70 files are currently being uploaded to the server. This new batch includes videos from User and Copbait, and a total of 18 new artists among which you'll find Deron Wade, Falik, Bret Battey, Anodyne, anabret, Gaskit, The Hillbilly Hellcats, and Rody Coronel. Check them all out, download some, have fun, and remember to share!

Jack Endino's Weed Café features new artists Biography Of Ferns, Combover, Upwell, and The Artichoke Project, and also new 5.1 surround mixes from User.

Weedtunes.com is happy to announce the music of the critically acclaimed NYC duo of Dave Hill Jr. and James Rotondi, jettatura. The entire "Squadra Fantasma" album is weedified and ready for download. The featured artists section also includes the great progressive electronica of Netherlands's Spectator, the instrumental proto-Post-Rock of You and Me, and the abstract soundscapes, unique instrumentals, and avant-garde compositions of Richard Dunlap.

New in Ars Divina's File Garden are the World Fusion sounds of Falik.

Lots of new treats at DownloadWEED.com. If you are fans of Brandi Carlile, you will love Los Angeles singer/songwriter Darcy Fray! Saba is a stunning blend of trip-hop, funk and world sounds. Yeast was an amalgam of players from Seattle bands Skin Yard, Vexed, and Daddy Hate Box. Singer/songwriter Deborah Bartley's songs tend to be introspective and melancholic, while maintaining a universal appeal in their observational, poetic lyrics. And last but not least, one new Treepeople rocker is now available on the site.

Soon to come on TTE Weed Media Gallery: Joan Jett and the It's About Eve girls weedify for Breast Cancer Awareness! Stay tuned for more details as they become available.

New to weed sharing, the webring of Weed download sites, is Ragtime Press, featuring the Ragtime, Jazz, Boogie, and Early Blues Piano of Sue Keller, and Weedgroove, offering tracks from Ray Barnes, Orbit 3 Forum, William Maxwell and Derek Parrott.

Newcomer Trackfiles.com proposes trance, house, hardstyle, experimental, and fantasy selections.

Online Bands has joined the Weed community. They have a catalog of indies from the Detroit area that they will be submitting into the Weed system over the next few weeks. Available right now from their site is Fuze, a high energy fusion rock/jazz band with a spontaneous and fun approach to music, and The Seeker, a recording project with songs inspired by classics like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.

Here's a quick roundup of what's going on in the Weed community.

Three sites have been added to weed sharing:

• Ozone333 offers techno, trance, dance, goa, underground, rave, electronica, house, funky, weird, film, & jazzy music. Many albums are already on-line.


• Zerotec helps independent artists and labels get music out there. Founded by Coco from Man or Astro-man?, the site has over 60 files, among which you'll find selections from The Autumns, Fugu, Tahiti 80, Komeda, and Children's Hour.


• Electrovoce is committed to bringing quality classical music to the web and is proud to announce it's first artist: Bret Battey. Bret is currently on the faculty at the University of Washington and is a first class composer specializing in electro-acoustic and computer generated music.

The Weed Stash announces the addition of Rob Roy to its roster. Rob has written many songs over the years, plays guitar, some keyboards and sings with a 5 octaves vocal range. Haunting melodies and soaring vocals give this singer/songwriter a unique sound.

Helios Creed, former brainchild of Subterranean noise outfit Chrome (1977-1982), began his solo career in 1985 with the release of X-rated Fairy Tales, and has released an additional 17 records since. Two tracks from Helios are now available on DownloadWEED.com. These are noisy, swirling, dark psychedelic tracks, and feature the added talents of Daniel House (DownloadWEED.com's webmaster) on bass, and Jason Finn (Presidents of the United States of America, Skin Yard, Love Battery) on drums.

The latest additions to the Ars Divina Weed File Garden include the "on the edge" electronic music of The Noisettes and the piano jazz of Kory Livingstone.

4 new BackseatGodz songs have been added to weedtunes.com's catalog. A couple of power ballads and a couple of hard rockin' metal tunes. Fans of "Pull Ahead" will also like "Your Needs" and "SummertimeGiftBag". Check them all out. Tim Airhart has a great voice and the tunes are meant to be played LOUD. Also, Seattle producer Jonathan Plum has produced some heavyweights in his 15 years in the industry and will be bringing some top notch music to the site.

New distribution site weedtracks.com features the music of Kyara and Vallesca.

Meanwhile, here at The Weed Files HQ, I have been busy working with artists to bring new content into the system. Expect new music soon!

Lots of new stuff again this week in Weed's busy universe!

Ars Divina is proud to announce the posting of "Vertebrae No.5", Mische Eddins's new EP, and music by Anodyne, on the Weed File Garden.

New files from Treepeople, The Semibeings, The Crypt Kicker Five and Wad are available on DownloadWEED.com.

Two full CD's by the famous Hillbilly Hellcats are up on weedtunes.com. The Hellcats are currently the number one Rockabilly band on IUMA.com and MP3.com with more than 250,000 downloads on MP3.com alone. Their "Rev It Up With Taz" CD brought them 12 top 40 hits. Also new this week is singer/songwriter Deron Wade's "Sometimes".

Jack Endino has added some Weed exclusive tracks from his old band Skin Yard to his Weed Cafe. Also, new tunes from Kung Pao and Gruntruck and 4 exclusive, much-sought-after tracks from a 1999 Gruntruck alter-ego band called Mona Diesel.

Newly added to weed sharing, The People's Republic of Pulchritude.

And last but not least, new search tools have appeared here in the Files and Artists sections. Also, detailed artist pages are now available, which will soon enable you to learn a little more about the makers of your favorite Weed music.