MP3: SONS AND DAUGHTERS "Dance Me In", a track from the Glasgow band's upcoming The Repulsion Box, which carries a sound that's oddly been described as intense, country-infused Scottish murder ballads. (InSound) posted on Friday, July 29, 2005 | [permalink] MP3: BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB "Ain't No Easy Way", from BRMC blues-embracing third album, Howl, in stores August 23. (Filter) posted on Friday, July 29, 2005 | [permalink] MP3: WOLF PARADE "You are a Runner". Another quality Canadian band gets deserved indie exposure. This track is from Wolf Parade's recently released self-titled EP. (Sub Pop) posted on Friday, July 29, 2005 | [permalink] MP3: SILVERSUN PICKUPS "Kissing Families", from their EP Pikul, new from Dangerbird Records on Tuesday. (SilversunPickups.com) posted on Thursday, July 21, 2005 | [permalink] MP3: NADA SURF "The Weight is a Gift", the title track from the unrelenting indie pop band's new album, released on Sept. 13. (Barsuk) posted on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 | [permalink] MP3: THE JIM YOSHII PILE-UP "Silver Sparkler", the first single from Jim Yoshii Pick-Up's new album Picks Us Apart. The Oakland band's melancholy hooks are comparable to those of bands like Bright Eyes and the Decemberists. (JYPU.net) posted on Sunday, July 17, 2005 | [permalink] MP3: THE HIGH DIALS On their first album, The High Dials were accused of ripping off everyone from The Jam to the Beatles to Small Faces. Listen to these three tracks from their forthcoming album War of the Wakening Phantoms to decide whether they've grown past their derivative stigma. "The Holy Ground" "Soul in Lust" "Strandhill Sands" posted on Wednesday, July 13, 2005 | [permalink] MP3: LAB PARTNERS In stores next week (although already available at iTunes) Wicked Branches is this Dayton, Ohio band's first college basement space rock release with Reverb Records. "Love Don't Care" (Reverb) "Now" (Reverb) posted on Tuesday, July 12, 2005 | [permalink] MP3: THE GIRAFFES "Having Fun", a raucous rock-n-roll track from The Giraffe's self-titled album, out today. (TheGiraffes.com) posted on Tuesday, July 12, 2005 | [permalink] MP3: THE MAGIC NUMBERS "Forever Lost", a folky psychedelic retro indie pop tune from British band The Magic Numbers' self-titled debut, which is currently only available by import in the U.S. (MySpace) posted on Friday, July 08, 2005 | [permalink] MP3: FANCEY "Magical Summer", the title track from the new EP from Fancey (New Pornographers' Todd Fancey and Kurt Dahle). (March) posted on Thursday, July 07, 2005 | [permalink] MP3: FRUIT BATS "Lives of Crime", a new track from the Fruit Bats' follow-up to Mouthfuls (which hooked its way into my Top 10 Albums of 2003). The new album is entitled Spelled in Bones and is in stores on July 26. (Sub Pop) posted on Thursday, July 07, 2005 | [permalink] MP3: FOREIGN BORN "We Had Pleasure", from their recently released EP In the Remote Woods. (StarTime Intl.) posted on Thursday, July 07, 2005 | [permalink] MP3: CLOUD CULT Cloud Cult's recent release Advice from a Happy Hippopotamus offers moments of bizarre genius. Here are two tracks: "Living on the Outside of Your Skin" (CloudCult.com) "Car Crash" (CloudCult.com) posted on Wednesday, July 06, 2005 | [permalink] MP3: WE ARE SCIENTISTS Hear We are Scientists' formula for rockin' out on these two tracks from their self-released The Wolf's Hour EP. "Inaction" (WeAreScientists.com) "This Scene is Dead" (WeAreScientists.com) posted on Wednesday, July 06, 2005 | [permalink]