When it comes to discovering music, there truly is no asset greater than the blog aggregators. Any time you need to find a song for a piece or if you need to get something worth listening to and don’t feel like asking the dudes at “Unnamed Local Indie Music Store” for their help (and potentially subjecting yourself to their possible ridicule), nothing makes life better than sitting down behind your keyboard and downloading the newest “hot” song on Elbo.ws or Hype Machine.
That being said, here’s some stuff that trickled into my mailbox or stumbled blindly into my Google Reader account and I couldn’t ignore it. If music can be described with an appropriate flavor, this mix would still be just plain tasty.
In this week’s edition: Mates of State, Music go Music, Natural Snow Buildings, Ratatat , The Cotton Jones Basket Ride, The Kabeedies, The Pharmacy, The Ting Tings, This Will Destroy You, Twin Crystals, and Black Kids.
Come check out the Radio Exile mp3 Mixtape: Vol. 6 “after the jump”
Mates of State [MySpace]
“My Only Offer” [mp3]
Music go Music [MySpace]
“Light of Love” [mp3]
Natural Snow Buildings [MySpace]
“The Spears of the Wolf” [mp3]
Ratatat [MySpace]
“Shiller” [mp3]
The Cotton Jones Basket Ride [MySpace]
“Midnight Monday and a Telescope” [mp3]
The Kabeedies [MySpace]
“Sideburns” [mp3]
The Pharmacy [MySpace]
“Little Toys on a Shelf” [mp3]
The Ting Tings [MySpace]
“Shut Up and Let Me Go” [mp3]
This Will Destroy You [MySpace]
“They Move on Never Ending Tracks of Light” [mp3]
Twin Crystals [MySpace]
“With or Without You” [mp3]
Black Kids [MySpace]
“I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You” [mp3]
As always, the featured mp3s are for listening and sampling purposes only, and were posted with the intent of promoting great music. If an artist or label wants something taken down, email me at sms[at]insidepulse[dot]com and the song comes down.
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About time the Black Kids were shown some love. It’s like a single from a lost John Hughes movie, sitting comfortably next to Simple Minds and the Psychedelic Furs.
The love here is due to the simple fact that Black Kids are friggin’ great. You like ‘em too? Good.
I kept meaning to mention something about them but no one frequents the forum so it seemed kind of pointless.