooftop playing acoustic guitar for you.



I hope this post finds you well and on your way to a tolerable non-hungover work week. I, on the other hand, might need some aspirin.













MP3: Scarytale

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Ok... It's classic Sunday and I have a good one for you. Don't expect me to go into the history of Pussy Galore here. I'm fairly drunk and have them planned for a future Sunday but I will give you what little I can from this part of the Jon Spencer experience. I'm not sure what it is about this guy that brings out the extremes in people. He has a beautiful wife in Christina Martinez of Boss Hog and an amazing musical history, but people get (yeah, I'll say it) downright catty about him. I think it brings out latent homosexual jealousy when people discount the full scope of this artist's body of work. I only say this because he is obviously an attractive (skinny marlboro man) guy and who wouldn't notice it?? I am way outta line and having fun doing it so just enjoy this song from the mid 90's. This is by far the worst review I've ever done and oh ho ho... I'm not done. I will, however, save the 1988 story of Necros drummer Todd Swalla throwing Mr. Spencer off an after hours front porch like a bag of antlers for another day. That was one hell of a party. In case you get bored this is what I looked like back then. Please have the slightest care before laughing it up.















In 1994 I had made my way to college and the newly released album Orange was a collection of new anthems for me while the previous year's gem Extra Width was still in heavy rotation on the block. Countless afternoons were spent with my stereo speakers pointed out of my apartment windows while we tossed a frisbee over oncoming traffic. The lineup of the band consisted of Jon on Vocs/Guitar, Judah Bauer on guitar and Russell Simins tending to (or beating the shit out of) the drums. Please notice that no bass was involved. This was the first exposure I had to a non-bass band and plenty of the musicians that do it now have Mr. Spencer to thank. They might even have been the first indie rock band to do it. Jon Spencer is now involved with a project called Heavy Trash on Yeproc Records but beyond that I have no information on the whereabouts of the balance of this incredible band. The song I was originally going to feature started out with "HEY BABY YOU SURE LIKE TO FUCK"... and actually, I think I will post it, as a bonus track. The only other thing I could find was this fan MySpace page. I'll edit this in the morning sooo...until then much love from a drunken Mr. Casey. Happy Sunday.

























Oh hell, I almost forgot. This classic show happend in 1990 or '91?? I was standing in a small bar called Staches here in Columbus and JSBX rocked out. There were no more than 20 people standing there to witness it. Buffalo Tom was outstanding also. Just for kicks, the opening act was local band Stupid Fucking Hippie. That might have been their only show...haha















MP3: Bellbottoms
Bonus MP3: Full Grown

The Low Lows

It's the weekend and there's not much going on here. I'll do some Saturday apartment cleaning and then I need to get out of the house for once. This music searching thing is fun but sometimes I need to get away from the computer in order to preserve my sanity. In other words, this is going to be a short write up. When I heard this song, it brought to mind a some lost soundtrack from a late 60's love story that would end in brutal tragedy. The reverb levels muffle what might otherwise be considered noise rock and I'm fairly sure there's a big difference between the live performance and recorded music with this band. Beautifully haunting and quite eerie in a recurring dream is how I would describe their sound. You can listen to some of the additional songs at The Low Lows MySpace Page.



















Parker & Lily were an NYC pop band that started in 1999. From what I read in their bio they moved to Athens, Georgia, at some point, and after 3 albums eventually split up in 2005. P.L. Noon, Daniel Rickard and Jeremy Wheatley were 3/4 of that band and have since gone on to form The Low Lows. Their debut full length release Fire On The Bright Sky will be released September 12th through Athens based Warm Electronic Recordings. The band is already working on material for a follow up LP to be titled Panther Panther. Check the The Low Lows website for more info on the band and live dates. The upcoming tour will last through the duration of October here in the states, and then take them off to Europe for some dates in Nov/Dec as well. If you enjoy a healthy dose of reverb, gentle feedback and the lo-fi end of the indie music spectrum in general, this is definitely worth your time.



















MP3: dear flies, love spider

The Carter Administration

It was extremely busy at the office yesterday and I didn't get so much as a few minutes to screw off in order to look around the Internet for today's feature. I got home and decided that The Lemonheads would stay on for another day and I would make my way up the street for cocktails. While having a pre-cocktail beer, I was on our MML MySpace page and saw a bulletin posted by previously featured Apollo Up! I mistakenly clicked their profile instead of the bulletin and ended up snooping around checking for other good bands they might have as friends. It didn't take long at all to find one. After a quick Skype call to Michelle we both listened and I was happily staying in for the evening to change music. I mentioned before that Nashville was a place I wanted to revisit for music and soooo... here we are. This is a great garage rock band that has just enough of a southern flare to keep me from thinking NYC. The rhythm is tense and urgent while the guitars lure you back in with simple yet amazing hooks at each turn. All of the songs I listened to were equally solid.















As I mentioned above, The Carter Administration are a power trio from Nashville, Tennessee. They formed in 1998 and have quite a few DIY releases since their inception. In 2005 they joined onto Theory 8 Records and released the full length Air Guitar Force One that summer (Aug. 26th). If you visit the Carter Administration MySpace there is plenty more to hear from the new EP God & Country. They will be giving this self-released CD out for free for the first time when they play 3 Crow Bar tomorrow night (Aug 26th also!?!) Coincidence in the dates ah? The band is also working on a new full length LP. Another good visit to make is to the Theory 8 MySpace page for more great music.














MP3: Evil Is The Way

Technical Woes

**We, or rather are hopelessly unreliable hosting site, EZArchive (can anyone recommend something better? Please?), are currently experiencing *ahem* 'technical difficulties', meaning that the MP3 links may not be working. Sigh... we're sorry about that - if you're trying to listen to any of the songs and having no luck, please check back a little later - EZArchive is temperamental, but always irons out its glitches soon enough.**

Blowoff album out Sept 5th: MML is excited!!

We at MML are very happy that the release date for Blowoff's album is almost upon us, and if you've heard Hormone Love, the first taste of what we can expect from this collaboration between Bob Mould and Richard Morel (featured here on MML back in June), you'll be very happy too. And if you've not heard it yet... what are you waiting for?? Here's the link to the song again, in case you missed it there... now go listen!

The self-titled longplayer comes out on September 5th, and can be pre-ordered direct from the Blowoff store on CD (they have Blowoff t-shirts, too, y'know... and even a bargain CD/t-shirt combo) - if you choose the express shipping option, your copy is guaranteed to reach you on the day of release. The album's available in digital format from the iTunes Music Store, too.

Roll on September 5th... this is going to be a good one.

The Lemonheads

Before I begin the writeup I'd like to say that I know this is a leaked unreleased track (purposeful or not.) I'm not the first to post this incredible new song and it will probably be flooding the music blogosphere soon enough. The song was so good, and such a surprise, I had to jump on the bandwagon this time. The official Lemonheads website acknowledges this and even points readers in the direction to find it. With that said, I loved The Lemonheads during the mid to late 80's. I followed them closely and still have a few of the first cassette tapes. Hate Your Friends and Creator were favorites and I can still remember driving around in a car full of empty beer cans and High School friends screaming at the top of our lungs "THERES NO SUCH THING AS A SECOND CHANCE". (I am well aware Evan didn't sing that one) Those were great days. I usually don't pay much attention to the bands that reunite from back then. I figure the new craze of reunions are geared more towards the younger generation that didn't get the chance to experience the music first time around. It's a good deal, but this band is a bit different. With all of the lineup changes over the years, it really is refreshing and notable that Evan Dando can bring this sound back for us. I can only hope this isn't a one time thing.













If the guitars sound a bit too familiar, it might be because Dinosaur Jr. front man J. Mascis is lending his signature sound for accompaniment. If you'd have asked me 20 years ago if I wanted to hear a song in which these two musicians performed together, I might have let you cut off one of my fingers to make it so. Well... now we all get to hear it and, as a bonus, I get to keep my precious digits. Bill Stevenson (drums and production) as well as Karl Alvarez (bass) both of Descendents/ALL fame round out the recording of this new release. The funny thing is, at a few points in the song you almost think Evan is fronting Dinosaur Jr. but In a quick second you once again feel like you've been transported back to the land of Taang Records. If you visit The Lemonheads MySpace you might think it is just a fan page but guess again. I checked and it's the real deal. The new CD will be released September 26th. You can pre-order through Vagrant Records right this moment if you wish. Oh and one more thing for you 30somethings... "RAT VELVET!!!"

(HEY... I found an old ticket stub from 14 years ago. I keep them in a little shoebox and will be bringing more of them out to share soon. xoxo Casey)















MP3: No Backbone

Heartless Bastards

After featuring an exceptional band from the UK yesterday, I felt the need to come back home (musically speaking) to Ohio for today's offering. I live an hour and a half or so north of Cincinnati and and am always amazed at the massive amount of good bands that are down in that area. The music bloggers and live music scene there are never at a loss and it doesn't hurt a bit that WOXY.com is such a stellar outfit. We could use a station like that here in Columbus. Anyway, I think it's a really cool thing that this band has been given such widespread media attention, yet keep themselves at a pace that lends you to believe they possess the gift of longevity. Since I was on a mission to have a clean kitchen last night, I tried to keep this writeup brief and to the point.














As I mentioned above, the Heartless Bastards are a trio from Cincinnati, Ahia. From the bio I read, I learned that vocalist/guitarist Erika Wennerstrom grew up in nearby Dayton, Ohio where she had extensive vocal and piano training. She met bassist Mike Lamping and drummer Kevin Vaughn when she moved to Cinci at age 22 and collectively they ended up with a damn good band. Their latest full-length release shares the name of today's featured title track All This Time and is available through Mississippi based Fat Possum Records. There are a few more MP3s there and also a Fat Possum MySpace page to hit up. The CD release party will be Sept. 1st at the historic Southgate House near Cincinnati and the previously featured Lab Partners will also be playing!! Check out the Heartless Bastards MySpace for even more music. Ok, I attempted not to be long winded. Just be glad you don't have me on the phone with you.















MP3: All This Time

Broken Robots

As I've mentioned in the past, one of the best parts about having the MML MySpace account is receiving bulletins about new projects and music released from the bands. It makes it much easier to keep up to date on things than if I were to attempt to go through endless music blogs and aggregators for the latest. Today's featured artists have been on my friends list for over a year now and have always been a great shoegaze listen. I've noticed recently, however, a new intensity in their music that puts aside some of the overly-delicate qualities that many other modern shoegaze bands rely too heavily upon. The guitars are more aggressive and the tempo is increasingly a driving backdrop. This enhanced sound is enough to earn their music the updated Dream Rock description in my book. At the same time, Mark, Damion and Annie, who share vocal responsibilities, keep it real in true MBV fashion. After reading a bulletin regarding this brand new track, I immediately went to take a listen. My computer's sound system has a really good sub-woofer and this song shook the hell out of the floorboards of my apartment. The track was halfway through and I had already begun typing a message to the band asking if I could feature it. Thanks BR!













Broken Robots are from Blackburn, UK and started out as the music project of Mark Woodward and Damion Bridson in 2004. Seeing as they are both guitarists/vocalists they soon decided to enlist the help of keyboardist/vocalist Annie Parsons. Eventually brought into the mix were Chris Eaves on drums and Ben Parsons on Bass to complete the 5 piece. If you visit the Broken Robots website there are additional songs and info on the band's upcoming debut EP. There is no specific DOR set as of yet but it will be released at some point in 2006. The band decided on the DIY approach for distribution and created their own label Landscape Records. The EP will be the label's debut release as well. Also check out the Landscape MySpace page. Finally, to hear even more music and get a copy of a 16 track demo that is currently available, hit up the Broken Robots MySpace. Annie's vocals on the song Sorry are really something to witness. They also have a split 7 inch with The Terribles in the works. If you weren't completely convinced of my adoration for this band all you have to do is go to my own space where you will find a BR banner (courtesy of Letty.)














MP3: 1.2 Million Candle Power
***This track will only available for a limited time.***

Salty Pirates

It will be Monday when you read this. Either you will be on your way to work with coffee (like me), dragging yourself out of bed for summer classes with a bottled water, or just sitting having a beer on the couch watching morning talk shows. In any of these cases, it might bring a smile to your face when you hear yet another great band from Sweden. I'm not sure what additive is in the water over there that makes these people create such great music, but if I ever decide to start another band I will import this music juice by the barrel. The lyrics in this song will jump right out at you as being witty and a total catch. Once you realize that there is a healthy dose of guitar involved you will get that smile for sure. I've decided to reduce the amount of time I spend trying to figure out every reason I like certain songs in order to sit back and simply enjoy the music. After finding and listening to today's feature, I have a good place to start.















Salty Pirates are an indie pop quintet from Halmstad, Sweden. There is just about enough guitar in there to call it indie rock but who really cares. They began playing together as a full set in 2002, and from what I read on their MySpace Page, the band is good at making their own pizza and have sinister plans on taking over the world. I think I like that plan (and food group). If you visit the Salty Pirates website you will find a really nice surprise. All of their music is downloadable for free. Every single song!! You can even download a really cool video there as well. It's a very trippy video of what you could expect if heavily medicated and traveling through Swedish forests. I like the singing fish... I like this band a lot.















MP3: The Couple On The Bus

Altered Images

Oh no he didn't... Oh yes I did. In 1982 I was 12 years old and was in my grandparents' car on the way back up to see family in Ottawa, Canada. (I am the only yank in the family) We were driving through Toronto and, out of boredom, I began twisting the radio dials in search of a music station. I remember clearly catching the end of this song as we pulled into a McDonald's for breakfast. I had just found my new favorite band. Funny how that works in a young teenage mind ah? Soon after we arrived in Ottawa, my two cousins (Jenny and Missy) and I were dropped off at the local shopping mall so we could find a Canadian hockey jersey for cousin Casey. Guess what I found? The LP Pinky Blue was tucked away in the A category bin at the mall record shop and was subsequently purchased that day. In true American fashion, I forced my cousins to listen to it for the duration of my week long visit. I can't say I remember any other song from the album and I'm probably better off as a result. This is, however, a completely relevant song when it comes to the development of my musical tastes.



















When you think of Altered Images, the first thing that might cross your mind is that horrid Happy Birthday song that even circa 80's Stacy Q would back away from. Little would you expect that this band was once a John Peel favorite. The first single from Altered Images was released in 1980. The single, titled Dead Pop Stars, came out right around the time that John Lennon (yawn) was killed. This caused a bit of a stir in the media and probably helped further the band's career. The first LP was produced by Siouxsie and the Banshees bassist Steve Severin. I found a fairly decent YouTube clip of Dead Pop Stars live for you. There is also a video there for I Could Be Happy but the sound is almost non-existent and the toilet paper ribbon on Clare Grogan's head is distracting (but funny.) We will post an original vinyl ripped to MP3 version of Dead Pop Stars as a bonus track for you to download. Thanks to Little Hits for that one!! The only link I could find for the band that doesn't produce a ton of pop up ads is on MySpace. The Altered Images MySpace fan profile awaits your visit and approval. I can't speak for all of the band's music but will tell you that, if this song were to be released tomorrow there would be plenty of attention given to it.



















MP3: I Could Be Happy
Bonus MP3: Dead Pop Stars

Sunny Day Sets Fire

The sky started to darken yesterday as I looked out of my office window and after a quick check of the weather forecast, I learned that it was about to start raining for my drive home. It's supposed to continue throughout the weekend which led me to want some happy sounding music for Saturday. If the name of this band isn't indication enough of what I would soon discover to be the SDSF sound, I'm not sure what name could be. Sunny and cheery, with the beginning of this track somehow reminding me of a retro Pizzicato Five number I can't quite put my finger on. The P5-ish quality soon evolves into a really well done pop song. Ever so slightly stronger guitars poke through the puffy twee clouds periodically only to leave me waiting for them to return. This is actually the only song I've heard from this band so I will need to return to their MySpace Page to click on some of the others.



























Sunny Day Sets Fire is quite the international outfit. Guitarist/vocalist Mouro is from Italy while drummer/vocalist Onyee is from Hong Kong. They met while working as ushers at a movie house in London and soon began creating music. They performed as a duo for quite some time, then added Max on guitar/baritone and most recently bassist Ed to complete the full band. If you go to the Sunny Day Sets Fire Website there is an interactive matchbook to navigate. Inside the matchbook are some songs and a video for the track featured here today. There is also a video on Youtube to check out. September 15-17 will see the band travel to North Dorset/Wiltshire, UK. There they will visit the beautiful Larmer Tree Gardens and perform for the Parrots, Peacocks and around 5000 music fans at the End of the Road Festival. Happy Saturday!!















MP3: Wilderness

Kings & Queens

Photo by Simon Weller

Well... It's my 37th birthday today so I have a fun fact for you. August 18th 1969 was the last day of the original Woodstock Festival. It was Jimi Hendrix who took to the stage at 9:30 that morning and I was born by noon the very same day. Kinda funny I suppose, but coincidence? I don't think so. Anyway, I have wanted to post this band for a week now and finally found the right day to do so. The musicians I presented to you on the group yesterday reside just outside of L.A. County so you will need to travel 435 miles up the coast to Northern California for today's featured artists. From their location you might get the mental picture of driving on an open desert road with this song... but no no not me. I have 2:30 in the morning with city street lights passing me by into a glow while I rip through traffic in my Mazda. Speaking of driving, that's exactly what this song does. The tension builds perfectly and never lets you loose. Now get yourself ready for link city!















Kings & Queens is primarily the music of Richard Good (not to be confused with Rick Good of Rhythm in Shoes fame.) The band was once the Indiana Experiment and before that The Pleased. You should definitely check out the Kings and Queens website for more to see and hear. They also have a Journal that is well worth the read on their site. I spent a while meandering through it (... stalker). You can download this song as well as another from the band's MySpace page. Also make sure to add them to friends. I did it straight away. You can buy the Kings & Queens 6 song EP for $6 dollars via PayPal and from what I listened to, all songs are as good as the feature here. Ooooh, I almost forgot. They also have a YouTube video for another song. Have fun and check the comments there.













Photo by Simon Weller

MP3: Kings Theme

Jed & Lucia

In order to keep a good mix of of musical stylings here, I've been attempting to switch things up a bit more lately. I only hope you can notice the recent effort I've undertaken. It was extremely difficult to decide which song to feature out of the available downloads from today's artist, so as soon as I figured out that Swedesplease posted this track, it was all the excuse I needed. Craig (through his wonderful Swedish music blog) was nice enough to mention our efforts recently and we wanted to return the favor. If you visit here often, you know that I won't try my hand at describing music as any type of texture, landscape or ice cream flavor. I'll leave that trite blather to the professional also-rans. Instead, I will simply say that these two musicians create songs that are absolutely beautiful. Together they mix the sounds of basic folk instruments with their interpretation of what an ambient pop song should be. It works extremely well. Now let's get to the important stuff...















Jed & Lucia are a couple that came from separate parts of the world. Jed's hometown is Seattle, Washington while Lucia is from Stockholm, Sweden, and now they both reside in the rural area of Chatsworth, California. This duo has been making music since they met at CalArts and have several solo projects each. To understand the true scope of things you need to first visit the Jed & Lucia website. The About section there is a very good read that explains much more. They recently inked a deal with Riptide Music for electronic distribution and have enlisted the assistance of a Fanatic Promotions (good friend of our MySpace group). Next you can visit the Jed & Lucia MySpace page for more music and the compulsory "add". The latest full length CD is Candles in Daylight and was released Feb. 1st of this year. It is available on Amazon and CDbaby for $10.00!! I would put up the iTunes link but it keeps trying to make me register and I refuse to have it on my computer. Jed & Lucia is highly recommended.















Btw...above dress by Renee

MP3: Answers

The Medics

In an attempt to stay in touch with and keep up to date on the artists we post here and on the group, we created a MySpace profile that you are more than welcome to visit or add. It's really kinda cool to get all of the bulletins from these bands. Every now and again there is a new release or project that is made available and I was really pleased that this particular band decided to offer up some new material. These guys are truly generous for posting today's song for download and it won't take you long to notice that the song is an exceptional example of good ole Indie Rock. If you think this is far too nice to be anything but finished product you would be wrong. It's only a demo! I featured The Medics around 3 months ago and it now gets better. I haven't heard a weak track yet from this band and that is a rare occurrence. Your first stop should be to the The Medics MySpace Page to hear another equally good demo and some songs from the last time they graced us with their music in May.














Photo by Ben Shapiro

Ok, the last time I featured this four piece, I mistakenly mentioned that they were all from New Jersey. I am thankful that I now have the opportunity to redeem myself. The Medics are from both New Jersey and Tulsa err... I mean New York, New York. They released their latest 7-song EP Shangri-La on Omad Records and it really is worth the measly $7 you have to pay to get your hands on it. There is also a white vinyl LP version available that is all analog and highly recommended. If you visit The Medics website there are band updates and songs to download. I have been assured that there will be several upcoming shows in and around the northeastern US so stay tuned. Another thing you might want to check out are the bedroom recordings of the lead vocalist/guitarist from this band. Ray (formerly known as DVC) has an ongoing project in Hundred Dollar Elephant. From what he tells me, if you send him $3.00 USD he will send you 30 songs. Not a bad deal at all. Really good lo-fi songs from what I heard.















Photo by Ben Shapiro

MP3: Bomb

Brazilian Girls

I received a friendly email today with a link to a recent review of Bob Mould's 1996 classic that is often and affectionately referred to as Hubcap by fans. I followed the link and visited the music blog Muzzle of Bees for the first time today and have to say that regardless of the "love him or hate him" part of the Bob review that had me scratching my head a bit, it is a really great site I recommend you visit for new music. I ended up snooping around there for a moment and found today's feature. I'm not sure I thought I would ever use the word sexy in one of these write-ups but that's the first thing that came to mind as the track began to kick in. Since I am firewalled from MySpace at work, I tried looking for band pics elsewhere online. Big hint... If your regional VP has an office next to yours, don't do a Google Image search of "Brazilian Girls" then walk away from your office to go make coffee. Ouch.

Besides some of the classics I feature on Sundays, this might be one of the more popular bands I've posted here but I couldn't resist. For those of you who have yet to hear them (like myself earlier today) you are in for a treat. Brazilian Girls are an Indie Pop quartet from New York, New York. In this one song, the vocals incorporate 4 different languages and a mix of all of them therewithin (is that a word?)... but that is not the first thing that jumped out at me. In the early part of this track Sabina Sciubba sounds so remarkably like Austrian-born Korinna Knoll from the NYC duo Neulander on the song Flying that I had to check pictures to make sure they were two different women. We'll feature that song here as a bonus track so you can hear what I mean. The new album Talk To La Bomb comes out September 12th and will be available via Verve Forcast. You can visit the Brazilian Girls MySpace page to hear this and another song and add them to friends. Another recommended stop would be the Brazilian Girls website. Again I will have fun in saying it... sexayyy!!

MP3: Jique
Bonus MP3: Neulander - Flying

The Afghan Whigs - Day Two

I was going to do it anyway, and since our hosting site was acting up again yesterday afternoon, I have all the more reason to give you another song from The Afghan Whigs today. This one might be more familiar to you. It is from the 1993 release Gentlemen. Even if you've heard it a thousand times it still might give you that chill up the back and bring you to remember why you love music. I still get it every time. I would also like to welcome the new blog regulars from Finland, Brazil, Saudi Arabia and Iran. Check the updated world map!

Oh, and while we're on the subject of Gentlemen, here's the video for another track from the album: Debonair.



MP3: Be Sweet

The Afghan Whigs

There are plenty of new people in the MySpace group and also visitors to this blog (welcome!!) so I just wanted to remind everyone that Sundays are usually reserved for songs that are 10 years or older. The classic stuff. Please feel free to give ideas on future classics and you...yes you... can submit your own reviews to be featured here as well. I'm not going to try to be specific in my writeup of the Afghan Whigs. Plenty of you already know the history of this great Ohio band and will be able to start a thread on the group or something, so instead I will free write my connection to them. During the late 80's I ended up purchasing an album called Big Top Halloween. Once I listened to it, I could hear enough Squirrel Bait, Soul Asylum or something in it to keep listening. It was full on punk rock with this strange rural yet urban feeling to it. I'll be honest and say that, despite my romanticism of the early 90s nothing much was really happening for me back then. At the time I had 3 CDs in constant rotation. Bob Mould's Black Sheets of Rain, My Bloody Valentine's Loveless and the classic Afghan Whigs album today's song belongs to. Congregation. In a previous Twilight Singers review to coincide with their latest release, I had this to say...

Once upon a time (a very long time ago...don't ask) I was getting ready to start school at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. One night I made my way into a small punk rock club where a band was playing upstairs. I went up to find four guys on stage playing Pink Floyd covers to a mostly empty room. I stuck around for three or four songs but that was all I could take. It was awful. The name of that band? The Afghan Whigs from Cincinnati, Ohio. It's kind of funny now, seeing as they are one of my favorite bands of all time.
























It always surprises me to find that many AW fans haven't heard anything prior to Gentlemen. Please check out what I would consider to be the band's best work. It was released via Sub Pop in 1992 so it will still be relatively easy to get your hands on. I never knew that the song had a name. It was always just the bonus track back then. I will conclude with some links for you since I am far too sleepy to incorporate them into today's ramblings. I hope you enjoy this and if you want more, just leave a comment. I can always spill this into Monday with a later AW song if prodded enough to do so?




















Oh shit I almost forgot. For those of you that actually read this, there is a bonus for you big time!! Here is a YouTube video of this song. It's a different and maybe an older version. Very disturbing but also incredible. Feel free to leave comments there. I did.



Oh yeah... the links:

Twilight Singers (Greg Dulli)
Twilight Singers on MySpace
Staggering Statistics (John Curley)
Staggering Statistics on MySpace
Moon Maan (Rick McCollum)
Moon Maan on MySpace














MP3: Miles Iz Ded

Square Root of Margaret

Lately, all things shoegaze, fuzz and dream rock have been the fare here in the group so I wanted to feature something of a straight forward band that defies any one distinct genre classification. Today's featured song would be difficult to pin down in that manner even if I wanted to do so. I can hear everything from classic Psychedelic Jam to Indie Rock to Power Pop within the 3:43 minutes of this song. They bring their own sound to the table for sure and have been doing so since the early 1990's. The first song I heard from this band was an unmastered demo that was not the highest sound quality but after contacting them I ended up with one that will come through your computer speakers loud and clear.










If you drive exactly 59 miles from Detroit into Canada you will arrive in Chatham, Ontario, This town is home to four friends who have been making music for years. Square Root Of Margaret honed their skills and conducted operations (and parties) in an old church rectory they referred to as The House of Bleen. After a number of releases the band grew silent. They stayed that way for years until 2005 when they came together to kick things off again. Their first CD EP Levitation Days earned them a spot on the New Music Canada top 50. They now have a brand new full length release in Cloud Nine Revisited. Check out the band's Myspace Page where you can hear some songs from it. If you visit the Square Root Of Margaret Website you can order the CD directly from the band. While you are there, look around a bit. There is plenty to see including a detailed account of every song they've ever recorded! August 18th starts them off on a fairly extensive Canadian tour that will lead them to the west coast this Fall. I'll leave you with a few upcoming tour dates before they head west as I think they would be a great band to see live.

Friday, Aug. 18 Chatham, ON. The Elephant's Nest PoKadot acoustic wsg Eric Welton
Saturday, Aug. 19 Chatham, ON. The Elephant's Nest TBA
Friday, Aug. 25 Hamilton, ON. The Casbah with The Ride Theory
Saturday, Aug. 26 Windsor, ON. The PHOG Lounge with Lindy
Thursday, Sep. 14 Toronto, ON. The Horseshoe wsg TBA
Friday, Sep. 15 Kitchener, ON. The Circus Room wsg TBA
Saturday, Sep. 16 Brockville, ON. The Keystorm TBA













MP3: I Don't Know Why

Wrapping Paper

Today's featured song is a short one at only 2 minutes and 10 seconds, but there is plenty of goodness packed into that brief amount of time. Since there is little information on this artist the review will also be short. I was blog jumping the other evening after I was done with my writeup for the group/blog and happened upon a band with a strange name at Gramophone. I had to listen and am better off for it. This is some wonderfully fuzzy lo-fi indie rock. I place the sound somewhere between Sebadoh and GBV with a hint of some of the noisier Swedish bands I've heard recently.















Wrapping Paper is the music of a Saint Paul, Minnesota musician who simply refers to himself as Tim. Tim has no label at the present time and is without a website beyond MySpace as well. He has no band and plays his music solo acoustic live. What does Tim have to offer, you ask? You can visit him at either his Wrapping Paper MySpace or check out his Workhorse Industries MySpace page to hear much more and add on as a friend. You can also contact him via Gmail for more info. I think there will be a silent agreement amongst the listeners here that Tim needs to find a band asap. This is really catchy stuff that might be difficult to get out of your head.





























MP3: Hold Up the Neon Sign

Dah Da Candy/Acid Lily

When you find a really good band or collaboration of likeminded artists that turns out to be a combination of 3 separate projects it becomes a challenge to explain in a write up such as this. I'll do my best but try to keep it vague in order for you to visit the links and figure it all out for yourselves. The sound here is obviously shoegaze and another of the ones I would put on my "must have" list. This duo met online and are from two completely different countries but come together quite nicely for their efforts. Really nice, in fact, but you probably can already hear that for yourself. This is where it gets a bit complicated so please try to follow along with my chaotic account of things. There will be a bunch of links so here goes.























Dah Da Candy is the musical project of musician K-Marl from Kobe, Japan. There are a ton of great downloadable songs that are similar to today's feature on the Dah Da Candy website. He enlists the help of Apichaya Chaipayom from Bangkok, Thailand who is a DJ/Vocalist and identifies her music as Neuter Lover. She also has a MySpace page to check out for the trip-hop side of things. After they both met online, the music began to happen and a shared project called Acid Lily emerged. They describe it as a fictional band and there is also an Acid Lily MySpace page for a mix of today's featured song. I'm almost out of breath now so will just tell you that you can find instructions for buying plenty of the music right here. Please have your foreign currency calculator set for YEN to USD. I checked and the exchange rate is around 0.0087. They also mention that you can actually mail them cash. Cheers!!















MP3: Red Flower

Schwervon!

Just so we have record of it, I will mention that this is the third evening in a row that I cannot upload music to our hosting site EZarchive. For some reason it is fine during the day but since I search for music at night it really screws my pooch. I swear, the first company that offers reliable bandwidth for a reasonable price will make millions. If anyone wants to form a financial alliance for just such an endeavor please message me.... Now on to the semi-relevant stuff.













At the end of many evenings, after the next day's music is done and beer is in my bloodstream, I go checking labels and blogs for new music. After downloading onto my desktop I often forget the source. If today's feature is yours recently please notify me - we wouldn't want to pass up the chance to link your offerings! I downloaded the song in a way that the song title came up first so yesterday was all about looking for a band called The Groundhogs. I was sure I would find more info on this great song entitled Schwervon! After I figured the opposite was the case I have to say a few things came to mind. My first thought was that this seemed like an experimental version of Jon Spencer and damned if I didn't check the band's MySpace page to see a mention of him. Very cool.














Schwervon! is from New York, New York and is the musical duo of Nat Turner and Major Matt. Meeting and becoming a couple might seem a nice enough story but after making music this good since 1999 the cool factor escalates dramatically. They have quite the eclectic (I hate that word) sound and are also signed to Olive Juice Music which doubles as the Schwervon! website as far as I can tell. The touring duties start up at The Cakeshop in NYC on 24 August, then quickly takes them to Europe. Enjoy this departure from the low key stuff I've been featuring as of late.















MP3: Groundhogs

The Lodge

Our 'trusty' EZarchive hosting account is down to upload stuff for some odd reason (past two days) so we had to use a free .Mac backup to get the music to you. I'm not sure why EZ is so screwed up but hopefully all will be well soon. Let's get rolling.















A few months ago I was in London visiting Michelle and we decided to take some time out to go to Brighton, UK. I had the best time there and left saying to myself... This beats most college towns in the states... If there was any way to make money here I would move in a second. I met a few street musicians and bought a CD off of one of them. Really good place that I highly recommend you visit if overseas. You can see the pictures from the trip on my blog if you get bored. Anyway, I was very excited to find a band from that town for today's music. These guys have a basic formula for low key rock that surpasses the indie rock genre identification. I was impressed to say the least. Beyond this song you can visit The Lodge MySpace page and will understand exactly what I mean once you take a listen.














The Lodge is a rock quartet that I mentioned above being from Brighton, UK. The song you are listening to is from an EP titled Noose that will be released in September 2006. The band is not currently signed to a label but you can visit The Lodge website to find out where to get your hands on this gem. My thinking is that you will need PayPal. Oh, almost forgot. There is also a really well done video for another of the band's upcoming songs. You can find it at either of the above mentioned links. This is goooood. Let me know what you think ah?

MP3: All Wrong

Paper Bird

Paper Bird is the one-girl home-recorded musical project of Anna Kohlweis, who lives in Vienna, Austria. She's been making music under that alter ego since she moved to Vienna in 2003; prior to this, she claims to have been raised in a woodland cave by fierce hobgoblins! She's released a few download-only EPs via the Paper Bird website, followed by the release of Paper Bird's debut album, Peninsula, in March of this year on Austrian label Seayou Records. The song featured here is taken from that album.















The Paper Bird website is worth a visit as there's plenty of songs available to listen to (and download), as well as a video to watch. You can also order a copy of the album direct from the site, for 10 Euros (plus shipping) - you just need to send an email to Anna, and can pay by Paypal or bank transfer. She also has a Paper Bird MySpace page, where you can find the usual news updates and streaming songs. Last but not least, Anna has another website where you can find links to various different projects she's involved in... go and have a look.















MP3: Out Here The Hills Touch The Sky

Secret Shine

S'funny... the other day I was in the shower (more information than you needed) when I found myself thinking about Sarah Records, and how fond I was, back in the early 90s, of some of the stuff they put out on that label. Later that day I was browsing through a few profiles on MySpace, and spotted (what turned out to be) a Sarah fan profile. A couple of hours after that, Casey mentioned to me the series of Sarah features that have been run on the wonderful Indie MP3 blog lately. I think all that amounts to a sign that it's high time we featured something Sarah-related ourselves, wouldn't you agree?















Secret Shine (for that is today's band) have a history that can be traced back to November 1990 when Scott Purnell and Jamie Gingell recorded a "hollow sounding" (in their own words) demo and sent it off, without much hope of anything coming of it, to Sarah Records in Bristol, UK. They were surprised, then, when they returned home (to Bristol, as it happens) from university at Christmas and found a hand-written letter waiting for them; the letter was from Sarah founders Clare Wadd and Matt Haynes, saying they'd like to put out a Secret Shine single. A couple of months later, that single got made: it was called After Years (although perhaps more importantly to any Sarah aficionado, its catalogue number was Sarah 53) but Scott and Jamie were perhaps a little disappointed with the finished product - they'd recorded it in two days with a producer they didn't gel with, and the result was what they describe as a "very soulless single", although the excitement of seeing Secret Shine's debut release in the shops no doubt made up for that to some extent.












Scott and Jamie were aware that with Secret Shine's lineup consisting solely of the two of them, they were going to be unable to create the kind of sound they wanted (both were very taken with the emerging shoegazing scene), not to mention unable to take up any of the offers of live gigs they were getting. They soon recruited some new members from a band Scott's brother, Dean, was in - the band was handily in the process of splitting up, and Secret Shine snapped up Dean Purnell, as well as Nick Dyte and Paul Vowles. With this lineup they put out a "Sarah reject song", called Unbearable, on German label A Turntable Friend. After this, they became a six-piece with the addition of another Dean (Dean Tyler), and finally found singer Kathryn Smith just before recording the 1993 album Untouched (luckily not rejected, the album was released as Sarah 615), from which the modestly successful (John Peel liked it, the NME didn't - I know whose judgement I respect more...) single Loveblind was taken.













Secret Shine never really took off as a live band, due to a combination of factors, and openly admit to having played "some appalling live shows". There were some lineup changes, notably Nick Dyte's departure and replacement by Tim Morris on drums. Reading their bio, you get the impression that the oft-cited "musical differences" were causing problems by the mid-90s. The band never "officially" split up, but in 1996, they just stopped playing music together, although they remained good friends. The self-proclaimed "laziest band in the world" did occasionally think about working together again, but only got round to writing and rehearsing new material in 2004, eight years after the split-that-never-was. In February 2005, Tim Morris was killed in a tragic accident; the remaining band members decided to make a record in his memory. That record, the acoustic album Morris, was released on the band's own label in May 2005. The band raised an impressive amount for Tim's favourite charity, and felt encouraged to keep working together, with their most recent record, the Elemental EP, released earlier this year. They have a new EP due out in September, and have a few UK live shows planned around that time.













This song, Deep Thinker, can be found on 1994's Greater Than God EP (Sarah 89). If you want to hear more (and I'm sure you do), pay a visit to the Secret Shine website, where there are a couple of exclusive tracks available for download - you can also buy a lot of the band's non-Sarah material through the site. There's also a Secret Shine MySpace page - this is a fan profile rather than an "official" one, but there are a few tracks you can listen to.

MP3: Deep Thinker

The Cherry Tempo

Ok, this is where the alternate universe begins. Yesterday I featured a band from the UK that you, without reading the write up, might have guessed was from the states. (specifically Cleveland, Ohio in my mind.) Today we have a band from New Mexico that has this song which could easily remind you of a number of bands from the UK. The featured song kicks off with what I think to be the old cassette tape bleeps but that could just be the MP3 I downloaded from MFR. Not sure about that. Once the vocals start you just have to know that this is yet another treat for your ears here on MML. The other music I heard from this band is more focused toward guitars and sounds equally fantastic. I highly recommend a visit to their MySpace page to hear four more songs. I've been listening to Wake Up Gertrude quite a bit also. It sounds a like an old Lemonheads song to me.



























Santa Fe, New Mexico is home to the indie rock quartet The Cherry Tempo. The band members (w/ MySpace links) are Javier on guitar & voice, Dave on guitar, Will on drums & voice and finally Jasper on bass & voice. The band's debut album came out in May of this year and is aptly titled Self Titled. You can buy it if you visit either The Cherry Tempo website or you could also visit the band's label June Records to do the same. I won't be able to do these guys any more justice than to tell you that big things are coming for them. I will, instead, send you here to read an additional bio regarding the beginnings of the band. Happy Saturday!!



























MP3: In Hindsight I Know

Archie Bronson Outfit

This will be my last weather report installment for the "heatwave of 2006" since it finally rained yesterday, taking some of the humidity out of the air. This is a good thing since my windows need to be opened in order to air the place out (of cigarette smell) for my daughter's weekend stay over. Today's band was actually the first one I checked out after work and was an instant decision for featured artist. The rhythm is both deep and driving while the the clicking guitar strokes bring this song to a boil. If you are familiar with bands such as Pere Ubu the vocals will be an instant treat. If not, it might take a while for you to be at ease with the sound. I can almost promise you that after a few listens to this track you will want to hear the rest. There are more songs at the Archie Bronson Outfit MySpace page and I highly recommend that you go check it out. I think I was there 5 times yesterday. Cherry Lips rocks!!!
















Archie Bronson Outfit is a loose rhythm rock trio from Wiltshire, UK. Formed by Sam Windett, Dorian Hobday and Mark Cleveland they moved to art school and were discovered by the proprietor of Domino Records while playing at a local pub. The rest could be (as they say) history but I see an evolution here that might rival that of Cold War Kids or The Drones (who are currently playing on my MySpace page.) I like this one bunches. Please visit the ABO website for more info, news and to buy the recently released full length LP Derdang Derdang. I have to mention that Domino Records also has a MySpace page that I plan on raiding for more featured music soon.













MP3: Dart For My Sweetheart

Relay

I just received a good laughing-at for holding an ice cube to my forehead while trying to type this. The hot weather is still extremely difficult to deal with and Michelle (via webcam) was ever so amused. London seems to have become slightly cooler over the past 24 hours and I wish I was back there... if only for the rain we here in Cowtown, Ahia could use so badly. Anyway, I found a band that has little information but a huge sound you dream rock/shoegaze fans will enjoy. Regardless of the current popularity and resurgence of that particular genre I am one of you shoegaze geeks for sure. Some bands do it well while 4 out of each 5 I run into send me screaming in horror. I'd like to think I feature the good stuff.



















The band Relay is from Philadelphia, PA but is otherwise a mystery to me, however, I will tell you what I did find out. They have a MySpace page where you can listen to some songs from the new EP. You won't be able to download those songs, but Type/Void will be released on August 8th by Bubble Core Records ($5 USD) and sounds really nice. Today's feature is an advance single that is not part of that EP, although it is a good representation. If you would like some available downloads you will need to visit the Relay website. There is the current song as well as a 10+ minute deal you will love. I think Adam Franklin might actually find this charming. I'm off to get another ice cube for my head. As they used to say in the high school yearbooks... stay cool.














MP3: Context

Bullette

**Reposted with bonus track to download**
































A few things to say here. First off, I felt like digging through my MySpace friends list for something obscure or different to post. I am firewalled from MySpace at the office these days (a good thing) so I am scrambling to find music when I get home in this heat with my suit on...uggg. My electric bills are going through the roof due to air conditioners and I know plenty of you are in the same predicament. That's the end of the useless stuff. I featured The Sky Drops a couple of months ago and it turned out to be a personal favorite for me. Half of that incredible duo is featured today in solo form. With friends of course. You have to love when an artist can completely disregard any one genre and create a comfortable place for themself. Not many can do it.















Figuring out how and where to distribute music has to be a daunting task. It might just replace the standard form of genre identification from previous generations as a way to define ours. Monika Bullette is from Wilmington, Delaware and has done what more and more artists have decided to do: give away music. This DIY approach is gaining her plenty of music blog exposure even a year after the songs were first made available. The fact that the music is incredible doesn't hurt either. If you visit the Bullette website you will find that each track has it's own presence. The song I featured is stripped down and simple. In contrast, there are some guitar-heavy tracks and some borderline electronica as well.
















Accompaniment being all-important, I would be remiss in not telling you that she is supported by music legend Hangnail (HC) Phillips on guitar and that's plenty of reason for me to be happy right there.. The Bullette MySpace page is also available for you to visit. The last thing I need to mention for any Ohio folks out there is that the band will be playing in Kent, Ohio on Friday August 18th (my birthday!) so I might try to sneak up there for a listen after work. Buy me a beer if ya see my skinny ass. Shhhh... and enjoy the music.

MP3: Your Eyes Have It

Bonus MP3: Show Me

Magoo

PLEASE READ THIS before you click on the MP3, lest you be tempted to do what I almost did after hearing the vocoder on what I can only describe as a helium setting. I decided to listen past the 1 minute mark and wouldn't feature this had it not turned into a wonderfully noisy pop song. There are few artists that can pull this sound off successfully and this is one of them. The song builds into a fever pitch and then leaves you where you found it. I listened 3 or 4 times to be sure and then found another song that is completely different, so we're putting that up as a bonus track too. I hear more 80s rock (Sonic Youth...) in the other tracks and you will want to follow up on this one for sure. I'm patting myself and Alan on the back as we speak. j/k
























Magoo is an indie rock 4-piece that resides 2 hours east of London in Norwich, UK. They formed in 1992 and have a sound that varies with each song. Some of the material would fit right in on an old classic label like Homestead while other songs might remind you of Sonic Youth, as mentioned above, or even Daft Punk. I'm thoroughly impressed and glad I took the extra time to listen. They have an album, The All Electric Amusement Arcade which is available through the Magoo Website. You can also find them on the band label Series 8. That record label has some other good bands you can check on the Series 8 MySpace page. Magoo also has a MySpace page where you can listen to 4 more tracks. The more I hear, the more I like!!















MP3: Expansion Ride (don't let the vocoder at the start put you off... stick with it!)

Bonus MP3: We're Not Superhuman (this is the one that will bring to mind Sonic Youth!)