The New Pornographers Bring Us Together May 4

The New Pornographers - Your Hands (Together) mp3

We're on their mailing list, so for months now we've been receiving tantalizing headsups from The New Pornographers about the forthcoming Together LP, slated for May 4 release on Matador Records. Today the gratification got slightly less delayed and very much more tangible, as they sent us (and no doubt thousands/millions of others) the mp3 to the above song, which we hope you will agree whets the appetite even further. You can get track listings and learn more about the LP at Matador, while also visiting their MySpace and band sites, as well as stocking up on whatever you still haven't purchased.

Let's face it, TNP are one of our very favorite bands, and we've been sharing all they'll let us since the early days of Powerpopulist. Below are some of the songs we've posted by the group, as well as by leader A.C. Newman. Click to enjoy, if you haven't already.

The New Pornographers - Graceland mp3

The New Pornographers - My Rights Versus Yours mp3 - from Challengers

The New Pornographers - Myriad Harbour mp3 - from Challengers

A.C. Newman - There Are Maybe Ten Or Twelve mp3 - from Get Guilty

A.C. Newman - Submarines Of Stockholm mp3 - from Get Guilty

A.C. Newman - Miracle Drug mp3 - from The Slow Wonder

A.C. Newman - Drink To Me Babe, Then mp3 - from The Slow Wonder

MySpace | Bandsite | Amazon mp3 | eMusic

Music of the Sphere: Sloan, Posies, Ringo D., Summer Suns, Wall of V, Original Sinners, Art Museums, White Fence, Police, Steely Dan

Things are kinda quiet in the sphere right now. I'd hoped to have more for you, but a couple of these might be taken down soon, so I feel the need to post. Besides, there's a nice 1-3-2-3-1 symmetry below that means so much to pp and the gang. BTW, that incredible Posies song was the first I ever posted on this blog, albeit as a video. Sigh. Thanks to all the gracious hosts. (Click below to visit.)


The Summer Suns - Thank You Holly - Peter's Power Pop

Sloan - Iggy & Angus - Star Maker Machine
The Police - So Lonely - Star Maker Machine
Steely Dan - Bodhisattva - Star Maker Machine

The Posies - Dream All Day - Barely Awake in Frog Pajamas
Wall Of Voodoo - Mexican Radio - Barely Awake in Frog Pajamas

Original Sinners - You'll Never Know (What Love is All About) - Raven Sings the Blues
Art Museums - Sculpture Gardens - Raven Sings the Blues
White Fence - Destroy Everything - Raven Sings the Blues

Ringo Deathstarr - Rats Live On No Evil Star & Some Kind of Sad - Covert Curiosity

Bettie Seervert Have the Right Rx

Bettie Seervert - Deny All mp3

from Pharmacy of Love

due out 23 March on Second Motion Records

Amsterdammers make their first release in four years well worth the wait.

Thanks to Myles Grosovosky at Big Hassle.

MySpace | Bandsite | eMusic

Butterfly Explosion's Groovy Gaze

Butterfly Explosion - Chemistry mp3

from Dubliners' Lost Trails due out on iTunes 1 March

Gear, groovy gaze.

MySpace | Bandsite

pppurcha$e$ Updates

If you like some of the same music "we" do, you might want to check out some of our recent and not-so-recent purchases at eMusic. Even if you're not a member, you'll still get some ideas about artists you could check out elsewhere. We've found eMusic to be a fabulous source of excellent music at very low prices and get no kickbacks, if one or two kicks (the good kind), for telling you so. You can find the above-referenced purchases at our barebones site called pppurcha$e$. The updates are here, here, here, and here.

Gobotron á Go-Go

Gobotron - Never Turn Around mp3

from 19 January Favorite Gentlemen release,

On Your Mark, Get Set. . .

Manchester Orchestra guitarist Robert McDowell's solo project got us gogoin' over to Amazon mp3 to stock up.

MySpace | Amazon mp3

Diehard

Diehard - Cool Kids mp3

from New Yorkers' 7 January EP

Oh So Premier

To die for!

MySpace | eMusic | Insound

Frankie Rose

Frankie Rose - Thee Only One mp3

from Thee Only One single

The founding member of Vivian Girls and sometime member of Crystal Stilts might not be the only one, but this Slumberland release is singularly righteous, ioho.

MySpace | eMusic | Amazon | iTunes

The Len Price 3

One, two, yep, all present and accounted for. . .

The Len Price 3 - After You've Gone mp3

from Pictures, released 19 January

We've been enjoying these UK rockers for some time now, recently went on a buying spree over at eMusic, and have saved our favorites from the new one for our next buyfest. You may recall that Mr. Suave has another excellent one here.

MySpace | Bandsite | eMusic | Buy More TLP3

Music of the Sphere, cont'd

As promised, here are a few more recent finds that "turned us on." Thankyouthankyouthankyou, favebloggers! (Click to visit.)

Even - I Am The Light - Peter's Power Pop
Neon - Happy Going Nowhere - Peter's Power Pop
Cheek - Do You Have a Soul? (Easybeats cover) - Peter's Power Pop
Grand Atlantic - Coast Is Clear - Peter's Power Pop


George Harrison - Crackerbox Palace - Peter's Power Pop
The Beatles - You Like Me Too Much - Peter's Power Pop
The Beatles - Hold Me Tight - Peter's Power Pop
The Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong - Peter's Power Pop

Plants & Animals - Tom Cruz - Tsururadio
Electric President - Nightmare No. 5 Or 6 - Tsururadio
Woodpigeon - Woodpigeon vs. Eagleowl (Strength in Numbers) - Tsururadio
Harlem - Be Your Baby - Tsururadio

Brass Buttons - Hell Will Take Care Of Her - Raven Sings the Blues - Whoa, a fadeout!. . .
The Premiers - Get On This Plane - Raven Sings the Blues
Deepest Blue - Pretty Little Thing - Raven Sings the Blues
The Remains - Once Before - Raven Sings the Blues
Ty Segall - My Sunshine - Raven Sings the Blues - a bit fuzzy and roughish but irriffsistible nevertheless - The ending rather overdoes the chaos thing, ioho.

The Fresh & Onlys - The Delusion of Man - Covert Curiosity
The Cave Weddings - Bring Your Love - Covert Curiosity
The Riverboat Gamblers - DissDissDissKissKissKiss (Orion Edit) - Covert Curiosity

Music of the Sphere: AggraCon '10

B-b-b-b-b-but, pp, you don't seem to be posting anything but Music of the Sphereses, when you actually happen to post, that is!

Point being?

You're going to lose all credibility as a blogger!

[ROTFLMFAO] And?

I fear you're turning into one of them music aggravators!

I'm way way ahead of you on that one, my pathetic little altered eggo.

Moreover. . .

Hush, somebody's here.

Hawks - Lonely Nights - The ModPopPunk Archives - Scroll down to Hawks. - long-time faves

Jags - Back of My Hand - The ModPopPunk Archives - Dittos.

Rockpile - Teacher Teacher - The MadPopPunk Archives - Dittos.
Rotjoch - Tomorrow - The ModPopPunk Archives - Not that longtime, but def faves.
Squire - Don't Cry to Me - The ModPopPunk Archives - Dittos. - Hat tip to Mr. Suave for pointing us toward this fab site.

Guided by Voices - Chasing Heather Crazy - The Rawking Refuses to Stop
Scruffy The Cat - You Dirty Rat - Retro Music Snob


The New Pornographers - Star Bodies - Peter's Power Pop
The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema & Use It & Jackie, Dressed in Cobras - Tsururadio

The Missing Chums - Cover It Up - Dead Flowers- Faveblogger Mike's band released their EP on 1-12-10.

The Shins - Saint Simon - Music for Kids Who Cant Read Good

Elliott Smith - Say Yes - Music for Kids Who Cant Read Good

Stellarium - Chocolate & Strawberry - Milk Milk Lemonade
fun. - All the Pretty Girls - All Things Go

Best Coast - That's the Way Boys Are - Raven Sings the Blues

Grass Widow - Black Hole - Raven Sings the Blues
Jacuzzi Boys - Smells Dead - Raven Sings the Blues
Sonny & the Sunsets - Too Young To Burn - Raven Sings the Blues
The Night Shadows - So Much - Raven Sings the Blues

¡Muchísimas gracias a los favebloggerhosterposteritos!

I've found more but don't want to overwhelm you at this particular point in time. Please come back soon.

Music of the Sphere: Mod Edition, Installment 6

Yeh, so this is the final installment in our series acquainting you with some of the riches we recently found over at Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World. Maybe we've overdone it a bit, but once you get there, you'll see we've only scratched the surface. Mr. S plunks our twanger bigtime, and we sure hope he gets to yours as well. We visit his fab blog on a regular basis now and expect to charge our musical loving cup many times in future. We'll say thanks again and look forward to good times ahead. We'll also remind you that once you get to MSMMW, be sure to click the post titles to launch the songs.

The Soup Dragons - Hang Ten! - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World - long-time faves
The Quick - Pretty Please - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The Corner Laughers - The Commonest Manifesto - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World - With their kind permission we posted these San Franciscans early and lovingly. You can hear more here.

Holiday - Who's Gonna Find Out - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The Icicles - Snappy - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
Sleeper - Bedhead - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
Permanent Green Light - We Could Just Die - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
Nirvana Devils - Some Foreign Shore - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World

Graduate - Elvis Should Play Ska - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The English Beat - Big Shot - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
Eight Miles High - See My Way - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World

Music of the Sphere: Mod Edition, Installment 5

Behold more of the excellent songage we found at Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World. Links are ready and rarin' and but await your touch. Thanks, Mr. S!

Locksley - Let Me Know - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The Len Price 3 - Rentacrowd - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
American Breed - I'm Gonna Make You Mine - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
Generation X - One Hundred Punks - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
Black Carnations - Black Carnations - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World

Long Tall Shorty - Win Or Lose - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
Action Now - When Wednesday Comes - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The Pretty Things - Midnight to Six Man - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
Mark & The Spies - But I Do - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The Ace-Tones - In Your Eyes - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World

Music of the Sphere: Mod Edition, Installment 4

Thanks to Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World for letting us hear the following. (When you get to Mr S's, be sure to click the post titles.)

Material Issue - Something's Happened to Catherine - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The On/Offs - This Town - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
Baskervilles - Everybody Looks Not Everybody Finds - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World - We love Baskervilles and prove it here. Be sure to check out other downloadable tracks from their Twilight 14 series here. Superb stuff! (It's been kinda fun to find Mr. Suave likes a lot of the same groups we like!)
The Primates - I Ain't Like You - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The Parties - Gotta Get Out - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World - We previously posted songs by The Parties here and here, along with songs by other excellent groups.

Svengalis - Soda and Cigarettes - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
Couple - Love You Yes - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The Young Sportsmen - Metropolitan - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World - The Young Sportsmen tune I posted is still here, along with songs by some other stellar Seattle bands.
The Kickovers - Black and Blue - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The Jolt - I Can't Wait - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World

Music of the Sphere: Mod Edition, Installment 3

Thanks to Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World for posting the following. Click and check 'em out, if you like.

The School - I Want You Back - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The Bicycles - Oh No It's Love - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The Pinkees - Say What You're Thinking - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
Mando Diao - And I Don't Know - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The Cute Lepers - It's Summertime Baby - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World - We posted another by the Leps here. It's still viable, along with a buncha other gooduns.

The Pranks - Modern Communication - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World - We posted this one previously. It isn't working now at our place, but "Spending Time" is, along with some other good songs by some other good artistes.
Graham Day & The Gaolers - Pass That Whiskey - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The Now - Baby I'm Bad - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The V.I.P.'s - Need Somebody to Love - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
The Satelliters - Lost in Time - Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World