The Unknown & Unheard Show 184!

Stream & Download The U & U Show 184 Right Here, Right Now! (MediaFire) The Tallest Man On Earth - Graceland (2010) - Neil Simon cover - 2nd album is just out. - Extremely unique voice - 2008 self-titled debut was very well received. - The first act I will see at the P4K-fest Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine : DayTrotter Perfume Genius - Mr. Peterson - Learning (2010) - debut album. - Easy and catchy piano track. - This week's band that is blowing up out of the blue. They are everywhere! MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Wolf Parade – Cloud Shadow on the Mountain – Expo 86 (2010) - 3rd album - Their 2nd was a huge 2008 hit. The same can be sair about their debut in 2005 - Dan Boeckner and Spencer Krug each take their cracks at song writing and lead singing and each are coming of hugely successful releases from their side projects. - Boeckner (Handsome Furs) and Krug (Sunset Rubdown) Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine We Are Country Mice - A Good Old Fashioned Barn Raising - We Are Country Mice (2010) - Debut album - Big ominous rock sound with vocals that can only remind one of Les Claypool of Primus. MySpace : HypeMachine Puerto Rico Flowers - Let's Make Friends – PRF 4 EP (2010) - Debut EP - Another heavier rock sound with a bold voice. Label's MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Blue Giant – The Void Above the Sky - Blue Giant (2010) - Debut full length - This is a side project from members of Viva Voce. MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Viva Voce – Believer - Get Yr Blood Sucked Out (2006) - 4th album… 5th was out last year, Rose City - Portland, OR husband and wife duo - spacey catchy psychedelic rock. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Sonny & the Sunsets – Too Young to Burn – Tomorrow Is Alright (2009) - Debut album… getting a proper release finally. Was previously out only on vinyl and digitally. - Raven Sings The Blues is one of my favorite blogs when I want something raw, garage, psychedelic, bluesy or any combination of those in the form of a band no one knows about - Sonny Smith is the leader and has release more work under his given name. Official Site : Sonny Smith Official Site : HypeMachine Ezra Furman & The Harpoons – Halloween Snow – Banging Down the Doors (2007) - Debut album - One of the most fun records to listen to in the past couple years. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine : DayTrotter Sessions J Roddy Walston and the Business – Don’t Break the Needle - J Roddy Walston and the Business (2010) - 2nd album - Baltimore band - Rock and roll feel to some of the tracks - Makes me think of Dr. Dog here. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine The Henry Clay People – Your Famous Friends - Somewhere on The Golden Coast (2010) - forthcoming 3rd album. - Big energetic anthem rock Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine These United States – The Great River - What Lasts (2010) - Forthcoming 4th album in 4 yrs - Their debut was one that I immediately latched onto, but it took a re-release to drive up the following this band deserves. - Jesse Elliot, lead singer, writes some fantastic lyrics to go along with the layered Americana progressions. - This is about the most poppy they've ever sounded. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine MMOSS - Woolgathering - i (2010) - Debut full length - Available for 'You Name the Price' on their official site. - Be careful when Googling… this band is not the Minnesota Metabolic and Obesity Surgical Specialists… I don’t think. Official Site : MySpace : HypeMachine Open Hand - Cool & Pilgrim - Honey (2010) - 3rd full length… first with a decent amount of buzz behind it. - Very limited releases prior to this. - Trying to give you a sample of the wide range they're bringing… and they have pretty short songs. MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine The Stone Foxes - Stomp - Bears & Bulls (2010) - Country folk rock act. - This track is a big time stomper reminiscent of Led Zeppelin’s Bron-Y-Aur Stomp. MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Maximum Balloon - Tiger (Feat Aku) - Maximum Balloon (2010) - Solo debut from TV on the Radio's David Sitek. - Features many big name guest vocalists. MySpace : HypeMachine

The Unknown & Unheard Show 183!!!

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Arcade Fire – Ready To Start – The Suburbs (2010) - 3rd album - Go French Canada! Official Site : MySpace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Black Lips – Before You Judge Me - Adult Swim Singles Project (2010) - 5 albums out - Velvet underground/Guided By Voices - Known for their wild live shows Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Suckers - 2 Eyes 2 C - Wild Smile (2010) - Forthcoming full length debut - big pounding, distorted anthem with a couple huge builds - loads of hype around this short 4 song release… deservedly so! - Love this Song! MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Les Savy Fav – Patty Lee - Let's Stay Friends (2007) - debut album - one of the truly unique bands going. - Latest album, Let’s Stay Friends is flawless. - Lead Singer Tim Harrington is the best frontman I’ve ever seen live. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Maps & Atlases - If This Is - Perch Patchwork (2010) - Debut full length, but have a handful of EPs out. - Chicago experimental folk outfit. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Locks - The Sergeant's Daughter - Suicides Don't Commit Themselves (2010) - This is a band that makes me think the band WHY? - They have a unique, almost monotone, delivery a bass heavy beat throughout this track. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Mark Lanegan & Isobel Campbell – Fight Fire With Fire – Sunday At Devil Dirt (2008) - album full of incredibly contrasting vocal duets that come off so well - Lanegan’s hoarse moans fit perfectly with Campbell’s sweet comforting voice Isobel Campbell MySpace : Mark Lanegan MySpace: Amazon : HypeMachine Beck w Annie Clark of St. Vincent - Never Tear Us Apart (INXS) - Record Club (2010) - Very cool project Beck is doing. - Invites various musician friends in to his studio and they cover a classic album. Official Site : MySpace : Beck’s Record Club Megafaun - Volunteers - Heretofore (2010) - 2nd album - members of this act were in DeYarmond Edison with members of Bon Iver. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Tunng - It Breaks - …And Then We Saw Land (2010) - 4th album - Experimental Folk band from the UK. - Their sound is getting dubbed as ‘folktronica’ because of their interesting blend of two very different styles. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Blue Giant - Blue Sunshine - Blue Giant (2010) - Debut full length - This is a side project from members of Viva Voce. MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine David Vandervelde - Checkin' Out My Baby - Checkin' Out My Baby/ Fancy Friends Single (2010) - From his forthcoming 3rd album. - ‘The Moonstation House Band’ is his best to date. - Huge T. Rex sound. - Just did a collaborative album with Bobby Bare Jr called ‘American Bread’ Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine J Roddy Walston and the Business – Brave Man's Death - J Roddy Walston and the Business (2010) - 2nd album - Baltimore band - Rock and roll feel to some of the tracks - Makes me think of Dr. Dog here. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Ryan Adams & the Cardinals – The Shadowlands – Love is Hell (2003) - Last pre-cardinals work - book of poetry - new albums coming… The Cardinals III/IV and Love Is Hell 3 Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine

The Unknown & Unheard Show 182!

Stream & Download The U & U Show 182 Right Here, Right Now! (MediaFire) Black Mountain – Old Fangs – Wilderness Heart (2008) - 3rd album from this group of Canadians - First single. - Amazing cover art… it immediately became my computer's wallpaper. - Jagjaguwar Band… Bloomington’s star loaded label. Official Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Japandroids – Younger Us - Younger Us 7" (2010) - Latest release in a series of singles featuring unreleased material from their debut's recording sessions. - critical praise is poured down on debut. - raucous post punk rock Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Suckers - Loose Change - Wild Smile (2010) - Full length debut - big pounding, distorted anthem with a couple huge builds - loads of hype around this short 4 song release… deservedly so! - Love this Song…too! MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Wolf Parade – Yulia – Expo 86 (2010) - Forthcoming 3rd album out 6/29 - Their 2nd was a huge 2008 hit. The same can be sair about their debut in 2005 - Dan Boeckner and Spencer Krug each take their cracks at song writing and lead singing and each are coming of hugely successful releases from their side projects. - Boeckner (Handsome Furs) and Krug (Sunset Rubdown) Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Ezra Furman & The Harpoons – Take Off Your Sunglasses – Inside the Human Body (2008) - 2nd album - One of the most fun records to listen to in the past couple years. - Playing Bloomington Tuesday, June 22nd Official Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine : DayTrotter Sessions Pearly Gate Music - Big Escape - Pearly Gate Music (2010) - Debut album - Band led by Zack Tillman Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Megafaun - Guns - Gather, From & Fly (2009) - 2nd album - members of this act were in DeYarmond Edison with members of Bon Iver. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine S. Carey - In The Dirt - All We Grow (2010) - Debut from a member of Bon Iver. - On Jagjaguwar. - Sean Carey MySpace : HypeMachine Peter Wolf Crier - Crutch & Cane - Inter-Be (2010) - Debut album opener - Play a style similar to M. Ward and came from Eau Claire music scene (Bon Iver's scene as well.) Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Blitzen Trapper – Love and Hate - Destroyer of the Void (2010) - Forthcoming 5th album - indie folk/rock - This one's an epic. big sweeping changes throughout. Very impressive track. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Shapes and Sizes - Tell Your Mum - Candle To Your Eye (2010) - Forthcoming 3rd album - On Asthmatic Kitty. Same label as Sufjan. They feature a lot of eclectic pop acts. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Bright Lit Blue Skies - Before Today (2010) - Roughly his 12th album though the majority of them had pretty tiny releases. - This album is incredibly well received. - Compilation of a bunch of past recordings. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Maps & Atlases - Living Decorations - Perch Patchwork (2010) - Debut full length, but have a handful of EPs out. - Chicago experimental folk outfit. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Deer Tick –Blood Moon –The Black Dirt Sessions (2010) - 3rd album - Bob Dylan-esque folk rock. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine

The Unknown & Unheard Show 181!

Stream & Download The U & U Show 181 Right Here, Right Now! (MediaFire) Suckers - You Can Keep Me Running Around - Wild Smile (2010) - Forthcoming full length debut - big pounding, distorted anthem with a couple huge builds - loads of hype around this short 4 song release… deservedly so! MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine DeYarmond Edison - We - Silent Signs (2006) - 2nd and final album - Bon Iver's Justin Vernon's previous band. - Vernon recently played a live show with another act of his, The Shouting Matches, and it's blues garage rock and it's freaking awesome. MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Local Natives –Careful - L'Aventure (2010) - Cover of Television included on a compilation. - The have a debut full length out earlier this year. - Check out their DayTrotter Session Here! Official Site : MySpace : HypeMachine Deer Tick – Mange –The Black Dirt Sessions (2010) - 3rd album - Rambling folk duet. A bit of Dylan coming through Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Blitzen Trapper – Destroyer of the Void - Destroyer of the Void (2010) - 5th album - indie folk/rock - This one's an epic. big sweeping changes throughout. Very impressive track. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Opus Orange - The World is Spinning (2009) - Debut? - All I know about this project is that it's from a guy named Paul Bessenbacher and he has another song that's used in a Johnsonville brat commercial… AND I like them a lot. Official Site : MySpace : HypeMachine Ugly Casanova - Lay Me Down - 180° South OST (2010) - Modest Mouse leader Isaac Brock's solo project. - one full length out by him called Sharpen Your Teeth. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Karen Elsen - The Truth Is In The Dirt - The Ghost Who Walks (2010) - Debut from Jack White's wife. Produced by Jack White - On Jack White's Third Man Records. - Hooray for more Jack White! Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine De Novo Dahl - Two Thirds - Tigerlion (2010) - 3rd Full length out May 25th - this one reminds me of Pink Floyd. - Tennessee band that brings a hugely diverse range of styles. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine UNKLE - Natural Selection (featuring The Black Angels) - Where Did The Night Fall (2010) - 4th album - A group of musicians/producers/djs that bring in various guest musicians to play on and sing songs. - The Black Angels are masters of dark druggy blues rock. RIYL Black Sabbath Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Junip - Far Away - The Rope & the Summit EP (2010) - Debut from Jose Gonzales' 'rock' project - made his name as a solo, spanish-styled singer/songwriter. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Plants & Animals - Jeans Jeans Jeans - La La Land (2010) - 4th album - Montreal band. - I had a big debate within myself on whether to play a song with this title or not, but in the end thought people deserve to hear a quality song associated with those two words for once. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Arcade Fire – The Suburbs – The Suburbs (2007) - 3rd album - Go French Canada! Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine