Surprise! Stream This Ish is back. In case you forgot, Friday on FF>> is when we round up the bands in this week’s issue for you to stream. Isn’t that nice of us?

— Check out the quirky three-piece Uke and Tuba (which features – yup, you guessed it – a ukelele and tuba) in our music feature and head over to Youtube to stream some of their music videos.

— Una De Luna is also featured in the City Paper this week. Stream three of the band’s free tracks on their website.

— Our Local Beat column is about electronic musician 8cylinder. Preview some clips from his most recent release, Panic, here.

— Next up are this week’s CD Reviews :

Check out the title track from The Meets‘ five-track EP here!

Stream Wires and Cables‘ new EP Toundo on their Facebook, here.

Singer/songwriter Jack McLaughlin doesn’t offer any stream-able music, but you can preview (and order) his new album, The Season, here.

— Finally, here are our Critics’ Picks for this week:

Grouplove @ Altar Bar, tonight (10/26)

Walk Off the Earth @ Mr. Small’s this Tuesday (10/30)

RL Grime @ Carnegie Mellon University, tonight (10/26)

Outasight @ Stage AE, Saturday (10/27)

Enjoy!

This article appears in Oct 24-30, 2012.