DD Download - Thieves and Villains

Thieves and Villains are an American indie rock band from the Hudson Valley region of New York who have one album out (2008's Movement) and are about to release another, South America, on August 3rd.

These guys remind me of a more over the top version of My Chemical Romance with the lyrical sensibility of Coheed and Cambria.  Their music is really fun to listen to!

Below is the first single from the new album called "Virginia Woolf."

DD Download - The Ghost Inside

The Ghost Inside is a Metalcore / Melodic hardcore band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2006. As A Dying Dream, they released an EP, Now Or Never.

Not long after, they changed their name to The Ghost Inside, and released a full length studio album entitled Fury and The Fallen Ones.

Their long awaited sophomore release titled Returners came out on June 8th, 2010.

If you like screaming in your music, this is the band for you.  But for those who prefer it a little more melodic, they do that too.  The band's music is actually very addicting and party going on in the video below looks like a lot of fun.

You can learn more about The Ghost Inside and how to get their music at http://www.myspace.com/theghostinside

DD Download - Kingdom Of Sorrow

Hello and welcome to the first entry of what I'm calling the DD Download.  What we're going to be doing is highlighting an artist that isn't exactly popular but maybe on the rise and today it's Kingdom of Sorrow.

From - New Orleans, Louisiana

Around since - 2005

Members - Kirk Windstein of Crowbar and Down and Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed among others.

I'm not usually a fan of this particular genre of rock but I found the mellowness mixed with headbanging appealing.  If you want to chill and rock out at the same time this band is perfect for you.  Plus they've got some pretty kick-ass artwork.

The video below features a song called "Envision The Divide" which is off their just-released second album Behind The Blackest Tears.

You can find out more about this band plus how to get their music at http://www.myspace.com/kingdomofsorrow

ExtensionFM

I have two confessions to make.

#1, I'm stealing almost the entire concept for this blog from an article I just read.

#2, It's probably not a good idea to tell people to listen to music online when there's a perfectly good radio station probably playing their favorite song right now at 106.5 The buzz.

Ya know what?  People are going to get music wherever they can so I say who cares!

On that note, here we go.

I've found something called ExtensionFM and it's an add-on to your Google Chrome web browser. Don't have Chrome yet?  You may want to after reading this.  Click HERE to download it.

After you install the ExtensionFM add-on, any time you are on a page that has a link to a downloadable MP3 file, it will add a permanent link to that MP3 to its library, which looks a lot like iTunes. The ExtensionFM library is always accessible from Chrome!  Just click the icon in the upper-right corner of the browser, and you'll launch a tab with the library. You can then organize the MP3 links by source, artist, or album.

Don't know where to go for free mp3's?  There's a featured list of sites on the Extension's homepage.  Right now it includes Spinner, Pitchfork.com, Stereogum.com and Live Music Archive but this changes.

After visiting pages like these, ExtensionFM will continue to feed new links into the library with no further intervention from you.  Every time the sites are updated with more free MP3s, they'll appear in your library.

Thanks to Matt Rosoff at Cnet.com for the information!