Kevin Bronson on November 6th, 2009

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L.A. chanteuse Inara George last month released “Acidental Experimental,” her solo follow-up to the 2008 collaboration she did with Van Dyke Parks, “An Invitation.” For this new digital-only release (on Everloving, which released her 2006 debut “All Rise”), the distaff half of the Bird and the Bee again worked with producer Michael Andrews. The results are a bit baroque, occasionally playful and, as is wont with her material, very smart lyrically. KCRW-FM has a one-day only download of her song “Bomb” available for free. Click quick.

||| Download: “Bomb” (via KCRW)

||| Live: Inara George, along with Eleni Mandell and Ferraby Lionheart, performs Tuesday at the Bootleg Theater.

‣ I’ve written several times about the formidable album-a-month series by John Wood and Learning Music. Now Wood is releasing, via free download, an album called “This May Also Be It” compiling some of the highlights from the first six months of his project. To say the least, it’s stylistically adventurous.

||| Download: The album “This May Also Be It” (e-mail required)

‣ L.A.-via-Pennsylvania pop auteur Evan Voytas has steadily been making new music since I first heard him two years ago. He recently released a new EP, “The New Dynamic Sound of Evan Voytas,” played at CMJ and scored a gig opening for Vampire Weekend. And keep an ear out for a new EP.

||| Download: “Astro,” “So Sure” and “Give It Back” and more songs (via RCRDLBL.com).

||| Live: Evan Voytas opens for Vampire Weekend on Nov. 14 at the Lomita VFW Hall.

Photo by Autumn de Wilde