Here's a taste what's going round in the Bag of Songs world this week :

Well I was going to hit you all with the new Lindsey Buckingham - Under The Skin disc today but stereogum beat me to it and there's not much I can add, other than buy it, it truly is excellent. It easily holds its own up against current discs by M.Ward,Ray Lamontagne,Elliot Smith and the like. In a perfect world it'd be a big seller but alas it will probably mostly go unnoticed by the world at large.

Heres one more for you
MP3: Lindsey Buckingham - It Was You

Nellie McKay has a Tin Pan Alley flair for songwriting and her new one Pretty Little Head is no exception. Zipping along like some great lost Broadway show, complete with guest turns by none other than K.D Lang and Cyndi Lauper. The double disc set bounced by her record label for being too long at 23 songs is finally coming your way soon in it's full glory.

This one's 59 seconds of pure jump up and bounce around the room
complete with some sassy meowing by Miss M herself, try and not dance to this, I dare you.

MP3: Nellie McKay - Pounce

You may have heard little snippets of this song as background music in one of the networks upcoming fall tv shows promos. Here it is in all its blistering funk rock glory. Robert Randolph is one helluva guitar player, and this disc shows it off perfectly. Colorblind rocks as hard as anything Lenny Kravitz or Living Color have done. It you like rocking blues funk guitar fireworks with a helping of gospel thrown in, this one is for you.

MP3: Robert Randolph and the Family Band - Ain't Nothing Wrong With That



The blogger buzz on these guys has been deafening lately, so why add one more you say. I'd be lying if I said this disc isn't great. Sure, bands like The Bottlerockets, Slobberbone and Lucero have all been doing this for a while now and have gotten nowhere really. Hey if the Goo Goo Dolls can break it wide open by imitating Paul Westerberg why can't these guys give imitation a shot. Plus, it's more Springsteen-ish than anything Brandon Flowers thinks he's doing and they're not shouting from the rooftops about it.

MP3: The Hold Steady - Stuck Between Stations



Mastodon - Blood Mountain one of the best metal discs of the year. Check out this scorching instrumental number. Your fingers will get tired just listening to all that guitar playing. Rock on.
MP3: Mastodon - Bladecatcher