From their forthcoming EP Midsommar (due for release on August 25th on 7″ vinyl and digital download),we bring you ‘Every Summer’ by Washington DC band U.S. Royalty. “U.S. Royalty are the newest...
Shattered Atom: Unde...
posted by Stuart Morrison
This is the single from the new album The Knife The Thief from this band from Los Angeles, California. For a limited time the band are giving away their album from their web site shatteredatom.com (needs Flash) From...
Israel Darling: Sams...
posted by Stuart Morrison
From their just-released album Dinosaur Bones and Mechanical Hands (Engine Room Recordings) Feeling trapped and isolated is a way of life in Western North Carolina. Its small towns foster unique coming-of-age experiences...
Mantis: What? (feat....
posted by Sarah Morrison
From the recently released album Still Life, we bring you Mantis with ‘What? (feat. Justis)’. “Possibly one of Canada’s freshest offspring of the love triangle between funk, soul, and hiphop,...
TenPenny Joke: Chaos...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Hailing from Melbourne in Australia, this is from their 2004 album Ambush On All Sides, a free download from Jamendo Jokes are Ten a Penny! Currently taking an extended break from live shows to follow a few of their...
Quiet Company: It...
posted by Sarah Morrison
Today’s Daily Dose is brought to you by Quiet Company from Austin, TX. This track (apart from having the longest title we’ve seen since Pink Floyd’s ‘Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered...
Stone Machine: Dirty...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Brand new Classic Rock, from their self-titled album. Brand new Classic rock in the vein of Free and Bad Company. Written by Dirk Blevins. This album was produced by Dirk Blevins and Jason Mays Recording Location:...
Storybox: High
posted by Sarah Morrison
From the Netherlands, this is Storybox. Today’s Daily Dose is taken from their recently released album You Can Be Replaced (produced by British producer Roger Bechirian). ‘High’ is a simple, happy pop tune...
The Blacks: Sunday B...
posted by Stuart Morrison
From their album Tiger Songs The Blacks are a dark and dancy San Francisco/NYC three-piece known for their short, blistering stage shows and laser-beam intensity. With a stripped down instrumentation...
Confusion Is Next: G...
posted by Stuart Morrison
From their EP The Generation Of This Order, available for free download from Jamendo,and released soon on afmusic Established in Monza, Italy, in 2004, CONFUSION IS NEXT is an alternative rock quartet spreading chaos...
Flight Crash Compani...
posted by Stuart Morrison
From the album An Untitled Winter Bio Flight Crash Companion is the anti-band. It is a revolving cast of musicians centered around the efforts of Evan Cooney. Sometimes its down-tempo melancholy lo-fi folk, sometimes...
Viola: Shimmery Summ...
posted by Stuart Morrison
In an attempt to restart the summer here in the UK, we give you some unashamedly summery music from Finland Even Finland has gotten a taste of real summer this year for a change, so obviously this calls for celebration...
Alone in the Chaos: ...
posted by Stuart Morrison
From the album Ballads In White Forest (2008) Alone In The Chaos is a solo Creative Commons project, created in 2007 by Pascal Bar, a Belgian musician based in the city of Sprimont. Head over to his Jamendo Artist Page...
Inside View: Judas
posted by Sarah Morrison
July 15th, 2009 Today’s IR Daily Dose is a special one folks – we’re promoting the release of Inside View’s EP Underneath the Stars, which is available now for the low price of nothing at all!...
Autorotation: Everyt...
posted by Stuart Morrison
The title track from their third album. Autorotation is an electronic/post rock/ambient band currently based in England. Main members Robyn Sellman and Igor Olejar are now joined by Phil Stutely and Kal Bukov. Since...
Bonnie: Come and get...
posted by Sarah Morrison
July 12, 2009 From Montevideo in Uruguay, Bonnie is Sofi Garcia, Lucho Garcia, Jero Gozalez, Ignacio Rohr and Santiago Lenoble. They started life as a covers band playing all manner of classic rock and pop tunes to...
Craving Strange: Its...
posted by Stuart Morrison
From Amityville, New York – Album Savior Self out August 1st Craving Strange is a Long Island rock band that knows what it means to be rock and roll. With former area favorite Sick as Monday members Jimmy Gerovac and...
Lissy Trullie: She S...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Lizzy McChesney, better known by the stage name Lissy Trullie, is an American singer and former model. She also performs with her band named Lissy Trullie, and released her debut EP, ‘Self-Taught Learner’, in February...
The New Slave: Brigh...
posted by Stuart Morrison
San Francisco , California , US Built around glacial Pink Floyd rhythms and spacey guitar and keyboard textures, the New Slave boast a psychedelic sound. But for all of the space they create, this band is focused: the hooks...
The Coal Men: Nighti...
posted by Stuart Morrison
From their album Kids with Songs After ten years of touring, broken bones, dealing with death, destruction and the general mayhem of living in a van, recording when possible, and writing amazing songs, Nashville-based...
Jets Under Fire: Lik...
posted by Jason Evangelho
Here’s a band from Austin, TX that is not only tech savvy (a necessary trait for ALL indie bands now) but creates incredible music and gives it away for free, including their two releases EP1 and EP2. There’s no...
Echo Slightly: Run S...
posted by Stuart Morrison
From their album Birds Fly South Echo Slightly is a downtempo project that draws influences from Massive Attack, Imogen Heap, Portishead, and The Gathering. In 2005, Morgan Long did guest vocals on Stabilizer’s “A...
Henry Homesweet: Oki...
posted by Jason Evangelho
I’m on a retro video game kick lately, and when I stumbled across this artist @ The Sixtyone, I was hooked. Here’s his bio: Henry Homesweet is a music project to express all of my creativity. I work with lots of...
Megafaun: The Fade
posted by Stuart Morrison
From their album Gather, Form & Fly This is the Summer of Megafaun. Their highly-anticipated second album, Gather, Form & Fly, is a monument to a band that hundreds have experienced on stages, under trees, in...
Math the Band: Why D...
posted by Jason Evangelho
“More expensive Casio equipment than Devo” – CMJ Math the Band is equal parts Atom and His Package and Andrew WK. Sampled casio sk1 drums, paired with solid square waves and more BPMs than can possibly be...
Deer Tick: Standing ...
posted by Stuart Morrison
To mark the release of the second album “Born on Flag Day”, here is a song from their first album “War Elephant”. Head over to Partisan Records to check out both of them. Deer Tick is a rock n...
Plajia: Dummy
posted by Jason Evangelho
Note from Jason: I’m a sucker for “The Bends”-era Radiohead. Plajia (pronounced “plah-gee-ah”) scratches that itch nicely! Lauded by music critics in Canada and abroad, trip-rock group Plajia,...
Fabulous Hats: Tranc...
posted by Stuart Morrison
From Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada Neil Dobson was a regular on the Toronto club circuit for years with various original bands. “I go back a ways in Toronto, we played Larry’s Hideaway a lot -such a...
State Shirt: Compute...
posted by Jason Evangelho
This marks the 2nd State Shirt appearance on the ‘Dose: If you dig this track, make sure to check out “Time To Go” which Charles featured on our Daily Dose feed a couple months back. State Shirt sculpts...
the fictions: le tra...
posted by Jason Evangelho
THE FICTIONS’ EPIC BIOGRAPHY COMMENCES: And so, the Fictions descended upon the world of men, bleating their war cry, “Le Traitor,” as their foes hastily met them on the battlefield. However, in a...
Ume: Pendulum
posted by Stuart Morrison
Ume (pronounced “ooo-may”) are from Austin, Texas, and Pendulum is a song on their EP Sunshower released earlier this year. The band’s genetic make-up is a little shoegaze, garage rock, noise and...
Watching Cars: Attri...
posted by Jason Evangelho
The brainchild of brothers David and Collin, Watching Cars is a unique blend of homespun roots and understated pop that will have you unknowingly whistling melodies the next day. Both boys, Texas born and bred, grew up on a...