Need More Girlfriends'? (Please note the apostrophe.)

Picture partly chosen because of guy scratching head (dramatic)

While flipping through the estimable Bradley's Almanac this afternoon, I came across Girlfriends, a Beantown band two songs of whose I'd previously recommended. But I also found and very much liked the following song and thought you might, too. If you like it, click "Download" and get it at Bandcamp (in exchange for an email address--preferably yours) or pay Brad a visit to download it directly. Scroll down through Brad's extensive Best of 2010 list until you get to his favorite EPs.



Here are the two songs toward which I previously pointed you. Same drill: click "Download" to download via Bandcamp or go to Ampeater and download directly. By the way, both songs are in the widget. Use the forward/backward or down arrows to navigate.

MySpace | Bandsite

Peter Bjorn & John's New Pounder

PP&J aren't whistling "Dixie"--or anything else--on this (relatively) hard-hitting little number. Take a listen and if you're inclined to add a fourth (or even fifth) thumb to the (bottom) picture, click "Download" to download. "Breaker Breaker" is off the beloved Stockholmers' forthcoming album, Gimme Some, due out in March.



We'd also like to include a couple of previously posted numbers for your listenin' and whistlin' pleasure, so pucker up, peeps.

Peter Bjorn & John - Young Folks wma

Peter Bjorn & John - Let's Call It Off (single mix) mp3

MySpace | Bandsite | iTunes | Amazon | eMusic

P.S.: Windows Media Player doesn't seem to be picking up the wma song. Right-click to download it (as indeed the other one as well).

The Sunshine Factory: Mobile Pop 'n Gaze

We recently pointed you toward the excellent blog The Decibel Tolls for an excellent song by excellent Mobile, Alabama shoegazers The Sunshine Factory and then strolled off and bought some for our ownselves. While poking around last weekend at the excellent blog NW Shoegazing, we found an excellent interview with the band, plus directions to a wealth of Bandcamperie and other fulfilling items. We've posted here for your sampling pleasure two songs from their first LP, Vintage Revolution. You can download both by clicking below and get the rest of the album for free at Bandcamp. You will probably notice that "Daisies" is more poppy than gazy, although "Roving Eye" has you staring floorward pretty authentically. The other links below will put you in touch with their most recent LP, Sugar, and a live version thereof. Have we used the word "excellent" too frequently in this post? Nnnno.

MySpace | iTunes | Bandcamp | eMusic

Magic from Only Son

Only Son - Magic mp3

from NYC auteur's sophomore LP
Searchlight
on MRI

What can we say, the song lives up to its name. Thanks to Marni Wandner at Sneak Attack Media.

MySpace | iTunes | Amazon mp3 | Bandcamp | eMusic

Instant Pleasure from The Measure (SA)

The Measure (SA) - Revisionist mp3

from New Brunswick, NJ band's 2008 12" EP
Songs about People . . . And Fruit N' Shit
on
Don Giovanni Records

We are but a few moments into acquaintance with this band, so it is a measure of our instantly aroused affection that we rush this post into cyber. Don Giovanni certainly knows how to woo (duh), as you might recall our recently posting an excellent song by one of TM(SA)'s stablemates name o' Big Eyes. (If you don't, we understand, truly.) We're a little uneasy posting without knowing the provenance of that "(SA)" in there and trust you will be, too. Maybe we'll come back later and revise.

MySpace | Bandsite | Amazon mp3 | eMusic

Music of the Sphere: Pugwash, Ringo D, Moon T's, Smith W's, Monotonix, Mew, PP&J, TPOH, Guitaro, Primitives, Papercuts, Go! Team, Kinks, et. al.

We love you, Ringo, oh, yes, we do. . .

We've come across a nice combo of old and new the past week or two. Please thank, as we do, the fab bloggers who hostedposted these. (Click colored words below to go cavortin'.)

Smith Westerns - Dye The World - 5 Acts - late-Beatlesque

Peter Bjorn & John - Second Chance - AWmusic

Mew - The Zookeeper's Boy - mp3hugger

Papercuts - Do You Really Wanna Know - Austin Town Hall

Moon Tides - To Be - Get Off The Coast - Not sure what the MT's are always saying, but on a certain level, it doesn't really matter.

Guitaro - Hill Mountain & Chateau 100 - The Decibel Tolls

The Kinks - Better Things - Indie Rock Cafe - one of our all-time favorite songs by one of our all-time favorite bands
The Go! Team - Buy Nothing Day - Indie Rock Cafe

The Primitives - Crash & Way Behind Me & Sick Of It & Secrets - Popdose
The Pursuit of Happiness - I'm An Adult Now - Popdose - The post also has songs by other bands we love (e.g., The Pogues, The Pretenders, Psychedelic Furs). We may not fancy the particular songs posted, but you might.

Monotonix - Fun Fun Fun - Covert Curiosity
Ringo Deathstarr - Imagine Hearts - Covert Curiosity

Pugwash - On With The Show (The Idle Race cover) - Plain Or Pan - Click on the linked word "this" in the second paragraph.
The Idle Race - On With The Show - Plain Or Pan - Click on the linked word "it" at the end of the third paragraph.
The Wildebeests - That Man (The Small Faces cover) - Plain Or Pan
The Small Faces - That Man - Plain Or Pan

Orders From. . .The District Attorneys

The District Attorneys - Sweetheart All Reckless And Humble mp3

from Atlanta band's self released EP
Orders From. . .

We were pleased to send "you" over to Rollo & Grady for this excellent song last summer and are excited to be able to post it, courtesy of Team Clermont, on the occasion of the EP's national release. Visit The D.A.'s' Team Clermont page for another free and legal and the sites below to check out the rest of the EP. The band is scheduled to play the Caledonia Lounge tomorrow and the famed 40 Watt Club on February 24, both in Athens, GA. Oh, duh, tee-hee, we just got the allusion: ". . .Maggie says that many say/They must bust in early May/Orders from the D.A. . . ."

MySpace | Amazon mp3 | iTunes | eMusic

More Philly Phun: The Asteroid #4

The Asteroid #4 - Wicked Wire mp3

The Asteroid #4 - Ignition Slated For Eight mp3

from Philadelphia psychonauts' 6th LP
Hail To The Clear Figurines
Released TODAY via
The Committee to Keep Music Evil

Ignition was/may have been/will be at 8, but we have been/are/will be tripping with these glorious Psychadelphians many a time, past, present, and future. Thanks to Team Clermont for headsups, permishes, and other psychic soul soothings.

Here's a previously posted Packer/pp-pleaser for good measure.

The Asteroid #4 - Ask Me About Pittsburgh mp3 - from 2006's An Amazing Dream

You can find more free and legals at their Rainbow Quartz page and that Team Clermont Page below.

MySpace | Team Clermont Page | Amazon mp3 | iTunes | eMusic

P.S.: It can be #, No., or Number. Take one or all.

Philly Phun with Dangerous Ponies

EP | DP | LP

Update, 28may16: 
Well the link's gone "poof," but you can listen below and buy if you like.

Dangerous Ponies - I Only Wear My Favorite Clothes At Home mp3

from Philadelphia septet's phorthcoming debut
Dangerous Ponies
due 22 March on
Punk Rock Payroll

These young stallions and phillies don't appear all that dangerous, but perhaps something more threatening lurks beneath the habiliments/saddles/blankets. Anyway, we can't wait to hear the rest of their debut LP. We went over to Amazon mp3 and bought some of their Dr. Ponie Medicine Ponie EP and love what we're hearing. Thanks to Bill Benson over at Team Clermont for giving us free rein.

MySpace | Ponies' Punk Rock Payroll Page | Amazon mp3 | iTunes

Make Off (or Make Out, or both) with Make Out

Make Out - I Don't Want Anybody That Wants Me mp3

This song by former Junior Senior member Jesper Mortensen's new New York band echoes a sentiment Marx and I can certainly agree with. That's he (Jesper, that is) on guitar and backup vocals, New York native Leah Hennessey on lead vocals, Anders Christiansen on bass, and Olivia Alminiana on skins. The songs are from their debut EP, How To, due out 22 February. You can find another number over at Pop Matters. Thanks to Ashley Ayers at Tell All Your Friends for leave to p/host.

MySpace | Tell All Your Friends Page | iTunes

Locksley On Wisconsin!

Badger State powerpoppers Locksley have offered up a nifty number called "Oh, Wisconsin!" at their Bandcamp site. You can download it for free or by donating to Wisconsin-based charities. Thanks to Chris Vinyard at Big Hassle Media for the headsup. (They offer more information here.) And here's the song, in case you want to check it out first.

Music of the Sphere: Smithereens, New P's, 78 Saab, Soul Asylum, An Horse, MGMT, Shins, Bears, JEFF, Dexy's, Tame Impala, et. al.

We thank these bloggers most sincerely for making the following available.

The Smithereens - Behind the Wall of Sleep - Star Maker Machine

The New Pornographers - Letter from an Occupant - Music for Kids Who Can't Read Good

78 Saab - Karma Package Deal - Peter's Power Pop

Soul Asylum - Runaway Train - The Vinyl Villain

An Horse - Trains and Tracks - Austin Town Hall

Bears - How To Live - Rollo & Grady
JEFF the Brotherhood - Mellow Out - Rollo & Grady - Scroll down to #25. - (pic)

Brother - Darling Buds of May (demo) - You Aint No Picasso
Masters of the Hemisphere - Volcano - You Aint No Picasso

Rayon Beach - Death Rides a Horse - Raven Sings the Blues
Viva l'American Death Ray Music - A Funny Story - Raven Sings the Blues

The Shins - Know Your Onion - Indie Rock Cafe
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen - Indie Rock Cafe
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle - Indie Rock Cafe
Mojave 3 - Breaking The Ice - Indie Rock Cafe

Adrienne Delsol - Pas Adieu - Infrasons
Fresh & Onlys - Summer of Love - Infrasons
MGMT - Flash Delirium - Infrasons
Tame Impala - Solitude is Bliss - Infrasons
The Young Veins - The Other Girl - Infrasons

eMusic pppurcha$e$ - Late December 2010: Whole Lotta Luscious Lala

We found beaucoup bon boomboom at eMusic last month and even had to buy a Bonus Pack to accomodate our near-insatiable desires of the Euterpetic kind. (If you're not following all of that, don't worry, neither are we.) Click here to check out all 117 powerpop, indiepop, shoegaze, psych, and garage ditties. Highlights include the 2007 debut by Dutch poppers The Madd, brilliant songs by Sheffield's one-man The Orgone Box, ten jumpers by The Prisoners and The Solarflares (former bands of Graham Day of Graham Day and the Gaolers), and a satisfying stash of psychpop recommended by one of our new friends over at Rock and Roll Tribe. (We'd give you his name but don't have clearance.) Grin-Inducing Bandname o' the Month honors go hands down to Tight Pants Syndrome.
BTW, we were experimenting with Google Docs' Spreadsheet application, which made it easy to list but hard to link. As a result we only did the former and hereby apologize for any inconvenience. Fortunately the numbers of humankind affected by this negligence are negligible, although the individuals involved are deeply cherished by all who labor here at Powerpopulist Central.

Music of the Sphere: Sweet Bulbs, Swervedriver, Built to Spill, Jameses, Parting Gifts, Whirl, Peter & Gordon, TPoBPaH, P Kelly, I McCulloch, et. al.

We love Sweet Bulbs' name. . .and music.

Many thanks to the gracious bloggers for making these earable. Click below to go to their blogs.

The Parting Gifts - Keep Walkin' - Austin Town Hall

The Jameses - Caribou - Raven Sings the Blues

Deerhoof - Hitch Hike (LiLiPUT cover) - You Ain't No Picasso

The Drums - Let's Go Surfing (Knight School Version) - RCRD LBL
Sweet Bulbs - Down On My Life - RCRD LBL

Sweet Bulbs - Kissing Clouds - Gorilla vs. Bear
Fergus & Geronimo - Harder Than It's Ever Been - Gorilla vs. Bear

Whirl - Meaningless - The Decibel Tolls
Swervedriver - The Other Jesus & Year of the Girl - The Decibel Tolls

Peter & Gordon - World Without Love - Star Maker Machine
The Stone Poneys - Different Drum - Star Maker Machine

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Heart In Your Heartbreak - All Things Go
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The One - Fortuna Pop - in exchange for email address

Wild Nothing - Live In Dreams - Rose Quartz
Air Waves - Knock Out - Rose Quartz
Outer Limits Recordings - $20 Dollar Bill - Rose Quartz

Fountains Of Wayne - I've Got A Flair - Peter's Power Pop
Graham Nash - Military Madness - Peter's Power Pop
Paul Kelly and the Messengers - Before Too Long - Peter's Power Pop - We're going with the bandname used here in the States. Hope that's okay.

Built to Spill - Strange - Indie Rock Cafe - our favorite by BtS
The Shins - Weird Divide - Indie Rock Cafe
The Strokes - 12:51 - Indie Rock Cafe

The Members - Working Girl - Popdose - Dave of the 'dose might not like it, but we always have.
Midnight Oil - Dreamworld - Popdose
Mighty Lemon Drops - Into the Heart of Love - Popdose
Ian McCulloch - Proud To Fall - Popdose

Big Ayes to Big Eyes

Long live redundancy, restatement, and repetition.

Update, 16june16: The mp3 link's gone poof, but here's the song. Buy it here.



Big Eyes - Why Can't I? mp3

from Brooklyn band's 18 January 7"
Why Can't I?
on
Don Giovanni Records

No reason not to give multiple big ayes to Big Eyes. Praise, too.

MySpace | Don Giovanni Records