Finally some decent competition for iTunes: Amazon’s DRM-free online music store. Though the catalogue is still limited we hope big sales help music companies and independent musicians visualize that the future is here, running them over.

Most songs are between $0.89 and $0.99, and most albums are between $6 and $10 encoded at 256 Kbps. So what are you waiting for? Go there and buy music! We suggest:

Silencio = Muerte: Red Hot + Latin (Redux)
Feist - The Reminder
Manu Chao - La Radiolina
PJ Harvey - White Chalk
The Puppini Sisters - Betcha Bottom Dollar
Peaches - The Teaches Of Peaches
Defragmentation - Self Construct
CocoRosie - La Maison De Mon Rêve
The Knife - Deep Cuts
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
Basement Jaxx - Remedy
Hot Chip - The Warning
Lady Sovereign - Public Warning
Bran Van 3000 - Glee
Etienne De Crecy - Super Discount
Pink Martini - Hang On Little Tomato
Amon Tobin - Permutation
Bonobo - Days To Come
Quantic - An Announcement To Answer

A “dream come true” would be not to see the Currently Unavailable notice anymore (like it recently happened with Jorch Mono’s The Orphan Monkey Meets The Acoustic Guitar)

Once again October is almost here and this year the Festival Majors (as we consider them here at Suite 303, because of their innovative lineup) are filled with great performers, film, conferences and more. If you are near one of these three beautiful cities, just go damned!

Pop Montréal, October 3th-7th; Montréal, Canada.
Beastie Boys, Beirut, Bonde Do Role, Caribou, Chromeo, Devendra Banhart, Do Make Say Think, Eric’s Trip, Fujiya & Miyagi, Hot Hot Heat, Pere Ubu, Jonathen Rice, Rilo Kiley, Simian Mobile Disco, Patti Smith, Ron Sexsmith and many more! plus films and contemporary art.

CMJ Music Marathon, October 16th-20th; New York City, USA.
Arizona, Aux Raus, Casper And The Cookies, Coheed And Cambria, Datarock, Del The Funky Homosapien, Eagle*Seagull, Holly And The Italians, Imperial Teen, Jesu, Justice, Le Loup, M.I.A., Mates Of State, The Meat Puppets, Nashville Pussy, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Simian Mobile Disco, Spoon, UNKLE, We Are Wolves, Xiu Xiu and many, many, many more! plus films and interaction with the music industry.

Iceland Airwaves, October 17th-21st; Reykjavík, Iceland.
!!!, Æla, Amiina, Bloc Party, Bonde Do Role, Chromeo, Deerhoof, Gus Gus, Jeff Who?, Múm, Of Montreal, Smoosh, Jenny Wilson, XXX Rottweiler and many more! plus great parties and the chance to take a glimpse of the Aurora Borealis.

Coming from Gothenburg Sweden, Little Dragon is an outstanding new band which blends many music styles and creates a unique and brilliant fusion, the main delight is the voice of Yukimi Nagano, she was singing a long time with the jazz band named Koop, in fact last year we’ve reviewed their last work together “Koop - Islands” an album that appears to be set in the 30’s, However, opposite to Koop, Little Dragon is not jazz at all, I suggest you to check this video of their song Test, and, by the way, their debut album would be on sale on September 18th.

Good Luck Little Dragon!