The Futurist

Just what the world needs, ANOTHER blog! And a music one at that. But wait! The Futurist is the official blog of WOXY.com and I can tell you right now you'll need to be checking in on them often. I always get geeked on their Lounge Acts—exclusive live sessions with anybody who's somebody in the big, wide world of indie rock. Also handy dandy is their "Daily Hits" section where they filter the days music news. Nice work Mike, Shiv & Joe.

New MP3 from Thee More Shallows

Thee More Shallows have never lacked a respectable sense of texture. Instead of settling for simple instrumentation, they've always busted out a toy piano, strings, found sounds, and other musical detrius to keep things interesting. Now that the band is recording for neighboring Bay Area label, Anticon, their extracurricular sounds and noises have grown darker and grittier and damn it sounds nice. "Book of Bad Breaks" will be available April 24th.

Night at the Knight School [MP3, 4.7MB, 192kbps]

The Ettes on Tour

The Ettes are taking the long way home from SXSW. Memphis readers, please join me there! Poni's pounding of the skins made her knuckles bleed when they last visited in January...

3/19/07 - hi-tone - memphis, tn
3/23/07 - the conservatory - oklahoma city, ok
3/24/07 - burt's tiki lounge - albuquerque, nm
3/26/07 - surly wench - tucson, az
3/30/07 - spaceland - special farewell show - los angeles, ca

New music from Haley Bonar

Haley Bonar has a remarkable voice, especially live. Gosh, I'm gonna get all gushy, so we'll let her songs speak for themselves.

Captain Captain [MP3, 4.3MB, 160kbps]