Lake Fever Sessions have released the second volume in the ongoing series of podcasts comprised of audio culled from their in-studio performances. It’s quite a bit shorter than the first volume as it’s only made up of sessions from 2010 but it’s an enjoyable listen from top to bottom. They’ve even included an unreleased song from The Non-Commissioned Officers that didn’t make it to the Internets prior to now. Bonus!

Long story short – go download the podcast and start your week off right.

1. Elvis Perkins in Dearland – “Stay Zombie Stay”
2. The Black Hollies – “When You’re Not There”
3. Brendan Benson – “You Make A Fool Out Of Me”
4. The Non-Commissioned Officers – “Pie Fight”
5. Sondre Lerche – “Heartbeat Radio”

Finding new music for the WOTT podcasts is never an easy task but I recently noticed that Bandcamp has integrated a tiny bit of tagging to their service that allows you to search by region. So, I fired up the Nashville and Murfreesboro tags in search of new and undiscovered gems. I’m not saying all of these things are headed for a future podcast but it’s always interesting to hear a diverse bit of musical offerings from our fair town. Here are a few of my findings…

• Ramus – Machines Are Good – post-rock instrumental hard rock / metal onslaught. A genre that, as far as I’m concerned, is a Nashville rarity.
• Lawrence Crow – 1/f – abstract, ethereal, experimental electronic music. Maybe not something you’d jam out to in your car with the sunroof down but it creates a nice wall-of-sound aural setting at times.
• And The Relatives – Below and Above – apparently ATR has released a smattering of b-sides; all worth snagging.
• Yoseph y la Zilla! – Machine – a bit of electronic bedroom pop.. misfires a few places (autotune should be banned) but a fresh switch up.
• Whales – Departure – four song EP of big riff / wall-of-sound / shoegaze rock.

There’s a lot to wade through but I recommend giving it a spin and seeing what you come up with.