We love it when a band we love goes national--and even more so when it pops up for free in our local Starbucks. more ›

As of yesterday, Ben Harper is offering the single "Rock N' Roll is Free" from his upcoming album Give Till It's Gone. No foolin'--despite it being April first. more ›

Dust off your library cards! For users like myself who rarely ever use their public library cards, Seattle Public Library is providing some incentive to do so. Earlier this week, the library announced that it now offers free mp3 downloads courtesy of Freegal, an online database of Sony music songs. The digital music files are DRM-free, never expire, and work on all mp3-compatible devices. more ›

Sure, they aren't from our neck of the woods, but there certainly is something about their sound that is quite familiar to us...or at least younger versions of ourselves. That being said, we're happy to report that Christmas has come early to those (Southern-tinged) grunge lovers among us. Dead Confederate offers up their latest LP for the low, low price of free. more ›

• Capitol Hill Seattle has composed a neighborhood wish list for the holidays, including such perfectly legitimate requests as a new pair of gloves and magic beans to turn the economy around for local businesses. Good luck...
• KEXP has yet ten more reasons (read: free mp3s to stream!) for you to buy their Live At KEXP: Vol. 4. The Hold Steady, even!
• Why does it always have to be a snowman? Why not a snow-fellow, or a snow-horse-mermaid? PhinneyWood's residents get way creative.

The eerily dusky orange skies never did stop dumping snow on our plans last night. Instead of screaming and ripping out our hair in a cabin-feverish craze, we clicked over to Raindrophustla, a dependable source for entertainment and strange, local-music-oriented Youtube videos, to see what the Hustlas could offer us in terms of musical distraction. The Seattle blog didn't let us down. A downloadable, punk-spirited, indie rock-rinsed, effin' wonderful mix, entitled "Snowed In," is available on Raindrop--you should immediately left click, save as, extract, and play in your favorite media player, for sanity's sake. The Thermals, Velella Vellela, Raphael Saadiq...yessss. more ›