under every rock can be a surprise

In the course of trying to promote my band PISTOLERO i wade thru endless "music" pages. These type sites are a great way for small bands with low or no budget to get their stuff out there to people who aren't their friends. and ...Their friends as well. Clap your hands... And The Arcade Fire are prime examples of a band getting out the message via this relatively new (to me anyway) resource. Wired has a large article in the newest issue about just this fact. It's a split article about the guys who created My Space and a band that has done very well there.
My Space and Garage Band are very good places to find music well as good all around sites, and they have helped my band reach people that have never, will never, don't ever care to see Pistolero live, hear the music we make.

All of that was precursor ...
PORTABLE FOLK BAND



This band is fantastic. A wide variety of sounds. Fugazi like shifts in timing and mood. They have captured the best of their influences (and there have to be quite a wide range of them) and boiled it down to a great album.

100 Greatest Robberies in History
Hinge, Door, et cetera

Are 2 that jump right out at you.
There is a high level of quality to the production on these songs, amazing since they were recorded in the bands basement. They sell their CD on the site for $5.75. Best thing about it is, after manufacture and shipping of these discs they probably still make more than if they were signed to a major.
BULLY FOR THEM.