Weekly Roundup

Firstly an update on Edwyn Collins who has now contacted the MRSA virus in hospital. He has been battling the bug for a few weeks and indie mp3 wishes him well in his recovery.

I have been sent a few e-mails the past couple of weeks from bands after a plug and will round them up here.

Yasumi Okano from the band Xinlisupreme writes to say that they have posted a free web mp3 single on their site. Titled "Zouave`s Blue" it comes in two mixes and i can only describe it as noise pop. Not my bag but I am sure others will like it. The band also plan to release an entire album online on July 11th so kudos to them for that. You can download the single from here.

The Commercials are a US band seeking UK exposure. I downloaded " If I Don't Come Home Tonight" which was melodic indie rock. You can download it and another track from the band's Pure Volume page. Alternatively you can stream them here. The band are looking to play some dates in the UK. If you are interested let me know and I will pass the details on.

Brian, a member of the band The Hypertonics writes to say that they have posted their entire mp3 catalog and the reasons for this are explained on this page. I have listen to a few tracks and they are not bad. You can download their entire archive in a zip file too or you can head direct for the mp3's here.

Finally Christine from Skipping Stones records invites you to listen to C86 inspired indie pop from bands on the label. These include The Besties, an excellent band who I have featured before and The Charade. Members of The Charade may be known to you as they are also in The Shermans and Happydeadmen. Both tracks below are well worth a download and so are the many mp3's on the Happydeadmen site linked to above.

The Charade - Monday Morning
The Besties - Pirate Song