Like our own Mr. Benson, I too have a soft spot for female vocalist. The last week, I can’t seem to pull away from a melancholy little ditty by the name of “Near to You”. This achingly beautiful ballad can be found on A Fine Frenzy’s debut album, “One Cell In the Sea”. [...]
I’ve been on hiatus finalizing plans on The Great American Road Trip – here’s this weeks playlist
Oh John – Jeremy Enigk
Distant Street Lights – Codes in Clouds
Section 29 (Light to Follow) – The Polyphonic Spree
Penny On A Train Track – Ben Kweller
You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb – Spoon
You Don’t Know Her Name – Maps
I Believe [...]
This weeks episode features international troubadour, Josh Rouse. Dan talks with Josh about the latest album, Country Mouse, City House, his thoughts on world music and how you can get a hold of Josh’s latest recommendations through his Bedroom Classics. Download it today.
Download Josh Rouse – Country Mouse, City House
With an upcoming performance on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Ferraby Lionheart is solidifying his spot as a modern day troubadour. This month Lionherat releases his first major label album (Digitally on August 7th, physically on September 4th) on Nettwerk and to give you a taste they’ve got a special FREE download [...]
As if you haven’t seen enough of Tegan and Sara in the past few weeks, they’ve got one more surprise. A new music video for “Back in Your Head”.
Also, The Con is tearing it up… It debuted at #34 on the Billboard 200 and is the #20 most downloaded album on iTunes. Congratulations T&S!
Big news out of the Matt Pond PA camp:
Mike here from Altitude Records. Just letting you know, you can swing by the matt pond PA MySpace page to hear a track from the new album LAST LIGHT!
They have also launched a great pre-order for Last Light, which hits shelves on September 25th (all pre-orders include [...]
CocoRosie is the sisterly duet whose delicate and finely tuned sound is penetrating coffee shops all over the country. Sierra Rose Casady and Bianca Leilani Casady are their real names.
Being born only a few years apart from one another, they spent most of their adolescence apart due to complexities with their parents separation. The [...]
Aussie sextet Architecture in Helsinki will release its third album, Places Like This on Aug. 21 via Polyvinyl Records, and will launch a full US tour on Oct. 10 in Philadelphia. The single, Heart it Races, is out now on CD EP, 12″ and 7″ formats. The band is currently in their native land playing [...]
This week is for the Music lovers. A special episode of THE DROP Live! features Pattern is Movement who are destroying audiences (in a good way) with their version of Post rock pop melodies. AND THEN David Bazan takes the stage and gives up the ghost as he travels from old school to new in [...]
This week Drop Music Editor Matt Benson talks with Dan Koch from the band, Sherwood. Dan tells Matt about the recent album, how they ended up on Myspace Records and the lowdown on an early side project. Download it today!
