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Over on the NPR All Songs Considered blog, they recently asked readers to submit the name of the band they consider “theirs.” The band that you tell people about as soon as you get the chance, regardless of if they’ve heard of them or not.

For me, that band is Sleeping At Last. I would say I gush over them. I gush over them. The reasons are two fold:

1. I never seem to tire of their music. It has been in constant rotation in my headphones since 2006.
2. They are some of the nicest fellows I have ever come across ever and their mother is a diamond.

The band is currently putting the finishing touches on a new album (excitement overwhelms me here), and as a way to celebrate they are offering their 2006 effort, Keep No Score, as a free download for the month of June. This one of MAYBE two or three albums that has changed the way I think about things/has brought me to tears. The download is available over on NoiseTrade, which you can get to by clicking here.

Download this album, people. Then we can converse about it and I will buy you a drink. On the real. Let me know when you are available.

Sleeping At Last at Everyday Joe's, October 2008 ; Photo by Christopher Dahlman

FURTHER:

• Download Keep No Score
• Sleeping At Last studio journal
• All Songs Consider Blog Post “The Band I Love Is…”

Popularity: 67% [?]

You might remember back in January when Everyday Joe’s hosted a benefit for Deliver Darfur – an organization started by two of our volunteers to raise money to battle & awareness of the humanitarian crisis in Sudan. The benefit was an overwhelming success and boasted on of the finest musical lineups these ears have heard in some time.

One of the acts that night, Young Coyotes, are beginning to make waves on a national level.  They’re currently in Austin, TX making the rounds at the ’09 installment of the SXSW festy and will surely conquer the town by the time their stay there is over. Also, Daytrotter (a fine indie music blog) posted Young Coyotes’ session today and it is chalk full of free downloads. To add good listening (though not easy) to your music library, click the Young Coyotes Coat Of Arms/Beards Advocay Shield below.

Further:

• Young Coyotes’ Daytrotter Session
• Young Coyotes Official Site
• Young Coyotes Blog

Popularity: 21% [?]

Sometimes good things just keep on giving.

About a year ago, I gave you my first impressions of At War With Walls And Mazes, the debut album by Son Lux. That album is my official favorite of 2008, and Son Lux (Ryan Lott) just keeps on finding songs that didn’t make AWWWAM’s final cut…and they seem to be getting exponentially more beautiful.

In order to support these claims, I present to you “Throw.” A song that didn’t make the album that Son Lux released last week as a free download followed by the words “Enjoy, and please spread it around!”

We will now do our part in that spreading. Download “Throw” here.

Or, if your not into positively free and legit music, just listen to it below.

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Happy Friday.

Further:

• Son Lux Remixes My Brightest Diamond

Popularity: 18% [?]

In 2007, Eveyday Joe’s decided to give away a digital-only release compilation CD. That album – Love, Everyday Joe’s – Vol. 1: No More Gloom - was well received by all you wonderful people. It was so well received, in fact, that we’ve decided to do it again.

Enter Love, Everyday Joe’s- Vol. 2: …and a little child will lead them

20 of our favorite musicians have donated songs for your listening enjoyment and overall betterment of being. The album is our Christmas gift to you. We love you very much. Download it, burn it, give it to friends. Cover art is available for all those DIY fiends out there. Click the image below to be taken to the download page.

click here to go to the download

Popularity: 94% [?]

So this is exciting. Our good friends from Chicago -- Sleeping At Last -- will be returning to Everyday Joe’s on October 23. Here’s a quick looky-loo at the poster for pertinent info. Click it to buy some tickets:

In other Sleeping At Last news…the band loves animals. In fact, they love them so much that they recorded a song for them. It’s all part of a campaign by the Humane Society of the United States called “All Creatures Great & Small, which aims to raise awareness about our responsibilities to all animals, including those raised for food as well as to understand the importance of compassion towards them.”

Compassion makes for tasty foods and friendly dogs.

You can watch the band perform the song “All Creatures Great & Small” below. THEN, and here’s the special thing, you can download the song by clicking here. Holy fantastic!

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Further:

• All Creatures Great And Small Campaign Page
• Official Sleeping At Last Site
• Download the song

Popularity: 24% [?]