I have a sneaking suspicion that something like this already exists, but I looked and couldn't find it, so...

I thought it would be good to have a place for those of us who keep up on various blogs to post notworthy mp3s that have been posted, as well as some of the blogs that you like to check out regularly.

I'll start with my own mp3 blogroll.

Aquarium Drunkard
Jefitoblog
Some Velvetblog
Ickmusic
Songs:Illinois
Soul Shower
Soul Sides
The B side
Get on down with the stepfather of soul

I'd recommend getting over to jefitoblog soon to download what looks like another great idiots guide, this time on Graham Parker. I'm downloading it right now, and can't wait to listen to it tomorrow on the train.

Here is the link:
http://jefitoblog.com/blog/?p=880

There's a few nice James Brown tracks on Soul Sides today as well.

Awesome link, klt.

I'm presently downloading a whole 1987 Replacements show from jeffitoblog.

That replacements concert is awesome pE. Glad you got over there before he got rid of that one.

I occasionally hop on over to Music For Robots which has a good variety, though perhaps it focuses slightly on electronic-type stuff.

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Originally posted by RavingLunatic:
I occasionally hop on over to Music For Robots which has a good variety, though perhaps it focuses slightly on electronic-type stuff.

I like MFR, too. I also like Gorilla v. Bear, My Old Kentucky Blog, and Stereogum. But at the moment, my absolute favorite MP3 blog is Said The Gramophone. The writing is passionate and edgy, and the song choices are outstanding. It's not just good writing for an MP3 blog, it's good writing.

My biggest problem is finding time to keep up with these blogs. I wind up deleting scores of MP3 blog posts from my BLOGLINES account becuase I haven't been able to read them for days or weeks, and I have no time to wade through them when the backlog reaches, say, 100 unread posts. Still, those blogs a great way to discover new music.

Really cool Joe Strummer concert was put up today at Ickmusic. I highly recommend it for those who never spent much time with post-Clash Joe (and even more so for those who did).

http://ickmusic.com/index.php/2006/09/11/joe-strummer-acoustic-in-1999/

I also am highly recommending the new blog office naps. The strangest, best mix of music I've heard in quite a while. It has great writing and songs, even whole genres, which I've never even heard of before. Crazed and LT in particular, I think you would both like this blog.

Check it out: http://www.officenaps.com/

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Aquarium Drunkard has a pretty good set of outtakes from the Blonde on Blonde sessions.

http://aquariumdrunk.blogspot.com/2006/09/blonde-on-blo...ttakes-part-one.html

A nice couple of posts over at jefitoblog today and yesterday. Yesterday they featured Eric Carmen's album 'Tonight You're Mine', which may have as terrible an album cover as I've come across. Today they went back a few years for two live raspberries concerts. How you go from the Raspberries to an album that looks like it should have been in Spinal Tap, I don't know, but it's good stuff to listen to.

For those curious about why people rave about Alejandro Escovedo, you can check out a fantastic cover he did of The Gun Club's song 'Sex Beat' at Aquarium Drunkard today. You can hear the gun club original also. Both very worth downloading.

Good call, klt. The entire album that Escovedo track is taken from, Bourbonitis Blues is more than worth the price of admission. In addition to the great cover of "Sex Beat," there's a cover of Ian Hunter's "Irene Wilde" that's one of my two or three favorite Escovedo performances of all time.

For as great a songwriter as he is, Escovedo has long made covers of music that had a profound influence on his own music a part of his live shows. I've seen him tear up "All the Young Dudes" several times.

Oh, here's the direct link to the post in question.

Now Playing: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers live in Gainsville, Florida <-- streaming (appropriately) on www.wttsfm.com

not an mp3 blog, but I thought this blog about the cognitive science of music might interest a few people here.

http://soundandmind.amsteg.org/

Cool post over at jefitoblog today. He's got 36 rare/unreleased chris stamey tracks. Check them out here:
http://jefitoblog.com/blog/?p=953

Also, ickmusic has a cool pogues show posted in honor of the re-issues coming out.

http://ickmusic.com/index.php/2006/10/19/the-pogues-rei...-rocking-the-swedes/

I think these might be the two most exciting tracks I've downloaded in quite a while. Live versions of two new songs that Randy Newman is currently performing on his tour and which will probably appear on his new album (supposedly coming in spring of 2007!) The sound quality isn't great, but come on, it's a few new Randy Newman songs...you take what you can get.

http://www.undergroundbee.com/2006/11/new-randy-newman-songs.html