OFF: MP3s of bands coming to your town

[blackblade at BHALLIGAN.COM]

I thought this might be of interest to those of us who often wonder whether an upcoming local gig is worth seeing.

From: http://www.podcastingnews.com/archives/2006/02/new_site_offers_5.html

> Podbop is a unique search engine/podcast mashup that lets 
> users search for music events and MP3s by city. 
>
> As the site puts it:
>
> Old way: Looking up concerts in your town on an event 
> site, googling 100 different bands, tracking down an MP3 
> for each band, and then deciding which show you want to 
> go to.
>
> The Podbop way: Type in a city, get MP3s, discover a band 
> you like, and go see them.
>
> The site creates podcast feeds for search results, 
> letting users subscribe to a podcast of music for towns 
> that they are interested in. 
>
> Podbop pulls events tagged with "music" from Eventful and 
> integrates them with a database of bands and MP3s.
>
> The site is encouraging bands and labels to contact them 
> with their information, in order to provide more complete 
> search results. 
>
> Source: Podbop.org