i’m really into the songs posted on myspace by the oakland/santa rosa guitar duo . great melodies and harmonies and great dueling acoustic guitar work. certain songs remind me of john fahey or donovan or acoustic kinks songs. they are criminally without a label somehow. so, if you know someone who runs a label, pass on this post on as a hot tip. check a track:

first novels “weaverville”

we couldn’t be more happy to announce that sneakmove’s friend jon reep won last night. way to go buddy!

the new york times has a blog called . it’s “a blog about books”. on wednesdays they have a regular post called living with music: “a weekly playlist of songs from a writer or some other kind of book-world personage.” is by . it’s especially cool because it comes with corresponding book recommendations. totally awesome.

(thanks, janella.)

come out to in san francisco tonight and check out and controller 7 play records. it’s a cd release party for :

Bomarr – “Freedom From Frightened Air”
A 10-song collection of remixes (Grizzly Bear, Midstates), collaborations (Clovis Heald), previously unreleased songs from video works, and some brand new, never before heard songs

you can .

james hetfield from metallica joins queen on stage to sing stone cold crazy at the freddie mercury tribute concert. tony iommi from black sabbath is also there on guitar.

is the band started by paul from . their debut lp, enforcer, is really good. dark and rockin’ and beautiful. it’s available . check a track!

baby panda “sods on sods”

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version . You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

the great blog posts tons of great old soul and funk music. mostly themed mixes and artist profiles. they outdid themselves the other day when they posted a . definitely worth checking out.

funny sketch on the fbi piracy warning you see at the begin of movies. this comes from the hilarious show call .

warning: please plug your ears and cover your eyes as she twirls and honks her way around the stage, ruining the star wars theme song.

and a little mashup action of the classic star wars kid video with trumpet girl’s soundtrack:

as reported on today’s edition of the bbc website, legendary rock group for their first gig together in 19 years, playing a tribute show in honor of the founder of atlantic records.

(thanks, metroid.)