Featured Track: Metric – Help I’m Alive

Metric “Help I’m Alive” (mp3) from “Fantasies” (Arts & Crafts Mexico) More On This Album Formed in Toronto but, at various times, based in Montreal, London, New York and L.A., Metric boasts the sort of history that requires one of those connect-the-dots redlined maps you...

Featured Track: Dirt Poor Robins – Love Again

Dirt Poor Robins “Love Again” (mp3) from “The Cage” (Astonish Entertainment) Buy at iTunes Music Store Stream from Rhapsody Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This Album Practically pre-destined for music and for each other, Neil and Kate Robins are Dirt Poor Robins, both born with...

Featured Track: The Fabulous Thunderbirds – Can’t Tear It Up Enuff

The Fabulous Thunderbirds “Can’t Tear It Up Enuff” (mp3) from “T-Bird Rhythm” (Benchmark Recordings) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This Album The late Bob Claypool, who was the music critic for the Houston Post, had this to say about the T-Birds,...

Featured Track: Goonies Never Say Die – Everyone Comes To Life

Goonies Never Say Die “Everyone Comes To Life” (mp3) from “In A Forest Without Trees” (Deep Elm) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This Album Goonies Never Say Die are a quintet from the blustery holiday haven of Blackpool, England. Their debut In A Forest...

Featured Track: Deborah Coleman – Goodbye Misery

Deborah Coleman “Goodbye Misery” (mp3) from “White Line Flyers” (Blind Pig Records) Buy at eMusic Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This Album Deborah Coleman is, as USA Today notes, “one of blues music’s most exciting young talents.” Along with a discography that now spans a...

Featured Track: Track A Tiger – Don’t Let The Nightlight Dance

Track A Tiger “Don’t Let The Nightlight Dance” (mp3) from “I Felt The Bullet Hit My Heart” (Deep Elm) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Rhapsody Buy at Napster More On This Album Equally meditative and memorable, Track A Tiger coaxes only the most atmospheric textures on...

Featured Track: Mike Zito – Love Like This

Mike Zito “Love Like This” (mp3) from “Today” (Eclecto Groove Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Puretracks Buy at appliedSB / Groupietunes More On This Album Zito is that rare new artist who is completely in synch with the contemporary music scene, while at the same...

Featured Track: Lil’ Ed and the Blues Imperials – Hold That Train

Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials “Hold That Train” (mp3) from “Full Tilt” (Alligator Records) Buy at Amazon MP3 More On This Album From smoking slide guitar boogies to raw-boned Chicago shuffles to the deepest slow blues, guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Lil’ Ed Williams is...

Featured Artist Free Download – Bunkerstudio

Bunkerstudio “Whistle Jam” (mp3) from “Seasons” (Purha Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Puretracks More On This Album Berny and Gurudj the duo forming BUNKERSTUDIO is one of the new breeds of the latest Deep House and Cool Lounge wave. Raised in the hot spot of...

Featured Artist Free Download – Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel, Billy Cobham, The Holmes Brothers, Wendy Melvoin, Arona N Diaye, Jah Wobble “Burn You Up, Burn You Down” (mp3) from “Big Blue Ball” (Real World Records) Buy at Napster More On This Album Almost eighteen years in the making, Big Blue Ball grew from three...

Featured Artist Free Download – Lee “Scratch” Perry

Lee “Scratch” Perry “Having a Party” (mp3) from “Scratch Came, Scratch Saw, Scratch Conquered” (Megawave) Buy at Amazon – Lee Scratch Perry Stream from Rhapsody More On This Album Dub reggae legend Lee “Scratch” Perry delivers a follow-up to his...

Featured Artist Free Download – Delta Spirit

Delta Spirit “Trashcan” (mp3) from “Ode to Sunshine” (Rounder Records) More On This Album The raw spirit of indie rock. An amplified, rocking version of ’60s protest folk. The soulful passion of the Violent Femmes and the Waterboys. All of these comparisons have been made in...