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The Bird and The Bee – Now with 100% more Oates!

The Bird and The Bee – Now with 100% more Oates!

the bird and the bee, the duo of singer Inara George and multi-instrumental/producer Greg Kurstin, kicked off a musical scavenger hunt for their fans today by premiering all nine songs from their new album Interpreting The Masters Volume 1: A Tribute To Daryl Hall And John Oates on nine different websites: AOL Spinner, BrooklynVegan, Entertainment [...]

Scott Ryan – “Vanishing”

Scott Ryan – “Vanishing”

Best of 2009 – Chris Sounds Off

*Editors Note: All of the bands below are linked directly to the iTunes music store – should you be so inclined
Top 10 Albums
Brother Ali – US
David Bazan – Curse Your Branches
Bon Iver – Blood Bank EP
Avett Bros. – I and Love and You
Blind Pilot – 3 Rounds and Sound
Wilco – Wilco (The Album)
Pearl Jam – [...]

5 Reasons to Follow @thedrop

5 Reasons to Follow @thedrop

We’ve been pretty active in the social media world but not necessarily the most engaging. Truth be told, if there was an update a couple times a week – that was a good week. As we look to the new year I thought a good plan would be for us to continue to get [...]

Best of 2009 – Amy’s Take

Well Well Well…another year and another list. I love them…I love searching them, finding them, finding new music, and sharing with what I listened to this year…Enjoy!
1. Phoenix-Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

2. Animal Collective-Merriweather Post Pavilion

3. Avett Brothers- I and Love and You

4. Wilco- Wilco (the album)

5. Dinosaur Jr.–Farm

6. Passion Pit–Manners

7. Deastro–Moondagger

8. Ramona Falls-Intuit

9. Sonic Youth–The Eternal

10. [...]

Best of 2009 Podcast

Best of 2009 Podcast

What better way to finish off 2009 than to have a battle royale (with cheese) of all the editors of The Drop. Amy, Tim, Travis and Lauren join Dan on this edition of The Drop for their top 5 albums of the year along with a bunch of extra superlatives that will knock your socks [...]

Hymns for the Unsure

Hymns for the Unsure

“What do you think about the Bible, David?” asked a Turf Club patron on Wednesday at the Bazan show in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Bazan has been known to engage in Q&A segments of his shows, and in this particular moment his split second answer to this question was, “Well, I don’t know. The verdict [...]

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We know that Thanksgiving is full of a lot of things, some good some bad… I think the best part is putting those around you that you love and enjoying memories of the past year. And the worst could be the same thing. Factor in too much egg nog or some less than [...]

Avett Brothers! Avett Brothers! Avett Brothers!!

Avett Brothers! Avett Brothers! Avett Brothers!!

(Columbia Records; New York, NY – September 22, 2009) – On Tuesday, September 29th The Avett Brothers will release I and Love and You, their major label debut on American Recordings/Columbia Records. I and Love and You was produced by multi Grammy Award winner Rick Rubin. The band is set to perform the [...]

Better than Free Chex Mix – it’s a Free Mix

Better than Free Chex Mix – it’s a Free Mix

Get a really GREAT mix tape free from insound.
i love insound.
Great distributor of great indie jams.
if you don’t know them….well you should.

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