Listen Before You Buy

Listen to the new song “Lonely Boy” by The Black Keys from their upcoming album “El Camino” below. One of the best albums from 2010, The Black Keys‘ stellar “Brothers”, is about to receive its successor in less than 8 weeks that goes by the name of “El Camino”. After the Ohioan band dropped a [...]

If someone told me that southern California band News Of The Fire is made up of teenagers and had only been together for five months before recording their first proper work, the “Motions And Hints” EP released in January of this year, I’d have to ask if they took me for a fool. There is [...]

Listen to and download the MP3 of the new Tennis song “Tell Her No”, a cover of The Zombies classic, below. Back in 1965 The Zombies released one of their most recognisable songs “Tell Her No”, and now 46 years later Denver, Colorado Indie-Pop starlets Tennis have taken to covering it in anticipation for their [...]

When you’re being touted as “one of the best young bands in America” you know that you’ve probably arrived. But you also know that you’d damn well better produce something that will make people believe it. Luckily for us Filligar are doing just that. Having self-released 5 albums and done amazingly well on the live [...]

This post is a “QuickPick”.  QuickPicks are my attempt at getting all of the music that’s sent to me that I like (or just music I like but have no words for because it’s so awesome), out into the dubya dots. Any time I get sent music that I like I “star” it in Gmail [...]

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Click on the image to listen to the entire album for free.

Click on the image to listen to the entire album for free.

Click on the image to listen to the entire album for free.

It’s a family affair, y’all. The cousins Barca (Ryan Barca, Ian Barca, Jamie Barca) are Wake Up Lucid, aka the music you’ve been waiting for. Reppin’ Los Angeles (HOLLER!) these guys have been making a splash in California and deserve some more national cred. I’ve been hearing about them for some time now, so when [...]

This post is a “QuickPick”.  QuickPicks are my attempt at getting all of the music that’s sent to me that I like (or just music I like but have no words for because it’s so awesome), out into the dubya dots. Any time I get sent music that I like I “star” it in Gmail [...]

This post is a “QuickPick”.  QuickPicks are my attempt at getting all of the music that’s sent to me that I like (or just music I like but have no words for because it’s so awesome), out into the dubya dots. Any time I get sent music that I like I “star” it in Gmail [...]

I have quite a few plans in store for Listen Before You Buy this year.  Some will be trying out new ventures, some will be expanding the site to encompass more and varied material, and some may never even see the light of day. One thing I’m interested in is the combination of sharing and [...]

Way back at the start of May last year I posted a new jam by The Black Keys called “Ohio”. The song was initially only available as a b-side to a 7″ single but the band released it as a free download on their site before their excellent album “Brothers” dropped.  Yesterday they released it [...]

Artist: The Black Keys Hometown: Akron, Ohio, U.S.A. Members: Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney Formed: 2001 Released: 2010 Genre: Rock, Blues, Indie, Alternative Label: Alive, Fat Possum, Nonesuch,V2 Singles: “Tighten Up” Connect: Facebook | Twitter | MySpace | Website | Last.fm Buy The Album: Amazon - Vinyl | CD | MP3 Insound – Vinyl | CD | MP3 eMusic – [...]