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Brandon Schott - Holiday Sale All of Brandon Schott's released output in one big package - autographed by the man himself: 1. "RELEASE" album (CD - 2003) 2. "GOLDEN STATE album (CD - 2007) 3. "DANDELION album (Digital Only Release - available this season in full-fidelity audio on a home-made CD-R w/ special limited edition packaging. Featuring new artwork by local LA artist, John Seymore) 4. Home-Made Bonus "MIX" CD-R - filled w/ Brandon's iTunes singles in full-fidelity audio as well as a couple of bonus tracks exclusive to this collection! 5. Special Bonus Surprise CD 6. AND a Special Bonus (Awesome) Gift! PRICE: $33 including shipping and handling NOTE: Please be sure to specify who you'd like your CDs signed to (if at all). Buy it here . Mike Viola - Hang On Mike & Melon " Melon " is available on amazon and itunes now. " Hang On Mike " on vinyl with 27 bonus tracks (mp3s) Will ship in time for Christ...

So, here are my fav records of the year 2010: 1. Bleu - FOUR (Highlight: Ya Catch More Flies With Honey Than Vinegar, How Blue) 2. Guster - Easy Wonderful (Highlight: Bad Bad World, Stay With Me Jesus) 3. Aqualung - Magnetic North (Highlight: Fingertip, Reel Me In) 4. Jeremy Fisher - Flood (Highlight: Shine A Little Light) 5. Justin Currie - The Great War (Highlight: The Way That It Falls) 6. Rooney - Eureka (Highlight: I Can't Get Enough) 7. OK Go - Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky (Highlight: End Love - also the video!) 8. Mark Bacino - Queens English (Highlight: Middle Town, Queens English) 9. Owsley - Changes (no offical release, but an excellent collection of unreleased stuff by Pop Fair - RIP Will. Highlight: Changes, When Lonely Comes Around) 10. Darwin Deez - Darwin Deez (Highlight: Radar detector, Up in the clouds)

Jellyfish were never known by broad public and after only 4 years as a group, they went seperate ways. And even though they only had two records, the group's critical acclaim and fanbase have made them icons in power-pop music. Singer Andy Sturmer and keyboardist Roger Joseph Manning Jr., along with guitarist Jason Falkner, had their own solo careers later on. In 1990's Bellybutton Jellyfish released their debut album. Before finishing their second record, both Chris Manning and Jason Falkner quit the band. Producer Jon Brion and Lyle Workman worked for the band's 1993 record. On Spilt Milk they collected the influences of their idols - the Beatles, the Beach Boys, ELO & Queen and created this pop record. Five years after disbanding - in 1999 - Greatest, a 14-song collection of Jellyfish material was released. In 2002 an unexpected release of a Jellyfish box set named Fan Club released by NotLame (R.I.P. NotLame ....) surfaced. It was packed with dozens of un...

To let Adrian Bourgeois speak for himself: " My music at it’s most basic essence is pop if you had to pick a genre. Pop tends to be associated with shallowness by some but tell that to John Lennon, Brian Wilson or Elvis Costello. Some of the most ambitious, adventurous of the past 100 years has been pop music. The thing I like most about pop is that whatever dressing you put over the top of it, at it’s core is a song that just has this universal appeal to it that leaves no one out. It’s world peace in the form of a song! " He will release his second record soon, his new single "Time Can’t Fly A Plane" was released just some days ago. His first album: And his new song "Time Can’t Fly A Plane" here: http://soundcloud.com/adrianbourgeois/time-cant-fly-a-plane

A decade ago - in June 2000 "The Hour of the Bewilderbeast" announced the arrival of Badly Drawn Boy - or Damon Gough. His debut may be a perfect album. Every song is catchy and wonderfully crafted. Discography : * The Hour Of The Bewilderbeast (2000) * About A Boy (2002) * Have You Fed The Fish? (2002) * One Plus One Is One (2004) * Born In The U.K. (2006) * Is There Nothing We Could Do? (2009) * It's What I'm Thinking Pt.1 – Photographing Snowflakes (2010)

This time I'll make it short: Guster . Three videos. Three songs. Just perfect. You can preorder their new album Easy Wonderful (with Bad Bad Day and Stay With Me Jesus ) here or here .