MP3: WILDERNESS "Emergency". Wilderness's early punk-influnced, accessible avant garde indie space rock brought loads of critical acclaim to the band when they released their debut last year. Here's a track off their upcoming album Vessel States, which hits stores on April 11. (Jagjaguwar) tags: music | mp3 | indie rock posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 | [permalink] MP3: ISLANDS "Rough Gem". Nick Diamonds and J'aime Tambeur, former members of The Unicorns, are now part of the Montreal band Islands. They present this frolicsome track from their highly anticipated album Return to the Sea. (Filter) tags: music | mp3 | indie rock | indie pop posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 | [permalink] MP3: CLEARLAKE "Finally Free". Another track from the Brit rock throwback album Amber. (Insound) See also: MP3: CLEARLAKE: "No Kind of Life" See also: MP3: CLEARLAKE: "Good Clean Fun" tags: music | mp3 | indie rock posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 | [permalink] MP3: VOXTROT "Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives". It's hard to pinpoint what makes Austin band Voxtrot a worthwhile listen. Their style is largely by-the-book indie rock. However, I think they prove that plain ol' good melody still goes a long way, even in a genre that is quick to reject bands lacking innovation. (Voxtrot.net) tags: music | mp3 | indie rock posted on Saturday, February 25, 2006 | [permalink] MP3: HALF-HANDED CLOUD "Feed Your Sheep a Burning Lamp". A bright one-minute ditty from John Ringhofer, frontman of Half-Handed Cloud, releases his new album of upbeat melodies Halos & Lessons on March 7. (Asthmatic Kitty) tags: music | mp3 | indie rock | indie pop posted on Friday, February 24, 2006 | [permalink] MP3: STARLIGHT MINTS "Inside of Me". Starlight Mints have all the components to be a squeaky clean indie pop band. But it's that slight tilt from the norm that defines their sound on tracks like this one from the band's forthcoming album Drowaton. (Barsuk) tags: music | mp3 | indie rock | indie pop posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 | [permalink] MP3: IRVING "Jen, Nothing Matters To Me". Listen to the melancholy indie pop of L.A. band Irving's upcoming album Death in the Garden, Blood on the Flowers (Eenie Meenie) tags: music | mp3 | indie rock | indie pop posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 | [permalink] MP3: CRYSTAL SKULLS Here are two new tracks from Seattle indie pop band Crystal Skulls. Their latest album Outgoing Behavior releases on April 11. (Suicide Squeeze) "Baby Boy" "The Cosmic Door" tags: music | mp3 | indie rock | indie pop posted on Friday, February 17, 2006 | [permalink] MP3: THE CONSTANTINES "Soon Enough". Another track from the Constantine's Tournament of Hearts. (Sub Pop) See also: MP3: THE CONSTANTINES: "Love in Fear" See also: MP3: THE CONSTANTINES: "Arizona" tags: music | mp3 | indie rock posted on Friday, February 17, 2006 | [permalink] MP3: LIZ JANES "Big Texas". A track from Mews Too: An Asthmatic Kitty Compilation, an album that bring together artists of their past and present rosters as well as their friends. In addition to Liz Janes, album appearances Sufjan Stevens, Castanets, Danielson and Steven Lambke of the Constantines. (Asthmatic Kitty) See also: MP3: LIZ JANES & CREATE(!): "Lonesome Valley" tags: music | mp3 | indie rock posted on Thursday, February 16, 2006 | [permalink] MP3: MUDHONEY "Blindspots". Seattle grunge veterans release Under a Billion Suns, their first album in 4 years, on March 7. (Sub Pop) tags: music | mp3 | indie rock posted on Thursday, February 16, 2006 | [permalink] MP3: THE ESSEX GREEN "Don't Know Why (You Stay)". Cannibal Sea, the most recent album from NYC's The Essex Green, is available from Merge Records on March 21. Their classic pop harmonies are both beautiful and goofy on this track from the CD. The song's also incredibly catchy. (Toolshed) tags: music | mp3 | indie rock posted on Wednesday, February 15, 2006 | [permalink] MP3: THE PRESETS "Are You the One". Driving dance beats and aggressive vocals are The Presets' contemporary variations on post-punk/new-wave. This song is from the Australian band's debut album Beam, available stateside April 18. (Insound) tags: music | mp3 | indie rock posted on Wednesday, February 15, 2006 | [permalink] MP3: AMBULANCE LTD. "New English". As a teaser to Ambulance LTD's follow-up to their self-titled debut (due this summer), they are releasing an EP of new material on March 17. And as a teaser to the EP, they releasing the title track "New English" as a free download.(TVT) tags: music | mp3 | indie rock posted on Tuesday, February 14, 2006 | [permalink] MP3: METAL HEARTS "Socialize". Here's the delicate harmonied title track from Metal Hearts upcoming album, due in stores on Feb. 21. (Suicide Squeeze) tags: music | mp3 | indie rock | post-rock posted on Tuesday, February 14, 2006 | [permalink] MP3: MOGWAI "Folk Death 95". Mogwai's latest album of atmospheric post-rock Mr. Beast is in stores on March 7. Check out this slow-builder from the CD. (Matador) tags: music | mp3 | indie rock | post-rock posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 | [permalink] MP3: KIMYA DAWSON "Underground". Since going solo, former Moldy Peach Kimya Dawson hasn't made many changes to her signature somber storybook sound. And while I don't think many people expect musical leaps with her upcoming fourth album Remember That I Love You, we can surely anticipate more clever, heartwrenchingly witty lyrics from her. (K Records) tags: music | mp3 | indie rock posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 | [permalink] MP3: CONTROLLER.CONTROLLER Toronto dance punk band Controller.Controller are smart, sexy and unstable on these two tracks from their recently released album X-Amounts. (Paper Bag Records) "PF" "Magnetic Strip" tags: music | mp3 | indie rock | dance punk posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006 | [permalink] MP3: PSYCHIC ILLS "Another Day, Another Night". A spacy, droning track from Psychic Ill's recently released album Dins. (The Social Registry) tags: music | mp3 | indie rock posted on Friday, February 10, 2006 | [permalink] MP3: MELLOWDRONE "Oh My". Jonathan Bates reveals his upbeat, aggressive dance stylings on this song from Mellowdrone's new album Box, in stores March 7. (Red Music) See also: MP3: MELLOWDRONE: "Fashionably Uninvited" tags: music | mp3 | indie rock posted on Wednesday, February 08, 2006 | [permalink] MP3: HIS NAME IS ALIVE "Get Your Curse". Bop your head to the deceptive innocence of this playful track from His Name is Alive's well-received new album Detrola. (Toolshed) tags: music | mp3 | indie rock posted on Wednesday, February 08, 2006 | [permalink] MP3: QUASI "The Rhino". Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss return with their first album in 3 years. Their latest eclectic indie pop offerings can be heard when When the Going Gets Dark is released on March 21. (Toolshed) tags: music | mp3 | indie rock posted on Tuesday, February 07, 2006 | [permalink] MP3: THE SOUNDS "Painted by Numbers". The Sounds disappointed most folks with their debut disc Living in America. They take another stab at impressing the U.S. music scene with their new indie dance record Dying to Say This to You. The album is scheduled for release on March 21. (New Line) tags: music | mp3 | indie rock posted on Tuesday, February 07, 2006 | [permalink] MP3: THE M's "Plan of the Man". Hear Chicago band The M's garage-pop harmonies and studio-fuzzy riffs on this track from their soon-to-be-released sophomore CD Future Women. (Polyvinyl) tags: music | mp3 | indie rock posted on Tuesday, February 07, 2006 | [permalink] MP3: THE HOWLING HEX "Catalytic Convert". A track from the band's upcoming album 1-2-3. (Drag City) tags: music | mp3 | indie rock posted on Sunday, February 05, 2006 | [permalink]