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I have been doing alot of Swedish indie collecting as of late with the help a great site called Swedesplease (same folks who run Songs:Illinois). I have found a bunch of great stuff in my exploration and thought I would use this drop to showcase some of the ones I like. I like to […]

If you are interested in hearing some of the performances from Vegoose, go and check out the Internet Archive for a pretty nice selection. Most of them come in MP3 as well as Flac. The acts available are: Animal Liberation Orchestra, Spoon, The Codetalkers, The Decemberists, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Hacha, Sound Tribe Sector 9, […]

I came across DoCopenhangen’s Top 50 Music Videos for 2005 post earlier today and wanted to do a quick post on it. If you haven’t seen their number one selection ‘Rubber Johnny’ by the Aphex Twin then you should probably take sedative, find a nice big glass of your favorite spirit, and prepare to be […]

I finally got the GreaseMonkey extension for Firefox loaded up this morning after many failed attempts. After installing my first script (Gmail Label Colors thanks to slapjack adam), it was time to start searching for some more. I was really interested in what was available to assist in listening to and downloading mp3’s from the […]

For the folks who have listened to a majortiy of the akaRaff Radio Drops, you have probably heard of Herman Dune. If you haven’t then here’s your chance. The band has recently released 5 songs for download rom their June 2005 BBC session on their site. It is a great primer for the newbies […]

I have a rule. I will always pass on links to artists that have whole albums available for free download and I will let you decide if you like it or not.. Luke Tan’s ‘The Suicide King’ can be found here and I do think I like it. Thanks to the folks over at […]

I need to find some Indie music from Boston or the general area. I have been downloading music from all over the globe, but still have not found much from Boston. A search via google is far from fruitful. The best thing I could find was this online radio station by ExploitBoston.com that “features local […]

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aka::Raff Perspective”:The Catbirdseat was the first MP3 Blog that I ever came across. It was where my journey into playlist building began and I see it only fitting that my first prop session goes to him.
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It is good to see that even with all of his success and fame, Blake Ross, still has a sense of humor. This is one of my favorites predictions:
Yahoo, acclerating its bid to dominate the social space, will announce that it is buying the actual societies of 32 cash-strapped governments. Citizens will be allowed to […]