The Podcast roars back with a mini-me version by catching up with songstress Allie Moss. Allie has been seen on the tonight show, Conan and Leno backing up Ingrid Michaelson. Check out the interview as Dan catches up with Allie just before the Hotel cafe show in Los Angeles, CA.
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After much thought and deliberation the offices of The Drop have moved. This is especially exciting since I don’t have to drive at least 1.5 hours to see a national tour. Continue Reading

Having remixed for the likes of Coldplay, Imogen Heap & Leigh Nash (to name a few), Morgan steps from behind the boards of producer and into the shoes of  an “artist”.  His Nettwerk debut “Elevate” is due in March & first single “Longest Road (Ft. Lissie)”  is already causing quiet a buzz.  With electronic music that is emotional in texture (think BT), Page is someone to watch.  Check out his remixing skills at their best with Regina Spektor’s “Fidelity” (in the download section).

Quiet Man Loud is the musical brain child of Jeremy Dorrough. This MD native and DC resident has just started out the gate and personally I can’t wait to see where his music ends up. Continue Reading

Dub Heads, New Wavers and Hipsters alike - I present to you the new and improved M.I.A. - Santogold Continue Reading

I stumbled upon greatness this week. Grand, melancholy melodies sung by the love child of Bjork and James Taylor - an heir to the kingdom of folk - where the rules have been erased and rewritten. I can see it now - your curious - your fingers anxious to search the net for this collision. Cortney Tidwell may not be the love child of such a pairing but she is a find of epic proportion . Her debut full-length album, “Don’t Let the Stars Keep Us Tangled Up”, was released in February of 2007 via the UK label Ever Records. After the success of Ewan Pearson’s 2006 remix of the title track, “DLTSKUTU”, young Tidwell found an audience far from home. She began touring Europe before the stateside release of the record and more recently grabbed a spot on Pitchfork’s Top 100 songs of 2007.Cortney, a Nashville native, has been tagged with a multitude of genre-blending descriptions - most of which are completely without merit. Boxed and plainly described as “country” or “goth”, Tidwell is much more than any genre can confine. Her pixie-like voice glides from one arrangement to the next, weaving in and out of the organic and electronic landscapes. Washed in spacious reverb, each track engages the ear from start to finish. Strong opener, “Eyes Are at the Billions” is a brilliant depiction of what’s to come - combining the gentle and beautifully profane. By track three (Missing Link) Cortney is in full bloom. The mild rocker is quite possibly the popiest endeavor on the album. Pulsing from an electro-driven verse into the alt rock perfect chorus - this is as good as it gets. The record brims with everything from electronica to folk - and enough soundtrack worthy fodder for any shoe gazer out there. My point? DO NOT SLEEP ON THIS RECORD. Stop what you’re doing, pull up your itunes and become a fan. Remember those day - when we bought records - not just singles or our favorite cuts but we purchased an entire album because there was a belief in greatness. This is that record. I know I’m early and technically in breach of calendar terms but this record is destined for my end of year, top 10 - It truly is exquisite. Favorite cuts include “Don’t Let the Stars Keep Us Tangle Up”, “Our Time” & “The Tide”.

She’s been making music for nearly a decade sharing the stage with the likes of Eric Clapton, John Legend, and Ben Kweller among a huge list of others. After scoring thousands of downloads of her live shows at places like Archive.org, Mieka Pauley releases an album after a 7 year hiatus. Her latest release “Elijah Drop Your Gun” invites the listener to help support the music. Find out what the buzz is about, download it today!

Mieka Pauley’s Website

Here’s a few stops on the information superhighway of note.

First:
Check out Molly (a seriously gifted creative artist) at Tailor Otto. She’s posted a mix for your downloading fun, featuring tracks from Ingrid Michaelson, David Bazan and Paper Route.

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Second:
You got to go grab the first mixtape from the genius over at The Hood Internet. These guys have been putting together mashups and remixes that re so good you’ll slap your mom. Don’t believe me? Here’s the lineup

1. Intro
2. The Pack vs Crystal Castles | I’m Shinin’ Like A Crystal
3. Dizzee Rascal vs Cyndi Lauper | Girls Just Wanna Fix Up
4. Rhymefest vs !!! | Put It On My Chk Chk Chk
5. Rick Ross vs CSS | Push It To The Alalimit
6. Birdman & Lil Wayne vs Black Rock | Stuntin’ Like Black Rock
7. Rihanna (feat. Jay-Z) vs Menomena vs M83 | Cyborg Umbrella
8. Trillville (feat. Cutty) vs The Knife | Some Cut Like A Knife
9. Omarion vs Mylo | Drop The Icebox Pressure
10. Tag Team vs LCD Soundystem | Great! There It Is
11. Lloyd vs Feist | My Moon My Shawty
12. Crime Mob (feat. Lil Scrappy) vs The Shins | Rock Yo Sea Legs
13. Swizz Beats vs Deerhoof | It’s E.S.P., Bitches
14. Lil Wayne vs Modest Mouse | Fire It Up, Firemouse
15. Lil Mama vs Marnie Stern | Absorb The Lip Gloss
16. Mos Def vs Battles | B-Boy Battles
17. The Game (feat. Kanye West) vs The Go! Team | Wouldn’t Grip Far
18. Snoop Dogg (feat. R. Kelly) vs Architecture In Helsinki | That’s That Whirlwind
19. T.I. vs Fujiya & Miyagi | What You Know About Transparent Things
20. TLC vs Led Zeppelin | All My Scrubs
21. Timbaland (feat. Nelly Furtado, Justin Timberlake) vs Hot Chip | Give It To My Boy From School
22. Destiny’s Child vs Justice | Lose My Waters Of Naza(b)reath
23. Ghostface Killah (feat. Jacki-O) vs Spoon | The Ghostface Of You Lingers
24. Khia vs Dan Deacon | Snatch Da Crystal Cat Back
25. R. Kelly (feat. T-Pain, T.I.) vs Broken Social Scene | I’m A Flirt (Shoreline)
26. UNK vs LCD Soundsystem | North America Walk It Out (UNK Soundsystem)
27. Outro

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Anita Robinson and Kevin Robinson have been making music as Viva Voce for nearly a decade. Their critically acclaimed second and third albums Lovers, Lead The Way! and The Heat Can Melt Your Brain will now finally be reissued along with bonus tracks on the band’s own Amore!Phonics label on Nov. 13. Originally released in 2003 and 2004 respectively, both of these sought-after albums have long since been out of print. Now, at last, the two albums are being released together with bonus material such as live performances, remixes, previously unreleased tracks, and original demos. This is the release old fans and new converts have been waiting for.

If you’ve seen this band live you know just how incredible they are. Besides there’s no entourage with a band like this, they are strictly D.I.Y. and you have to respect that.

Here’s the details on the release

VIVA VOCE - LOVERS, LEAD THE WAY! TRACK LIST:

1.Fashionably Lonely
2.One In Every Crowd
3.Red D-Lish
4.Wrecking Ball
5.That’s Right,…Watch Out!
6.Birds On The Wing
7.N Luv W/ U
8.Brightest Part Of Everyone
9.Yr Epic Heart
10.Best Thing Ever (Maybe Not)
11.The Tiger & How We Tamed It
12.Perpetual No
13.Salsalito
14.Someplace Worth Being
15.Let’s Bend Light

VIVA VOCE - THE HEAT CAN MELT YOUR BRAIN / BONUS MATERIAL TRACK LIST:

1.Alive With Pleasure
2.Lesson No.1
3.Business Casual
4.The Lucky Ones
5.High Highs
6.Daylight
7.The Center Of The Universe
8.Free Nude Celebs
9.Mixtape = Love
10.They Never Really Wake Up

Bonus Tracks:

Paper Doll (unreleased)
Wrecking Ball (Tunng Remix)
Lesson No.1 (original demo)
Red D-Lish (live)
Fashionably Lonely (live)
Wrecking Ball (live)
Doo-Wap Death Trap (unreleased)
Tonight You Belong To Me (live)

VIVA VOCE TOUR DATES

10/26 Atlanta, GA Center Stage
10/27 Myrtle Beach, NC House of Blues
10/28 Raleigh, NC Disco Rodeo
10/29 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
11/06 New Brunswick, NJ State Theater NJ
11/09 New York, NY Terminal 5
11/15 Chicago, IL Riviera Theater
11/16 Champaign, IL Assembly Hall @ Univ. of Illinois
11/17 Omaha, NE Kiewit Fitness Center

Here’s some songs to hold you over until November

New instrumental, post rockers, Codes in The Clouds (Erased Tapes) announce their first 7″ release complete with a CD and download code for additional music. Easy comparisons of their work float right to the top with all the gusto that you’d expect of Explosions in the Sky or Mogwai. Hailing from the UK, Codes, starts with all the right moves and then goes quiet only to erupt in a monolith of sound minutes later. You don’t have to take my word for it Download the B-Side to Distant Street Lights - “Fractures”

Distant Street Lights/Fracture releases on 8/28/07

Codes In The Clouds on Myspace