Music of the Sphere: Alvvays, Tristen, Shake Some Action!, Superchunk, White Reaper, Faith Healer, Langhorne Slim, Ages & Ages, Pinact, together PANGEA, Wand, Wyatt Blair, Basketball Shorts, Soaked, Warm Soda, TH da Freak

It's been awhile since we've done one of these MotS things, which makes this an almost optimal time to do so. We like some of these songs so much they made it onto our 2017 Powerpopulist Faves playlist. Many thanks to the two blogging entities for making them available.

Alvvays - In Undertow - The KEXP Blog
Tristen - Glass Jar (feat. Jenny Lewis) - The KEXP Blog
Shake Some Action! - Waiting for the Sun - The KEXP Blog
Superchunk - What A Time To Be Alive - The KEXP Blog
White Reaper - The Stack - The KEXP Blog
Faith Healer - Light Of Loving - The KEXP Blog
Langhorne Slim - Zombie - The KEXP Blog
Ages & Ages - How It Feels - The KEXP Blog

Pinact - Oh & Separate Ways - Still in Rock
together PANGEA - Friend of Nothing - Still in Rock

The following are from SiR's 100 Best Songs of 2017 post. The numbers indicate rank and are proffered to facilitate quickfind.
54 - Wand - Bee Karma - Still in Rock
52 - Wyatt Blair - Jesse's On Fire Again - Still in Rock
38 - Basketball Shorts - This Summer - Still in Rock
24 - Soaked - Backseat Heat - Still in Rock
23 - Warm Soda - I Don't Wanna Grow Up - Still in Rock
09 - TH da Freak - Morphing - Still in Rock

Music of the Sphere: Chemtrails, Waxahatchee, Teksti TV-666, Warm Soda, Dream Machine, Teenage Fanclub, Crazy Bones, White Bleaches

The "sphere" of blogs that post non-widgeted free downloadables has narrowed since we began this series "many" years ago. Fortunately, some highly valued bloggers continue to leverage their artistic contacts to y/our benefit. So many thanks to the following faveblogs for making the following songs available. (Click to be transported.)

Chemtrails - Deranged - The KEXP Blog

Waxahatchee - Silver - The KEXP Blog

Teksti TV-666 - Silmat kiinni ja kadet ristiin - The KEXP Blog

Warm Soda - I Don't Wanna Grow Up & Game of Undefined Love - Still in Rock

Dream Machine - I Walked In The Fire - Still in Rock (pic)

Teenage Fanclub - Don't Look Back & Neil Jung - Still in Rock

Crazy Bones - I Am The Sun - Still in Rock

White Bleaches - Mystery Child - Still in Rock

Music of the Sphere: Toma, Terror Watts, Skeggs, Bryan's Magic Tears, The Gizmos, Ride, Moon Duo, The Besnard Lakes, Rose Elinor Dougall, Jay Som

Hard to believe we began this list back in early February. Tuff stuff, though, so we do not carp but, rather, thank the superb bloggers who finessed these songs into downloadability.

Toma - Going Nowhere - Fingertips

Terror Watts - So Alone - Rollo & Grady

Skeggs - Spring Has Sprung - Still in Rock
Bryan's Magic Tears - The Hand Of Summer - Still in Rock
The Gizmos - 1978 & Pay - Still in Rock

Ride - Charm Assault - The KEXP Blog
Moon Duo - Creepin' The KEXP Blog
The Besnard Lakes - Laura Lee - The KEXP Blog
Rose Elinor Dougall - Colour of Water - The KEXP Blog
Jay Som - 1 Billion Dogs - The KEXP Blog

Music of the Sphere: Golden Daze, La Sera, Kindling, Real Numbers, Split Single, Posies, Phil Seymour, Double Cheese, Holy Wave, Cool Ghouls, Dumb Punts, CFM, Pleasers, Kaviar Special, Chris Cohen, Frankie Teardrop, Ty Segall, Wyatt Blair, Thee Oh Sees

(Dates are for last year.)

We take a knee or two to humbly thank these bloggers for making the following available.

Golden Daze - Sleepin' In The Sun - Rollo & Grady

La Sera - Queens - The KEXP Blog
Kindling - Blinding Wave - The KEXP Blog
Real Numbers - Falling Out - The KEXP Blog
Split Single - Untry Love - The KEXP Blog

The Posies - Golden Blunders & My Big Mouth - Still in Rock
Phil Seymour - Let Her Dance - Still in Rock

The following are all in the fantastic Best of 2016 Post at the fantastic Still in Rock.

Golden Daze - Never Comin' Back - Still in Rock
Double Cheese - You Know Better - Still in Rock
Holy Wave - You Should Lie - Still in Rock
Cool Ghouls - (If I Can't Be) The Man - Still in Rock
Dumb Punts - Space Waster - Still in Rock
CFM - Brain of Clay - Still in Rock
Pleasers - Here Comes My Girlfriend - Still in Rock
Kaviar Special - Morning Light - Still in Rock
Chris Cohen - Yesterday's On My Mind - Still in Rock
Frankie Teardrop - Stay Dumb - Still in Rock
Ty Segall - Diversion - Still in Rock
Wyatt Blair - Monday Morning Mess - Still in Rock 
Thee Oh Sees - Gelatinous Cube - Still in Rock

There were plenty more we loved in Thibault's fantastic 90-song post, many of which we've already posted. A must see/hear.

Music of the Sphere: The Jags, Bram Tchaikovsky, Amber Arcades, Little Triggers, Honeyblood, Kingdom of the Holy Sun

Inexpressible (at least by this inadequate crew) thanks to the magnificent bloggers who have made the following available for download. Special kudos to Still in Rock for posting these classics.

The Jags - Back of My Hand & Party Games - Still in Rock
Bram Tchaikovsky - Girl Of My Dreams & Lady From The USA - Still in Rock

Amber Arcades - Fading Lines - Rollo & Grady

Little Triggers - When The Lights Are Going Out - Little Indie Blogs

Honeyblood - Ready For The Magic - The KEXP Blog
Kingdom of the Holy Sun - Flown Away - The KEXP Blog

Music of the Sphere: Teenage Fanclub, Kestrels, Tony Molina, Wavves, EZTV, Escobar, Acapulco Lips, the Orwells, B Boys, Chemtrails

Yuge thanks to the following primobloggers for making these excellent songs available. 

Teenage Fanclub - Hold On - The KEXP Blog

Kestrels - No Alternative - The KEXP Blog

Tony Molina - See Me Fall - Side One Track One - That other new one's here.

Wavves - You Gave Your Love To Me Softly (Weezer cover) - Side One Track One

EZTV - High Flying Faith - Still in Rock - plus two more

Escobar - Before You Die & You Must Get Stoned - Still in Rock

Acapulco Lips - Tonight & Shoes On - Still in Rock

The Orwells - Buddy - Rollo & Grady (pic)

B Boys - Seagulls - Rollo & Grady

Chemtrails - Aeons - Rollo & Grady

Music of the Sphere: Sea Wren, Jacuzzi Boys, Flyying Colours, Rogue Wave, Crocodiles, Wyatt Blair, Yum Yums, Searchers, Meat Market, Platinum Boys, Mean Jeans

Wyatt Blair & Friend

Many thanks to these ever-so-generous bloggers for making available this wonderful fare.

Sea Wren - Birds of Slumber - 3hive

Jacuzzi Boys - Boys Like Blood - Rollo & Grady

Flyying Colours - It's Tomorrow Now - KEXP Blog

Rogue Wave - California Bride - KEXP Blog

Crocodiles - Telepathic Lover - KEXP Blog

Wyatt Blair - Monday Morning Mess & No Surrender - Still in Rock

The Yum Yums - Always The Last To Know & Rush Hour - Still in Rock

The Searchers - Almost Saturday Night & Little Bit Of Heaven - Still in Rock

Meat Market - Dig Deep & TNT - Still in Rock

Platinum Boys - Feel Young - Still in Rock

Mean Jeans - Nite Vision & Trash Can - Still in Rock

Music of the Sphere: Pleasers, Flat Worms, Nude Party, Prissteens, Sun Days, Spook School, Bad Sports, Field Mouse, Happy Diving, Joanna Gruesome

Definitely Pleasers.

We sincerely thank these fabloggers for posting the following downloadables. We love them all but are particularly excited to see M. Thibault continuing to post the outstanding pop of Mr. Matthew Melton, he of Bare Wires, Warm Soda, Snake Flower 2, and his latest band, Pleasers. Feel free to check out our previous posts on these popalicious incarnations by clicking here and here.

Pleasers - Leading Me On & Here Comes My Girlfriend - Still in Rock

Flat Worms - Sovereignty & Red Hot Sand - Still in Rock

The Nude Party - Time To Go - Still in Rock

The Prissteens - Oh Billy! - Still in Rock

The Sun Days - Don't Need to Be Them - KEXP Blog

The Spook School - David Bowie Songs - KEXP Blog

Bad Sports - Living With Secrets - Side One Track One

Field Mouse - The Order Of Things - Side One Track One

Happy Diving - Don't Be Afraid Of Love - Side One Track One

Joanna Gruesome - Pretty Fucking Sick Of It All - Side One Track One

Update: Longtime visitor John B. Goode wrote that these links weren't working. We checked and sure enough, left-clicking does not work for some reason. They do seem to work, though, if you open them in another tab. Try one of these three ways:

Click with the scroll wheel.

Ctrl-Left click

Right click-Open link in new tab

Hope these work. Please let us know if they don't. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Thanks, JBG!

Music of the Sphere: New Boss, Manhattan Love Suicides, Blanche Hudson Weekend, Acapulco Lips, PJ Harvey, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Desert Mountain Tribe, Golden Daze, Peach Kelli Pop, White Lodge, Dinosaur Jr., Speedy Ortiz, Brand New, Thee Oh Sees

Many thanks to these ace bloggers for providing the following. We're beyond thrilled to be reprising "Skulls," even though it accompanies a bit o' bittersweet, squirrely news. And, yes, you knew it was coming: since we're talking  TMLS & Polaroid, you will most definitely want to click here to grab the incandescent, if lo-fi, "Kessler Syndrome." We love that new one down there (Thanks, SOTO!!) by longtime faveband Dinosaur Jr.. We just checked and sure enough, our longago post still has a viable mp3 of the fantastic "Almost Ready." (Just click the songtitle to the left and you can hear/download.)

New Boss - Home Problems - 3hive

The Manhattan Love Suicides - Skulls - Polaroid

The Blanche Hudson Weekend - Let Me Go - Polaroid

Acapulco Lips - Awkward Waltz - Fingertips

PJ Harvey - The Wheel - Fingertips

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Gamma Knife - KEXP Blog

Desert Mountain Tribe - Feel The Light - KEXP Blog

Golden Daze - Sleepin' in the Sun - Still in Rock

Peach Kelli Pop - Hundred Dollar Bill & Stuck in a Dream - Still in Rock

White Lodge - Bleach Coma - Still in Rock

Dinosaur Jr. - Tiny - Side One Track One

Speedy Ortiz - Death Note - Side One Track One

Brand New - I Am A Nightmare - Side One Track One

Thee Oh Sees - Plastic Plant - Side One Track One

Music of the Sphere: Lambrettas, Sunflower Bean, I Was a King, Gentleman Jesse And His Men, Telekinesis, An Horse, Kaiser Chiefs, Love is All, Cruiserweight, Glasvegas, Longwave, Metric, Spoon, Blink-182

This was going to be a simple followup to yesterday's Austin Town Hall archives post (and basically still is), but we thought we'd include a couple of recent finds as well, while we're at it. Hope that's okay with youse.


The Lambrettas - Living For Today & Da-a-a-ance - Still in Rock

Sunflower Bean - I Was Home - KEXP Blog (pic)


From ATH Way Back When:

I Was a King - Norman Bleik - Austin Town Hall
Gentleman Jesse And His Men - I Don't Wanna Know - Austin Town Hall
Telekinesis - Coast of Carolina - Austin Town Hall
An Horse - Camp Out - Austin Town Hall

Kaiser Chiefs - Never Miss a Beat - Austin Town Hall
Love is All - Wishing Well - Austin Town Hall
Cruiserweight - Balboa - Austin Town Hall
Glasvegas - Geraldine - Austin Town Hall

Longwave - Sirens in the Deep - Austin Town Hall
Metric - Help I'm Alive - Austin Town Hall
Spoon - Everything Hits at Once - Austin Town Hall
Blink-182 - Aliens Exist - Austin Town Hall

We checked and found that our mp3 link to that fabulous IWaK debut is still working, but what the heck, ATH deserved your custom. You might enjoy the live video we posted there, so let's post it here as well. Great performance, plus you get to practice your Norwegian.

Found at ATH: Pontiffs of Puff, aka "The Smoking Popes"

On a whim we betook ourselves to the very first post at Austin Town Hall, one of our favorite music blogs, and began to work our way from past toward present. We actually had time to make it through only the first year of ATH's existence but along the way encountered a number of pleasure-giving aural opportunities to which we wish to alert you. In a separate post we will publish the rest of what we've found so far but wanted to lead with our very favorite song by Windy City faveband The Smoking Popes. Sample it below and if you like, click this ATH link for enhanced activity. Buy some here and here.

Music of the Sphere: Audacity, White Lung, Colleen Green, Summer Cannibals, Wild Powwers, onDeadWaves, Jayhawks, Posies, Amber Arcades, Ty Segall, DIIV, Half Japanese, Besnard Lakes, Fat White Family

Many thanks to the fabulous blogs hosting the following.

Audacity - Dirty Boy - Still in Rock

White Lung - Kiss Me When I Bleed - Side One Track One

Colleen Green - Between The Lines - Side One Track One

Summer Cannibals - Full Of It - Side One Track One

Wild Powwers - Party Song - KEXP Blog

onDeadWaves - California - KEXP Blog

The Jayhawks - Quiet Corners & Empty Spaces - KEXP Blog

The Posies - Unlikely Places - KEXP Blog

Amber Arcades - Right Now - KEXP Blog

The following are all in the same post, so you'll want to rock 'n' scroll once you get to IRC.

Ty Segall - Diversion - Indie Rock Cafe

DIIV - IS The Is Are - Indie Rock Cafe

Half Japanese - That Is It - Indie Rock Cafe

The Besnard Lakes - Golden Lion - KEXP Blog

Fat White Family - Whitest Boy On The Beach - Indie Rock Cafe

Music of the Sphere: Head, PJ Harvey, Bleached, Nothing, Wire, Black Mountain, Pity Sex, Tancred, The Hotelier, Holy Wave, Levitation Room, Tracy Bryant, Dog Date, The Saints, The Murlocs, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band

We still get a kick out of this long-ago collage. (The band, too, only much more so.)

Many thanks to the benevolent hostenpostenfolken for making the following tuneage available.

Head - Spend the Night Alone - One Base On An Overthrow

PJ Harvey - The Wheel - KEXP Blog
Bleached - Keep On Keepin' On - KEXP Blog

Bleached - Sour Candy - Side One Track One
Nothing - Vertigo Flowers - Side One Track One
Wire - Nocturnal Koreans - Side One Track One
Black Mountain - Florian Saucer Attack - Side One Track One
Pity Sex - Bonhomie - Side One Track One
Tancred - Control Me - Side One Track One
The Hotelier - Piano Player - Side One Track One

Holy Wave - You Should Lie & Western Playland - Still in Rock
Levitation Room - Reasons Why & Crystal Ball - Still in Rock
Tracy Bryant - Subterranean & I'm Never Gonna Be Your Man - Still in Rock
Dog Date - I Did Not Do It - Still in Rock
The Saints - (I'm Stranded & Untitled - Still in Rock
The Murlocs - Wolf Creep & Compensation - Still in Rock
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - I Will Not Hurt You - Still in Rock

Music of the Sphere: Redd Kross, Bleached, Pity Sex, Witching Waves, Dirty Sidewalks, Feels, Thee Oh Sees, Magic Shoppe, Madcaps, WRAY, Prickly, Pitwork, Pleasure Heads, Newell

Gut-felt thanks to the marvelous bloggers who've laid on this groaning board of downable tasties.

Bleached - Wednesday Night Melody - Side One Track One
Pity Sex - Burden You - Side One Track One

Witching Waves - Twister - Magnet Magazine Blog
Dirty Sidewalks - It's Xmas (And Everyone Is Miserable) - Magnet Magazine Blog - Maybe it's too early for Yuletide shenanigans but, on the other hand, maybe not.

Redd Kross - St. Lita Ford Blues & Kill Someone You Hate - Still in Rock - If you, too, like or love these longtime ppfaves, find two more excellent free and legals at Epitonic. The superb "Stay Away From Downtown" awaits your tender touch where we previously posted it.
Feels - Slippin' - Still in Rock
Thee Oh Sees - Man In A Suitcase - Still in Rock

Magic Shoppe - City Alight (Yeah) - 3hive
The Madcaps - Too Big For Your Boots & Emily Vandelay - 3 hive
WRAY - Hypatia - 3hive

Prickly - Fancy Party Hairdo - Cloudberry Cake Proselytism V.3
Pitwork - Shine - Cloudberry Cake Proselytism V.3
The Pleasure Heads - Falling Man - Cloudberry Cake Proselytism V.3
Newell - Que Nerons-Fous de Nos Beaux Jours? - Cloudberry Cake Proselytism V.3

Our all-time fave by Redd Kross:

Music of the Sphere: Game Theory, La Sera, Coathangers, Ty Segall, Peacers, Dictators, Dick Diver, Dinoczar, EZTV & Nic Hessler, Milk 'N' Cookies

Still in Rock continues its rip-roaring ways, SOTO's strong, and we pretty much wet ourselves with delight to find that long-time favesong by Game Theory available for conjoined download. (Other attempts have led to all kinds of irregularities.) Thanks, greatbloggers. (We say that about OBoaO even though we just "met" and he thinks we're retarded.)

Game Theory - Kenneth--What's The Frequency?/Not Because You Can - One Base on an Overthrow - Post also has several more winners from newly  reissued Lolita Nation. (See excellent review at Musoscribe.)

La Sera - High Notes - Side One Track One
The Coathangers - Make It Right - Side One Track One

Ty Segall - Diversion - Still in Rock
Peacers - Blume & The Kid - Still in Rock
The Dictators - California Sun & (I Live For) Cars And Girls - Still in Rock
Dick Diver - Tearing the Posters Down & Waste The Alphabet - Still in Rock
Dinoczar - Cream - Still in Rock
EZTV & Nic Hessler - Buy This Record - Still in Rock
Milk 'N' Cookies - Buy This Record - Still in Rock

Emergency MotS: Jaromil Sabor at Still in Rock

Sure, we could wait a couple more weeks for the Spherical bucket to refill, but WHY? WHY??? No good reason, so . . .

We recently Songdropped a number by Bordeau beau Jaromil Sabor and are delighted to find Thibault posting a couple of others today at the fabblog Still in Rock. Listen below and go see SiR about gripping them. You can listen to more at SoundCloud and buy them at Bandcamp.

Emergency MotS Post: Matthew Melton @ Still in Rock

Yes, no sooner do we send you to Still in Rock for a happy glut than wily Frenchman Thibault follows through with another certified winner. We've mentioned a number of times how much we love the music of Matthew Melton, he of Bare Wires, Warm Soda, Pleasers, Snake Flower 2, and wtf knows whom else*** fame. Fortunately Thibault shares our love and just today posted two new ones by MM. You can sample them below and, if you like, pay Still in Rock a visit to download.

***Not an actual bandname (so far as we know) . . .

Music of the Sphere: Shoes, Warm Soda, Peach Kelli Pop, Ty Segall, Guided by Voices, The Babe Rainbow, The Conquerors, together PANGEA, Mikal Cronin, Martin Courtney, Thee Oh Sees

Still in Rock's been burning down da house of late, easily taking pride of place in this episode of MotS. (And we're not yet even including his fabulous Bestof2015:Best Tracks-Top 77 (Meilleurs Titres) post, which you should most definitely go check out for your ownself. Many thanks to the righteous Thibaut and the other coolbloggers noted below.

Shoes - Now and Then & Three Times (See Me/Say It/Listen) - Still in Rock
Warm Soda - Find That Girl - Still in Rock - from T's excellent 20 Best LPs post, as is the next
Peach Kelli Pop - Princess Castle 1987 - Still in Rock

Ty Segall - Elemental Child (T. Rex cover) - Still in Rock

Guided by Voices - Deaf Dumb And Blind Girl - Still in Rock - plus 3 more
The Babe Rainbow - Secret Enchanted Broccoli Forest & Love Forever - Still in Rock
The Conquerors - I Don't Know & I See You - Still in Rock
together PANGEA - Blue Mirror & River - Still in Rock

Mikal Cronin - Made My Mind Up - Side One Track One

Martin Courtney - Northern Highway - KEXP Blog

Thee Oh Sees - Fortress - Rollo & Grady - The singing starts at 2:00.

Trouble In Mind Reduces trouble in mind via Dick Diver, The Butterscotch Cathedral, Ultimate Painting, Salad Boys, The Resonars, & Much, Much More

So how do we feel when we find a song we paid for now available for free download? Spectacular, that's how. Which is why we're darned giddy upon receiving word from Trouble In Mind Records of their just released Sampler, repeatedly widgeted below.

And the tune in question? That excelente down there by Melbourne band Dick Diver. (You might have seen it in our recent pppurcha$e$ post.) We're also more than excited to post the ditty by Tucson-based The Butterscotch Cathedral, a side project of Matt Rendon of longtime faveband The Resonars. You've seen TBC several times in our Songdrop widget and indeed highlighted this very week in a Music of the Sphere post. We're also quite chuffed over songs by Londoners Ultimate Painting and Kiwis Salad Boys.

Oh, wow, UP were hanging with White Fence. (Hanging, get it? Yep yep.)

Click here for previously posted free and legals by The Resonars and hear below the widgeted newbie, The Resonars On Tour. Well worth 50 cents a pop.