Lullabies and Lowbrow.

Another band who's taking the smarter route and releasing material on their site (as well as their own label), Bel Auburn sound a beautiful mix of their influences such as Radiohead, Wilco, Appleseed Cast, The Notwist, and others. Just from reading about them, they seem like a very geniune band from Ohio who isn't out to stroke their own egos or make the big bucks. They're only about the music, and I like it.

From Lullabies in A & C, out August 14th:
Metropolitan (Watercolor)
Lullaby in A
Burn Unit
+ Myspace

Also, I saw Clerks 2 last week, and I recommend for anyone who's thinking about seeing it... save yourself some money and just wait to Netflix it. The only great thing about the movie was already well exposed in the trailer, and that was Jay's Buffalo Bill impression.

Well that, and these three songs.

Q Lazzarus - Goodbye Horses (From the Buffalo Bill bit)
Jackson 5 - ABC
Smashing Pumpkins - 1979

Speaking of which, Netflix is doing their Roadshow of movies now (I missed Warriors at Coney Island... damn). But tomorrow night they'll be screening the first Clerks at the Red Bank Marine Park in Jersey (just down the road from the Quick Stop), and there will be a Q & A session with Kevin Smith before the movie. If you go, ask him why he wasted money on making a second one. Then ask him if I can get my money back.