Kristen Ward: Drive Away (Review)

Thanks Melissa, for pointing out:
The unexpectedly rich soil for roots musicians in Seattle yields another rich and gritty vocal talent.

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Mostly Bears: The Ed Mitchell Clinic (Review)

Adrian told us about:
Adventurous and never boring, Mostly Bears have stirred up a hornet’s nest of buzz since a SXSW showcase earlier this year.

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Voyager One: Afterhours in the Afterlife (Review)

Ian wrote to us about:
This trip could have been serviced better instrumentally.

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Farmer’s Market: Surfin’ USSR (Review)

Curtis sends us:
Didn’t Paul McCartney already make this joke about surf music and the Soviet empire?

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Various Artists: Beats, Bites & Öxle (Review)

Found this:
Rainer Trüby, of Trüby Trio and Jazzanova fame, concocts what is essentially a standard issue mix.

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Sailor Martin’s Shipwrecked Song

This is an interesting post:
Sailor Martin, a tattooed and pierced ventriloquist dummy, produces what sounds like his version of the scene in The Wizard of Oz when Dorothy meets the Munchkins, except, in this instance, he has been shipwrecked, eaten some potentially poisonous bark, and may be hallucinating. The song is recorded over an MP3 […]

Afternoon Date

Frank told us about:
A four-piece: guitar, drums, piano, bass. Let me know what you think; it’s a bit short, but I like the sound.

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While the City Sleeps

Sara sent us a link to this:
cranked this one out today…going to be part of my first demo ep under the name “neon zoo”, later I plan on adding vocals.

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Half

Ian sent us a link to this:
A new song idea, hatched out of procrastination for finals. It kind of grows. I write songs backwards, I realized today. It’s… me, clapping, acoustic guitar. Through my laptop’s mic. Into Ardour, which is… okay, despite it’s tendency to crash randomly.

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Bye Bye Brooke: Tonight’s “American Idol” Elimination Adds Some Vinegar To The Bittersweetness [Idolator’s American Idolatry]

Ian emailed us this:
What more is there to say, except that I hope she stops crying by the time this episode airs on the West Coast? (But I don’t think that’s really likely, to be honest.)

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