Jay Bennett was a significant force behind the evolving sound, increasingly mature songwriting, and success of the twice Grammy-nominated Wilco for 7 years. Jay made his studio debut with Wilco on 1996’s Being There, and stayed through the final sessions of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Bennett also contributed heavily to Mermaid Avenue, Volume I and Volume 2 – a joint project with British songwriter Billy Bragg – which brought previously unreleased Woody Guthrie lyrics to light and to life. Since leaving Wilco, Jay teamed up with his long-time friend and musical collaborator, Edward Burch, to release 2002’s critically-acclaimed The Palace at 4 a.m. (Part 1). Edward and Jay had worked together in one capacity or another for about seven years, with Jay first becoming acquainted with Edward in Illinois. At the time, Jay belonged to the bands Steve Pride & His Blood Kin and Titanic Love Affair. Jay followed up this collaborative effort with Edward by releasing two solo records, The Beloved Enemy and Bigger than Blue in 2004, as well as completing his 2006 solo Rykodisc release, The Magnificent Defeat.

In addition to his well-regarded Wilco and solo work, Jay is also a highly skilled and respected producer and sought after session musician. He has contributed his intstrumental or production talents to a long list of artists that includes Garrison Starr, Adam Schmitt, Billy Joe Shaver, Allison Moorer, Jellyfish, Sherry Rich, Tim Easton, Tommy Keene, Jeff Black, Blues Traveler, and Sheryl Crow.

Track List
Another Town Another Ride Another Window
I Don’t Have the Time
I’ll Decorate My Love
The Engines Are Idle
How Dull They Make the Razor
Without the Benefit of Sight
Hank
Talk and Talk and Talk
Wicked World
Little Blue Pills

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The album features the title track “Still Alive” performed by Swedish rock/pop star Lisa Miskovsky and remixes by some of today’s hottest artists including Benny Benassi, Paul van Dyk, Junkie XL, Teddybears, and Armand Van Helden. “Still Alive” is the theme song to Mirror’s Edge, an action-adventure video game developed by EA Digital Illusions CE (DICE).

Mirror’s Edge Remix Album

1. Lisa Miskovsky – Still Alive (Mirror’s Edge Theme Song)
2. Benny Benassi – Still Alive (Remix)
3. Junkie XL – Still Alive (Remix)
4. Paul van Dyk – Still Alive (Remix)
5. Teddybears – Still Alive (Remix)
6. Armand Van Helden – Still Alive (Remix)

Still Alive (Benny Benassi Mix)

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Daddy Banton is the most prolific Dancehall DeeJay from Costa Rica, loaded with nuff tunes, nuff energy and has nuff experience under his belt!
Originally Daddy Banton was one half of the famous Dancehall duo Banton & Ghetto who made themselves a name by touring all of Central and South America and recording Hits by the minute.
Daddy Banton is a real entertainer who for sure mash up the dance! He is a real show man whith a strong voice. His performance include the latest dance moves out of the Carribean – pure satisfaction for the dancehall fans! His lyrics are being performed in english and spanish patois.

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The Hungarian Suicide Songbook, combines Jared Mills’s irreverent and husky vocals with soulful synths and ragged guitars to create a record brimming with ultra-catchy gems that are at once more dark and more immediate than previous songs. Add a monster behind the drums kit and a wall of angelic/demonic backup vocals, and you’re almost halfway to describing the true character of the album. Filled with a visceral energy usually associated with hip-hop and R&B, The Hungarian Suicide Songbook is a departure not just for Man Plus, but the Seattle music scene as well. With standout tracks like “Not for all the cocaine in the world,” the music of Man Plus appeals to pop fans and non-pop fans alike. As Man Plus succinctly declares on the new album “If you’re down all the time, you’re our kind of people.”

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Tracks:
1. Kids Gone Bad
2. A Ghost Is A Ghost Is A Ghost Is A Ghost
3. Not For All The Cocaine In The World
4. What I Like About Love
5. The Bill Collector Knocks Thrice
6. My Kind Of People
7. Once In Awhile (Getting High Alone)
8. Prayer Works (For M)
9. Cycloponomia
10. Down At My Place
11. Kisses Don’t Like Me Anymore
12. Mexican Moon
13. How’d U Fit In Them Jeans
14. I’ve Always Been A Loser

A Ghost Is A Ghost Is A Ghost Is A Ghost

Not For All The Cocaine In The World

Mexican Moon Remix

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The Glasses New Album is FREE.

The Glasses (self-titled album) is a strong debut CD. This is a sincere band with something to say – and nice melodies. – Seattle Times

1. When Moonlight Falls
2. Confused Hair
3. Fireflies & Stars
4. Paper Airplanes
5. Psychiatrist Says
6. Strange Nature
7. Small Town World
8. Change Of Seasons
9. Shows Through My T Shirt
10. Blew A Kiss

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Vanilla Swingers, have released their first album and are currently allowing people to download it for free.

“The first half of this impressive debut from Miles Jackson and Anne Gilpin threatens to make an art form out of the low key, and a mockery of their novice status. ‘The Town’ is an exquisite study of suburban boredom, locking in to the equally bleak yet beautiful riff-driven ‘Like Straw Dogs’. The momentum builds with ‘The Hive’, the pivotal point in the record’s loose time travel concept. Johny Brown’s lyrics and vocals on ‘The Way She Walked Out The Door’ are a needless blemish.”

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“the album tells the story of two people who meet and run away together, travel back in time, lose each other, then are reunited in the year 2015.”

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Tracks:

1. The Town
2. Like Straw Dogs
3. I’ll Stay Next to You
4. The Hive
5. Danger in the Past
6. Back to the Present
7. The Way She Walked out the Door
8. Goodbye Lennon
9. If You Fall

Danger In The Past

I’ll Stay Next To You

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The new album from Sundae Club, ‘British Summer Time’ is ready to download. Now available free of charge via our MySpace page in mp3 format is a whole hour of Technostalgic Pleasure. Simply click on the banner at the top of our Myspace page. You will then be taken to our new British Summer Time page for simple download instructions.

Sundae Club is an English down-tempo band formed in 2001 by members Hamstall Ridware and Dr. C.D.Mille, both audio historians and musical instrument technicians, assisted by producer George Shilling. Initially conceived as a vehicle simply to prevent an existing historic collection of ancient synthesizers and Hammond organs from decaying through lack of use, the duo found interest from UK television company GMTV who used some of their early work as promo film soundtracks. This led to a publishing contract with Taste Music, famously the erstwhile label of West Country progressive rock band, Muse.

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The new album from “Silence in Sexy” is available for free download.
“More and more more artists are discovering the benefits of our free Content Distribution (CD) service. Silence is Sexy is the first Dutch rock band to release their complete new album this way. ‘This Ain’t Hollywood’ is a must-download if you are into bands like Radiohead, Editors, Coldplay and Interpol. An increasing number of music producers see that giving away their content for free is the right way to build a fan-base. These producers are often using Mininova CD to distribute their content to a broad audience. Nowadays more than 750 publishers are actively using Mininova CD to publish content.”

Source: http://blog.mininova.org

Tracklist:

1. Come Back To Me
2. Night Out
3. 1984
4. This Ain’t Hollywood
5. On The Beach
6. You Are A Mirror
7. Where Were You
8. Talk
9. Spider
10. Closing Titles

Come Back To Me

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Download Mercury Rev’s newest offering, Strange Attractor, absolutely FREE. The Strange Attractor full-length album includes eleven FREE tracks.

“As the tracks have been encoded as high quality 320 kbps mp3’s, the file size is substantial and will require a robust internet connection. Once the download is complete, the mp3’s and album art file can be imported directly into iTunes or your favourite digital music application.”

Tracklisting:
01. Love Is Pure
02. Taken Up into Clouds, Changed and Rained Down
03. Pure Joie de la Solitude
04. Persistance and the Apis Mellifera
05. Fable of a Silver Moon
06. Loop Lisse, Loop
07. In My Heart, a Strange Attractor
08. Incident on Abeel Street
09. Af Den Fader Kommer Den Sol
10. Because Because Because
11. Nocturne for Norwood

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“All of the albums below are available (in full) at NO COST as MP3 downloads. So go ahead – Download, listen, enjoy, and share!

If you like what you hear and want to support John Wesley so he can make more music, click on the “Contribute” button and make a contribution via Paypal.”

“Thanksgiving Day” Single

Shiver

Tracklisting:

* Pretty Lives
* Star
* Used Up
* Always Be
* The King of 17
* Shiver
* Swing
* Some Miracle
* Your Round
* Please Come Back

Chasing Monsters

Tracklisting:

* Chasing Monsters
* Flyboy
* Who We Love
* Velvet Dreams
* Wrench
* In Sight of the Rainbow
* A Well Place Hole
* All Or Nothing
* Trip and Fall
* Disappeared
* Showing Happy to the World

The Emperor Falls

Tracklisting:

* Out of Your League
* Come and Gone
* An Ordinary Man
* Days That Won’t Let Go
* There Go I
* One Step Behind
* Last Man By Your Side
* Gift of a Woman
* The Emperor Falls
* Someone for a Day
* Are You Alive
* The Desperation Angel
* So Bad
* A Time to Dance

The Closing of the Pale Blue Eyes

Tracklisting:

* Right Here Inside Me
* To Share a Dream
* Alone-Together
* In Ohio
* Say Goodbye to the Pale Blue Eyes
* A Long Way Down
* The Death of a Friend
* Right Here Beside Me

Under the Red and White Sky

Tracklisting:

* Into the Night
* None So Beautiful
* Thirteen Days
* Waiting for the Sun
* She Said No
* The Last Light
* To Reach Out
* Rome is Burning
* Our Hero
* What You Really Want
* Cuttin’ the Tree
* Silver

Live Sampler

Tracklisting:

* Desperation Angel (live acoustic)
* Flyboy (live acoustic)
* An Ordinary Man (live acoustic)
* Pretty Lives (live acoustic)
* Crazy (live full-band)
* Waiting for the Sun (live full-band)

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