Magically make your Friday much more mellifluous. Click the little blue arrows to listen then click the song titles to download these Free MP3s. Nada Surf, Midlake, Roky Erickson, Titus Andronicus, Matt Pond PA, Audible, Ben Sollee & More

More: www.valleylodgemusic.com

Body Movin’ Body Body Movin! Dave Hill and his Valley Lodge have fleshed out a nice video for their classic cut “All of My Loving.”

Conan and Andy Visit: Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis. Outstanding as always.

Sales Guy vs Web Dude: I’m a bit late to the game on this viral vid, funny stuff [...]

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: White Shade [MP3]

Website: www.lukestar.com

Hey Kids, been a way for a while, sorry. My daughter turned 4 and the birthday party festivities seemed to go on for a week. I also celebrated a landmark birthday, which hurt, big time. The only upside is my acquisition of one of them fancy iPod Touch jimmy-jams (32 GBs worth). I am learning [...]

Simply put, Dave Hill rules. He’s like a quadruple threat — comedian, musician, writer and name-dropper — he does it all. You’ve seen him on MTV, Comedy Central, VH1, Cartoon Network, TLC, Current TV and of course, on the world wide web. Dave brings his popular live chat/variety/donkey show called “The Dave Hill Explosion” to the Shubin Theatre in Philly on December 5 & 6th! We’re going, why don’t you join us? Buy Tickets Here.

CDs: Linden Calling

I recently went deep into my old CD collection and pulled out some vintage power-pop-punk goodness like Big Drill Car, The Doughboys and Overwhelming Colorfast. I’m so happy I did, you can’t help but feel good — invigorated, I dare say — after listening to these bands. Ahhhh… musical memories… of [...]