Free and Legal mp3 Downloads

Please enjoy these songs from 2008, and then buy the artists’ albums. Stella Splice has made this post a page, accessible at the top of the blog, that you can check for updates throughout the year.
To download, click on the link, and on the resultant page scroll down just a bit until you can click [...]

DeVotchKa and Basia Bulat

I have previously gushed about DeVotchKa here and Basia Bulat here. Check those posts for lots of info and goodies.
I wanted to remind you that the new DeVotchKa album A Mad and Faithful Telling is out today. Buy it at your local record store (mine was nearly out) or online here! If you need convincing, [...]

Basia Bulat, Wolf Parade, and The New Pornographers

I’m content to let other bloggers do some work for me today regarding three Canadian bands. Cheers to them.
You can download songs by Basia Bulat from her Radio3 performance in Toronto. I think she’s fantastic. They have been transformed into magically delicious mp3s for you from i (heart) music. Once you’re hooked, buy her album.
I [...]

Favorite Albums of 2007

I am so incensed by the exclusion of Into the Wild’s soundtrack from year-end lists, I am creating a 2007 best albums list. Everyone else thinks they’re righting the world’s wrongs, too, but so be it.
stellasplice’s favorite albums of 2007:
Boxer ~ The National
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Music for the Motion Picture Into the Wild ~ Eddie [...]

St. Vincent and Basia Bulat

St. Vincent and Basia Bulat play only one gig together. It’s in Cambridge, Mass., on the first of March. These female vocalists/guitarists are as endearing as their music is ingratiating, and it should be a killer show.
St. Vincent is Annie Clark. I first saw her try to steal the stage from Tim DeLaughter as she [...]