Nova By NOMO

Lazy. Hot. Summer Saturday.

What to listen to? How's about some postafrobeat?

Yeah. Gonna listen to NOMO.

Downloadables:
"Nova" (box.net mp3)
"Three Shades" (box.net mp3) (Did you get this track already?)

Myspace page is here.
Ubiquity Records page is here.
eMusic page is here.

Consider CLICKing
- How's about some "hazy, hip-hop-based downbeat shit"? Stones Throw artist Koushik has a couple of free mp3s available in advance of Out My Window. One is a song... "Lying In The Sun" (stones throw mp3) and the other is a mixtape... "Koushik - Mixoremixes" (stones throw mp3) (tracklisting)

- Instrumental Analysis talks up B'more music fest, WHARTSCAPE 2008 (featuring Celebration, The Mae Shi, Double Dagger, Parts & Labor, and much much more) and a number of other Mid-Atlanic happenings this weekend... here.

- Speaking of Baltimore... check out this more-than-a-year-old compilation of local Baltimore music at The City Paper. Download The End, Part Two: The Beginning (The Wham City Compilation)... here.

- Do I even need to mention this?

Gilt Complex (Aucostic) By Sons And Daughters

So, have you picked up This Gift?? That's the new Sons And Daughters CD, and it's filled with some high energy Scottish goodness.

Here are two awesome Vic Galloway Sessions from BBC Scotland which have been made available via the Sons And Daughter's myspace.

Downloadable:
"Gilt Complex (Acoustic)" (box.net mp3)
"Chains (Acoustic)" (box.net mp3)

Here's two new(ish) vids made available on The Youtube.

Streamable:
"Gilt Complex" (youtube)
"Darling" (youtube)

Myspace page is here
Domino Records Co. page is here.
Brooklyn tour date info is here.

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- Catching up on my Fair Game I found out The Vandelles stopped by and played a couple songs. Here is the whole show. Here are the two individual tracks:
"Die For It Cowboy (Live on Fair Game)" (mp3)
"Lovely Weather (Live on Fair Game)" (mp3)

- The Atlas Sound sings the blues for Raven Sings The Blues... here.

- No Be Your Own Pet mp3s yet... just a stream... "The Kelly Affair" (streaming mov)

- Stream something else... watch a Kills vid: "URA Fever" (youtube)

- Listen to Japanese-American multi-instrumentalist Miwa Gemini... "Pieces" (mp3) off of This Is How I Found You

- TIMEDOOR has the (John Peel) Compilation Blues again... here.

- More MIA "Paper Planes" remixes.... here and here.

- Blood On The Wall totally want to quit their day jobs. More about that over at Stereogum... here.

12 Pretty Awesome Mp3s From 2007

So, I realized there were some mp3s that didn't quite make the t11mp3twnfe2007 or the 47 Best Downloadables Of 2007 that helped make 2007 pretty awesome. I share them with you now in no particular order:

"Coffee (Featuring John Darnielle)" (mp3) by Aesop Rock
Comment: "This is what they make you take the medication for." Pretty Awesome.

"D.A.N.C.E. (Tittsworth Remix)" (box.net mp3) by Justice
Comment: I can't believe I forgot this song, and Tittsworth remix is probably my favorite version of it. Pretty Awesome.

"Heatherwood (Daytrotter Session)" (box.net mp3) by Deerhunter
Comment: I can't emphasize this enough... Daytrotter is awesome, Pretty Awesome.

"Ex-Guru" (mp3) by Fiery Furnaces
Comment: Sans-Grandma the Furnaces rock out. Pretty Awesome.

"Need Your Needs" (mp3 with a crappy bitrate) by Georgie James
Comments: Probably not what you expected from the breakup of Q And Not U, this track was not included in earlier posts due to a truly shitty bitrate... 64! It's still really good. So listen to it, then buy Places to hear it without that tinny funk. Pretty Awesome.

"Sickos" (box.net mp3) by Harlem Shakes
Comment: I totally forgot how catchy this song was. I also forgot that it was... Pretty Awesome.

"2080" (box.net mp3) by Yeasayer
Comment: indie rock + world music = Pretty Awesome.

"To Live And Die In The Airport Lounge" (mp3) My Teenage Stride
Comment: This should take you back to Jan/Feb of 2007. Pretty Awesome.

"Bird Flu" (box.net mp3) by M.I.A.
Comment: Forget "Paper Planes"... "Bird Flu" is the M.I.A. track that I connected with this past year. Pretty Awesome.

"A Sunday Smile" (mp3) by Beirut
Comment: 2007... Year Of The Take Away Shows! Watch "A Sunday Smile" (take away show). Pretty Awesome.

"The Crystal Cat" (box.net mp3) by Dan Deacon
Comment: Is it wrong that I wish the dude would just get up on a stage? Still... Pretty Awesome.

"Lovely Weather" (mp3) by The Vandelles
Comment: Some may remember 2007 as the year of the return of the shoegaze, and the Vandelles do it so well. Pretty Awesome.

Beat (Health, Life, And Fire) By Thao With The Get Down Stay Down

I've got to admit that this here indiefolk type song by Thao with The Get Down Stay Down is growing on me.

Listen, OK: "Beat (Health, Life, and Fire)" (mp3)

BONUS: "Feet Asleep" (mp3)

Myspace page is here.
KRS page is here.
Daytrotter session is here.
Emusic page is here.

- The Sound of Indie has a boot of Cibo Mato from 1996... here (plus they have the full setlist for the A Place To Bury Strangers show that was posted a while back).
- David Byrne ("...right over there ladies and gentlemen, David Byrne") talks to Thom at s'gum... here.
- Ooooooooh.... controversial. New Black Lips vid @ p'fork... here.
- What the fuck. Are they smoking crack?
- More Best Of "Oh 7"... (1) Paper Thin Walls has two year end mixes... here, (2) The Yellow Stereo's best albums are... here, (3) Ear Plugs!
- Sure M.I.A.'s dressed like a street vendor, but what's in those tinfoil packages? Hmmm.

Parts & Labor On Sound Opinions

Part & Labor on Sound Opinions? How did I miss that?? More info... here.

Listen: "Parts & Labor On Sound Opinions" (mp3)

Myspace page is here.
Virb page is here.
Jagjaguwar page is here.
Emusic page is here.

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- The Smudge (hard like that!) has the mp3s of The Black Lips on Fair Game... here.
- Check out an unreleased Jana Hunter track, "A Goblin, A Goblin" and the rest of her Daytrotter session... here.
- Head over to "Wham City" with the help of Dan Deacon and Undersea Community... here.
- The internet blog dance hall hips likes "Paper Planes" by MIA... here.

Evergreen By Celebration

Props to G vs. B for pointing out the new Celebration freebie from Beggars. I too shall post it... NOW.

Downloadable: "Evergreen" (mp3)

Myspace page is here.
Beggars page is here.
4AD page is here.
Emusic page is here.

BONUS: "War" (insound mp3)

Consider Clicking
- The internet blog Red Blondehead is back with a little new Via Audio... here. Here is some old Via Audio... "Developing Active People" (mp3)
- G vs. B has two tracks from MIA's recent KCRW set... here. The Smudge has the whole thing... here, and Bats For Lashes... here.
- Skatterbrain is psyched about Mika Miko coming East... here. NYC'ers should be too. Here's the Todd P info in a hyperlinked style with mp3s:

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Friday, August 17th @ DEATH BY AUDIO - 49 S 2ND

:: Aa aka Big A little a... "Thirteen" (mp3)
:::: Mika Miko... "Capricorinations" (mp3)
:::::: Shellshag... (no mp3)... "pogo" (mp3)
:::::::: Hand Jobs... (no mp3)

[ DEATH BY AUDIO - 49 S 2ND ST ]
49 S 2nd St btwn Wythe & Kent | Williamsburg, Brooklyn
L to Bedford, JM to Marcy, G to Metropolitan | 8pm | $8 | ALL AGES
-- MYSPACE --> http://myspace.com/deathbyaudioshows

VIDEO: Up! Up! Up! By Prinzhorn Dance School

According to pfork, Prinzhorn Dance School have a new video for your consideration. It's Prinzhorn Dance School in a white aptartment doing stuff. Wowee!

Download: "Up! Up! Up!" (mov)

The 'horn may not have a Myspace page, but DFA does... here.
DFA Records are here.
DFA radio mixes are here.

Unrelated BONUS links:
- Buscate Un Novio has cinco mp3s for you... here.
- Shake Your Rump! to M.I.A.... here or here or here (or somewhere else).
- Six Parts Seven "fuck everything" on Daytrotter... here.

3 Away By Pretty Girls Make Graves

Q: Are you psyched for the final tour of Pretty Girls Make Graves?
A: You should be.

Download: "3 Away" (mp3)

Myspace page is here.
Matador page is here.
Lookout page is here.
Emusic page is here.

Unrelated BONUS links:
- Reloda has posted the fIREHOSE Peel Session from 1988... here.
- Check out Pterodactyl at I Rock Cleveland (gotta love a review that references Potter Stewart)... here.
- Get Diplo's remix (a/k/a Mad Decent a/k/a Guns Up Buraka) of M.I.A.'s "Bird Flu" over at iPop... here.