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• Field Music Prep to Hit 'Town'

  February 13, 2007 – Sunderland, England's Field Music -- composed of Brewis brothers David and Peter, as well as Andy Moore -- are set to release another cheerful and wobbly art-pop release with sophomore album Tones Of Town. Despite the band's optimistic lilt on songs like "She Can Do What She Wants," which swoons out un-weeping strings, chiming Casio-toned keys, and chunky bass lines, frontman Peter meditates on tragically damaged love. …
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• Jai-Alai Savant's Batman-Inspired Track

  February 12, 2007 – The Jai-Alai Savant (pronounced hi-a-lie sa-vant) is a virtual revolving door of contributing musicians. A Chicago-based trio at their core, the band has a laundry list of past contributors and guest musicians (which include members of the Mars Volta, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, and the Watchers, to name a few). …
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• Download One A.M. Radio

  February 9, 2007 – Los Angeles songwriter Hrishikesh Hirway, better known as the One A.M. Radio, might not sound like much of what gets radio play these days, but the "One A.M." part is at least spot-on: Hirway's whispery vocals and lush arrangements are nocturnes for a new generation. …
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• Papercuts Slice Out New Track

  February 9, 2007 – Though he performs under the moniker Papercuts, no band-aids are required while listening to Jason Quever's dulcet-toned sophomore album, Can't Go Back. The lush "Dear Employee" chugs out thick, wispy melodies, even while Quever reflects on a severe and severing story wherein a woman realizes a love affair with her employer must end. …
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• Download Illinois' 'Screen Door'

  February 8, 2007 – Contrary to what M. Night Shyamalan's Signs would have you believe, Bucks County, PA isn't crawling with aliens. …
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• Minmae 'Control the Weather'

  February 8, 2007 – With a song title like "Your Band Controls the Weather," you'd think the Portland-based Minmae might be sending secret messages to Al "An Inconvenient Truth" Gore. …
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• New Track from J. Dilla

  February 7, 2007 – Today marks what would be the 33rd birthday for late hip-hop/R&B producer (Tribe Called Quest, Common, Ghostface Killah, among others) J. Dilla (ne James Yancey, a.k.a. Jay Dee), who succumbed to complications from lupus one year ago next week. His second posthumous release, Ruff Draft (which follows on the heels of last year's The Shining), will be re-released March 20 via Stones Throw Records as a two-CD set with bonus tracks. …
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• The Academy Is... Clean Up on 'Mess'

  February 7, 2007 – Chicago quintet The Academy Is... are set to release Santi (out April 3 on Fueled By Ramen), the follow-up to 2005 debut Almost Here, and they recruited Butch Walker (All-American Rejects, Hot Hot Heat) to man the knobs. Frontman William Beckett gave us a sneak peek into their recording sessions (read more), and now his band is giving fans their first look at what those sessions produced. …
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• Try On WinterKids' 'Clothes' for Size

  February 6, 2007 – A cheery bunch of Brits from the countryside village of Peaslake, the WinterKids have made their flurries in the U.K. and are poised to blizzard across the U.S. with an upcoming tour, a SXSW appearance, and their first full-length release, Memoirs (out digitally March 5). A quintet of late teen/early twenty-somethings, the Kids replicate the energetic spirit -- and heartache -- of their formative years. …
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• Big Timber Spill 'Wine'

  February 5, 2007 – If Big Timber play in the forest, and no one is there to hear it, do they still make the same classic rock with post-punk, indie pop, and folk sounds? If their album Alma is any indication, the answer is yes (though we doubt these guys would have any trouble drawing a crowd to the woods if that was their desired venue). …
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