Subject: Internet Music Services

• new music, yacht rock and peep surgery

  recent experiments in listening to the same songs over and over and over (and over) again have proven that the following songs have pay little (to no) heed to the law of diminishing returns (which i actually know nothing about, having slept through an entire semester of a.p. economics in high school): destroyer's "painter in your pocket" and kenny loggins' "i'm alright". now, those i've talked to about this have completely ignored my musings on destroyer (citing lack of familiarity) and claimed

  March 2, 2006

• more new music, shows next week, shotgunning beers

  acting on a tip from my very good pal harris (all-around sexy kid and one-half of local up-and-comers senior recreation), i purchased kelley stoltz's below the branches off iTunes about 25 minutes ago (having made an unrelated purchase of guided by voices' bee thousand--i lost my old copy--15 minutes prior). so far, i can tell dude's going to be my new favorite obsession, seeing how he's equal parts brian wilson, emmitt rhodes and richard swift. annnnnnd the beautiful last track, "no world like

  March 3, 2006

• oc weekly <3 cold war kids frank lenz

  it's 5:14 on friday and i'm lazy and i don't feel like rambling on and on and on and on about how much i love music right now. so instead, i will give you the highlights of my iChat conversation with my lovely and amazing lil' assistant, miss vickie chang. i'll even break it into sections, so you might digest them easily. i. on mr. frank lenz (who, incidentally, i saw play at detroit on 3/13 and fell absolutely head over heals in love with. pick up his cd, vilelenz and thieves, available on hid

  March 17, 2006

• Celebrate Record Store Day April 19

  Currently on the endangered species list: your local record store. (You remember those, right?) In a valiant attempt to raise awareness of their existence and importance (and perhaps move some stock), hundreds of independently owned music emporia throughout North America are celebrating Record Store Day by holding special events and sales Friday April 19. Close to OC, Long Beach's Fingerprints and LA's Amoeba are participating. I highly recommend frequenting a shop or two Saturday and showin

  April 18, 2008

• Matt Costa on Morning Becomes Eclectic

  Huntington Beach's Matt Costa will be performing live on KCRW's "Morning Becomes Eclectic" today at 11:15 a.m. Tune in to 89.9 FM, or if you're stuck at work, you can listen online at kcrw.com. For iTunes users—aren't we all?—there's a link embedded in the "Radio" section of iTunes. Costa will also be playing a couple of sorta-hometown shows this weekend: Saturday at the El Rey and Sunday at the Glass House. Saturday's long sold-out but head over to Pomona to get your fix before Costa and

  May 14, 2008

• Bandwidth on the Run

  March 9, 2000

• Napster Up Your Asster

  June 29, 2000

• Stephen Colbert on This Fall's New Albums

  From last night's "Colbert Report": Stephen takes on Evolver by John Legend, That Don't Make Me A Bad Guy by Toby Keith, and of course, the once-elusive, now-ubiquitous Chinese Democracy. Sure, it's just a thinly veiled plug for his Christmas special on Sunday, but it's worth it for the iTunes cover flow-esque intro alone.

  November 21, 2008

• On Blast record available at iTunes

  Long Beach's On Blast recorded a full-length album a few months ago. I was one of the lucky ones to get a copy and right away I knew it was good. I also knew if the songs got to the people, the band would have a pretty good chance at making some waves. Well, people, here's your chance.The 12 songs are available at iTunes for $9.99. Thank me later.

  June 2, 2009

• On Blast record available at iTunes

  Long Beach's On Blast recorded a full-length album a few months ago. I was one of the lucky ones to get a copy and right away I knew it was good. I also knew if the songs got to the people, the band would have a pretty good chance at making some waves. Well, people, here's your chance.The 12 songs are available at iTunes for $9.99. Thank me later.

  June 2, 2009

• New Digital-Only Japanese Motors EP Released Today

  Costa Mesa's Japanese Motors have been as popular lately as the Octomom has been unpopular, selling out theaters across the country with their sweet opening gig on Modest Mouse's current tour. They continue their momentum today with a new digital-only EP, Perception of Reality, available now on iTunes and the link. The three tracks go for $1.99, and include acoustic takes on two songs from their 2008 self-titled debut--"Spendin' Days" and "Better Trends"--and a demo version of "Bummin' Out." See

  March 3, 2009

• Today: New Lady Sovereign

  Yes, more Lady Sovereign news from me. Why? Because she rules. That's why.Her latest disc is called Jigsaw and it's out today. You can buy it at these things called record stores or do what everyone else in 2009 does and get it at iTunes. Either way, I'm pretty sure the songs are the same.The first single, "So Human," charted in the UK. Come on Americans, let's help out the biggest midget in the game. Buy that shit.

  April 7, 2009

• [Aural Reports] Garden Grove-Based Online Shop Smartpunk Serves the Savvy Punk/Metal Fan

  August 7, 2008

• The Mellow Show

  May 1, 2008

• MP3 the Easy Way

  Indie music retail gains momentum online

  July 5, 2007

• By Any Means Necessary

  July 19, 2001

• Rage Against the Machine's Machine

  June 1, 2000

• What's Buzzing Through the Skulls of Orange County

  May 18, 2000