Received an email the other day about an online music promotion and digital distribution company called Apollo Audio. It's run out of Philly by one of the guys from the psych-pop band called The Asteroid No.4. This group of brilliant musical neo-bohemians are preparing to release their 6th album These Flowers of Ours: A Treasury of Witchcraft and Devilry (The Committee to Keep Music Evil) in September. Read more...Of course you can stream the entire album (for free!) from Apollo Audio. And that's not all. From a music-lover's perspective this Apollo Audio site is a wet dream. On the home page alone I counted well over 150 albums available for streaming and/or very inexpensive purchase from bands like Brian Jonestown Massacre, Devendra Banhart, Yo La Tengo and Stellarscope among dozens of others. This is how music should be presented and made available today. You can listen before you buy, buy it at a reasonable cost and with none of that Digital Rights Management (DRM) crap that big labels and iTunes restrict their music with. It's just beautiful.
While you're wandering about like a kid in a candy store listening to all of the incredible music available, remember to buy some to support our underground musical allies. And make sure you give a listen to The Asteroid No. 4's These Flowers of Ours: A Treasury of Witchcraft and Devilry (The Committee to Keep Music Evil). It's a loosely crafted collection of fuzzy garage band psych-pop that calls to mind The Byrds at their spaced out 60's apex or the iconic neo-psych-rock My Bloody Valentine. It is music that will burrow into your brain and not leave.
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