I just stumbled upon the
web site of Japanese jazz songstress extraordinare, Monday Michiru. From her bio on her web site:
While she is best known for being one of the pioneers of the acid jazz movement in Japan in the early 90s and later as one of the few women in Japan's underground club scene, she has undoubtedly crossed over and beyond the scope of club music to a style that is undeniably hers. She is the rare female singer/songwriter who also produces her own works.
This press release reveals that she will be releasing an acoustic guitar and vocal duet album "Naked Breath" on Dec. 31, 2005. Her website has lots of free songs to stream.
The Smokes, an indie country/rock band from Vancouver BC, have just posted three full length
MP3 tracks on their web site. I saw these guys perform at the Pic pub last Friday night and they are great!
(I should mention that I am now their webmaster so I may be a bit biased. But do check
their web site out anyways!).