New Washed Out

Washed Out has a sexy new track out. It sounds pretty much just like the rest of his music. Warm, hazy summer beats. He is keeping the chillwave movement alive. I really like the new song, it would be one of my favorites on Life of Leisure if it was included on that. Grab it below!


http://www.mediafire.com/?nq3so8cs4ai1c2g

Best Coast Visits Daytrotter

YAY! The day has finally come for Best Coast to stop by the Daytrotter studios to give us a long session! You can hear the reverb has been dropped in half when Beth sings live, it's still there...but you can really hear her quite good singing voice shine through. This is a fun little session to listen to. They will be playing at BOMB Fest this year, so be sure to grab a ticket and get to that festival, its gonna be a lot of fun! You can download the daytrotter sesh for free of course, just sign up at their site! You won't regret it.

http://www.daytrotter.com/dt/best-coast-concert/20031236-3738209.html

Merry Christmas!

Happy Holidaze yall, it's a busy time of year and I'm still working on my Cville write up...and my albums of the year list..plus trying to shop for everyone! But the write ups are almost done. Now you will have something to read once you're done reading everyone's best of list's that are already posted! However I have some music that I need to get in your hands NOW! Some holiday tunes for you...Kanye, Beach House, and Dent May all posted really great Christmas songs in the past few days. I also have the new Toro Y Moi and Beach Fossils tracks from their new albums coming out next year! So enjoy the your break and your Holiday...be sure to check back for my list soon!

FREE DOWNLOAD------->>>>  Get Drunk on Christmas Playlist

Local Music Alert!!!!! -Downright Music and Art: Community Unity Festival

If you have no plans this afternoon/evening I would highly recommend heading over to Collinsville to Downright Music and Art. They are holding their Community Unity Day downtown and there is going to be great music, friendly people, and beautiful art. Music starts right at 1 with Vortex featuring Jeff of The Mclovins(one of the first bands blogged about here) and there will be a lot more music all day! Artists will have work up for show and The Flatbread Company will be providing yummy organic pizza! So do yourself a favor and get to Downright today, it's free so whaddya waitin for?!

Deer Tick - 20 Miles

Deer Tick has put the finishing touches on their new album, 'The Black Dirt Sessions', and they’ve offered up a free mp3 called “20 Miles”. The album is said to be a tad darker, exploring themes like death, mortality, and the existence of God. The song is absolutely wonderful, grab it below.

Free Download Deer Tick - 20 Miles

Phoenix Release Free Live Album

Phoenix is such a kickass band. Every album is pop perfection. Their latest release 'Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix' has blown up beyond comprension and the song 1901 was a staple for 2009. Keeping it cool, they are now giving away a FREE live album from Sydney. Their live sound doesn't change too much from what we hear in studio...but why mess with something that is already perfect?

Tracklisting for Live in Sydney:
01 Lisztomania
02 Lasso
03 Fences
04 Girlfriend
05 Armistice
06 Love Like a Sunset
07 Rome
08 1901

Free download of the album ------------>HERE

Tweefort Records

Browsing around one of my favorite blogs CTIndie I came across a link to Tweefort Records. They are promoters/distributors based out of New Haven and are now considered a free digital net label. They book local shows, and give away free digital singles, EPs and LPs. It's refreshing to know that there are people in CT that want to find and promote good local music. Hartford and New Haven both have emerging music scenes. It takes hard work, persistence, and the want for good music to come to and come out of CT... This is more about what I found on Tweefort.

'Tweefort Records promotes local, national and international pop music by booking shows and releasinag free digital singles, EPs and music compilations. Tweefort pairs state and regional bands with touring acts in order to foster a greater appreciation for pop music in the New Haven, Bridgeport and Southern and Central CT areas. We believe Connecticut needs more pop music!

Embracing a DIY ethic and a broad definition of the term “pop,” Tweefort books, promotes and releases a wide variety of music — from punk pop, rock, powerpop and psych to folk, twee and pure indiepop.

Tweefort was inspired by the indiepop scenes of cities such as Athens, Ga., Seattle, San Francisco, New York and Boston and the annual pop music festivals that take place around the country and world to begin to build a cohesive pop following in Connecticut. We believe our location — between New York and Boston and surrounded by college and university campuses — can make the greater New Haven area a destination for pop bands.

We also believe that building a scene begins at home. First and foremost, Tweefort strives to promote Connecticut pop bands. Connecticut has a number of talented bands that would benefit from coming together, promoting each other and playing with acts from across the country and the world.

Tweefort is about bringing bands together, forging connections and exposing people to great music.'

You can view and download their six releases HERE. The album that I picked up this morning was Women's Basketball 'An Octopus, But Like. An Octopus With Massive Wings and Junk'. How can you NOT want to download an album like that? It's pretty enjoyable, messy, funny, very catchy, lofi pop that for the price of free, I can't complain about.

Be sure to also check out their newest release the 'Home and Abroad Vol 2' compliation. The first cd hosts all CT bands, while the second cd features bands outside the Nutmeg State. FayRay and Slam Donahue played the release party in Feb. Here's the rest of the info on the good cause.

Tweefort Records Homepage
Facebook Page
Myspace Page

2010 - The Year So Far

The decade is off to a great start in the music department. A few friends and I were talking today about our favorite albums of the year so far, I decided to put together a little list. Here is OA's Top 20ish Albums of 2010. I can't get enough of the efforts put out by Toro y Moi, Beach House, Local Natives, and Morning Benders. They are all really amazing albums from start to finish. Shoot me an email or leave a comment if you want to check out any of these artists.


Toro y Moi ~ Causers of This
Beach House ~ Teen Dream
Local Natives ~ Gorilla Manor
Morning Benders ~ Big Echo
Harlem ~ Hippies
Tallest Man On Earth ~ The Wild Hunt
Yeasayer ~ Odd Blood
Emancipator ~ Safe in the Steep Hills
Magic Man ~ Real Life Color
Vampire Weekend ~ Contra

Frightened Rabbit ~ The Winter of Mixed Drinks
Gorillaz ~ Plastic Beach
jj ~ no. 3
Jonna Newsom ~ Have One on Me
Spoon ~ Transference
Four Tet ~ There is Love in You
Owen Pallett ~ Heartland
Happy Birthday ~ Happy Birthday
Los Campesinos! ~ Romance is Boring
Hot Chip ~ One Life Stand
Javelin ~ No Mas
Broken Bells ~ Broken Bells
Asura ~ Asura
Hot Chip ~ One Life Stand

Aziz Is The Man

Aziz Ansari is one of the funniest guy's on the planet. I posted one of his videos before . He has a blog Aziz is Bored. It's a must follow, the guy is hilarious. He has made a mixtape under his alter-ego RAAAAAAANDY. He dropped the first single from what he is calling 'The Randy Mixtape'. The song is called AAAAAAAANGRY. It's pretty funny. Aziz is on the mic and calls out every single rapper for not getting back to them with the verses for the mixtape. Kid Cudi, Jay-Z, Luda, Dre, Drake, WuTang, Eminem, MF Doom, Mos Def, Kanye....no one is safe.

Download 'AAAAAAAANGRY' FO FREEEEEE

Local Music Alert!!!!!!! - Straight To VHS

Oh shit!!!!! Just found my new garage rock punk band to follow. 'Straight To VHS' is a band out of New London, CT...and they are wasting no time getting their name out there. They are playing tons of shows and just released their debut EP titled 'Self Titled'. Lo-fi fuzzy guitars and multi tracked vocals, it all just sounds so badass. The multi tracking gives it a sound as if there is more then one person singing. You can compare them to the 70's punk of The Clash and The Sonic. The album has a rock and roll swagger to it, really really good!  I can't wait to check these guys out real soon. Head over to http://straighttovhs.bandcamp.com/ to stream &/or buy the album. Check out their Myspace for shows.

Andrew W.K., Japanther, Lemonade, Free Show in Hartford

'It's hard to imagine a more perfect pairing: The Hartford Party Starters Union celebrates its first anniversary Friday with a performance by Andrew W.K., who loves to party so much that the word is in the title of at least a half-dozen of his songs.

The booking is a coup for the Party Starters, a loosely organized group of area residents that formed a year ago with the intention of, well, starting parties and fomenting other activities to show that Hartford is more fun than many people think.' Source

What what what?!?! I am just finding out about this now?! (thank you Sierra for the tip). So, there is a group called The Hartford Party Starters, and I need to find a way to make them my best friends. They put together this group to throw sick parties in Hartford. You don't get any cooler then that. So tonight is the 1 year anniversary, and they are throwing a FREE show @ the The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. Check out the Facebook page for it ------->HERE!!!! see ya there!

Magic Man - Real Life Color

I think I just found my new favorite album of '10. Okay, maybe that was a quick draw...I'm still on my first spin, but this is fantastic music. The Boston based duo, Magic Man, started making their music together during a summer spent in France. They took what they had and brought it back to the states, where they tweaked and edited it. It's definitely got that lofi indie feel, but its very electronica too. This music reminds me of Freelance Whales, with a little Modest Mouse feel.

The best part, the band has decided to give this album away for the lovely price of free. So do yourself a favor...head on over to http://magicman.bandcamp.com/ download this album fo freeeee!!!!

Seriously, go download it.