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Je ne te connais pas

So I grabbed the FreeIndie.com web mix of Prototypes back in January, thinking it sounded like fun: Like baguettes and brie, Prototypes give us a reason to like…

Milling Gowns Flophouse Sessions

Favorite new, unexpected gem of the week: Flophouse Sessions 51: The Milling Gowns. The Flophouse Sessions is a wonderfully cool show produced by Andy Guthrie and Jen Kelley,…

More time to call your representatives

(via ars technica) Good news: Internet radio will remain safe and sound, at least through July of this year, on account of a new decision by the US…

Save Internet Radio!

As you’ve likely seen reported, the Copyright Royalty Board decided to dramatically increase royalty rates for internet streaming, and changing the way that such royalties are calculated. This…

Free Albums, no Guilt

Another great source of music online is FreeIndie.com – they make available full albums (usually more like an EP length – 5 or 6 songs) from independent artists…

Wilco Rarities

Via Retro Music Snob, I discovered these wonderful posts on Pop Headwound: Wilco – Rare Tracks, Vol 1. Wilco – Rare Tracks, Vol 2. Not only are the…

Peter, Bjorn & John

[Update – Peter Bjorn and John will be live on NPR Monday, April 30th – often these shows are available for download after the fact if you miss…

Irrational Public Radio

Via High Touch I stumbled upon Irrational Public Radio. Go listen to the demo – if you’ve ever been a steady listener to NPR, you will find the…

Alanis Morissette’s Love Humps

Must see video of the week. Alanis’ masterful cover of the Black Eyed Peas’ Love Humps.

Under Byen

As I’ve said before, KEXP rocks. Latest find, courtesy of KEXP’s live performances podcast, which recorded them at SXSW, is a Danish band called Under Byen. They remind…

Music that Matters

KEXP has a podcast series called Music That Matters. You should immediately go download them all, if you haven’t been listening to them already. The music is all…

There has to be a better way

There just has got to be a better way to get access to content from good UK-based music magazines! Subscriptions to the “rest of the world” are incredibly…

Post-Cabaret

 Although all labels are odious, I’ve come to like the term “post-cabaret” as a way of referring to an interesting and diverse group of musicians, including: Regina…

Podcasting Becomes Eclectic

One of my favorite benefits of the Internet is the ability to connect with media you would otherwise not likely have known: bands, bloggers, radio shows, and the…

Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me

Another favorite podcast of mine is a show co-produced byChicago Public Radio and NPR called Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me. Self-described as “the oddly informative news quiz,” the…

My Own Hell to Raise

Bettye Lavette’s I’ve Got My Own Hell to Raise came out back in 2005, but it’s been stuck on repeat mode in my home office for the last…

Podcast Favorites – Coverville

It’s not exactly an obscure podcast, and it won’t win me any Indie cred, but it was one of the first I subscribed to and actually listened to…

This time with feeling

Alright, let’s try this one again. I started tried to start two blogs at once back in May of 2006 – this one, and Open Parenthesis. I did…

Nouvelle Vague on World Cafe

B(oot)log posted Mp3’s this weekend of a session Nouvelle Vague did on World Cafe last November. If you haven’t heard Nouvelle Vague you should definitely check it out….