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Catpower has a new record out, so why not try before you buy? Click the link above for the official site (where you can listen to the entire album streaming) or check out Matador's CatPower Audio page for an mp3 or two. Also don't miss the very first Terrence, American Buddhist review, which was of Catpower's last record.

Mired may be down for the count, but they're still serving mp3s from the likes of Air, Peanut Butter Wolf, and DJ Muggs. Get them all for free at the Mired MP3 archive.

Each year, USOUNDS selects a poet laureate in order to recount the tales of bravery, debauchery, and delusions of grandeur that are so common to our fleet of Journalists. In the past our laureates have been pale young gentlemen with faux-meek demeanors that belie a core of pretension and rage. This year's selection, Karim Oates, is no exception. His first assignment was to sub for a drug-addled Lance F. Rockaway and cover the first of two sold-out Interpol shows in Los Angeles...

The Case of the Valentine's Day Ex

Through a haze of smoke a smooth-skinned sista called my name. "Yes, I'm Hammett, please, come in." My secretary was on permanent vacation after her no-account motofreak boyfriend had breezed into town with a fifth of Jameson and keys to a cheap motel room downtown.

Nick Cave's new album, Nocturna, is out, and his label is streaming audio and offering an mp3 for download. Enjoy.

You know what you need when you're feelin' low? A couple ounces, a couple gallons, a souped-up 'Am with a built-in bong and some T-Rex. That's all you need, man, to get it on. Listen to T-Rex all day long here.

Greetings, friends and peaceful associates from around the globe. From my N. California mountain retreat the view has been of gloom and fog, war and conflict. However in the Zen-like words of Keats:

"Beauty is truth and truth beauty." That is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.
- John Keats, "Ode on a Grecian Urn"

It is in that spirit that I present mp3s from Smokey and Miho, new-wave masters of samba, beauty and truth. In times of lies, deception, and lack of pleasing and soothing buds, take refuge in sounds that transport you to another world. To download the mp3s, click into the main site, and then click on "recordings".

The low hum of a busy city pouring through a window is what woke me up. I blinked and looked around, not recognizing a thing. I was in a bed, not my own, and there was a woman next to me, asleep. Suddenly a looming terror hit me like a king wave-- I didn't know who she was, and I didn't know who I was either.

Johnny Marr's the frontman for his own group, The Healers, who are on tour now. Here are 2 mp3s and some real audio to enjoy. Let us know what you think in the comments section.