Lawncare By Women

So, one song my ipod keeps choosing to play of late is by Canadian lofindierockers Women. It is one of the harder tracks on their newish eponymous album. It is all beats and recorder grot. Oh, and that buried guitar line will probably get stuck in your head (in a good way), but only if you listen for it.

Downloadable: "Lawncare" (box.net mp3)

Jagjaguwar is here.
Flemish Eye is here.
eMusic page is here.
ptw (RIP) 'single file' is here.

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- Beatbots A/V Club has a recent recording of electrodroners Growing @ The Talking Head... here.

- There is a new new new Au Revoir Simone promomp3 @ Daily Rind Blog... here. Listen: "Lark (Ruff And Jam Remix)" (daily rind mp3)

- The Vivian Girls first long player (a relative term) is now available for your downloading pleasure, if your subscribe to eMusic that is... here. Get the CD... here or here. Preorder the LP... here or here. Listen: "Damaged" (box.net mp3)

- WFMU's Beware Of The Blog posts the latest freebie from the Free Music Archive. It's the Selected Sounds from the Free Music Archive Vol. 2 sampler CD, featuring... Sic Alps, Dälek, Illusion Of Safety, Indian Jewelry, Old Time Relijun, Black Pus, and (of course) Vivian Girls, among others... here. Oh and Vol. 1 is still available... here.

Come Closer By Indian Jewelry

Methinks it's time for some Indian Jewelry. Now culturally, Indian jewelry used to be one of the easy clues of picking an acidhead out of a crowd (at least according to Tom Wolfe). Listen to enough of this stuff and you don't need any acid. Get ready for some droney psych goodness.

This here is a great track to listen to laaate at night:
"Come Closer" (lovepump mp3)

Here are the free Indian Jewelry tracks that have been floating around the interweb:
"Swans" (box.net mp3)
"Temporary Famine Ship" (box.net mp3)
"Walking On The Water" (mp3)
"Nonetheless" (mp3)

Here is some older stuff:
"Flesh Is Floating By" (mp3)
"I Made The Same Mistake, Man" (mp3)
"Lesser Snake" (mp3)
"Health And Wellbeing" (mp3)

Myspace page is here.
Now We Are Free page is here.
Monitor Records is here.
Lovepump Records is here.
Wiki Wiki Wiki here.
ptw 'single file' is here.
'gum drop is here.

Quick Aside: Just based on what they did to Liars' droney masterpiece "It Fit When I Was A Kid (Crystal Castles Remix)" (box.net mp3), I would love to hear Crystal Castles do a remix of "Come Closer". Totally, right?

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- The Music Slut talks about the recent Spanish Prisoners show at The Cakeshop... here.

- Hearsay's June Mix is up... here. Speaking of monthly mixes, it is June -- so you had best check out GT's May 2007 Mix before it goes bye bye.

- FYOF a/k/a Fuck You On Friday posts the Justice remix of "Electric Feel" by major label recording artistes, MGMT... here.

- Burning World isn't quite sure how to categorize the post-rockiness of Errors. See what you think... here.

- Anyone's Guess posts one mp3 from SF indie rockers My First Earthquake... here.

Tidal Wave By Soiled Mattress And The Springs

Punk Rock Muzak? Jazz with hardcore attitude? Soiled Mattress And The Springs!

Listen:
"Tidal Wave" (upset mp3)
"Jackpot" (upset mp3)

Watch:
"Tidal Wave" (youtube)
"Jackpot" (youtube)

Mmmmmm, smooooth.

Upset The Rhythm page is here.
Teenage Teardrops is here.
Youtube page is here.
Old GT post is here.
Pukekos post of early demo (but no track names) is here.

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- More new new new Ponytail leakage @ Raven Sings The Blues... here.

- WTF?

- Two daytrotter sessions for your consideration... 31knots (here) via musicisart via sctas, and Atlantic Records signees The Virgins (here).

- Listen to "the old and a small amount of new" of the Built On A Weak Spot monthly mix... here.

- Indian Jewelry pick the 'single files' @ ptw today. Jana Hunter (here), Wicked Poseur (here),
Psychic Ills (here).

Magnify (Demo) By Love Of Diagrams

Aussie postpunk outfit, Love Of Diagrams have a couple of new demos up on their myspace page. They are recording with one Jack Farley, who as far as I can tell has been on the Two To The Valley show on 3CR (but it may just be a different Jack Farley). LoD reportedly will record a new album with Don Fleming sometime later this year.

Listen to this SLO-jam: "Magnify (Demo)" (box.net mp3)

Watch an old-ish vid: "No Way Out" (youtube)

Old official site page is here.
Matador page is here.
Unstable Ape is here.
Wiki Wiki Wiki here.
Emusic page is here.



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- eMusic subcriber peoples, have you had A Taste Of Free Gold from Indian Jewelry?... here.

- On June 7th, East River Music Project starts up again. Deets are here and here. Watch some vid of last years' ptw-curated show featuring These Are Powers and Clockcleaner... here.

- Marathonpacks has part 1 of mid-term 2008 mix (single mp3)... here.

- Watch Blood On The Wall rock out in Juan's Basement @ p'fork tv... here.

Amongst Friends By Oxford Collapse

Oxford Collapse are the kings of that 80's college rock pre-"alternative" pre-"indie" sound. If you don't believe me, listen to their 2006 song "Please Visit Your National Parks" (sub pop mp3).

I love that sound. Love it.

Anyway, as reported over at p'fork, they have a new short player coming out next month entitled, Hann-Byrd EP.

Downloadable: "Amongst Friends" (mp3)

Oh yeah, they like ponies:


BONUS oldie, but a goodie: "Back In The Com Again" (mp3)

Myspace page is here.
Sub Pop page is here.
Comedy Minus One is here.
Flame Shovel is here.
Daytrotter session is here.
Emusic page is here.

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- P'fork points out there's a new Wolf Parade mp3 over @ the myspace... here. Listen: "Language City" (box.net mp3). Speaking of p'fork, they have the yucky yet compelling animated myspace vid for Man Man's "Mister Jung Stuffed"... here. You can also watch a much higher quality version of it @ Arthur Jones' web presence... here.

- Rock Math! Calvin Johnson + Doug Martsch = Halo Benders. More about that @ Pukekos... here.

- Get a free track of from the band Indian Jewelry (who have "never heard" of Jesus & Mary Chain) @ The 'Gum Drop... here.

- Electronic indie popper Evan Voytas wants you to heard this and this and this:
"Never My Love" (mp3)
"The Yellow World Of '83" (mp3)
"We'd Be Good Together" (mp3)

Evan looks like this:


- NOOOOO.... Possibly the best damn covers blog, Copy, Right? is calling it quits. Digging around here before the mass delete.

- Red Beard is giving away their Steed EP... here. FYI... It is produced by David Obuchowski of nycindiemetalheads Goes Cube. Listen to a song with a name not a number: "Red Beard's Last Song" (mp3). MMmmm, Crunchy.

- Have you heard that new Mates Of State yet? Listen: "My Only Offer" (mp3). It's married duo-tastic.

Another promo picture of Oxford Collapse: