Check out a track from Phosphorescent’s forthcoming Aw Come Aw Wry (out in June on Misra).

A few weeks ago, this guy at a bar told me that I should check out Cincinnati’s The Heartless Bastards. I had quite a bit to drink that night, so I quickly forgot, but then, this week, I stumbled across this Splendid Zine review, and it all came back to me. My point, I guess, is that that Heartless Bastards stuff is pretty decent; check it:

Berkeley CA’s Golden Birds have a newish record out called Carrier. Here’s an mp3:

Golden Birds are touring the West Coast in May with John Guilt, who will be out promoting their new EP, By Any Other Name.

Former Columbus-Weekly-Paper cover model Andy, aka Drew, aka Mr. Toothpastefordinner, recently released a new CD of music under the name “Dog Traders”. You can check out some mp3s right here.