Cara Beth from Witches came over and enjoyed some bergen bagels and coffee with a couple of buddies. Witches also feature long island's native son Clancy, and wandering bass-man Jared. It's Witches week!

IYMI and The State Lottery is hitting the road. With my broken laptop, updates will be as infrequent as ever! If anyone can help with any of the TBA's it would be very appreciated. Download the new record now or buy the LP from Salinas Records. *Any donations will go towards the tour. ...

I've always been a fan of Cara's music, whether it's on her own or with Witches. During their recent tour , she incorporated a couple of solo songs into their set, many which can be found on this record. I asked her whether she'd want to put it up on IYMI, and she seemed pretty happy about never having to burn another CD of it. So here it is, 6 songs by Witches' Cara Beth Satalino. Her voice is definitely...

Andy has played in numerous bands including Get Bent, The State Lottery, Red & Blue and How Do We Jump This High?. You can download his life's discography on If You Make It. Buy this: White Whale s/t 7" I moved to Buffalo, NY about a year and a half ago and White Whale are a band that makes me happy that I live here. Dark, garage-y punk with a certain urgency and weirdness that reminds me of...

Lauren Denitzio is an artist/musician/wonder woman living in restless Brooklyn, NY. She's a founding member of The Measure (SA), frequent Razorcake contributor, For The Birds Collective member, a pal, a confidant and a hyper-productive force. The fruits of her labor can be viewed and appreciated at blackandredeye.com. ~ Katie Crutchfield Buy This Deathrats - s/t 7" Deathrats played in Brooklyn recently and I was able to pick up their first 7". I'm horrible at...

Theo is the ringleader of Athen's Nana Grizol and also the tight-rope walker in Defiance, Ohio. Check him out on Elephant Six's Holiday Suprise Tour in March. Okay sorry this Valentines Edition of Music Mondays is running a little on the later side!! I realized after putting it together that the common thread of my selections (besides the phenomenal Cyndi Lauper video) is that they are all bands who Nana Grizol has played with on...

I just had the pleasure of hanging out with Casey for over a month straight, and he was one of my favorite people to hang out with every day. We just said goodbye to him this morning, and it was super super sad, homes. I'm going to miss seeing him all of the time. Check out & download his recent collection of solo recordings, "COMROMS", that he just put on his tumblr site. He and ...