Hi loved ones, in addition to my laborious UsedWigs nonsense-spewing, I’m very excited to be contributing to the mighty Low Times. Here’s my first bit of business for them: Good Cover / Bad Cover – “Someday I Will Treat You Good” For every good cover version of a song, there is a bad one. Sorry, [...]

Guest: Jon Solomon has been playing and promoting top-notch indie music for years on the mighty WPRB. He can be heard every Wednesday night from 7:00 – 10:00 pm ET. Listen at wprb.com! Topics: Pumpkin Chucking, Russ “Fireballer” Starke, Fruit Slingshots, Halloween Superstores, Gig Posters, Jon’s 24-Hour Holiday Radio Show, Lenny & Squiggy, Ric Flair, [...]

Have a little music group and can’t decide on a name? Lucky for you, we’ve thought up a bunch of ORIGINAL BAND NAMES just for you. To take one of our fabulous free monikers, just write in the “Comments” and tell us why you deserve it and where you’re from. Rock On!

Philly six-piece Audible recently released their latest EP “Isolette”, which as of this writing you can still download for free here – but move fast, as I’ve been assured that’s only temporary. In fact, you might want to do that now, and have these great new tunes as a companion for the review. Go ahead. I’ll wait for you.

CD: Pain Is A Reliable Signal When we last checked in with Sam Jacobs, we were reviewing the latest release from LiPSTIK – the EP “There Is Only One Thing”. At the time, work on the follow-up full length was already underway – and it has finally arrived, along with a name change for the [...]

Topics: Gene Ween, Pirate Bay File Sharing, Eating Humans, Conan & Late Night TV, SXSW, Music Festivals, That Dumb Journey Song, Al Pacino Stinks, Sci-Fi Philly! Playlist: The Spinto Band, O Pioneers!!!, Fiction Family, Heartless Bastards and Dog Day.

Prog rock is back! And that’s a good thing, love these guys. Website: www.trailofdead.com New CD: The Century of Self

Cursive The pride of Omaha is back and Tim Kasher’s voice has never sounded better. Beautiful! Download: “From The Hips” [MP3] Website: www.cursivearmy.com Vally Lodge Heaping helping of power pop served with a side of awesomeness. Download: Baby It’s a Shame [MP3] Website: www.valleylodgemusic.com Lukestar Highly-inventive and super catchy indie rock from Oslo, Norway. Download: [...]

What are your music guilty pleasures? Best Comment wins a book. Please comment on website. Every so often something sneaks through that many might consider “odd,” “not what I expected,” or “okay, this is so weak!” In the spirit of sharing, here are some chinks in my rarely-battered platemail armor (I got hit points to spare, my friends).

See all 4 sets here. “Each set features four cards depicting quirky Flora illustrations from the 1940s and 1950s. The first three sets feature music-themed images, and the fourth features a tree with a bird in flight in alternating colors. The cards, which were hand-printed by Yee-Haw Industrial Letterpress, Knoxville TN, are packaged with kraft [...]