I’ve been meaning to post this for a while now, back in September of 2005 Harvey Danger released their album - Little by Little - as a free download on their website. The album is available in MP3 or Ogg and available either via direct download or via Bittorrent. My favorite tracks?

Cream and Bastards Rise
Moral Centralia
Little Round Mirrors
Happiness Writes White
Cool James
What You Live By
Diminishing Returns

But what’s that you say? That’s most of the songs off the album? Why yes, yes it is. The more I listened the more each grew on me, and the listed tracks are what made it to my current play list. While you’re downloading, checkout HD’s reasons for distributing their music on the internets in internet-distributing-musical-trailblazing style. The forum is also still lively!

At this point I haven’t actually been motivated to get anything posted in a while (to many other things taking my time away from me). BUT! I’m working on it. This weekend I’ve got some time off, but I’ve also got a lot on my plate to take care of. So at this point I may or may not have some of my projects blogged, but till then I have a list of the SotD from NPR. These are the ones I liked out of the most recently available tracks. Enjoy!!

NPR Post: An Air of Portent That Borders on Menace
Artist: Low

NPR Post: Bloc Party’s ‘Second-Generation Blues’
Artist: Bloc Party
Comment: YEAH! Very cool! Somewhere between techno adn punk… maybe…

NPR Post: Fountains of Wayne: Long-Distance Dedication
Artist: Fountains of Wayne
Comment: Ah yes, local color, always a good way to win points.

NPR Post: An Electrified Mantra, Straight out of the ’90s
Artist: The Ponys
Comment: For some reason, I think The Cure or Blue Oyster Cult when I heard this, even though they really don’t sound like either of them…

NPR Post: Finding Comfort in Feeling Trapped
Artist: Delorean
Comment: Slightly depressing, but worth listening to.

NPR Post: Tempering Whimsy with a Sprinkling of Venom
Artist: The Bird and Bee

NPR Post: Warm and Cool, Buzzy and Insinuating
Artist: Maria Taylor

NPR Post: Grim Ingredients Form a Winsome, Pretty Package
Artist: Winterpills
Comment: The last few all had female vocals, I liked them, I’m not sure what they remind me of, but I take a trip backwards in time when I hear these.

NPR Post: Hummable Pop Gets Dark and Theatrical
Artist: The Besnard Lakes

If you’re looking for new types of music, then NPR has a feature you should check out. Called “Song of the Day”, it has many different styles of music for you to sample. There’s one I like from February 8th from a band called Monkey Majik. Take a look, you may like what you find!

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