The Little Death is Laura Dawn (lead vocals), Moby (bass, guitar), Daron Murphy (guitar, bass), and Aaron A. Brooks (drums). The band is offering several tracks from their self-titled debut album – due out “officially” on January 26th. You can purchase it directly from the band by clicking here.

For fans of Janis Joplin, Grace Potter, Dusty Springfield

MP3: The Little Death – Gather Round
MP3: The Little Death – Why My Baby
MP3: The Little Death – Won’t Ever Let You Down Again

Laura Dawn

Pitchfork’s Top 50 Albums Of 2009
50 Woods – Songs of Shame
49 Cass McCombs – Catacombs
48 DOOM – Born Like This
47 Zomby – Where Were U in ’92?
46 Dan Deacon – Bromst
45 The Mountain Goats – The Life of the World to Come
44 tUnE-yArDs – BiRd-BrAiNs
43 Cymbals Eat Guitars – Why There Are Mountains
42 A Sunny Day in Glasgow – Ashes Grammar
41 Baroness – Blue Record
40 Mos Def – The Ecstatic
39 Jim O’Rourke – The Visitor
38 Major Lazer – Guns Don’t Kill People– Lazers Do
37 The Antlers – Hospice
36 Dinosaur Jr. – Farm
35 jj – jj n° 2
34 Passion Pit – Manners
33 Bibio – Ambivalence Avenue
32 Bear In Heaven – Beast Rest Forth Mouth
31 Sunn O))) – Monoliths & Dimensions
30 Röyksopp – Junior
29 Yo La Tengo – Popular Songs
28 Micachu and the Shapes – Jewellery
27 Various Artists – 5: Five Years of Hyperdub
26 Bon Iver – Blood Bank EP

Buddyhead and Dios are offering a free 2-song EP for the holidays. You can download the tracks here.

MP3: Dios – Puttin It Down

Paste – The 25 Best Albums of 2009
25. Thomas Function – In the Valley of Sickness
24. Various Artists – Dark Was the Night
23. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!
22. Sufjan Stevens – The BQE
21. Wilco – Wilco (The Album)
20. Wild Light – Adult Nights
19. Mastodon – Crack the Skye
18. Flaming Lips – Embryonic
17. The Antlers – Hospice
16. Passion Pit – Manners
15. Thao with the Get Down Stay Down – Know Better, Learn Faster
14. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orce
13. Monsters of Folk – Monsters of Folk
12. Camera Obscura – My Maudlin Career
11. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
10. Frank Turner – Poetry of the Deed
09. Neko Case – Middle Cyclone
08. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
07. The Decemberists – Hazards of Love
06. Brandi Carlile – Give Up The Ghost
05. David Bazan – Curse Your Branches
04. The Low Anthem – Oh My God, Charlie Darwin
03. Elvis Perkins in Dearland – Elvis Perkins In Dearland
02. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
01. The Avett Brothers – I And Love And You

“Live On 4 Decks @ the Belly Up Aspen” by Fort Knox Five

Click on the link to download set.

Dead Confederate is offering a free download of their new live album Dirty Ammo. They’ve launched a website where you can download the album or purchase vinyl. You also have the option to donate $1 to help rebuild the Georgia Theatre.

Dirty Ammo Tracklist:
01) Get Out
02) Start Me Laughing
03) Shadow the Walls
04) Roman Candle (Elliott Smith)
05) Smoke A Minor (Officer May)
06) Guns
07) Tortured Artist Saint

Thee American Revolution (Website)
Hometown: Denver, Colorado
Album: Buddha Electrostorm (Buy)
Label: Garden Gate Records
Thee American Revolution – Electric Flame

Dustin Payseur of Beach Fossils

Beach Fossils (Myspace)
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Album: Woodsist 7″
Beach Fossils – Time

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