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Outside Lands Art and Music Festival is happening all weekend long in our very own backyard. The lineup reads like a whose who of the alt/electro/indie genre. Our friends Kaskade and Pretty Lights are performing. We’re also excited to see The National in the lineup – you can check out our love letter to them…

In this edition of Friday Download, we have three classic, creepy movies. Night of the Living Dead. Plan 9 from Outer Space. The Phantom of the Opera. In them, you’ll find zombies, aliens, and a corpse-faced man in love. We’ve got something special lined up for you guys on Tuesday; consider this a hint. Download….

In this week’s edition of FDL: steampunk adventures in Australis from author Steve DeWinter. The Scarecrow of OZ is an action-packed sequel to The Wizard of OZ: A Steampunk Adventure. Caleb – a half-human, half-lion hybrid – is imprisoned in the Australis Penal Colony, where an ancient, and devastating, weapon was hidden millennia ago. His…

In this edition of Friday Download: a first look at Evangeline Lilly’s new graphic storybook, The Squickerwonkers. Grab it here. Introduced by Peter Jackson, and illustrated by Weta Workshop’s Johnny Fraser Allen, the book tells the tale of a girl who falls in with traveling troupe of vice-stricken marionettes. Dark. We caught up with the…

For fans of Explosions In The Sky, The Album Leaf, Fugazi, great music This weeks FDL: Mogwai. Mogwai hails from Scottland and is the cosmic post-rock instrumental band that will play the soundtrack to your life. Whether you’re a mega fan or new to the band, this collection of audio recordings from their live shows…

In this edition of Friday Download, we’ve got Spoon: Texas-based indie darlings turned alternative rock sensation. Listen to them in 1997, performing from the album that established their sound–The Soft Effects EP– all the way to 2008, performing from their critically acclaimed and creatively daring album Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. Enjoy! Links to the…

In this edition of Friday Download: lo-fi-indie-gypsy-rock sounds like quite a lot, and just quite right. Three live shows from Beirut, spanning over seven years of material. Links to the torrents below, with thanks from our friends at archive.org. Friday Download: Beirut 1. O-WEST / Tokyo, Japan / 2012 2. KLRU / Austin, Texas /…

In this edition of FDL: rock revivalism and alt-country experimentation. We’ve got three live shows from My Morning Jacket, spanning a decade of the band’s work; lovingly preserved by Internet Archive’s intrepid curatorial team. A soundtrack worthy of this (fine, first) summer weekend. Links to the torrents, below. Friday Download: My Morning Jacket 1. The…

In this week’s FDL, a slight, slightly biased survey of work from one of our favorite bands: the Grateful Dead. Deadheads and music geeks rejoice: the Internet Archive hosts and curates a collection of over nine thousand live shows from the group. Start here. Or start here. And start exploring. Friday Download: Grateful Dead 1….

This is the sound of surf, the sound of So Cal, the sound of summer. And this the man who pioneered it: Dick Dale, the King of Surf Guitar. He brought reverb and distortion into the mainstream; pushing against the conventions of rock, and the limits of amp technology. We’re bringing it to you, live….