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SelfBlown. Remember WU LYF? Of course you do, the boys from Manchester are hard to forget, ‘Go Tell Fire To The Mountain’ was one of the best debut albums to come out of 2011. Such a shame they broke up. Nevermind, Ellery is back. Introducing to you the brand new project from WU LYF’s former front man, Ellery James Roberts/Kerou, and this first track ‘Kérou’s Lament’. Update - Watch the video below, and head to his Tumblr here for some more insight into the project. Young Turks. Firstsongforyourmixtape. Download Joshua – The Outsiders (2012) | MP3 Music Albums Search & Download: mediafire, megaupload, youtube, zippyshare, rapidshare, torrent. 7 Alternatives to Pandora and Last.FM | Mystery Tricycle. Whether you are annoyed by the ads on Pandora, the limited number of skips, or the abyss of cruel 30-second song teasers from Last.FM, many online listeners are growing weary of mainstream methods of hearing new music.

While the Pandora algorithm is strong, and the Last.FM related artists tool is pretty useful, don’t fool yourself in to thinking that there aren’t other great ways to expose yourself to new music in the depths of cyberspace. Here are 7 alternatives to Pandora and Last.FM that will infuse your day with an uninterrupted stream of music that large record companies haven’t managed to squash under their thumbs yet. StumbleAudio StumbleAudio has a killer recommendation engine that works better for me than Pandora’s. Instead of “genomes”, StumbleAudio uses listeners’ favoritism as well as buying pattern data from online music stores to make suggestions. Songza Musicovery Elegantly, Musicovery boils down songs to a location on two scales: Energetic-Calm and Positive-Dark. Stereomood. FreeIndie. Listen to Indie Rock on Presto.fm - Free Streaming Music Online. Shuffler.fm.

Best indie rock songs, popular bands, top rock music, top ten songs, indie videos | Best indie rock music, hot new songs, popular rock bands, top album releases, free MP3s. Indie Shuffle :: Indie music blog & free music discovery. Underground Music | Find New Music & Indie Bands - MadeLoud. The Music Maze. The Labyrinth of Genre. Best Indie Rock Albums of 2012 - Music. Leif Podhajsky. Quite Scientific Records. First Listen: Astro, 'Astro' Hide captionAstro's self-titled debut album is out now. Camilo Bustos/Courtesy of the artist Astro's self-titled debut album is out now.

Audio for this feature is no longer available. Around the NPR Music office, we've all seen an old photograph of Alt.Latino co-host Felix Contreras as a toddler, holding a tiny guitar and smiling. For as long as Felix can remember, when he heard music he wanted to be able to emulate those sounds; to be a musician. Somewhere in my mother's garage, there's a picture of me at the same age, dressed as a tiny dancer.

For as long as I can remember, I've listened to music with my body rather than with my ears. When I first heard Chilean indie-pop band Astro, my body reacted as if struck by lightning; before I could tell you what the lyrics where saying, my hips where rolling in my seat. Although Astro's unpolished live show at Vive Latino 2012 was somewhat of a letdown, the album bearing the band's name is practically flawless. Battles. Timmy Sells His Soul - a bizarre collection of musics. AFTA-1 :: LOVE IS. Underground Dubstep.