lAPPINg up tHe sWIMMERs

tHe sWIMMERs - A Hundred Hearts mp3

from pEOPle aRe sOFt, due 3 Nov.

I mUSt cONFESs to eNJOYINg tHEIr lOWEr cASE/CAPITALs tHINg, tOo.

Thanks to Lauren at Sneak Attack Media.

And we're still enjoying this previously posted number.

tHe sWIMMERs -Pocketful of Gold mp3

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And He Made ME Do This

Hush Arbors - The Devil Made You High mp3

from Yankee Reality, due Tue.

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D.A.D.

This blast from the past certainly fluffs my pillows.

Another Beauty by The Voyces

The Voyces - Bye Bye mp3

Sure, I recently posted several by these retransplanted Californians, but I just received another by them, and it's quite neato, so I felt you'd want to hear it. Lord hep me if I'm wrong. Click "recently posted" to go to the earlier post for songs, info, and suchlike.

Music of the Sphere: Lush, Jellybricks, Sleepover Disaster, Spiritualized, Elastica, Superdrag, Traffic, Stones, Los Lobos, et. al. . . .

You probably can't (yawn) tell that I really should go beddy-bye, but I've just finished making the rounds of some faveblogs and simply must share the fruits of my peregrinations (which did indeed make me grin). Hope you like the pickins'.

Merzmars has, of course and as always, been munificent. Click and hear for yourself.

Lush - Ladykillers - Mars Needs Guitars
The Jellybricks - Nobody Else - Mars Needs Guitars
The Sleepover Disaster - Tremble & Don't Talk - Mars Needs Guitars
Spiritualized - Electricity - Mars Needs Guitars

Elastica - Stutter - Mars Needs Guitars
Superdrag - So Insincere & Do The Vampire - Mars Needs Guitars
Thurman - English Tea - Mars Needs Guitars
Spider Bags - Que Viva El Rocanroll - Mars Needs Guitars

But others haven't exactly been chinchy either.

Los Lobos - Will the Wolf Survive? - Barely Awake In Frog Pajamas
The Rolling Stones - Play With Fire - Barely Awake In Frog Pajamas
Karen O. And The Kids - All Is Love - AWMusic
Traffic - The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys - Star Maker Machine

Thanks, hosts! Mmwahh!

Golden Bloom Glows

Golden Bloom - E.H.M. mp3

Golden Bloom - Doomsday Devices mp3

from Fan the Flames

released 18 August

Thanks to Janelle Rogers at Green Light Go Publicity. Janelle was kind enough back in the early days of this little blogisode to let "us" post two songs by Golden Bloom frontperson Shawn Fogel. We've been grooving on them awhile now and kinda think you should, too. Janelle also let us post groovers by The Dilettantes, Terrene, and Static of the Gods. They're all still there, so hotchachá, peeps.

Shawn Fogel - Leaves, Corners, Stones mp3

Shawn Fogel - Dead Petals mp3

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Chris Richards and the Subtractions: High Octane Additive

Chris Richards and the Subtractions - I Can't Quit Her mp3

Chris Richards and the Subtractions - I, Miss July mp3

from Motor City band's full-length debut

Sad Sounds of the Summer

on Gangplank Records

Yep, straight outta Detroit Pop City comes a debut model fully loaded with hook-laden powerpop. Thanks to bassist Todd for the keys. BTW, sometimes it's nice when an LP's misnamed, at least for this bloggerperson.

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Girl Alliance

Girl Alliance - Frances and the Dancing Fairies mp3

from 3" CD-R split of Girl Alliance and The Librarians - Scroll down to #806.

via Cloudberry

I was hanging out at the fabulous Cloudberry Records site the other day and found many nice ones, including this. Go visit Roque and the gang. You'll be glad you did. (Maybe I've put too many links here to Cloudberry. Or maybe not enough. We'll probably never really know.)

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Bear In Heaven: Blessed Mess

Bear In Heaven - Wholehearted Mess mp3

from Georgiabama band's forthcoming October 13 release,

Beast Rest Forth Mouth

on Hometapes

Thanks to Jon Polk at Team Clermont.

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Guyded by The Voyces

The Voyces - You Can Never Know mp3

The Voyces - Let Me Die In Southern California mp3

from California to New York to California band's 3rd LP

Let Me Die in Southern California

due September 28

via Planting Seeds Records/Darla

Early did we post on this wonderful band and still very much enjoy the following, among many others.

The Voyces - Kissing Like It's Love m3u

You can find more where that came from at the band's music and lyrics page . We also highly recommend Dan Klein's wonderful fansite.

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Darker My Love Loved

Darker My Love - Talking Words mp3


from the California band's 2008 Dangerbird Records release

2

Thanks to NME for making this song available and Fingertips music blog for making us aware.

We're still getting down and dark with the following previously posted ditty.

Darker My Love - Summer Is Here mp3

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Wiretree: Good Luck

Wiretree - Back In Town mp3

from Austin band's second full-length,

Luck

Due out October 20

Thanks to Candice, Bill, and Jon at Team Clermont.

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Perhaps the band won't mind my including the following possible purchase points (clicky clicky):

Physical Album - CD Baby - Not Lame - Kool Kat Music

Digital Purchases - Amazon - Apple iTunes (USA, Europe, UK) - Waterloo Records Online

The Sky Drops Righteous Gaze

The Sky Drops - Swimming with Fishes mp3

The Sky Drops - Hang On mp3

Both are from Bourgeois Beat, which dropped August 11.

We're on their mailing list, and have been for some time now. So thrilled we were when our favorite Delawareans, Rob Montejo and Monika Bullette, let us know of their latest release and let fly the two droplets posted above. Be assured that when they drop, we drop, and listen, enraptured, as previously indicated. Click for more. And in the meantime. . .

The Sky Drops - Million mp3
(The only bad thing about this incandescent beauty is that it eventually ends. But, then, that's what "Repeat" is for.)

The Sky Drops - Now Would Be mp3


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Shake Some Action! Deliver

Shake Some Action! - Stand and Deliver mp3

This is the 4th song from Seattle band's 3rd LP. Cleverly and interestingly, they're letting us in on the demo and recording process, song-by-song, as the LP develops. Check it out here. (They've just completed #7.)

And we got pretty giddy when we noticed our favorite SSA! song at last.fm!

Shake Some Action! - Damaged mp3

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Music of the Sphere: Smithereens, Cheap Trick, Raveonettes, Simple Minds, Boo Radleys, Force Vomit, Vandelles, Johnny Boy, It Hugs Back, et. al. . . .

Favebloggers be relentless.*** To wit:

The Smithereens - Behind the Wall of Sleep - Bleedin' Out

Cheap Trick - Surrender (Outtake) & He's A Whore & Oh Caroline - Bleedin' Out

Stiff Little Little Fingers - Strummerville - Bleedin' Out

The Raveonettes - Remember - Dead Flowers

Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) - Barely Awake In Frog Pajamas

Chariots Of Tuna - War Hero - Milk Milk Lemonade

Johnny Boy - You Are The Generation That Bought More Shoes And You Get What You Deserve - The White Noise Revisited

Tiny Microphone - You Disappear - indie-mp3

The Vandelles - Chain Walking & Blue LA Strip - Darklands

It Hugs Back - Back Down - Darklands

Maple Leaves - Easy Speak - Eardrums - Scroll down to Scotland; the countries are in alphabetical order.

Force Vomit - Liberator - Eardrums - Don't let the bandname make you hurl in the curl; this is superb toe-hangin', nosewalkin' surfpunk; "Singapore" comes right after "Scotland," if you know what I mean and I think I do.

The Boo Radleys - Lazy Day - Eardrums

Firetop Mountain - How Can You Dance At A Time Like This? - Eardrums - Scroll down to Norway.

Naivepop or Petitfoot - Sunday Morning - Eardrums - Japanese is helpful but not absolutely necessary to enjoying this one. The post also includes info about new Merci Magazine from abcdefg*record.

***And we thank you for that, FBs.