You Ain't No Picasso has posted a link to a live Late BP Helium concert (at the Boat in Toronto, 6/28/06) which you can download. The direct link is here. Also, yesterday YANP offered Of Montreal's "Keep Sending Me Black Fireworks" for download, a nice July 4 treat.

Happy Happy Birthday to Me is now taking pre-orders for Say it in Slang, the debut album from M Coast, formerly known as Marshmallow Coast, but with an expanded singing/songwriting team in support of Andy Gonzales, including Derek Almstead, Emily Growden, and Sara Kirkpatrick. Mike at HHBTM writes, "We will be shipping CDs out to those who preorder copies the week after Popfest. The preorder copies will come in a special printed felt sleeve with snap pocket and a bonus Slang book will also be included for just $11.00 postage paid in the USA & Canada. Overseas will be $14.00. Special Sleeve versions will be limited to 50 copies." In addition, check out the HHBTM CD-R EP club, which still has slots available. The CD-Rs to be shipped out will include "The Maybellines (Denver, CO), Telenovela (Athens, GA), Gift Machine (Olympia, WA), Pegasuses (Athens, GA), the Passerines (Chicago, IL), the Ocelots (Nashville, TN), Thee Moths (UK), [and] the Faintest Ideas formerly the Javelins (Sweden)."

The Summer Hymns have posted a couple of live tracks exclusively for download at their MySpace page.

Finally, Hannah Jones from The New Sound of Numbers has written that her new CD, Liberty Seeds, has arrived fresh from the plant, so copies will be on sale at future shows. You can see their tour schedule here.