This just in: The Weepies new album (”Say I Am You” on Nettwerk Records) isn’t coming out officially until spring of next year, but it is now available for download at both the iTunes and Rhapsody online stores.
The Weepies are a folk duo: Steve Tannen and Deb Talan already had established singer/songwritery careers when they [...]

My posts last week and this week are still focused on orphaned songs — the ones that are sitting in a folder marked “STRAY” instead of in an album folder with their kinfolk.Today its my favorite songs of bastard pop!! I listened to a ton of mashups this year, and these are the ones that [...]

The closing of the year brings no new albums with it. All of those “best of the year” lists are published by the first week of December. And that’s how it is; no one expects to hear anything new from Thanksgiving till the beginning of the year (I can’t wait to buy Cat Power’s “The [...]

Kristin Hersh’s band Fifty Foot Wave has a new EP out this week called Free Music.
Download it completely legally and for free here
As far as I know it is the first release from Kristin that has a Creative Commons license associated with it. Not only am I totally excited about this, and can’t wait to [...]

I had this clever post all thought up about Colin Meloy, Prince, and major label deals, but its so yesterday already. Besides, its so un-indie these days to cry SELL OUT. So I’ll save my rancor for fall of next year when Capitol sends out CEASE and DESIST letters to fans listening to advance copies [...]

I see alot of year-end album lists out there. I’m gonna do one too, but today I’m worried about the stray favorite songs of the year. They aren’t on great albums, and I’ll forget about them unless I post them here.
First up, Magnolia Electric Company:
Magnolia Electric Company - The Dark Don’t Hide It
This song got [...]

SPOON, 07 DEC 05, CRYSTAL BALLROOM
Yesterday, I called my friend Butch up. “I’m going to see Spoon tonight,” I told him.
“I’ve never heard of them,” he said. “What do they sound like?”
“Hmmmm, kind of power poppy indie rockey, but that could describe anyone I guess. I’ll try to put an mp3 up that is representative [...]

From today’s Willamette Week:
“After a short stint across the pond with his band The Decemberists, Colin Meloy is back in town to work on a cover EP of traditional tunes by Britain’s “first lady of folk”, Shirley Collins. The EP, which will be available during the songwriter’s January solo tour, follows the Colin Meloy Sings [...]