Tuesday, January 19, 2010

The Unknown & Unheard Show 162!!!

Stream & Download The U & U Show 162 Right Here, Right Now! (MediaFire) Jay Reatard – Always Wanting More – Matador Singles ‘08 (2008) - Died last week at age 29. - punk rock, power pop, straight forward rock… a lot of distortion - punched a fan who jumped on stage… video Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine The Besnard Lakes - Albatross - Are The Roaring Night (2010) - forthcoming 2nd full length. - Their debut was a highly praised effort with the critics. - Out of Montreal. - There is a constant and consistent build of electric guitar distortion that remains steady throughout the track’s surges. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Surfer Blood - Twin Peaks - Astrocoast (2009) - Debut album - Echoey sound is reminiscent of Kurt Vile except these guys have more of a anthem sound. - This might be the lightest, most straight forward track. MySpace : Stream on HypeMachine Bad Sports - And It Goes - Bad Sports (2009) - debut album - Texas band - Musically reminds me of British garage punk rock with a touch of the early Who. MySpace : HypeMachine Cold War Kids – Sermons - Behave Yourself EP (2009) - Forthcoming EP - Debut full length album out in 2006 - 3 EPs prior to debut's release - Newest full-length album is ‘Loyalty to Loyalty’ Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Broken Bells - The High Road - Broken Bells (2010) - Forthcoming debut full length. - Gnarls Barkley producer Danger Mouse teams up with singer James Mercer (*post-posting bit of info: James Mercer is in the Shins!). Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Eels – In My Younger Days - End Times (2010) - Newest album - Calls it 'the divorce album.' - Defintiely a more restrained album compared to Hombre Lobo Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Efterklang - Modern Drift - Magic Chairs (2010) - Forthcoming album out February 23rd. - Danish band - best album so far is Parades. - They recorded a stunning live version of that album and called it Performing Parades. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Gigi - I'm Not Coming Out Tonight (feat. Sydney Vermon & Marissa Johnson) - Maintainment (2010) - Album from producer Colin Stewart - Each track on the album features different vocalists - This is an album that experiments with a lot of vintage reverb effects. HypeMachine Dark Dark Dark - New York Song - The Snow Magic (2008) - Debut full legnth - The duet on this song is great with the old time-y folk feel. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine The Roadside Graves - Ruby - My Son's Home (2009) - 2nd album - Very well received album. - Remind me a good deal of Lucero and their bar room style of rock/southern rock. - The pulsing tempo changes make this track stand out to me. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Handsome Furs - I'm Confused - Face Control (2009) - 2nd album from Wolf Parade's Dan Boeckner and his wife. - one of my big misses this year. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine MOONFACE - Marimba and Shit-Drums - Dreamland EP: Marimba and Shit-Drums (2010) - Wolf Parade's and Sunset Rubdown's Spencer Krug's latest solo project. - It's a 20 minute 'track' - Available digitally right now on his site for whatever donation you want to make. Official Site : HypeMachine

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