LargeHeartedBoy — Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Futurebirds: 2012-12-22, Atlanta [mp3,ogg,flac] Futurebirds: "Mr. Johnny's Bible" [mp3] s... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — If there’s a power pop heaven, you know they’ve got a hell of a band. Us sinners can get a sneak preview of it on this recording, which captures Big Star in the spring of 1974 — opening for, wait for it, Badfinger. This gig took place around th... more info

Here Comes The Flood — (l. to r.): Brian Geltner, Gwen Snyder & Kenny Siegal - photo: Jelle Wagenaar NYC trio Johnny Society is one of those bands who will never make it to the cover of Rolling Stone. Their brand of soulful rock isn't hip or classic enough to appeal to ... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Can you land a record deal after playing just three gigs? Liverpool/York alternative rock trio White Firs was signed to specialty label Sea Records after an intimate gig in art gallery and have just release their first single. In My Way b/w Nothing... more info

Prefix — For a certain segment of indie rock, Big Star were as important as the Beatles. After being all but ignored ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/big-star-documentary-gets-nyc-premiere-watch-the-t/71581/ more info

Guardian Music — The 1-2-3-4, LondonWith the problems at Bloc and cancellation of Underage, it hasn't been a golden year for festivals in east London. The 1-2-3-4, however, looks as if it may buck the trend, a one-dayer offering the suggestion that relevance is not a... more info

Guardian Music — Koko, LondonGreg Dulli addresses the boxes at London's Koko: "You've got to have sex up there! I want to see your faces while you're at it." It's just the kind of thing you'd expect from the 48-year-old grunge lothario, an attractively knackered gonz... more info

Consequence of Sound — On Big Star, BitTorrent, Kurt Cobain, personal struggles, and everything in-between. more info

Guardian Music — Koko, LondonMatthew Ward is set to bid farewell to his cult status. After a decade spent forging a solo career in the cosy backwater of the US alt-country and indie-folk scenes, the singer-songwriter from Portland, Oregon, saw his seventh album, A Wa... more info

Totally Fuzzy — "Coming off like a synthed-out version of the DBs, this is weird, wonderful stuff. A keep! And a treasure" -- Ken Stringfellow (REM, The Posies, Big Star, Minus 5, The Disciplines) Read more » more info