Podbop

Okay, this site is pretty cool. Its called Podbop.

Let it sink in and please, try to move past the Hansons references. Seriously.

This site is awesome for three reasons:

1) It lets you look up bands coming to your home city (note the use of the word "city". . . towns, notsomuch) or any city, for that matter, and then hear their music in the form of downloadable mp3s.

2) There are links to artists (though only recently added ones) and, more substantially, their labels - potentially a goldmine for seekers of the obscure (a la me).

3) There is a groovy "Recent U.S. Cities Searched" map that is constantly being dotted with florescent green madness - spy on mp3 seekers just like the DoJ!