Flowers, Wires, Soda, Matthew Melton, Pleasers: Some Past, Present, and Future Incarnations of . . . Matthew Melton

Not sure if you noticed Matthew Melton's excellent new solosong, "Painted Sign," over there in our Songdrop Currents mix, but if you're into any of the Tennessee-to San Fran-to Austin pleaser's other bands - Snake Flower 2, Bare Wires, Warm Soda, or the forthcoming Pleasers - you might wanta check it out. (Click on all those green artist names for further exploration.) A little research at the Southpaw Records SoundCloud page turned up a handful of freebies we're posting below. We might not be evincing sufficient emotion here, but we've been absolutely loving this guy's music for several years now. Oh, one other thing: we put another Snake Flower 2 song in our Currents mix even though it came out around five years ago. If offended, please shoot us (email, comment, finger, whatever).








Free download at Southpaw Soundcloud page (Scroll down.)


Free download here.

Music of the Sphere: Cousin Dud, Colleen Green, Flesh Lights, Big Cosmos, Teenage Fanclub, Rat Columns, NO/NO, Son of Rams, Lace Curtains, King Tuff

Big neck, too.

We thank the bodacious bloggertypes for making these fab tunes available to us lucky listenertypes. We'd say more, but is it really necessary?

Cousin Dud - Illinois - Indie Rock Cafe

Colleen Green - Pay Attention - Austin Town Hall

Flesh Lights - Middle Age & Just About Due - Side One Track One

Big Cosmos - Fade Into You - Newtown Radio

Teenage Fanclub - Radio - Polaroid
Rat Columns - Walking Back - Polaroid

NO/NO - Crooked Faith - Rollo & Grady
Son of Rams - One Psycho Seven Slider - Rollo & Grady
Lace Curtains - Pink And Gold & Saint Vitus - Rollo & Grady
King Tuff - Demon From Hell - Rollo & Grady

From The Active Listener's Tribute to Love's Forever Changes: Red Plastic Buddha, Smoking Trees, Doug Tuttle, Flower Drums, Chemistry Set, 39th & The Nortons

The Active Listener has just posted an excellent 17-number compilation tribute to Forever Changes, the heralded album by Sixties flower power heroes Love. Below are our favorites from a most redolent bouquet. Forever Changing is available as a free download for a limited time, so take a whiff and act accordingly.







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Ghost Wave Revisited

Tip o' the headgear to Rollo & Grady for the nogginlifting on this one. We've enjoyed this Auckland band for quite awhile now, not least due to previous alertings by the aforementioned R&G. So thanks, R. You, too, G. BTW, most of those previous R&G alertings are still downloadable. Check out more by and about Ghost Wave here, here, here, and here.