So I had a lot on my mind over the weekend, much of it tied up in the recent passing of Michael Jackson, and for whatever reason, I just decided to sit down and talk about it. I didn’t write any of this down beforehand, so I don’t think it came out quite the way I wanted it to, but there was no point in trying to make it better. After all, at some point, perfectionism becomes the enemy of art…

Thanks for bearing with me here. I’ll put a regular show together next week.

Background Music:

1. Permanent4, "Lazy Sunday"  Download from: Last.FM
2. Alan Mecan, "Stylus"
3. Permanent4 v. Red Joy Reid, "Fresone (P4 Requiem Mix)"
4. All India Radio, "Life and How You Do It"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
5. The Tao of Groove, "Superspectral"  Buy from: eMusic
6. Dive Index, "The World Is Kind"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic

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We are writing from the Amazon Associates Program to notify you that your Associates account has been closed as of June 26, 2009. This is a direct result of the unconstitutional tax collection scheme expected to be passed any day now by the North Carolina state legislature (the General Assembly) and signed by the governor. As a result, we will no longer pay any referral fees for customers referred to Amazon.com or Endless.com after June 26. We were forced to take this unfortunate action in anticipation of actual enactment because of uncertainties surrounding the legislation’s effective date.

Please be assured that all qualifying referral fees earned prior to June 26, 2009 will be processed and paid in full in accordance with our regular referral fee schedule. Based on your account closure date of June 26, 2009, any final payments will be paid by September 1, 2009.

In the event that North Carolina repeals this tax collection scheme, we would certainly be happy to re-open our Associates program to North Carolina residents.

The North Carolina General Assembly’s website is http://www.ncleg.net/, and additional information may be obtained from the Performance Marketing Alliance at http://www.performancemarketingalliance.com/.

We have enjoyed working with you and other North Carolina-based participants in the Amazon Associates Program, and wish you all the best in your future.

Best Regards,

The Amazon Associates Team

You can read more about this issue here. This isn’t as huge a loss for Dave’s Lounge as it is for some others, as I was only making $20/month on the average from Amazon, and that was in part because of some help from other listeners. (Robert Fischer was a big help in this regard.) Still, Amazon Associates commissions were usually enough to cover web site and podcast hosting for a year, and now that’s gone.

So until this matter between Amazon and NC lawmakers is settled, I would advise everyone out there not to use the Amazon links on this web site. I plan to remove some Amazon links from this site in the next few days. I’m also going to look for some alternatives to Amazon, because unless iTunes sales pick up (or lots of listeners start signing up for eMusic accounts this weekend), I’ll need some other way to help cover this podcast’s expenses. Dave’s Lounge has always been able to pay for itself, and I’d really like that to continue.

Two things this week:

1.) Dave’s Lounge has a shiny new Facebook page. Go become a fan today and meet other listeners from around the world.

2.) I have been convinced by quite a few listeners to continue my relationship with eMusic for now. So if you’d like to give eMusic a try, click here to sign up for a free 15-day trial and receive 25 free MP3 downloads, plus 30 MP3s a month for only $11.99. It’s a good value for indie music lovers and a great way to support both the artists and this podcast.

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #162:

1. Shuta Hasunuma, "Power Osci"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
2. Abigail Washburn & The Shanghai Restoration Project, "Little Birdie"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
3. Daniel Artner, "Area 51"
4. Naoned, "Beyrouth Ouest Beyrouth Est"  Free download from: Electrobel.fr
5. Monodeluxe, "How You Doing"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
6. Soul Avenue, "Try"  Buy from: iTunes
7. The Flavor Foundation, "Duality"  Buy from: iTunes

If you’d like to listen to this episode or any other on your iPhone, check out the Dave’s Lounge direct download page.

Enjoy the show!

A couple years ago, I stumbled upon the work of the late Alan Watts, a 20th century writer and speaker who helped to popularize Eastern philosophy with Western audiences. You can hear more of Watts’ speeches by subscribing to the Alan Watts Podcast.

This encore episode combines the words of Watts with the music of MoShang, who also combines Eastern and Western ideas. MoShang’s remix compilation, Asian Variations, was released under a Creative Commons license, and you can get a free copy for yourself at AsianVariations.com.

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #93:

1. Viba, “In the Orchard Lies a Secret (MoShang Bonsai Mix)”
2. Gordon’s Suitcase, “In Development (MoShang Asian Elaboration Mix)”
3. Big Red Devil, “The Wicked Thoughts of You (MoShang Asian Space Mix)”
4. Toao, “Slush (MoShang Bubble Tea Mix)”
5. Brad Reason, “Cruisin’ ‘Round Second Life (MoShang Do Re Mix)”
6. André van Rensburg, “You and Me (MoShang Under the Speaker Tree Mix)”
7. Akihiko Matsumoto & Chage, “Missing Pages Soundtrack (MoShang Upstream Downstream Mix)”

New music returns next week, when I’m not so sleep deprived and not so annoyed at Giuseppe Rossi. I’ll get over that soon. Honest.

Enjoy the show!

Some of you might have heard about eMusic’s recent deal with Sony Music and the price increase that went along with it. I’m a bit torn about this deal myself. On the one hand, even though eMusic’s prices have jumped 66%, eMusic subscribers will still pay less per MP3 than they would buying music from iTunes or Amazon, and there’s still a great selection of indie music there. On the other hand, that price jump is an obvious concession to an RIAA label — especially one that once thought releasing CDs filled with malicious rootkit software was "no big deal" — and it makes eMusic less valuable to existing customers. Plus, eMusic has not handled its critics well.

If you’re an eMusic customer, I’d like to know your reaction to all this. Do you plan to remain with eMusic in spite of this deal, or are you canceling your subscription? Please answer this poll, and feel free to leave a comment here, too, and let me know if you think Dave’s Lounge should continue its marketing relationship with eMusic.

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #161:

1. Steve Kilbey & Martin Kennedy, "Maybe Soon"  Buy from: iTunes
2. Under, "Beam of Light"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
3. Deborah Anderson, "Breathe"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
4. Mouchette, "Dusk"  Buy from: iTunes
5. Norine Braun, "Be Brave (Blaxcot Remix)"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
6. Blind Divine, "Disillusioned"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
7. Mooli, "Awaken"  Buy from: iTunes

If you’d like to listen to this episode or any other on your iPhone, check out the Dave’s Lounge direct download page.

Enjoy the show!

Well, I guess I can’t say I’ve never been featured on iTunes anymore…

Thanks a bunch to Wizzard Media’s Rob Walch, host of Today in iPhone and Podcast411, for getting in touch with the iTunes team and making this happen. Rob often does a better job of promoting my show than I do. I’ve seen a nice little boost in downloads as a result of this, and I hope all you new listeners out there will enjoy this episode, past episodes, and those yet to come…

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #160:

1. The Hampdens, "Croupier"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
2. Ramirez, "Kilimanjaro"  Buy from: iTunes
3. Green Tea, "Cruise Control"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
4. Mark Rae, "Gato"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
5. Su Round, "La Baja"  Buy from: iTunes
6. Nude v. Flashbaxx, "Something Good"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
7. Goldlix, "Atoll Moao"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic

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Hope everyone out there was able to enjoy their Memorial Day holiday over the weekend. 3-day weekends are nice things to have. It’s always good to escape from reality for at least a day. Our batteries would have a hard time recharging if we couldn’t…

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #159:

1. Merge of Equals, "As One"  Buy from: iTunes
2. SpaceTourist, "In Your Eyes"  Buy from: iTunes
3. 72Soulmaker, "Not a Dreamer"  
4. Wah!, "Brazil"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
5. Donna De Lory, "Jai Ma"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
6. Vast Days, "Elsewhere"  Buy from: iTunes
7. Electrix, "Spicy Sand"  Buy from: iTunes

Not an eMusic member? Click here to sign up for a free 15-day trial and receive 25 free MP3 downloads, plus 30 MP3s a month for only $9.99. It’s a great value for indie music lovers and a great way to support both the artists and this podcast.

If you’d like to listen to this episode or any other on your iPhone, check out the Dave’s Lounge direct download page.

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Two announcements this week:

1.) Thanks to a whole slew of new music submissions, I have way too many tunes in my queue. So I’ve decided to expand the show a bit from 6 songs a week to 7. I hope all of you enjoy the extra tune each week.

2.) I’m looking for a volunteer iPhone Developer to help me put together a free iPhone application. Said developer must be familiar with incorporating web content, including RSS and multimedia, into such an app. If you’re interested, email me at daveslounge@gmail.com. (If you happen to develop for the Blackberry or the Palm Pre as well, and you have a little free time, drop me a line.)

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #158:

1. Under, "Gravity"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
2. Ramirez, "Probation"  Buy from: iTunes
3. Flashbaxx, "Jack of All Trades"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
4. Styrofoam, "No Happy Endings (feat. Erica Driscoll)"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
5. Swimming In, "Change"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
6. Azat, "Sokak"  Download from: Azat.org
7. Hands Upon Black Earth, "Face"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic

Not an eMusic member? Click here to sign up for a free 15-day trial and receive 25 free MP3 downloads, plus 30 MP3s a month for only $9.99. It’s a great value for indie music lovers and a great way to support both the artists and this podcast.

If you’d like to listen to this episode or any other on your iPhone, check out the Dave’s Lounge direct download page.

Enjoy the show!

New music has been pouring in over the last couple of weeks, including a giant stack of CDs from our friends at Nettwerk Records, as well as some great new releases from Sine Music and Blackfish Productions, some of which is highlighted in this weeks show. You’ll hear more from those labels, plus more from United Recordings, RTFM Records, Cheeky Punster and Electronic Eel, later this month…

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #157:

1. The Submarines, "Brightest Hour (Free the Robots Remix)"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
2. Delerium, "Innocente (feat. Leigh Nash) "  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
3. Deeper Sublime, MoVoX and Marga Sol, "Noname Story"  Buy from: iTunes
4. The Architect, "Cocoon Balloon"  Buy from: iTunes
5. Pearlcoder, "Toy Story"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
6. Ladytron, "Tomorrow"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic

Not an eMusic member? Click here to sign up for a free 15-day trial and receive 25 free MP3 downloads, plus 30 MP3s a month for only $9.99. It’s a great value for indie music lovers and a great way to support both the artists and this podcast.

If you’d like to listen to this episode or any other on your iPhone, check out the Dave’s Lounge direct download page.

Enjoy the show!

For the most part, trip hop and lindy hop have nothing in common. (A couple of girls who requested I play Portishead and Massive Attack at a blues dance in Durham last week might suggest otherwise, but we won’t listen to them for now.) However, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the passing of Frankie Manning, a swing dance legend who toured the world and appeared in films in the 1930s, then enjoyed a long second act as “The Ambassador of Lindy Hop.” I remember attending a workshop he taught in Greensboro about 6 years ago. He was 88 at the time, and he spent half that class flirting with his 20-something lesson partner. He was dancing and flirting right up until he died at the age of 94. There’s a lesson in this, I think.

You wouldn’t think Frankie Manning would be connected with this podcast, really, but as I explain at the top of the show this week, everything is connected. We might not see the connections, but they’re still there.

Thousands of you have been connecting with Dave’s Lounge for the last four years. Thank you for listening. This mix is for you…

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #156:

1. Tal M. Klein, "Don’t"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
2. Natalie Walker, "Lost My Shadow"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
3. Arthur Loves Plastic vs. Lisa Moscatiello, "I Can Dream"  Buy from: iTunes
4. Artemis, "Fountain of Life"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
5. Two Loons for Tea, "Sunset Room"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
6. Puracane, "Digging to Deep"  Buy from: iTunes
7. Magic Waves, "Tonight"  Buy from: iTunes
8. Flashbaxx, "Sandbank"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
9. Firefox AK, "The River"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
10. Mr. Meeble, "Dragonfly"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
11. All India Radio, "Fall"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
12. Morcheeba, "Lighten Up"  Buy from: iTunes
13. The Atomica Project, "Delorian"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
14. Lovespirals, "Motherless Child (Karmacoda Remix)"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
15. MinusBlue, "Ocean Sky"
16. Permanent4, "By Candlelight"  Buy from: Amie Street

Background music: Rena Jones, "Driftwood"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic

Oh, by the way, that distorted voice you heard at the very beginning was none other than Leo Laporte of This Week in Tech, whom I would have met at the New Media Expo last August, except that when he called my name to be on TWiT Live, I was on my way back from the bathroom, and I ran into Veronica Belmont and Sarah Lane together on the expo floor. Suffice to say, I got a little bit distracted there…

Not an eMusic member? Click here to sign up for a free 15-day trial and receive 25 free MP3 downloads, plus 30 MP3s a month for only $9.99. It’s a great value for indie music lovers and a great way to support both the artists and this podcast.

If you’d like to listen to this episode or any other on your iPhone, check out the Dave’s Lounge direct download page.

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This is a feature I’ve been meaning to bring you for a few weeks now, and I’m glad I’m able to do it, because Lal Meri’s debut album is absolute quality. Producer Carmen Rizzo, formerly of Nettwerk Records duo Povi, has teamed up with vocalist Nancy Kaye (a/k/a Rosey) and Ireesh Lal to create worldbeat-tinged downtempo album that just oozes class throughout. This is great stuff, folks, and it really should be in your music collection…

Click here to visit Lal Meri’s web site.
Click here to visit Lal Meri’s Myspace page.

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #155:

1. Lal Meri, "Borders"
2. Lal Meri, "Dreams of 18"
3. Lal Meri, "More Songs for the Moon"
4. Lal Meri, "Bad Things"
5. Lal Meri, "Sweet Love"
6. Lal Meri, "Give Me Your Light"

Buy "Lal Meri" in MP3 format from: eMusic
Buy "Lal Meri" in DRM-free AAC format from: iTunes

Not an eMusic member? Click here to sign up for a free 14-day trial and receive 25 free MP3 downloads, plus 30 MP3s a month for only $9.99. It’s a great value for indie music lovers and a great way to support both the artists and this podcast.

If you’d like to listen to this episode or any other on your iPhone, check out the Dave’s Lounge direct download page.

Enjoy the show!

Y’know, if Anji Bee can talk about Sasha Vujacic on her site, I figure I can mention my Carolina Railhawks here. Not only did I get to see our new-look football club win its USL season opener against Minnesota on Saturday night, but I got to spend 30 minutes jamming with these guys:

That’s me in the vest up front, pounding away on the big bass drum. And that’s the North Carolina A&T drumline playing behind me. Yes, that was as awesome as it looked. Plus, we won the game, which was also awesome.

Soccer is a fun bit of escapism these days. We all need some escapism in our lives. This week’s show ponders that idea a little bit and encourages you to escape into the music — including a brand new project from Dave’s Lounge favorite Natalie Walker…

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #154:

1. Mouchette, "Cherry Tree"  Coming soon…
2. School of Seven Bells, "Half Asleep"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
3. City Rain, "Try to Understand"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
4. Christian Erickson, "The Long Season"  Download from: 3 Sided Singles
5. Adam Fielding, "Busy Lives"  Buy from: iTunes
6. Bad Boy Bill, "Falling Anthem"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic

Not an eMusic member? Click here to sign up for a free 15-day trial and receive 25 free MP3 downloads, plus 30 MP3s a month for only $9.99. It’s a great value for indie music lovers and a great way to support both the artists and this podcast.

If you’d like to listen to this episode or any other on your iPhone, check out the Dave’s Lounge direct download page.

Enjoy the show!

A note from Anji Bee:

“Everybody needs a day off once in a while, even Dave. So I thought I’d stop in to musically reminisce about the good old days when Dave and I first met online. Now with the demise of CNET’s Music Download, these bands are getting even harder to track down…

1. Captain Ginger, “Sun Down”
2. Elekoustic, “Until Tomorrow Comes”
3. EchoVent, “Dignity Lost”
4. Misnomer, “My Mistake”
5. Sudaka, “Flow”
6. Bitstream Dream, “Elusion”

“Please check out Anji’s weekly chillout music podcast, The Chillcast, and her twice monthly Chillcast Video Edition, over at http://www.anjibee.com.”

A note from Dave:

“Anji Bee is teh awesomeness. That is all.”

Fair warning: This might the least chill episode of Dave’s Lounge you’ll ever hear. I’m just in that kind of mood tonight…

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #152:

1. Kutiman, "No Reason for You"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
2. Moloko, "Pure Pleasure Seeker"  Buy from: eMusic
3. Fauxliage, "Rafe (Gabin Remix)"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
4. Bardo State, "The Man With The Child In His Eyes"  Buy from: iTunes
5. Blind Divine, "Thief"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
6. MinusBlue, "Be As One"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic

Not an eMusic member? Click here to sign up for a free 15-day trial and receive 25 free MP3 downloads, plus 30 MP3s a month for only $9.99. It’s a great value for indie music lovers and a great way to support both the artists and this podcast.

If you’d like to listen to this episode or any other on your iPhone, check out the Dave’s Lounge direct download page.

Enjoy the show!

Dig Dave’s Lounge? Digg Dave’s Lounge!

This week I dug through my email and found a lot of worthwhile submissions from artists and, in one case, their friends. I still have quite a backlog to dig through, but that doesn’t mean I don’t want to hear more music, so if you’re making any new downtempo sounds, shoot me an email at daveslounge@gmail.com, and i’ll give it a listen.

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #151:

1. hiGhFi_dElitY, "In Between "  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
2. Wiseman Collective, "As It Rains Outside"
3. 60 Channels, "Covert Movements (Instrumental)"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
4. Atomica Project, "Nuevo"  Buy from: Flagrant Records
5. Monicker, "1 Zero"
6. Honest People, "Someday"

If you’d like to listen to this episode or any other on your iPhone, check out the Dave’s Lounge direct download page.

Enjoy the show!

(This episode almost didn’t make it out tonight. I upgraded to a newer, faster hard drive last week and did a clean reinstall of Windows XP and all my software, including my new copy of Sonar Home Studio 7 — which still crashed on me for no apparent reason. It calmed down after the initial crash, though, so hopefully it won’t give me any more trouble than that. I’m still tweaking the audio settings on my voiceovers. It was a little softer than it should have been in this episode, so I’ll try to fix that later…)

This sort of a milestone episode, number 150, but I didn’t want to make too big a fuss about it, especially since the 4th anniversary of this podcast is just a month and half away. Still, I wanted to do something a little different this week, so I decided to go digging in the virtual crates in search of a theme. Along the way, I found a lot of really good tunes from bands that aren’t active anymore. I thought I might share some of those works with you here. After all, it would be a shame if some of these songs were completely lost to history…

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #150:

1. Beauty’s Confusion, "Windmills"  Buy from: iTunes
2. Mistake Theory, "Falling"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
3. Hopscotch, "Bright"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
4. The DBC, "Life on Venus"
5. kikiwest, "Past Life"
6. Astronaut Wife, "Where Will We Go"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic

Not an eMusic member? Click here to sign up for a free 15-day trial and receive 25 free MP3 downloads, plus 30 MP3s a month for only $9.99. It’s a great value for indie music lovers and a great way to support both the artists and this podcast.

If you’d like to listen to this episode or any other on your iPhone, check out the Dave’s Lounge direct download page.

Enjoy the show!

Those of you who were following me on Twitter last week probably saw me raving about Thru You, a project by Israeli funk producer Kutiman in which he took dozens of random videos of people on YouTube singing and playing musical instruments and spliced them into one of the most awesome breakbeat collages you’ve ever seen or heard. Here is one of the seven videos from the project:

Kutiman and his manager were kind enough to let me play a few songs from his self-titled debut album on this show. You’ll be hearing more from him here in the coming weeks.

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #149:

1. Kutiman, "Bango Fields"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
2. Heyoka, "Bubble"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
3. Liedschatten, "Waterfall"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
4. Solus, "Keep On Running"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
5. Mujaji, "Money Sandwich"  Download from: Jamendo
6. The Shanghai Restoration Project, "black SHEEP"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic

Not an eMusic member? Click here to sign up for a free 15-day trial and receive 25 free MP3 downloads, plus 30 MP3s a month for only $9.99. It’s a great value for indie music lovers and a great way to support both the artists and this podcast.

If you’d like to listen to this episode or any other on your iPhone, check out the Dave’s Lounge direct download page.

Enjoy the show!

I’d like to thank whomever it was that clicked on an Amazon link on this site and bought a Kindle 2 last week. That made me a lot more money than I thought it would, and it had me wondering if I should start promoting the new e-book reader a little more on this show. Seems kind of hard to do, though, when the show is mostly about the music…

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #148:

1. Astronauts of Antiquity, "Soup Du Jour"  Buy from: iTunes
2. Vanessa Daou, "Heart of Wax"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
3. Welder & Seed, "Sirens"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
4. 46bliss, "The Way You Are (Eterman Chilli Remix)"  Buy from: iTunes
5. Paradice, "Mellow & Steady"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
6. Line, "Feels Like Something"  Download from: Dusted Wax

Not an eMusic member? Click here to sign up for a free 15-day trial and receive 25 free MP3 downloads, plus 30 MP3s a month for only $9.99. It’s a great value for indie music lovers and a great way to support both the artists and this podcast.

If you’d like to listen to this episode or any other on your iPhone, check out the Dave’s Lounge direct download page.

Enjoy the show!

If you’ve been keeping up with my new Twitter page, you probably know I’m getting over a cold this week. Hopefully I don’t sound like it on this show…

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #147:

1. Lal Meri, "Dreams of 18"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
2. Portofino Lounge, "Mediterranean Night"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
3. Endless Blue, "Lovesong"  Buy from: iTunes
4. Sambox, "Solstice"
5. General Fuzz, "Warm Steel"  Download from: GeneralFuzz.net
6. Essenza, "Optical Lithography"

Not an eMusic member? Click here to sign up for a free 15-day trial and receive 25 free MP3 downloads, plus 30 MP3s a month for only $9.99. It’s a great value for indie music lovers and a great way to support both the artists and this podcast.

If you’d like to listen to this episode or any other on your iPhone, check out the Dave’s Lounge direct download page.

Enjoy the show!

I know the last thing anybody wants to hear from a podcast is a rerun, but since I’m not up to doing a show tonight after getting away for the weekend, and considering this one seems to have dropped off the RSS feed, I figured it was worth bringing back. Episode #80 is still my favorite regular episode, simply because the music selection just came together so perfectly. I think it deserves another play…

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #80 Revisited:

1. Natalie Walker, "Crush"  Buy from: iTunes
2. Essenza, "Weightless Smile"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
3. Di Johnston (w/ The Shanghai Restoration Project), "Come Undone"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
4. Hopscotch, "Chapter 32"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
5. Urban Myth Club, "So Beautiful"  Buy from: iTunes
6. Evolve, "The Way Back"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic

Click here for an iTunes iMix of this week’s tunes.

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I might have been early to the podcasting game, but when it comes to social networking sites, the running joke is that a site isn’t officially mainstream — and boring — until I sign up myself. So for whatever reason, this is the week I finally decided to join Twitter. You can follow my tweets at http://twitter.com/permanent4. Thanks to Andrew Jaswa’s Bird Feeder plugin for Wordpress, I should be able to announce new shows on Twitter as soon as they’re live. We’ll see how this works out.

Hey, check out who’s starting the show this week…

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #146:

1. Wendy and Lisa, "Balloon"  Buy from: WendyAndLisa.com
2. Axiotronic, "Robot Placism"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
3. Su Round, "Sueno"  Buy from: iTunes
4. Madrid De Los Austrias, "Deia"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
5. B-Tribe, "Suspiro"  Buy from: iTunes
6. Ladder, "Transmission You"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic

Not an eMusic member? Click here to sign up for a free 15-day trial and receive 25 free MP3 downloads, plus 30 MP3s a month for only $9.99. It’s a great value for indie music lovers and a great way to support both the artists and this podcast.

If you’d like to listen to this episode or any other on your iPhone, check out the Dave’s Lounge direct download page.

Enjoy the show!

One of the little joys of doing this podcast is getting new music from some of my favorite artists before any else gets it. It’s just like that feeling I used to get when I was a college radio DJ, and I would go to the station and see an inbox full of new vinyl and CDs. I got that feeling again over the weekend. Stick around until the end of the show to hear it.

Happy birthday, Anji!

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #145:

1. Luxurious, "Cocktail Hour"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
2. The Shanghai Restoration Project, "dark HORSE"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
3. Show-B & Cyrus, "Stranded"  Buy from: iTunes
4. Snoblind feat. Anji Bee, "Crossing the Pond"  Buy from: iTunes
5. Water, "Evolution"
6. The Atomica Project, "Jetstreams"  Coming soon…

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After playing a couple of remixes last week, I took a look through my music selection this week and discovered a whole bunch of interesting remixes, so I thought I would put them all together for you here in one episode…

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #144:

1. All India Radio, "Permanent Revolutions (Don Meers Remix)"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
2. Dive Index, "Sole Fisherman (Album Leaf Remix)"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
3. Bardo State, "Mariposa (Praful’s Lovebug Remix)"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
4. Sunburn in Cyprus, "Your Smile (Sodapop Remix by Modo Azul)"
5. 46Bliss, "8 O’Clock Train (PKP Express Remix)"  Buy from: iTunes
6. Mudville, "Blown (AJ Nuttal Remix)"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic

Not an eMusic member? Click here to sign up for a free 15-day trial and receive 25 free MP3 downloads, plus 30 MP3s a month for only $9.99. It’s a great value for indie music lovers and a great way to support both the artists and this podcast.

If you’d like to listen to this episode or any other on your iPhone, check out the Dave’s Lounge direct download page.

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I recorded this show the night before a historic day in America — the inauguration of Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States, and the first non-caucasian President in our nation’s history. That’s something many Americans (myself included) did not expect to see in our lifetimes.

Obama is a major proponent of volunteerism and service to others, and the more I see examples of this, the more I realize how little I’ve volunteered myself, and it makes me wonder if there’s more I should be doing to help others, especially given the number of times I’ve said on this show that all we have is each other. For now, I can only hope that this little show has done its part to help make your day a little bit more enjoyable. It’s a small thing, but I hope it’s something…

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #143:

1. Christian Erickson, "Away Too Long"  Download from: 3 Sided Singles
2. Sambox, "Rising Sun"  Buy from: Concorde Avenue
3. Steve, "Collors"  Buy from: Concorde Avenue
4. Sutro, "Temptress (Tyler Stone’s Forbidden Fruit Mix)"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
5. san.drine, "La Neige (Demo Version)"  Buy from: SoundClick
6. Endless Blue, "Healed"  Buy from: iTunes

If you’d like to listen to this episode or any other on your iPhone, check out the Dave’s Lounge direct download page.

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So I was all set to introduce some new features to this web site with this particular episode, but a funny thing happened along the way — I actually spent much of my vacation time doing… nothing. Just catching up on sleep and taking time to relax and not worry about my web sites for a little while. It was kinda nice, actually.

Still, the podcast moves on, as this week’s show introduces new background music and six new artists, all of which come from direct submissions. If you’ve got some downtempo tunes you’d like to submit to Dave’s Lounge, just send an email to daveslounge@gmail.com, and I’ll give ‘em a listen.

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #142:

1. Firefox AK, "The River"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
2. Matisse & Deeper Sublime, "Long Way Home"  Buy from: iTunes
3. Steen Thottrup, "To You"  Buy from: iTunes
4. Digital Banzai, "How Long (Ambient Mix feat. Issette)"
5. Queen of the Gipsy, "An Angel’s Day"
6. Serakina, "G.A.S."  Download from: Jamendo

If you’d like to listen to this episode or any other on your iPhone, check out the Dave’s Lounge direct download page. (If you don’t have an iPhone, hold out for that new Palm Pre. Trust me on this one.)

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We often remember each year by the music it gave us, and 2008 gave us a lot of fantastic music. Thus, this end-of-year special highlights your favorite downtempo tunes from the past year. A few of the selections surprised me, but for the most part, these are a lot of my favorites, too, and I hope y’all enjoy having them all together in one big 110-minute mix.

This will be the last episode of Dave’s Lounge for 2008, but don’t worry. I’ll be back on Monday, January 12, with all new music and a few new additions to the web site, some of which I’ve been meaning to add here for a while now. Stick around. We’re still building something here…

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #141:

1. The Shanghai Restoration Project, "Preface (feat. Di Johnston)"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
2. Science for Girls, "14 Days"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
3. Bardo State, "Mariposa"  Buy from: iTunes
4. Atomica Project, "Forecast"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
5. Sharon Robinson, "Party for the Lonely"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
6. san.drine, "Until December"  Buy from: iTunes
7. Mr. Meeble, "Dragonfly"  Buy from: iTunes
8. Thievery Corporation, "Beautiful Drug"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
9. Shaheen Sheik, "Wildflower World (Wild Orchid Mix)"  Buy from: iTunes
10. All India Radio, "Far Away"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
11. MinusBlue, "Pale September (feat. Claire Schofield)"
12. The Unknownn, "Noctural"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
13. Elsiane, "Across the Stream"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
14. Solus, "Missing You (feat. Leigh Miles)"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
15. Stockfinster, "Visiting Hours"
16. PalliDust, "Meridian"
17. LazyGrooves, "Ocean Wave"  Buy from: iTunes
18. Mooli, "Time"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
19. Lovespirals, "This Truth (Soulwhirlingsomewhere Remix)"  Buy from: iTunes
20. Soma Sonic, "Memories"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
21. Eccodek, "Silent Song"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
22. Lemonchill, "Missing Souls"  Buy from: iTunes
23. Natalie Walker, "With You"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic

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This week I talk a bit about Natalie Walker’s gig last Friday at the Tin Angel in Philadelphia. Short version: Natalie was excellent, and her backing band is just fantastic. Bob Scott, who was nice enough to put me up for the weekend, offers his recap of the evening here. I have some video from that gig that I plan to post here very soon, though it really doesn’t do justice to the quality of the music played that night.

The 2008 yearbook episode is coming soon, so please continue to share your favorite tunes from this year’s episodes of Dave’s Lounge in the comments. Thanks.

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #140:

1. Blind Divine, "Letting Go"
2. Tevlon, "evoL"  Buy from: iTunes
3. Water, "In Cuba"  Buy from: iTunes
4. Bardo State, "Mio Dolore"  Buy from: iTunes
5. Adam Fielding, "Traveling Light"  Buy from: iTunes
6. Solus, "Heavy Heads"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes

Not an eMusic member? Click here to sign up for a free 15-day trial and receive 25 free MP3 downloads, plus 30 MP3s a month for only $9.99. It’s a great value for indie music lovers and a great way to support both the artists and this podcast.

If you’d like to listen to this episode or any other on your iPhone, check out the Dave’s Lounge direct download page.

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For those of you who live in the Philadelphia area, Natalie Walker is playing a set at the Tin Angel on Friday, December 5. I am planning on being in attendance for this show, so come on out and say hey.

Speaking of plans, I’m also planning on doing a year-end special, highlighting some of your favorite new songs from 2008. Feel free to post a comment here with a list of your favorites that I played here in the lounge this year. I think we might make a tradition out of this.

Three new countries added to the List of Nations this week: Egypt, Ghana and Indonesia. That brings the total number of countries listening to Dave’s Lounge to 78. I wonder how long it will be before we reach 100…

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #139:

1. san.drine, "Until December"  Buy from: iTunes
2. MinusBlue, "Pale September (feat. Claire Schofield)"
3. Nativa, "I Dream"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
4. MoShang, "When You Come (feat. C Dala & Nego Elias)"
5. The Grooveblaster, "Angie Dickinson"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
6. Bob Lane, "Take Me Up"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes

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If you’d like to listen to this episode or any other on your iPhone, check out the Dave’s Lounge direct download page.

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So as I was putting together the mix for this week, I was struck by how well these songs just fit together. Thus, much of this week’s show is just one song after another, without any interruptions. I think you’re really going to enjoy this mix…

Oh, and before I forget, Shaheen Sheik would like you to know that the remix for Wildflower World, which I played on Dave’s Lounge #119, is now available for sale on her Myspace page. This week’s "Here We Go" remix also will be available there soon. If this keeps up, she’s going to end up with a remix CD that outdoes Dive Index. No small feat, that…

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #138:

1. Solus, "Missing You (feat. Leigh Myles)"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
2. Lounge Patio, "Fortaleza Night"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
3. Paradice, "Worry Breaker"
4. Shaheen Sheik, "Here We Go (Ehru Blues Mix)"  Buy from: SnoCap
5. Bardo State, "Poète Electronique"  Buy from: iTunes
6. Magic Waves, "Changing (feat. Magica Fe)"  Buy from: iTunes

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Just a heads up to everyone out there who has emailed me in recent weeks — I’m way behind on my correspondence again. It happens from time to time. So if you’ve emailed me recently — especially if you’ve submitted music — and I haven’t written back, don’t worry. I’ll get caught up on everything here soon.

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #137:

1. Bardo State, "Mariposa"  Buy from: iTunes
2. Mr. Meeble, "I Fell Through"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
3. 72Soulmaker, "Crossing By"  Buy from: iTunes
4. Charlie North, "Wide Open Spaces"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
5. The Grooveblaster, "Whole Wide World (feat. Anji Bee)"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
6. Lola Dutronic, "Je M’appelle Amour"  Buy from: iTunes

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This week’s episode explores a few different dimensions of electronic music, starting with some synthesizer-heavy tunes and ending with a couple of tracks that emphasize electric guitar. I think you’ll like this week’s mix…

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #136:

1. Philipp Weigl, "Hidden Path"  Buy from: Magnatune
2. Crystalpalace, "Aquatonica"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
3. Ace of Space, "Jellyfish"
4. Sven Klitsch, "In My Mind"
5. Stockfinster, "Petro State"
6. Dive Index, "The World Is Kind (Five Insects Remix)"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes

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I’ve made no secret about how impressed I am with the music coming out of the Blackfish Productions label these days, and this is no exception. All the songs in this week’s playlist come from the new Blackfish compilation, Moving Pattern Session 0.1. This label has set a pretty high bar for itself for Session 0.2. I can’t wait to see them try and surpass it.

Buy Moving Pattern Session 1 at iTunes.

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #135:

1. Canedrive, "Cut’n Run."
2. Boot Cut Rockers, "Blue Beach."
   
3. Flashbaxx, "Sandbank."
   
4. Pearlcoder, "Night Move."
   
5. Maximillian Lopp, "Already Gone."
   
6. Senseque, "Sand."

Not an eMusic member? Click here to sign up for a free 15-day trial and receive 25 free MP3 downloads, plus 30 MP3s a month for only $9.99. It’s a great value for indie music lovers and a great way to support both the artists and this podcast.

If you’d like to listen to this episode or any other on your iPhone, check out the Dave’s Lounge direct download page.

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The first band in this week’s show, The Unknownn, is giving away a free track from their new album. All you have to do is email them at friends@theunknownn.com to find out how to download it.

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #134:

1. The Unknownn, "Nocturnal"  Buy from: iTunes
2. Peach Stealing Monkeys, "Addiction"
3. Soulphonic Soundsystem, "The One"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
4. Bombay Dub Orchestra, "Rare Earth"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
5. Claire Schofield, "Summer’s Gone (MinusBlue Remix)"
6. Attictree, "80 Percent Truth"  Buy from: eMusic

Not an eMusic member? Click here to sign up for a free 15-day trial and receive 25 free MP3 downloads, plus 30 MP3s a month for only $9.99. It’s a great value for indie music lovers and a great way to support both the artists and this podcast.

If you’d like to listen to this episode or any other on your iPhone, check out the Dave’s Lounge direct download page.

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Next week marks the 150th episode of AMPed, the official podcast of the Association of Music Podcasting. To celebrate, all the members are submitting one of their favorite songs from 2008. Given the number of fantastic releases that have passed through the lounge this year — Thievery Corporation, Natalie Walker, The Atomica Project, Science for Girls, All India Radio, The Shanghai Restoration Project, etc. — it wasn’t easy to come up with just one.

I kept coming back to this song, though. Take a listen to this segment to find out why…

1. MinusBlue, "Ocean Sky"

Full episode next week, I promise. Thanks again for supporting Dave’s Lounge.

After a week away, I am back with a brand new set of tunes that I think y’all will enjoy quite a bit. I’ve got quite a few more in the pipeline, too, including a fantastic new compilation from the Blackfish Productions label that will be out at the start of next month. Be sure you stick around for that one…

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #133:

1. Tal M. Klein, "Plastic Starfish"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
2. General Fuzz, "Comfort Zone"  Download from: GeneralFuzz.net
3. Eccodek, "Silent Song"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
4. Adam Fielding, "Don’t Look Now"  Buy from: iTunes | Magnatune | CD Baby
5. Elsiane, "Across the Stream"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
6. Clarisse Albrecht, "Nao Possa Parar (Soulavenue Remix)"  Buy from: iTunes

Not an eMusic member? Click here to sign up for a free 15-day trial and receive 25 free MP3 downloads, plus 30 MP3s a month for only $9.99. It’s a great value for indie music lovers and a great way to support both the artists and this podcast.

If you’d like to listen to this episode or any other on your iPhone, check out the Dave’s Lounge direct download page.

Enjoy the show!

I would also encourage you to check out the Properly Chilled podcast, which features some extra-long and excellent playlists. If you use iTunes, click here.

As if landing Thievery Corporation last month wasn’t enough, this week I bring you a track from another legendary name in the world of trip hop — Tricky. His new album, Knowle West Boy, is available now through all the major online retailers. Just click through one of the links below to add it to your collection.

You’ll notice another theme playing out through the middle of the show. Sometimes, things just work out that way…

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #132:

1. Tricky, "Past Mistake"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
2. Mr. Meeble, "Dragonfly"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
3. Lemonchill, "Dragonfly (Zero Cult Remix)"  Buy from: iTunes
4. Povi, "Dragonflies"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
5. Lovespirals, "This Truth (Soulwhirlingsomewhere Remix)"  Buy from: iTunes
6. Second Sky, "Peligroso"

Not an eMusic member? Click here to sign up for a free 15-day trial and receive 25 free MP3 downloads, plus 30 MP3s a month for only $9.99. It’s a great value for indie music lovers and a great way to support both the artists and this podcast.

If you’d like to listen to this episode or any other on your iPhone, check out the Dave’s Lounge direct download page.

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It’s been an interesting week around the house. My dad’s replacing some plumbing, and at one point, we turned one of my ceiling fans into a sprinkler system. Thankfully, though, that problem was fixed quickly, and we can keep things going for another week…

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #131:

1. Caitlyn Hessell, "Always There (Toby Benson Remix)"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
2. Dive Index, "Water In Our Hands (Tiny Mile Remix)"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes | CD Baby
3. Nude vs. Flashbaxx, "Inside"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
4. Thievery Corporation, "Beautiful Drug (featuring Jana Andevska)"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
5. Global Noize, "Exotic Thoughts"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
6. Apaxan Corma, "It Matches the Sky (Overcast Mix)"  Buy from: iTunes | CD Baby

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If you’d like to listen to this episode or any other on your iPhone, check out the Dave’s Lounge direct download page.

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This week’s show features one of several free tracks now available from All India Radio’s web site. It’s a collection of outtakes and previously unreleased songs from the sessions that brought us Fall, which was featured on Dave’s Lounge #124. The collection is called Fallout, and you can download them here. Nice touch. More bands should do this sort of thing.

As you might have noticed, new episodes are now being recorded on Tuesday nights instead of Monday nights. That will continue for the rest of the year. Hopefully, it will reduce the number of potential interruptions this fall.

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #130:

1. Elsiane, "Vaporous"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
2. All India Radio, "The Muse"  Download from: AllIndiaRadio.com.au
3. Favard, "Wait For Me"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
4. Tokyo507, "Share Some Love"  Buy from: iTunes
5. Endless Blue, "Her"
6. PalliDust, "Meridian"

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It’s been a busy week around these parts, and it’s not going to slow down for the next week or so, so I’ve decided to keep it simple for this show — less talk, more music. Given the quality of these instrumentals, I don’t think anyone will mind very much…

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #129:

1. 72 Soulmaker, "Riding the Edge"  Buy from: iTunes
2. Kush, "The Beauty of Machines at Work"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
3. Flashbaxx, "Voodoo Therapy"  Buy from: eMusic
4. Sine, "Slowjam"  Buy from: iTunes
5. Stockfinster, "Seventeen Days"  Download from: Stockfinster.nu

Not an eMusic member? Click here to sign up for a free 15-day trial and receive 25 free MP3 downloads, plus 30 MP3s a month for only $9.99. It’s a great value for indie music lovers and a great way to support both the artists and this podcast.

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This week’s episode is a bit of a milestone, as it features a band I never thought I would get to play on this show — Thievery Corporation. Their publicity folks sent me a copy of their new album, Radio Retaliation, which will be out on September 23.

Speaking of new albums, congratulations go out to Andrew from New South Wales, Christy from Columbus, James from San Diego and Noah from Boulder. They all won a copy of Natalie Walker’s new CD, With You, which will go out in the mail later this week. Thanks to everyone who entered. If you didn’t win, you can still get a copy for yourself from the links below…

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #128:

1. Thievery Corporation, "The Forgotten People"  Coming Sept. 23…
2. Shaheen Sheik, "In You"  Buy from: iTunes
3. Vanessa Daou, "Love Child"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
4. Dive Index, "For Centuries (Brian Eno/Plumbline Remix)"  Coming Sept. 23…
5. Monk Fly and Camilla Hill, "I Saw You First"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
6. Natalie Walker, "Empty Road"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
7. Natalie Walker, "Monarch"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes

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So I’m over the jet lag from the trip to the New Media Expo, and I think it’s time to get a new episode out there. If you haven’t seen some of my photos from the Expo, click here.

You still have time to enter the drawing for four copies of Natalie Walker’s new CD, With You. Just send your name and full mailing address to contest@daveslounge.com by Midnight GMT on August 30, 2008 to put your name in the jar. I plan to announce the winners next week, so get those entries in soon!

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #127:

1. ElodieO, "Crazy"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
2. Natalie Walker, "By and By"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
3. Mujaji, "Peepers"  Download from: Jamendo
4. Amahla, "A Lonely Tree"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
5. Hussein Boon, "Mellow"  Buy from: iTunes
6. Anomaly, "Angel"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes

Not an eMusic member? Click here to sign up for a free 15-day trial and receive 25 free MP3 downloads, plus 30 MP3s a month for only $9.99. It’s a great value for indie music lovers and a great way to support both the artists and this podcast.

If you’d like to listen to this episode or any other on your iPhone, check out the Dave’s Lounge direct download page.

Enjoy the show!

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I’ve been meaning to get these photos posted here for a while, and here they are — just some of the many cool people I hung out with at the New Media Expo in Las Vegas last week. (Click on each image for a larger image.)

Hanging out with Roxanne and Shane (a/k/a Secret Cameraman) from Beachwalks with Rox.

Here’s a larger photo of me and Anji Bee from The Chillcast and Lovespirals.

At the Wizzard Media booth with Rob Walch from Podcast411 and Today in Phone…

…and with Elsie from Elsie’s Yoga Kula.

This was taken at the Revision3 party with Charles Stepczyk, the new chief at Insomnia Radio.

Revision3 was well represented, with podcasting rockstar Veronica Belmont from Tekzilla…

…and Sarah Lane from PopSiren.

I even got to meet John C. Dvorak! (Ha ha.)

Ariel Publicity’s own Ariel Hyatt.

Rocking out at Coverville 500 with C.C. Chapman from Accident Hash.

As great as Las Vegas was, it was the people that made going to the New Media Expo so much fun. I hope I get the chance to do this again soon.

So I got back last night from the New Media Expo in Las Vegas, where I had an absolute blast. It was tons of fun meeting and hanging out with so many great podcasters, including Anji Bee from The Chillcast, Brian Ibbott from Coverville, Roxanne and Shane from Beachwalks, Ariel Hyatt from Ariel PR, Dan Klass from The Bitterest Pill, Rob Walch from Podcast411 and Today in iPhone, CC Chapman from Accident Hash, Charles Stepczyk from Insomnia Radio, Elsie from Elsie’s Yoga Kula… the list could go on forever, really. Plus, the Coverville 500 party was spectacular, and we all had a ton of fun out on the strip. I’ll have photos from the New Media Expo up here very soon.

Unfortunately, I stayed out late and didn’t get much sleep while I was there, and I am heinously jet-lagged. So I’ve decided to release an encore performance of Dave’s Lounge #50, which includes a speech I gave at a conference at Duke University three years ago. A few things have changed since then, but a lot of it still applies today, and it’s kind of amazing how so few people, both musicians and podcasters, don’t know about this. Perhaps I need to publish this info somewhere else on the web…

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #50:

1. Artemis, “Fountain of Life”  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
2. Bitstream Dream, “Rising Sun”  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
3. Goldlix, “Atoll Moao”
4. san.drine, “Les Larmes d’Isis”  Buy from: iTunes
5. Tal M. Klein, “Yona (Ahava Sheli Across the Sea)”  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
6. Natalie Walker, “No One Else”  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
7. Sarah Fimm, “Paradise”  Buy from: iTunes
8. All India Radio (feat. Chloe Hall), “For Angel”  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
9. Kmotiv, “Something on the Wing”  Buy from: iTunes
10. Microbunny, “Ether”
11. Slovo, “Whisper”  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
12. Permanent4, “By Candlelight”  Buy from: Amie Street

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Dave’s Lounge and Dorado Records are teaming up to give away four copies of Natalie Walker’s new CD, With You. If you would like a chance to enter the drawing to win one of these CDs, send an email to contest@daveslounge.com with your name and complete mailing address. (Don’t worry: I won’t give your address out to any 3rd parties.) Deadline is Midnight GMT on August 30, 2008. I will have a random drawing on August 31 to determine the winners, who will be announced on this web site and in the first episode in September.

This drawing is open to anyone on the planet who doesn’t live in a place where this sort of thing is prohibited by law. Only one entry per person, please, and if you live outside the continental U.S., do allow a few weeks for delivery. Good luck!

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #126:

1. Attic Tree, "Fatcap"  Buy from: eMusic
2. Blackfish Productions, "Delta"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
3. Polished Chrome, "Red Sky"  Buy from: iTunes
4. Fauxliage, "All the World"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
5. The Black Seeds, "Cool Me Down"  Buy from: eMusic
6. Natalie Walker, "Too Late"  Buy from: iTunes

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A few things worth nothing this week. First off, you’ll notice that I’ve redesigned the Dave’s Lounge web site, so hopefully it looks a bit cleaner and is easier to navigate. I plan on adding a few new features to the site soon, but in the meantime, stop by and let me know what you think of the new look.

Secondly, instead of doing a Natalie Walker feature this month, I’m going to play one new song from her new album, With You, in every new show released in the month of August. In addition, I’m teaming up with Dorado Records to give away free CD copies of With You to Dave’s Lounge listeners. I’ll announce the details of that giveaway next week.

Finally, if you’re going to the New Media Expo in Las Vegas next week, send me an email. I have a long list of things I want to do when I get there, and I’d love to have some company.

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #125:

1. LazyGrooves, "Ocean Wave"  Buy from: iTunes
2. MinusBlue, "Be As One (Michael E. Remix)"  Buy from: iTunes
3. Takeru Ishikawa & Anji Bee, "Favor Tweet"  Download from: Jamendo
4. Natalie Walker, "With You"  Buy from: iTunes
5. Stockfinster, "Visiting Hours"  Download from: stockfinster.nu
6. Killer Bass, "Cold Sun"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes

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Initially, I wasn’t going to do a special episode for All India Radio’s new album, Fall, but the more I listened, the more I was compelled. Martin Kennedy has teamed up with with singer/songwriter Leona Prue and a handful of talented musicians to craft this album, and it’s All India Radio’s best work yet. Here’s to many more musical collaborations between Martin and Leona.

Click here to visit All India Radio’s web site.
Click here to visit All India Radio’s Myspace page.
Click here to visit All India Radio’s Last.fm page.

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #124:

1. All India Radio, "Far Away" 
2. All India Radio, "Let Me Remain" 
3. All India Radio, "The End or Near" 
4. All India Radio, "Fall" 
5. All India Radio, "Asphyxiated" 
6. All India Radio, "Morning Drops"

Buy "Fall" on CD from: CD Baby
Buy "Fall" in MP3 format from: eMusic | CD Baby
Buy "Fall" in DRM-free AAC format from: iTunes

Not an eMusic member? Click here to sign up for a free 14-day trial and receive 25 free MP3 downloads, plus 30 MP3s a month for only $9.99. It’s a great value for indie music lovers and a great way to support both the artists and this podcast.

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So I’m playing songs by Dive Index and Science for Girls this week, and it got me to thinking. I did a special episode for Dive Index, but I’ve pretty much scattered Science for Girls’ music throughout multiple episodes, and I’m wondering which approach y’all like better. Feel free to leave a comment here with your thoughts.

By the way, that little voice in the back of our heads that I mentioned at the top of this episode? Mine’s telling me that I really need to redesign this web site soon. Among other things…

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #123:

1. Favard, "Emotion"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
2. Alka, "Side of a Mountain"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
3. Indidginus, "Unstuck"  Download from: Last.fm
4. Di Johnston, "Epilogue (Reimagined)"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
5. Dive Index, "Come Tell Me"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
6. Science for Girls, "Pattern Recognition"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes

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Warren Ellis used to write a column about comics called Come In Alone. The title referred to the only way people can enjoy a comic book. We can experience other media — movies, music, etc. — together with friends or complete strangers, but comics were almost exclusively experience by one person at a time. I wonder, sometimes, if we experience music the same way a bit too often…

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #122:

1. Sharon Robinson, "Party for the Lonely"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes | CD Baby
2. Vanessa Daou, "Mess Around"  
3. The Grooveblaster, "Waiting for Snow in Havana"
4. Ivana Gomez, "Moth"  Buy from: CD Baby
5. Mystical Sun, "In Between Orbits"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes | CD Baby
6. Urban Myth Club, "Spacewalk"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes

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This week features a sneak preview of Natalie Walker’s new album With You, which hits stores on August 19, and brand new music from All India Radio’s new album Fall, which is available now. You’ll be hearing a lot more from both those discs in the coming weeks.

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #121:

1. Natalie Walker, "Lost My Shadow"  Buy from: iTunes | eMusic
2. All India Radio, "Far Away "  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
3. Evolve, "Mellow"  Buy from: iTunes
4. Moosefrog, "Left Out "  Download from: Moosefrog.net
5. Irene B, "Me Dejo Llavar"
6. Man in the Moon (feat. Debora Vilchez), "Fragile"  Buy from: iTunes

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Dive Index’s fantastic album Mid/Air was featured in Dave’s Lounge #95. Here’s a video from the closing track of that album, “The World Is Kind” — a lovely little kaleidoscope of theme park rides, which serves to remind me that I need to get myself on some roller coasters very, very soon…

The video was directed by Anita Leib.

The past few days have been incredibly fast-paced around here — moving from one event to another, trying to catch a breath along the way. I could probably use a little down time myself right about now. Good thing I’ve got just the show for that…

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #120:

1. The Orb, "A Beautiful Day"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
2. Solar Cycle, "Looking to My Heart"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
3. Orisha, "Taken"  Buy from: iTunes
4. Null Device, "Return"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
5. Ambient Anomaly, "Night Vision"
6. Rena Jones, "A Curious Unraveling"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes

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Dave’s Lounge will return on July 1. Talk to you then.

This week’s playlist includes a few new artists, a few return artists, and one song that you won’t hear anywhere else but here — for the time being, anyway.

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #119:

1. Shaheen Sheik, "Wildflower World (Wild Orchid Mix)"  Buy from: iTunes
2. Bitter:Sweet, "Waking Up"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
3. Antiguru, "Newtonian"
4. Endless Blue, "Undone"  Buy from: iTunes
5. Blind Divine, "More Than Love"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
6. Fidgital, "We Lost the Signal"  Buy from: iTunes

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So I was planning on saving this encore of Dave’s Lounge #25 for next week, when I will probably be sleeping off my weekend excursion to Virginia Beach, but the 100-degree heat here in North Carolina has slowed me down considerably, and not wanting to leave y’all without music this week, I figured now was as good a time as any to revisit this hour-long milestone episode.

A few notes about this show:

• “By Candlelight,” the theme song to Dave’s Lounge, is now available exclusively from Amie Street.
• When episode #25 was first released, Musetta was still known as Pan.
• Natalie Walker left Daughter Darling to pursue a solo career just weeks after episode #25 came out.
• About one-third of the podcasters included in that bumper halfway through the show are either no longer podcasting or have moved on to new online projects.
• Gasoline in America was about a dollar per gallon cheaper than it is now. Heady days, huh?

By the way, I know I mention this in the show notes every week, but any past episode you don’t see on the iTunes feed is available on the Dave’s Lounge direct download page. You can also stream every episode of Dave’s Lounge right here on this web site.

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #25:

1. Permanent4, “By Candlelight”  Buy from: Amie Street
2. Musetta, “Some Thoughts Are Hard to Die”  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
3. Daughter Darling, “Broken Bridge”  Buy from: iTunes
4. Artemis, “Supernatural”  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
5. Bent, “Sing Me”  Buy from: eMusic
6. Aisth, “Holy Palmers”
7. kikiwest, “Creeper”
8. Line, “Forward Thinking”
9. Mercury Sol, “Cup of Bitterness”
10. Transient, “Pure-veg ninja blobby”  Free download
11. 8mm, “Never Enough”  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
12. Endless Blue, “Ninety-Nine”  Buy from: iTunes

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It’s summer time here in the northern hemisphere, so hopefully this week’s music will get you in the mood for summer. Plus, new music from both Natalie Walker and MinusBlue! Huzzah!

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #118:

1. MinusBlue, "Ocean Sky"
2. Natalie Walker, "Over and Under"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
3. Daniel Artner, "Breaking News"
4. Global Noize, "Dar’abesque"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
5. Under the Radar, "Pinging the Moon"  Buy from: iTunes
6. Podington Bear, "Blossoming"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes

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I’m very pleased to present music from The Atomica Project’s new album, Grayscale. Longtime listeners know I’ve spun plenty of tunes from the Atomica Project’s debut release, Metropolitan — back when they were still known just as Atomica — and this Chicago-based band has put together yet another strong offering of heartbroken trip hop. It’s not an upbeat album by any stretch, but it’s still great music that absolutely deserves your time.

The Atomica Project’s official web site.
The Atomica Project’s Myspace page.

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #117:

1. The Atomica Project, "Losing Sleep" 
2. The Atomica Project, "Forecast" 
3. The Atomica Project, "I Woke Up In This World" 
4. The Atomica Project, "Storm" 
5. The Atomica Project, "The War Is Over" 
6. The Atomica Project, "Gravity" 

Click here to purchase Grayscale from iTunes.
Click here to purchase Grayscale from eMusic.

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I’ve always tended to think of Dave’s Lounge as a show primarily for electronic music, as trip hop has always been mostly electronic in nature. This week’s show, however, happens to contain a fairly heavy dose of acoustic and electric guitars. I don’t know if that would be considered a change of pace, but it does make for a nice theme — acoustic meets electronic and all that…

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #116:

1. Styrofoam, "After Sunset"  Buy from: iTunes
2. san.drine, "Not Around "  Buy from: iTunes
3. The West Exit, "Alright Tonight"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes | Magnatune
4. Butterfly Catchers, "Doin’ Time"  Buy from: iTunes
5. Hermitude, "Imaginary Friends"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
6. Weather Pending, "Complicated Two"

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This week’s music is a mix of artist submissions and listener suggestions, with one coming from another podcast: Warren Ellis’ The 4 am, which is simply a semi-regular compendium of artist submissions to the popular British writer. Here’s the feed, if you’d like to add that one to your podcast catcher.

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #115:

1. Blind Divine, "Home"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
2. Facel Vega, "Dreaming"  Buy from: iTunes
3. Rosey, "Who Am I"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
4. MNO, "1000 Pieces (feat. Irina Mikalova)"
5. PalliDust, "Tempation"
6. Nikila, "Dream"

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As of this evening, if you visit the iTunes page for this podcast, it will appear as if there are no episodes available. However, if you subscribe to the podcast, you’ll actually get the latest episode and a full list of everything currently available in the RSS feed. It’s an odd software quirk brought on by my recent upgrade to Wordpress 2.5.1, and hopefully, it will be fixed soon. If you’re a longtime subscriber in iTunes, though, hopefully you won’t notice a thing. (Thanks for bringing it to my attention, Bob. I might not have noticed the RSS feed was broken without your email.)

In the meantime, I’m fighting off a really bothersome cough this week, so you won’t hear much of my voice, but you will hear some great tunes from the new Sine Music compilation Cosmic Chill Lounge, Vol. 2, which is available in DRM-free format from iTunes. (It’s not on eMusic yet, but hopefully they’ll add it there soon.) Thanks to the folks at Sine Music for hooking me up with this compilation.

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #114:

1. Sine, "Dreamin’"
2. Reve de Cabaret, "Trust Me"
3. Magic Waves, "Tonight"
4. Polished Chrome, "Soundsystem"
5. Jeela, "What About Us"
6. Man in the Moon (feat. Debora Vilchez), "Another Way"

Click here to purchase Cosmic Chill Lounge, Vol. 2 from iTunes.

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UPDATE: I think the Feedburner RSS feed is fixed now, and all the missing files should get repopulated in iTunes before the day is over. Hopefully.

This will be my first trip ever to the city of Las Vegas, so if you have any advice or any recommendations for things I absolutely must see or do while I’m there, feel free to post a comment here. Thanks.

This week marks the third anniversary of Dave’s Lounge. Whenever I think about why I’ve kept this show going as long as I have, I think back to this scene from the indie film Groove:

Thank you all for your nods for the last three years. I don’t think I could have gotten this far without you.

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #113:

1. Natalie Walker, "No One Else"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
2. Bent, "Sunday Boy"  Buy from: eMusic
3. Version Xcursion, "Breathe (feat. Andrea Lucarelli)"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
4. Groovecatcher, "Intoxicated"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
5. Bluetech, "Leaving Winter Behind"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
6. Hip Son, "Drama Is Over"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
7. JoJo Effect, "Moods"  Buy from: iTunes
8. Artemis, "Subterranean"  Buy from: iTunes
9. Dive Index, "Hoko Onchi"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
10. BT, "Satellite"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes

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This week’s playlist features several of submissions from artists around the world. If you’d like to submit your music to Dave’s Lounge, send me an email at daveslounge@gmail.com, and I’ll give it a listen.

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #112:

1. Orisha, "The Beginning Place"  Buy from: iTunes
2. Sunburn in Cyprus, "About Your Name"
3. Rik Schaffer, "World Spirit Map"
4. Projexam, "Mutation"
5. Craig de Maio, "Intro To Reality"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
6. Luminous, "Make It Happen"  Buy from: iTunes

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So I’ve decided that the best way to avoid crashing this laptop is to stop loading it up with extra software. I purchased a second laptop last week and moved all my general purpose software there, while my old laptop will now be my digital audio workstation. I’m hoping this will help me avoid having to skip weeks because some software not related to the podcast’s production crashed this laptop’s audio system. I’ll put that stuff on the other laptop instead.

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #111:

1. The Atomica Project, "Gravity"  Buy from: iTunes
2. Sintemu, "Breeze"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
3. Axiotronic, "Esteban Was Eaten"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
4. Phreakon, "The R7 at 4:30 AM"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
5. Club Do Samba, "Manreza"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
6. Joel Stevens, "Snow"

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The laptop audio went haywire again last night. I am once again in the process of reinstalling Windows and other software. (I’ve gotten pretty good at it, too.) I should have things straightened out here by the end of the week, by which time Dave’s Lounge will resume its normal schedule.

I almost put another old episode in the feed here tonight, but I didn’t want to do that so soon after the last one. You can download past episodes here.

So after listening to episode #20 again, I decided to go digging in the crates — so to speak — and looking for more songs created by the MP3.com-spawned electronic music community back in the day. There was actually a lot of really good music being created during this period. Perhaps it deserves another listen.

By the way, about that World Soccer Daily clip at the end of the show: Honestly, I didn’t try to pass off All India Radio’s music as my own. Steven Cohen just didn’t quite get that Dave’s Lounge was a podcast that promotes other bands and not actually a band itself. He made a bit of a mess of it there. Sorry about that.

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #110:

1. void, "Sun in Her Hair"
2. S.A. Fred, "Sunlight Breaking Through the Clouds"
3. Adrian Bond, "Hobb’s End"
4. Fourier Wave Device, "Fat Girl in the Park" Hear more at: eMusic
5. Sporophyte, "Herbie’s Rooster"
6. Danny K, "Swan Song"  Buy from: iTunes

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So I didn’t really have a show put together for this week, but I didn’t want to leave all of you empty-handed. So I thought it might be fun to take another walk down memory lane — something I did all the way back in Dave’s Lounge #20, where I looked back at the halcyon days of MP3.com and some of the electronic music communities that sprung up around it.

If you’re relatively new to this podcast, you might have missed this episode. Like all other back episodes not available on the feed, you can find it on the Dave’s Lounge direct download page.

Playlist:

1. Astronaut Wife, “Cape Canaveral”
2. S.A. Fred vs. void, “Chillroom (S.A. Fred remix)”
3. Permanent4 vs. Multi-Panel, “Mountains in the Distance (P4 Remix)”
4. Red Joy Reid, “Cricket”

Background music between tracks:

• S.A. Fred, “Drum and Bass Intelligence”
• Red Joy Reid, “Lost Photo Karma”

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There are a lot of familiar names in this week’s show. Sometimes it’s good to fall back on the familiar, though — especially when the music is this good…

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #109:

1. Tone, "Wake Me Up"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
2. Cling, "Infinity"
3. Soma Sonic, "Memories"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
4. Science for Girls, "Sweet Life"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
5. Karmacoda, "Something"  Buy from: iTunes
6. The Shanghai Restoration Project, "Call Me Home"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes

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My voice is a little bit rough this week, so I’m just going to do this week’s show Insomnia Radio-style and let the music speak for itself. I think the first song does that quite well, actually…

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #108:

1. iio, "Rapture (Soulside Remix)"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
2. Kirsty Hawkshaw, "Sanctuary"
3. Grains of Sound, "Floating Through Thought"  Buy from: iTunes
4. Sine, "Cross That Line"
5. Reflectiv, "The Green in the Ash, (Part 1)"
6. Ventoux, "Were You There"

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Shari and I are slipping out of town next weekend for some much needed R&R, so I hope this show can carry you for the next two weeks. I have a another big stack of music submissions I’ll sort through when I get back. It never ceases to amaze me how much great music is out there…

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #107:

1. Cordovan, "Swimming Pool Blue"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
2. Mooli, "Time"
3. The Reel Banditos, "Colder (Coldest Remix)"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
4. Sleepthief (feat. Kristy Thirsk), "Sublunar (Sweet Angel)"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
5. Electrix, "Traveling"
6. Charlie North, "Faith"  Buy from: iTunes

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I mentioned this in the show itself, but it’s worth repeating here that the Shanghai Restoration Project’s new album, Story of a City, is absolutely worth your time. Give it a listen. Links are in the playlist below.

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #106:

1. The Shanghai Restoration Project, "Preface (feat. Di Johnson)"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
2. Cristian Amigo, "Kingdom of Jones"  Buy from: iTunes
3. Fidgital, "In a Strange City"
4. North Atlantic Explorers, "Anchors Away"  Buy from: iTunes
5. The Bex, "Nu Love"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
6. Tokyo507, "Li Adoro "  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes

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This week’s music has a bit more of an edge to it than my usual mix. I know most of you come to Dave’s Lounge to chill, but there are other sides to downtempo electronica, and I thought I would show off a few of them here. Hope you don’t mind.

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #105:

1. Burial, "Ghost Hardware"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
2. Downbeat Sinatra, "Atlanta"
3. san.drine, "La Neige"
4. 46bliss, "8:00 Train"  Buy from: iTunes
5. Scannerfunk, "Red Stone Sun"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
6. Craig de Maio, "Pride & Salvation"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes

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It’s been a somewhat stressful day for me today, so it’s good to be able to kick back, relax, and put together a new show for y’all. Hopefully, this week’s music will help you unwind, too.

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #104:

1. Under the Radar, "The Little Woodland Robots"
2. Science for Girls, "Northern Lights"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
3. Crisopa, "North Left"
4. Belle Tropez, "Your Stare"
5. Natalie Walker, "Crush"  Buy from: iTunes
6. Atomica, "Delorian"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes

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I’m starting to find a lot of new artists on Myspace again, and some of them are finding me as well, even though I rarely update this podcast’s Myspace page anymore. It’s funny how most people tend to think of that site as being passé in 2008, but it’s still a useful resource for connecting bands with listeners — and podcasters. Perhaps that’s an idea we should apply to all technologies. Never mind the hype surrounding a gadget or web site; is it useful?

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #103:

1. Mooli, "One Design"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
2. Two Loons for Tea, "Marietta"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
3. Bluba Lu, "Lost Song"
4. Weather Pending, "Perfect Weather"
5. Prefade Listening, "Rise and Fall"  Buy from: iTunes
6. mr Epic, "Down Low"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes

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It’s an all-instrumental show this week, because sometimes the words just get in the way of things…

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #102:

1. Skywards, "Central Calm"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
2. TheSadMan, "Oriental Love Meditation #1"
3. AguaFlames, "Lost Highway"
4. Indidginus, "Invocation (feat Ganja Beats)"
5. Grains of Sound, "Ultraviolet"  Buy from: iTunes
6. Lemonchill, "Missing Souls"  Buy from: iTunes

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It’s taken me a bit longer than I expected, but Dave’s Lounge is back for 2008. It turns out that coming down with a cold last week was a blessing in disguise, as I used the sick days from work to sort through music submissions and find a bunch of great tunes — enough to fill at least four episodes. I hope you enjoy these songs as much as I do.

By the way, my apologies to all my listeners in Germany (and Andreas at the XtraChill podcast) for the mispronounced German words. I was going to go back and correct them, but I’ve been dealing with a nasty cough for the last week or so and didn’t feel like using my voice any more than was necessary tonight.

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #101:

1. Science for Girls, "14 Days"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes | CD Baby
2. Soma Sonic, "Simplicity"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
3. Sleepthief, "Entre Ciel et Mer" (feat. san.drine)  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
4. Klangstein, "Ganz Leise" (feat. Sylvia Gerlach)  Buy from: iTunes
5. D*Note feat. Beth Hirsch, "Everybody Loves The Sunshine"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
6. Koishii & Hush, "Since You’re Gone (StarChamber Remix)"  Buy from: iTunes

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In the meantime, I hope all of you out there have enjoyed both parts of episode #100. I’ll be back soon with #101. Stay subscribed!

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Here’s some more information on the songs you heard in the breaks today:

1. All India Radio, "For Angel"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
2. Atomica, "Salt"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
3. Belle Tropez, "Naked"
4. Dive Index, "Between Sky and Sea" (feat. Natalie Walker)  Buy from: iTunes
5. Dive Index, "For Centuries"  Buy from: iTunes | CD Baby
6. Evolve, "Couldn’t Be More Wrong"  Buy from: iTunes | CD Baby

With every episode, I’ll include show notes that will point you to artists’ web sites, as well as sites like eMusic and iTunes where you can purchase their music. If you like the music you hear, please support the artists (and this podcast) by buying a song or two from them through this site.

You can also find a Dave’s Lounge listeners group on Facebook and the requisite page on Myspace.

(NOTE: I’ve been made aware that I accidentally put Part 1 here again. Sorry about that. Part 2 is here now. If you’re having trouble getting Part 2 in iTunes, you can either unsubscribe and resubscribe to the show, or you can click here to get it.)

I promised everyone a two-parter for show #100, and here’s part two. These are all songs you requested that you wanted to hear for this milestone episode, and I hope you enjoy this mix as much as I enjoyed putting it together. As always, please support these great musicians where you can, because I want to keep playing new music from them in future shows.

Playlist for Dave’s Lounge #100 (Part 2):

1. Moloko, "Statues"  Buy from: iTunes
2. Dive Index, "For Centuries"  Buy from: iTunes | CD Baby
3. Pete Samples, "Between Exhales"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
4. Belle Tropez, "Naked"
5. Karmacoda, "Turn"  Buy from: iTunes | CD Baby
6. Raul Ramirez, "Plans"  Buy from: iTunes | CD Baby
7. Mudville, "Blown (AJ Nuttal Remix)"  Buy from: iTunes
8. Bitstream Dream, "Whirlwind"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
9. delaware, "Everything Changes"
10. Fauxliage, "Rafe"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
11. 46Bliss, "In a Long Time"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes | CD Baby
12. MinusBlue, "Sunshine"
13. All India Radio, "For Angel"  Buy from: eMusic | iTunes

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