Frightened Rabbit have a new song that we found on the old interweb yesterday.  The song is called “Last Tango in Brooklyn” and appears on a new fake book compilation called The Lifted Brow.  You might be surprised by the different sound from the band, but the tune is still quite tasty.

Download: Frightened Rabbit - Last Tango in Brooklyn [MP3]

Nada Surf will be bringing their brand of pop-rock to Emo’s on Saturday evening.  Buy your tickets now for the low low price of $15.  Catch a preview of the show with “See These Bones” from the band’s latest effort Lucky.  In other Nada Surf news, the guys have a new limited edition vinyl box set coming out next week.  The price may sound high at $100 but you get all 5 Nada Surf LPS, digital downloads of each and a few other random goodies.  Sound good?  Pre-order your copy now.

Download: Nada Surf - See These Bones [MP3]

Austin’s own, Shearwater, recently made an appearance on the NPR Tiny Desk Concert series.  The intimate in house set features 4 songs played with nothing but acoustic instruments and some really random/awesome home made instruments by the band’s drummer Thor Harris.  Watch the whole thing now.  In other Sheartwater news, the band has a new digital EP entitled Snow Leopard EP that you can download from the Matador Records website.  Here‘s title track from the album “Snow Leopard”.

Download: ShearWater - The Snow Leopard [MP3]

Polyvinyl artist, Owen, is bringing his brand of low key, acoustic melodies to Emo’s on Thursday evening.  Doors are set to open at 9pm with tickets available now for only $10.  Here’s Owen’s last single “Bad News”.

Download: Owen - Bad News [MP3]

Johnathon Ford will be bringing his instrumental outfit Unwed Sailor to Emo’s Austin on Wednesday evening.  Doors for the show are at 8 with music beginning around 10.  Local Austin act, The Calm Blue Sea, will also be playing in support of the Oklahoma based act.  Preview the show with recent single from Unwed Sailor “Copper Islands”.

Download: Unwed Sailor - Copper Islands [MP3]

One of my favorite discoveries of the year, Horse Feathers, just recorded a Woxy Lounge session and the nice folks at The Futurist have all the live songs available for download.  The band plays 3 songs from their stellar 2008 album House With no Home and one from their 2006 release Words Are Dead.  Here’s the live track from the 2006 album called “Mother’s Sick”.  Beautiful.

Download: Horse Feathers - Mother’s Sick(live) [MP3]

The nice people at Joyful Noise Records have another end of the year sampler you can download for free.  This is another free sampler from record labels as they hope to remind us all what great albums they put out in the last year.  Can you say year end lists?  Download the sampler now.  We’ve also got highlight track “Suspended Air” from Indiana band, The Delicious.

Download: The Delicious - Suspended Air [MP3]

Jim Ward’s project outside of Sparta, Sleepercar, will be showing up at Mohawk this dull Monday evening.  Doors for the event are set for 8pm with no opening band yet announced.  Preview the show with the band’s most recent single “A Broken Promise”.

Download: Sleepercar - A Broken Promise

Comet Gain has been one of my favorite bands for several years now, yet they never really seem to pop into the consciousness for most people. This new track comes off a 7” that also features the song “Love Without Lies.” Each song will appear on the band’s newest album Broken Record Players, set to hit our shores this coming Tuesday, November 18th.

Download: Comet Gains - Books Of California [MP3]

Another album of the year contender, Dutchess & The Duke, were recently featured on the Daytrotter website.  The Portland duo play two songs from their 2008 debut LP and two other previously unreleased songs.  Download/listen to the songs and find out why we love these two so much.  Here’s one of the tunes from the session you can jam out to this weekend called “Out of Time”.

Download: The Dutchess & The Duke - Out of Time(Daytrotter Sessions) [Mp3]