Also for country fans:

new Jim Lauderdale, yes its about his 10th record this decade but they are always good
http://www.emusic.com/album/Jim-Lauderdale-Could-We-Get-Any-Closer-MP3-Download/11527906.html

advance of Al Perkins’s Big Dog Three, legendary steel guitar player featuring guests like Emmylou Harris
http://www.emusic.com/album/Al-Perkins-Al-Perkins-Big-Dog-3-MP3-Download/11589142.html

congrats to RAA for kickstarter

Full Download of Loudon Wainwright is six free tracks :O

Thanks for recommends Jayson (and Alex for the XX article too) added (besides mentioned above) Hope Sandoval (love her voice), Echo Expansions comp. May be back soon with some recommends of m’own.

There’s a pretty great 70s Chicago Blues Compilation from Chico Chism and the Cher-Kee label.
Chico Chsim’s West Side Blues Party

There’s a remastered Horizon Records release, Jim Helms & Art Podell Sing And Play A Folk Song

And why does this guy look familiar?

Also, new Mission of Burma 7″, w00t!

Caterina Valente, Vintage Pop: Some lovely swinging Pop a Paris from Caterina Valente — check out the way she sashays through “Fever” in the opening track.

Collisions, Villains Spirit: Am loving this so far — Collisions are a band from LA. This record is eerie and atmospheric, full of spacey songs that hover and howl. The singer almost sounds like Doug Martsch, and the songs have a gauzy quality I can’t get enough of. Highly recommended.

Gentleman Losers, Dustland: Really, really tiny music. Small pinpricks of guitar, nighttime slow and quiet — glimmering like constellations. The band is made up of brothers Samu and Ville Kuukka from Finland and — if the press is to be believed — this was recorded during a series of successive late nights at a house supposedly haunted by the ghost of the Grey Lady. Whether or not that’s true, it gives you a good idea of what this sounds like: small, shivery music for long, lonely nights.

The June, Magic Circles: This is so up my alley. Big, bright jangle-pop with yearning four-part harmonies — this, to me, is what all power pop should sound like. It’s definitely got a 60s pop quality to it, but it also (oddly) reminds me of early REM. Check out track 2 to see if this is for you.

Lo-Fi Culture Scene, “Waxwork”: This band has a terrible name, but its comprised of a bunch of 9th graders(!) from London and it’s got an appealing, cleaned-up Arctic Monkeys kinda sound. It reminds me of something, but I can’t put my finger on what. The right kind of Britpop — I’ll be paying attention to their next move.

Birdie Hilltop, Surround the Birthday: Some great slacker lo-fi indie. Birdie Hilltop is one guy, Pascal Troemel, who moved from Scotland to Pennsylvania to New York. Musically, he takes his cues from indie rock of the old school, writing charming, rickety 4-track pop that makes up in hooks what it lacks in production value. You should definitely have a soft spot for “busted” music, but if you do (like I do), you’ll love this.

Bleeding Heart Narrative & Gosia Winter, Wire and String: I take a shine to eccentrics, and that’s exactly what we have here. Oliver Barrett is a dude who sounds like a lady, and his songs are built from bells and wires, awesomely odd. Folks who go in for Efterklang or Colleen will dig.