Moon Sounds, Sunspots Kindling Our Desire for More Kindling

We're def fired up by this excellent new ditty from Easthampton, MA's "413 alternative diy fuzz pop indie pop indie rock jangle pop lo-fi post-punk shoegaze" duo Kindling. "Fiber in your java, fizz in your pop," that's what we always say (now that we've finally said it). Read, hear, dl, etc., more here, here, here, and here.



Here are a couple of less fizzy numbers we're very much enjoying from their February LP, Spare Room, available for name-your-price download at Bandcamp.

I (Don't) Wanna Stay Away from The Black Tambourines

These Cornishlads put out one of our favorite songs last year (see/hear below), plus a bunch of others we loved, grabbed, and bought. Below is their latest, excellent, free and legal Art Is Hard single, taken from a forthcoming LP of which we don't yet know the name but will let you know when we do by simply editing this post to make it look like we've known all along.

See our previous glowing post for free and legals from their Chica EP and go to their SoundCloud page for even more. We might suggest hovering over those download arrows at SoundCloud because while some of the songs are of relatively low megabytage, others are up in the 33.3-57.5 MB range. Read, hear, and buy more here, here, and here.

Here's a low-MBer we "dig" off their first LP.

And, yes, this one just goes all through us nice and goood. Wow.

Music of the Sphere: White Fence, Bleached, Spider Bags, Karma, Jack And The Ripper, Dune Rats, The Glockenwise

Oooh, The Pharmacy, too. Must've been a great hop.

Isn't it funny how something you previously avoided can quickly become the norm? ("Yes, pp, wildly; note the streaming tears.") Anyway, for various reasons, we're kind of enjoying doing MotS posts with shorter hiati*, one being they're more up-to-date. We were kind of hoping SOTO would host that new White Fence song, so when they did, voila. Thanks to three of our favorite sets of bloggerfolk for the following.

White Fence - Like That - Side One Track One
Bleached - For The Feel - Side One Track One
Spider Bags - Japanese Vacation - Side One Track One

Karma - Kaylyn - Indie Rock Cafe - Jump to bottom of page.

Jack And The Ripper - Will You Be Mine - Rollo & Grady
Dune Rats - ET - Rollo & Grady
The Glockenwise - Go Song & Explosive Generation - Rollo & Grady

*hiatuses, whatever

More from Eardrums: Coquelicot, Mikroflirt, & Photon + a Surprise Ursine Visit

Don't know if you've been enjoying those songs from that EardrumsPop compilation we posted last month, but we sure have. Here are our faves from the promised Vols. B & C of Between Two Waves - The Second Wave. You can freely download the whole caboodle here.







We also liked the song by The Grave Lobby but were kind of nonplussed by the advisory at Eardrums about securing permission to download. We did remember, though, that we very much enjoy the faction of TGL called "Bears" and thought you might like to revisit one we previously posted.

Bears - Eleven a.m. mp3

We also hunted down the following for your listening/downloading pleasure.


Um, we like that second song, too, but prefer #1. For some reason the Bandcamp widget keeps posting #2 first. Click the back arrow if you please. No biggie.

Let's Go Trippin' w/ The Red Plastic Buddha, Rob Clarke & The Wooltones, and Frantic Chant

For those of you psych-ically inclined, we highly recommend this summer solstice compilation from one of our favorite blogs, Trip Inside This House. Our three faves from the comp are posted below. Clicking will take you to the rest. Enjoy, Voyagers-to-Be, and Hail Valis!

Not Just Imaginary Pants

An official band photo

 (as they say)

We're fresh out of kites, and there are still a couple of hours of daylight left, but this Vancouver duo definitely has us panting with pleasure (and we aren't just imagining). Below are our two favorites from their recently released EP. Read, hear, and buy more here, here, and here.

Oops, just remembered, we do still have this one.

Head Like a Kite - Noisy at the Circus mp3

Music of the Sphere: Proper Ornaments, New Pornographers, Dot Dash, Thee Oh Sees, Sonic Avenues

Only five this time, but this might be the future now. Besides, as we all know, the hugger don't keep 'em posted for long. Many thanks to the hosting entities.

The Proper Ornaments - Magazine - Austin Town Hall (pic)

The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers - Side One Track One

Dot Dash - Countdown - mp3hugger

Thee Oh Sees - Camera (Queer Sound) - Rollo & Grady

Sonic Avenues - In Your Head - Indie Rock Cafe

Not So Strange Babes

This LA/NZ collab adds perfect gently jangly comfort to a spring/fall day, holy or not. (We're betting summer/winter, too.) Read more here and here. Go here if you prefer Bandcamp.


Click down arrow to download.

Free Yummies from Nine Black Alps

The middle two still want their candy.

We were enjoying some recent eMusic purchases and got pleasantly, powerfully pinned by one from these Mancusians' 2012 LP, Sirens. Simple seeking uncovered the three below for name-your-price download. We also discovered the new LP, pictured above, and reserved pretty much every song for our next eMusic purchasefest. Explore for yourownself at their bandsite, Facebook, Bandcamp, Soundcloud, and the aforementioned eMusic.

Music of the Sphere: Haunted Hearts, Veruca Salt, Doug Gillard, Cloud Nothings, Beverly, Monster Treasure, Bishop Allen

Yeah, we know, Ross "The Boss" said ". . . Quantity is Quality," but dictators aren't always right. Only seven songs in this installment, but the quality's high, IOHO. Thanks to the blogmeisters for posting the following.

Haunted Hearts - Something That Feels Bad Is Something That Feels Good - Rollo & Grady - We're kind of excited about this Dum Dum/Crocodiles musicomarital cohab collab.

Veruca Salt - It's Holy - Fluxblog

Doug Gillard - Ready For Death - Indie Rock Cafe
Cloud Nothings - I'm Not Part of Me - Indie Rock Cafe

Beverly - You Can't Get It Right - Side One Track One
Monster Treasure - Wake Up - Side One Track One
Bishop Allen - Start Again - Side One Track One

From EardrumsPop to EardrumsYours: Dutch Barn, Tearjerker, Red Deer People, The Paris Work-In

We've been enjoying this East London band's gentle gaze for several months now and just noticed some of it's available for free download over at netlabel EardrumsPop.







That first number up there is a cover of a song by Toronto's Tearjerker. Maybe you'd like to compare the two versions. We like them both, each for slightly different reasons.



Finally, or so it seems, we found all of that via a very nice email from Eardrums announcing a 31-song, 3-volume compilation called Between Two Waves - The Second Wave. The first volume was released today, with more to follow. Below are our two favorites from Volume A. Check out the rest if you like: you can stream it here and download it here.

Monday Miscellany, aka The Return of The SoundCloud Nine: Pixies, The Medusa Snare, Gorgeous Bully, Ski Lodge, I Was A King, White Fence, The Everywheres, Day Ravies, Blood Sister

You might've noticed that yesterday's Miss Sell-a-Knee came all courtesy of Bandcamp. Well, the Equal Time Police (ETP) demand equal time for SoundCloud, so here we go. We used the word "recently" in yesterday's post. Well, some of the loved ones below are recent, but others go a little farther back in time. Therefore do we brace ourselves for the usual flingings of "Gee, pp, why can't you post music as it comes out instead of making us wait for, like, ever?" Harsh, but we're tough guy(s). We've built up scabs to protect us from such scabrous scat. Besides, you've probably found lots of them already and elsewhere, so ho-hum. Oh, hope you like. (Click down arrows or heres to download.)




Get a bunch more excellent free and legals by former member(s) of The Manhattan Love Suicides here.


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One of our very favorite bands of the last coppola years. Quiet recording, so toin it up. Download here.

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Sunday Miscellany: The Dollyrots, Fixing Bayonets, Luna Ghost, Psychedelic Trips To Death, Lowtide

Here are a few free and legals we've recently found and likedalot. Hope you find you like. (Clicking links will take you to various fruitful places.)







Comfort-inducing Linespacer (C-iL)


Click LP title to find a bunch of psyched-up covers, including Monkees, Stones, Barrett, etc.

Psychepopic Jangle from The Dandelion Seeds

We found and loved these Icelandic jangleurs during a routine search and enjoy mission at The Active Listener. Many thanks to TAL Master Gardener Nathan Ford for the puff. Our three favorites among an excellent crop:







Hear/download The Dandelion Seeds' entire self-titled LP at Bandcamp.

California Dreamin' with The Yetis

From the gnarmax surfin' mecca of Allentown, PA appear, as by magic, this amped band of jangleurs. Ten other tubular freebies await you at Soundcloud, so, like, suit up and go get a Yeti wettie warmer. (You see by our patois that we are both surfers, if you learn the patois you can be a surfer, too.)





BTW, not trying to get controversial or anything, but does it seem that Smithssongs sometimes sound better in other voices? It doesn't to us, but just wondering.



Dum Dums ditty downloadable here