near laguna beach, ca

While I was in LA this past weekend for my friend Dan's graduation from Biola, I met his rockin' friend Felicia. While we were in the car (45 min to get anywhere in LA from Biola) she was playing a band called City and Colour. I like them a lot, here's their myspace.

Try Me Bicycle

Try Me Bicycle MySpace

NPR Music article on Try Me Bicycle

thanks, marion.

MySpace Love

I forgot that I can listen to music for free on MySpace, it seems like a temporary fix for my moral/ethical dilemma of downloading music. Here are some peeps I'm listening to:

Matt Costa
Wild Sweet Orange
Santogold
Feist
Vampire Weekend
Guitar Slim

"At her second American show, in September, at Joe's Pub, Nash projected a combination of nervousness and aplomb. A pale, button-faced redhead who wears what the British press calls 'granny dresses' - think of 'Little House on the Prairie' - she slumped at her piano, except when, at rare moments, she remembered that she shouldn't and sat up straight. She tore through her set with alarming force and speed. She enunciated precisely and didn't miss a note, no matter how hard or fast she hit the keys. (Watching her perform, a friend leaned over and whispered, 'This girl does not do drugs. Her brain sounds so pink.') Given time, Nash will probably start distinguishing between anger and peevishness, and figure out which of her terrible boyfriends deserves a song. Going easy on the Web probably wouldn't hurt."

-Sasha Frere-Jones "Full Exposure: Making it on MySpace" on Kate Nash.

Just in the Mail

I just got this in the mail today from half.com I heard one of their songs on the radio on a high school youth group road trip back from Destin, FL. I like them a ton. I recommend 'Ballad of the Dumb Angel' and 'Death Club', neither of which are on their MySpace page. Oh well, here's the link anyway: The Loose Salute

Oh, wait, on Lastfm.com you can download 'Death Club' for free and listen to a good part of 'Ballad of the Dumb Angel'. Here ya go.