Just when I’d begun to think New York had lost its soul in music, I was turned onto the Wild Yaks. And thank god. Who knows what this band is doing in Brooklyn, but one thing is for certain: they’re leaving an impression. The Wild Yaks have got energy-infused anthem-esque songs that fondly remind me of Florida’s Against Me! and their proteges, Fake Problems and sexy squealing brass parts that take me back to the days of Morphine. (more…)

Music is a funny industry. Like most other art, you’re praised if you’re even remotely aware of the underground and expected to, invariably, recognize the acts of the current mainstream. Myspace has managed to simultaneously make it easier and more difficult to keep up. Sure, there are thousands of new bands on Myspace that you would have never heard of before had it not been for the website–and it can all be very crowding to your musical mind–but they’re also all just a click away now. So get your little fingers ready for some intense clicking action. These Myspace links are probably gonna blow you away. Or…um…I hope at least one of them does.

ONE DAY AS A LION
Were you ever into Rage Against The Machine? How about The Mars Volta? Well, if you said yes to either one of those questions, you should hear the new project between Mr. Political Activism himself; Zach de la Rocha and the previous Mars Volta drummer; Jon Theodore. It’s like they were bored on some Cali beach one day, sipping Pacificos, when they looked at each other and said, “Shit, you know, lets just undo all of the wrong that Audioslave has done.”

Listen to tracks from all the bands after the jump! (more…)