Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at 5:00PM Artist: Lunch Money
Album: Original Friend
Description: Hmm. Given how much I like this album, d'ya think I wouldn't share the news that it's available for streaming?
Source: Bandcamp
Brandon Reese, Lunch Money, Molly Ledford, South Carolina in Albums Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 12:55PM Artist: Charity and the JAMband
Album: Party Like a Twinkle Star
Description: In its physical format, a 2-CD set, the first for rockin' out, the second for winding down. In its digital format, a little more than an hour of music to groove (and/or nap) to. Originally released in 2010.
Source: Bandcamp
Charity and the JAMband, San Francisco in Albums Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 5:00PM Artist: Cinema Cycle
Album: Hey! Yeah! Yay! (Music for Parents and Kids)
Description: Nashville indie-pop for a good cause. Cinema Cycle is Nashville musician David Arnold, with some help from others, and it's got a wonderful polyglot/Beck-ian sound reminiscent of the great Bunny Clogs. Sometimes heartfelt, sometimes just danceable, and, heck, there's a song on the six-song EP about financial stress ("Broke as in Whoa"). All proceeds from the album's download will go towards finding a cure for ALS aka Lou Gehrig's Disease. (Watch this video for more on the inspiration behind one of the songs.)
Source: Bandcamp
Cinema Cycle, Lou Gehrig's Disease, Nashville, charity in Albums, Music for Charity Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at 5:00PM Artist: Grenadilla
Album: Can't Wait
Description: Sunny kwela-inflected kids' pop from the five-woman New York collective. If you're able-bodied and you're not swinging along at some point, then you may in fact be a surly person.
Source: Bandcamp
Grenadilla, New York, kwela in Albums Monday, April 23, 2012 at 12:00PM Artist: The Board of Education
Album: The First Album (AKA their debut)
Description: As I said in my review of the album many years ago, it's for "that 9- to 12-year-old kid who's probably the smartest kid in class. School is the central part of their life, learning something so freakin' cool, even if the rest of the day doesn't quite measure up." Also, it rocks.
Source: Bandcamp
