Each week our good friends over at The Owl Mag share all the goodies they get in their inbox (think free MP3s, new videos and the general low-down on Bay Area artists) in an effort to spread the local music gospel.  Now you're about to get it here with our new weekly feature, The Inbox. Here's what we've got this week:

Girls:

Right now at True Panther you can stream Girls' new album aptly titled Album for free (drops 9/22). Dload the single "Lust For Life" and hear why these Franciscans with laid back PB & J meets early-Elvis Costello vibes are popping all over the internets.

Or, The Whale

Picture yourself on a dim lit front porch swing with Sookie Stackhouse, under a grove of trees covered in old man's beard. That's where Or, The Whale takes you. Neil Young riffs, Grateful Dead harmonies, and Lynyrd Skynyrd swagger will transport you, we swear. Here's the proof: "Rusty Gold" (off Or, The Whale 9/22)