P Bear: Modern Music Grower

With the goal of giving away a fresh, original song every other weekday in 2007, Portland, Oregon artist Podington Bear is continuing in his marathon in the first half of 2008 to finish 156 songs that surprise and delight. "Inventive, not-in-your-face instrumental music that reminded me a bit of early-ish Mum." - Wired. "Pings and plinks and whirs and clatters like a toy machine, but it's also made with the understanding that, when programmed correctly, robots can convey the soul-sick pathos of grieving poets." -NPR