Everyone once in a while Stereogum likes to shut off the Steely Dan and listen to all those wonderful indie label MP3 links you send in. Well, today we’ve picked our 50 faves for you. It’s a win/win. We don’t have to host ‘em, and you get to discover some exciting new bands and hear the latest from some old faves like Black Angels, Drive-By Truckers, Josh Rouse and Rogue Wave. (Speaking of Rogue Wave … SXStereogum Behind-The-Scenes Post coming REALLY soon, promise. Zach was really sleepy pre-show; we have lots of silly photos of everyone interrupting his nap.) As always, let us know what you love, what you hate, etc… as if I had to ask for your opinions!
Adam Arcuragi – “1981″
Neko Case – “Star Witness”
Irving – “Death in the Garden, Blood on the Flowers”
About – “Strike You As The Enemy”
The Czars – “I Am The Man”
Heroine – “The Levy”
The Metal Hearts – “Socialize”
And about that PGMG Make Our “Elan Vital” Video YouTube contest: you only have until Saturday to upload your video. Watch the contenders here.
Oh, and label/PR people: how about filling in ID3 tags before posting? Just a thought…
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I have been obsessed with that Voxtrot song for the last 2 weeks.
The whole album is fantastic! Go Voxtrot.
birdmonster and scanners! holla!
man in gray is so good.
I’m so totally in two of the bands you just posted mp3s by… so, thanks!
Great list. Thanks man.
50!
Awesome post! Here’s two additional new bands making noise in LA “biz” circles:
Udora – from Brasil:
http://www.udora.com/vr3/index/
Pushtwangers – from Sweden:
http://itsatrap.com/store/jukebox/mp3/the_pushtwangers-boyfriend.mp3
Animandible has free mp3′s too. http://www.myspace.com/animandible
If you like The Shins, you’ll love the Little Ones
http://www.myspace.com/wearethelittleones
MOSTLY OLD PEOPLE, STILL
That Stills song is great. Love the organs. Organs!!
Can’t seem to access the Starlight Mints track… damn.
Thanks for this list. I can’t stop listening to the Voxtrot or Danielson tracks.
I am loving the Duke Spirit track. MUST GET MORE! I’ve heard of most of these guys, but who are Man in Gray? Don’t forget the PGMG video on youtube!!!!!!!
man in gray are a brooklyn band. check them out at http://www.maningray.com they just did a U.S. tour and played SXSW. their live show is always loud and awesome, usually ending in blood on someone’s guitar and bodies strewn on stage. lots of fun. oh, and they’re video for the song “thirty six” is surprisingly awesome.
Damn, a nice collection of sounds here….especially the stills.
none of it compares to the S.Dan, though.
Birdmonster’s the best. They’ve posted some new songs of there’s on Music for Robots & Gorilla vs. Bear. Cause you Can on their myspace is killer!
thank you for those!
i´ve seen 31 knots live in prague and yeah..it was really great,-)
Thanks for posting the Clogs track! They definitely deserve wider recognition.
One more for the list:
“The Long Night” by the Layaways:
http://www.thelayaways.com/sounds/the_long_night_192k.mp3
they slats have stuff up on that new tagworld site, as well – http://www.tagworld.com/theslatsroc
at least that’s what I think the site is…
lelani, you were right! i love the Little Ones! thank you
leilani, you were right! i love the Little Ones! thank you
leilani, you were right! i love the Little Ones! thank you
I’m happy to see Lylas on stereogum, they’re a great band. More Lylas tracks from their upcoming album can be found here:
http://tracemyface.blogspot.com
Lots of great ones!
I loving the Irving song. Have heard the whole album and can’t stop playing it.
The judge who put coded messages in his Da Vinci Code plagiarism trial ruling has written another…
hoyo
Record company EMI sign a deal with the estate of crooner Dean Martin to use the singer’s likeness…