Safes and Sounds: Brian Jonestown, Hooray For Earth, TPOBPAH, K. Andrews, Oranger, Hush Now, Ettes, Davila 666, Wino, Polara, Get Help, et. al. . .

Hiyas.

Hooray For Earth - from their self-titled LP on Dopamine Records, due out 13 Jan. 09; and, yeh, it's a pretty good planet.

Take Care mp3

Want Want Want mp3

Kyle Andrews - from Real Blasty, due out on 20 Jan. 09

Sushi mp3

Wavering Between the Real and the Abstract mp3

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Everything With You mp3 - from the single of the same name, released 8 Oct. - We're still very much enjoying these previously posted Pains killers:

Doing All the Things That Wouldn't Make Your Parents Proud mp3
Orchard of My Eye mp3

Oranger - Going Under mp3 - Note the primo powerpop shift.

The Hush Now - Sadie Hawkins Dance mp3 - Thanks to Team Clermont.

Davila 666 - Dimelo Ya - Puertorriqueños want answers! Gracias a Pitchfork.

The Ettes - I Heard Tell - from Look at Life Again Soon - Thanks to Ian Anderson at Vitriol. Maybe you'd like these, too, in case you missed them.
Marathon mp3
No More Surprises mp3

The Safes - Sight of All Light mp3 - Thanks to Fanatic Promotion.

Wino - Dutch Oven mp3 - from A Bottle Of Pills With A Bullet Chaser, out 4 Nov.

Polara - Is This It? - nice Beatles-Go-to-India vibe

The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Yeah-Yeah mp3 - Here's a couple of more:

Cold to the Touch mp3

Seer mp3

Get Help - Red Jacket Orchards mp3

Dar Williams - It's Alright mp3 - from Promised Land

Gemma Hayes - Out of Our Hands mp3 - from The Hollow of Morning

The Olympic Symphonium - Intentions Alone - from More In Sorrow Than Anger, due out 11 Nov. - kind of a nice way to end it. . .

Thus concludeth our second year of festivities here at Powerpopulist. Thank you very much for visiting.

Leg Tail Leg Edition: Teenage Head, Girls, Ettes, Monolators, Upsidedown, Telepathic B's, TBRP, Head of Femur, Bellfuries, Marching Band, et. al. . .

Girls, Girls, Girls!!!
One more time, in case we still have visitors. (Hopefully you haven't noticed our recent AWOLitude.) Here's what we've been up to. How 'bout youse?

Teenage Head - Top Down mp3

The Girls - Transfer Station mp3 from Yes, No, Yes, No, Yes, No - Thanks to Pitchfork.

The Ettes - Marathon mp3 - off the forthcoming release Look At Live Again Soon - Thanks to Alyssa Kleven at Vitriol Independent Promotions.

The Monolators - This Is Goodbye mp3 - from Don't Dance, due 21st Oct

The Upsidedown - Silver Wind mp3 - They'll be supporting The Dandy Warhols on their upcoming fall tour of North America. You might notice sonic similarities.

The Telepathic Butterflies - Telescope mp3 - from Breakfast in Suburbia - Rainbow Quartz has another sample here (plus samples from other TTB albums). Not Lame has more samples and purchase info here.

The Broken River Prophet - This Gaping Wound in My Chest Is Like Reading Your Diary Out Loud mp3 - I'm kind of a psucker for this psychy Byrdsy pstuff.

Head of Femur - Acme: The Summit of a Mountain mp3

Bellfuries - Give It, Get It mp3 - from Palmyra (out 4th Nov)

Marching Band - Travel in Time mp3

Plushgun - Just Impolite mp3 from Plushgun (fires 19th Aug)

Psychic Stunts - Speaker's Block mp3 - from their 101 Pick Up Lines EP - Thanks to the wonderful Estogang over at microlips.

Further contrition: We regret we ran out of room to include the last period of the ellipsis in the postitle (not to mention Plushgun and Psychic Stunts). Sheesh.

SXSW 2008: Post Cinq

All right, let us continue looking forward to SXSW 2008. The previous 42 songs we've posted so far this year can be found here, here, here, and here. Lots more gooduns are queued up and ready to play, so keep coming back if you like.

Chikita Violenta – Laydown mp3

Longwave - No Direction mp3

King of Prussia - Misadventures of the Campaign Kids mp3

Pink Nasty - Away Message mp3

The Ettes - Marathon mp3

Bo Pepper - Blinkandyou'llmissit! mp3

Hank IV - Dirty Poncho mp3

The High Class Elite - They Call It Dancin' mp3

The Pigeon Detectives - I'm Not Sorry mp3

The Golden Dogs - Construction Worker mp3

Clicking song names should play the song. Clicking artists' names will take you to their SXSW page. You might already know these factoids, but I'm just trying to be helpful.

SXSW 2007, cont'd: 2 x 5

We continue our preview of the upcoming South by Southwest Festival, but let's try something different. Today we have two sets: New to Me/Known to Me. You wanta talk creative? Wow.


NTM
Art in Manila – Our Addictions mp3
Black Tie Dynasty – Tender mp3
The Faceless Werewolves – My Weakness mp3
The Golden Dogs – Never Meant Any Harm mp3
Le Meu Le Purr – Concrete Butterfly mp3

KTM
The Ettes – No More Surprises mp3
Jets Overhead – Seems So Far mp3
The M’s – Plan of the Man mp3
The Manhattan Love Suicides – Kick It Back mp3
Oppenheimer – Breakfast in New York mp3