Cold War Kids - Relief

chris on November 03 2008

Why is it there are certain places on this great planet that just ooze musical talent. Must be something in the water. Austin is one of those hubs that consistently produce great tunes. I love this album art too, super great.

The Cure - Siren Song

alex on October 30 2008

New Cure eh? Hope everyone is pumped up and ready to do some trick and or treating, I know im ready to get some cavities in my teeth. I've decieded to go with the timeless costume of a vampire. I'm debating the white face makeup, we'll see how goth im feeling.

Nouvelle Vague - Love Will Tear Us Apart

alex on October 29 2008

sshiiiitt thats ones chilled out cover right there boys and girls, I still think new order does the best cover of this song orig. by Joy Division. most everything is done with new left as rain just need to do internal testing whoop whoop.

Mount Eerie - Voice In Headphones

alex on October 29 2008

boom, 400 songs, enjoy it while it lasts cause the new version is going to be a fresh playlist. This is happening to make things easier on me and my friendly hosting company who has shut this site off twice this month. In with the new out with the old my friends. I heard this track this morning while browsing albums, seemed absolutely perfect for the NY folks enduring this cold windy rainy post apocalyptic day.

Pale Young Gentlemen - The Crook Of My Good Arm

chris on October 28 2008

I'm bout ready for a new color scheme, how bout you. As Calvin Harris says, get some colours on, get some colours on. Pale Young Gentlemen are nice young lads from Wisco. Here is a track from their latest album that came out earlier this month.

Bloc Party - Flux

alex on October 28 2008

hey kids, expect new left as rain by the end of the week. here's a quick update, got lots of good music for the new playlist. You might not notice the difference between the new and old version at the start but i've built it out so that features can be added with little effort. neat!

Her Space Holiday - The Truth Hurts So This Should Be Painless

chris on October 27 2008

I have never been this tired in my entire life. I am sitting up at a desk and I still keep falling asleep. Born Ruffians and Plants and Animals tonight at Mercury Lounge. That is quite a duo.

Neon Neon - I Lust You

chris on October 24 2008

Crazy week, woah. Sorry about the hiatus, alex is working his fingers to the bone to revamp the site. Or he is sleeping off a hangover, one. There had been amazing music all week long for CMJ, like tonight is Broken Social Scene and Land of Talk in BK. If you will be there holla atchaboy.

Sebastien Grainger - (Are There) Ways To Come Home

alex on October 22 2008

This is half of death from above 1979, sounds pretty good right? Regardless you may have noticed the lack of entries/site being down on monday. There's a lot of shit going on, for instance - I have the week off of work to re-write this peice of poo music blog known as left as rain and CMJ is going on in New York so I'm at shows all day. In short, dont expect much on here this week, so check back next week for hopefully a new version of left as rain.

Dragonette - The Boys

alex on October 17 2008

Hey ya'll, thanks to everyone who made it out last night. Hang out with my new friend Dragonette, she spits hot fire(get it?!).