This posting on the Mental Floss blog reminded me of a resource I often forget: the live music archive:
The Live Music Archive currently contains nearly 40,000 recordings from over 2,000 performers. Some of my favorites: Mike Doughty, The Weepies, Andrew Bird, The Decemberists. Also check out the overwhelming full list of bands. [...]

As I’ve said before, KEXP rocks.
Latest find, courtesy of KEXP’s live performances podcast, which recorded them at SXSW, is a Danish band called Under Byen. They remind me of the Sugarcubes crossed with Sigur Rós - and not just because they sing in Danish, which is as incomprehensible to me as Icelandic, but because they [...]