Truth Is Stranger Than Fishing By Volcano Suns

Holy Shit! Is Merge giving away the mp3 and flac versions of The Bright Orange Years and All Night Lotus Party by Volcano Suns?? It looks like it.

Listen: "Truth Is Stranger Than Fishing" (box.net mp3)

Download the albums here (for what I assume is a limited time). What are you waiting for, huh?

UPDATE: The freebie (if it ever existed) is now gone. Mp3 downloads of the albums cost $8.99 each, here.

For those of you who want a physical product and not just 0's and 1's, they are selling both cds in a multipack for $20, here.

FYI: Volcano Suns were founded in 1983 by former Mission Of Burma drummer Peter Prescott. For more history and confusing lineup changes read their wiki... here.

Merge Records page is here.
Touch & Go page is here.

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Idiotheque (Radiohead Cover) By We Versus The Shark

Today, I have for you the latest We Versus The Shark cover. The song covered was originally played by a band from Oxfordshire. The cover is a slowed down thrashy recreation. And yes, there is a superfluous "h" in the title of the cover.

Downloadable: "Idiotheque (Radiohead Cover)" (quoteunquote mp3)

Streamable Original: "Idioteque (Live At APW)" (youtube)

FYI: We Versus The Shark is a posthardcore band from Athens. Radiohead is, well, Radiohead. There is quite a lot written about them -- 38,900,000 hits worth.

Myspace page is here.
Hello Sir Records is here.
Quote Unquote is here.
Free Covers Project, Murmurmur is here.
eMusic page is here.

We Versus The Shark tourdate info is here (as of 10/8/08).

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Superstition Hurts By Paul Fuster

AND NOW more Paul Fuster. When last we visited the former Proton Proton member he going to "GO to WHERE its Clear" (box.net mp3). Hearing the two mp3s below will get you excited for his (hopefully) forthcoming LP/EP/something besides myspace downloads.

Downloadables:
"Superstition Hurts" (box.net mp3)
"Castaway" (box.net mp3)

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