Don DiLego - Courtesy of Jennifer Bruursema

I was listening to my The Shins station on Pandora and this catchy band I’ve never heard of, Don DiLego, comes on. The song was “Falling Into Space.” I loved the song, so started digging a little further and it seems Don is not signed and actually has his own label, Velvet Elk.

Of course, once I found the Velvet Elk MySpace page, that only led to more awesome music with Beautiful Small Machines. Either Don is in that band or they are just on his label. I can’t tell, but all of the music from both bands is superb.

Really some of the best stuff I’ve heard in a very long time.