I was seriously all ready to get this out last night and actually have Music Monday on Monday for a nice change, but then as I was about to start gathering the necessary links, my internet quit. I swear. So I went to bed.

Anyway. Here are a couple of mp3blog finds, not necessarily from the past week. (both via fluxblog.org, here and here)

Monarch – Obituary
Pleasure – Out of Love

The Sterns

I found The Sterns on Amie Street. Even if y’all don’t get into Amie Street’s business model (though I find that hard to understand, since “songs start out free and then increase in price up to 99 cents as they get more popular” makes more sense than anything else I can think of), you should get on their new release e-mail list, because I find a lot of stuff I like that way. Including these guys. I’m sorry I didn’t share them sooner; I think I got them when the songs were about eight cents each, and now they’re up to thirty. Still cheaper than iTunes, and no DRM! ;)

The Sterns – Rosemary Gross
The Sterns – About the Author

Club 8

Club 8 are a Swedish indie pop band. Their albums are handled by Labrador Records, and some of their songs are included on the Labrador Summer 2007 Mix I posted about a few months ago. Anyway, they’ve got a new single that just came out called “Heaven”, which Labrador has for download on their site. Here’s that single, plus one of the tracks off the Summer Sampler (which was originally on the album “The Friend I Once Had” from 2005). Hat tip to The Yellow Stereo (which I’m loving lately, BTW) for the news on the single.

Club 8 – Heaven
Club 8 – Missing You

(click the cover to buy from emusic; if you prefer amazon, click here, but emusic is going to be a way better deal, because the album is an import)