Scaling the Hump: May Fire, Squires of the Subterrain, They Live By Night, Nada Surf, British Sea Power, Shondes, Of Montreal, Why?

More talk, less music. Happy Humpday.

The May Fire – Plastic Army mp3

Squires of the Subterrain – Party on Down mp3 – from Big Boy Pete Treats - Excellent sounds out of Rochester, NY, recommended by an Auditeer – Find more here at their website and here at eMusic.

They Live By Night – Factory mp3

Nada Surf – mp3: Do It Again mp3 – from The Weight Is A Gift

British Sea Power – Waving Flags mp3

The Shondes – Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? mp3 – Thanks to Andy at Fanatic Promotion

Of Montreal – Jimmy (MIA/Parvati Khan cover) mp3 – Thanks to Pitchfork for this and the next.

Why? – Close to Me (The Cure cover) mp3

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Around the Blogosphere: Teenage Fanclub, Billy Bragg, British Sea Power, Chromatics, Electric Light Orchestra, The Cars

We continue to make up for lost time. Two great blogs have some primo tunes. If you like British Sea Power, go to 17 Seconds immediately, as they appear to be near the deadline for removal. That ELO post at a Plague of Angels is pretty spectacular as well. Plague also has two excellent posts of The Cars here and here. Many thanks to the hosts.

Teenage Fanclub – The Concept – 17 Seconds
Billy Bragg – Greetings To The New Brunette – 17 Seconds
British Sea Power – Lights Out For Darker Skies & Power Down On The Ground – 17 Seconds

Chromatics – Night Drive & Healer – a Plague of Angels
Electric Light Orchestra – Do Ya & Turn to Stone & Sweet Talkin’ Woman & Don’t Bring Me Down & Calling America & So Serious – a Plague of Angels – A veritable gold mine; it’s great to see the possibly not-so-well-known “So Serious” included here; it’s one of my all-time favorites by ELO .

Contrition, cont'd: Myracle Brah, British Sea Power, Bob Mould, Donnas, Faintest Ideas, Second Hand Furniture, Helio Sequence, Air Miami, Tall Dwarfs

Maybe we've been a little lax during this here "holiday" season. Maybe we'd like to say we're sorry.

Myracle Brah - Big Mistake mp3 - From 2007's Can You Hear the Myracle Brah? - Here are some of my favorites at the Rainbow Quartz Myracle Brah page. Others await you there as well.
This is Where We Belong mp3
I'd Rather Be mp3
Song 37 mp3

British Sea Power - No Lucifer mp3

Bob Mould - The Distance Between Us mp3 - Hüsker Düde makes nice. Thanks to AOL's Spinner.
The Donnas - Don't Wait Up For Me mp3

The Faintest Ideas - The Anatomic Bomb mp3

Second Hand Furniture - Nice Try Sunshine mp3

Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead mp3

Air Miami - Airplane Rider mp3
Tall Dwarfs - Baby It's Over mp3
The Voyces - Kissing Like It's Love mp3

As always, further enlightenment can be gleaned by clicking artists' names.

Around the Blogosphere: Then, Wanna Be James?, Mercy Arms, Darker My Love, Warlocks, British Sea Power, Mansun, My Bloody Valentine, Pipettes, et. al.

I diddled around last week and lost a dozen excellent songs from a favorite blog, songs I feel you, valued visitors, might well have liked. To forfend such a recurrence, I hastily post the following. Thanks to the host(esse)s.

Then – Cutting Veins & Arianne – Coast is Clear
Wanna Be James? – Deep Blue Sea & Spin (acoustic demo) – Milk Milk Lemonade
Mercy Arms – Ending to Begin – Untitled Records
Darker My Love – Summer is Here – Instrumental Analysis
The Warlocks – Baby Blue – Instrumental Analysis

British Sea Power – Carrion – The Devil Has the Best Tuna
Mansun – Rebel Without a Quilt & Skin Up Pin Up – The Runout Groove
My Bloody Valentine – Honey Power – 17 Seconds
The Pipettes – ABC – The Yellow Stereo
The Pipettes – Because It’s Not Love (But It’s Still a Feeling) – Headphones On

Pylon – Crazy – Gaper’s Blog
The Stone Roses – Shoot You Down (Soul Hooligan Remix) – mp3hugger
Elliott Smith – Needle in the Hay – Music for Kids Who Can Read Good
Duran Duran – Is There Something I Should Know – The Devil Has the Best Tuna
Pink Floyd – Bike – The Devil Has the Best Tuna

I Love Calling it "Mittwoch": Krinkles, British Sea Power, Grey Race, Tullycraft, Emma Pollock, Sally Shapiro. Owls, Earwig

Take a wild guess. . .

Several interested parties recently sent nice product my way, so I'm sending it yours. They emailed it to me, but I'm posting it here at the blog. Just thought I'd make that clear.

The Krinkles - Gimme Gimme mp3 - Mucho grateful I was when Krinkle Matty Favasa let me post this for awhile back in the spring and happy I am Glorious Noise has made it available now. Thanks to all.

British Sea Power - Atom (edit) mp3
The Grey Race - Care of Cell 44 (Zombies cover) mp3

Tullycraft - The Punks are Writing Love Songs mp3

Emma Pollock - Adrenaline mp3
Sally Shapiro - He Keeps Me Alive mp3
The Owls - Peppermint Patty mp3

Earwig - Used Kids mp3

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