Return of The Zebras

The Zebras - Try mp3

The Zebras - Fire, Fire mp3

Brisband The Zebras return June 27 with Siesta, their first LP in seven years. We've long enjoyed their melodious, gentle jangle and if the two freebies from Jigsaw (USA) and Lost and Lonesome (Oz) are indicative, we'll be picking up right where we left off. Many thanks to Melbourne blog Who The Hell for the headsup.

We're also posting below a song we downloaded some time ago courtesy of Pop Boomerang. You can begin the process of a free download by clicking here.

November Nightwalk

Oh, what a neato night of pavement pounding! Here, in precise order, is the crème de la crème of tonight’s just-completed nocturnal mission, randomly chosen for us by my thoughtful little pod. Clicking the LABELS doodads down dere just might turn up more tuneage by acts you like.

Robert Pollard - Pop Zeus mp3

You Are My Everything - Factory of New Consent mp3

The Daysleepers - The Soft Attack mp3

Strawberry Story - Ashlands Road mp3

Bedroom Eyes - The Skywriter mp3

Debbie Harry - Two Times Blue mp3

Black Kids - I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You mp3

Little My – Do You Really Want to Go mp3

The Most Serene Republic - Sherry and Her Butterfly Net mp3

Quant - Starkey and Me mp3

Maximo Park - Girls Who Play Guitars mp3

The Zebras – You Look Ready mp3

Three Imaginary Girls Might Have The Cure For The Blues

Here's some tempting news from Three Imaginary Girls, and since I'm reasonably close, I'm quite inclined to go. They even threw in some free mp3s I'm passing along to you, so maybe we're all happy. Here's part of their email message.

Three Imaginary Girls is pleased as punch to announce our first-ever showcase at SXSW in Austin, Texas, with co-sponsors Magic Marker Records, Music Nation, and KOOP 91.7FM. The event will take place at Lovejoy's in downtown Austin on Thursday, March 15, 2007, from 12-6p. The show is free to the public, with free beer (while supplies last), and delightful live music from an international line-up of pop superstar bands:
12p: The Zebras (Brisbane, Australia)
1p: The Manhattan Love Suicides (Leeds, UK)
2p: BOAT (Seattle, WA)
3p: Tullycraft (Seattle, WA)
4p: The Faintest Ideas (Gothenburg, Sweden)
5p: Palomar (Brooklyn, NY)

And here are some of the tunes. We're having a bit of linking trouble, so please be patient. I'm leaving out some of the band links so the songs will work.

The Zebras – You Look Ready mp3 - See microlips for more good stripey sounds.

The Manhattan Love Suicides – Suzy Jones mp3

BOAT - The Bar Is Too Low To Fail mp3

The Faintest Ideas - Nosebleeders on the Track mp3

Tullycraft - Popsongs Your New Boyfriend's Too Stupid to Know About mp3

And now for the moral conundrum: Am I being used? I hope so.

Last.fm Weekly Downloads

Here are the ones I liked best this week at Last.fm's Weekly Free Downloads.

The Zebras - Car of Idiots mp3
Tiger Baby - Sweetheart mp3
Mobius Band - Starts Off with a Bang mp3
The Lovekevins - Blame the English mp3
The Positions - Every Conversation mp3

P. S.: All five songs played perfectly in Windows Media Player 10. After "upgrading" to WMP 11, the Tiger Baby and Mobius Band songs wouldn't play on my computer. Please tell me if you have trouble with them. I've contacted Microsoft "customer service," but, well, you know.