I trust Ryan Catbird with my ears. Ever since we first mentioned him and his indie (no, but seriously. Indie.) label a few months ago, I’ve been watching his music blog, Catbirdseat, like a stalker, and have panther-pounced a nice percentage of what he recommends. Therefore, while there may be debate as to whether I am worthy of telling you what to listen to, I feel totally comfortable telling you that you should listen to what he tells you to listen to… and the latest word from Catbird states that you need to stick your ears into the music of Clear Tigers. In fact, the man not only recommended we listen to them, he also “veered off towards hyperbole land” in saying that we will soon refer to them as our “new favorite band.” For those of you unfamiliar with music snobbery, to use a term of that strength is sometimes analygous to dumping at least 80% of your musical street-cred right down the gutter (unless, of course, you can back it up). I’m going to have to wait until I listen to the entire Clear Tigers EP for the final verdict, but I already am leaning towards “cha-ching,” because that’s how it normally works with the stuff he recommends. You can get our own copy for a pleasantly un-risky $3 here, but move quickly; like most of the releases from that place, the CD has been produced in a tiny little run of 200, and will probably be swarmed upon by throngs of blood-sucking hipsters, stat.