The U & U Show 330 | Death Wish Mind. Brown Dog Eyes

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Willis Earl Beal : Wavering Lines : Nobody Knows (2013)

-          This is a live a cappella version of a track off the forthcoming 2^nd album.

-          Debut was lo-fi, unflattering and didn't show off his insanely powerful voice.

-          Big time comparisons to Tom Waits.

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King Khan and The Shrines : Darkness : Idle No More (2013)

-          Forthcoming 5th album, out in Sept.

-          First Shrines album since 2008

-          Long time collaborator with Marc Sultan (AKA the BBQ Show)

-          One of my all-time favorite artists. The Supreme Genius of King Khan and His Shrines is one of the greatest albums.

Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine

Les Savy Fav : Scout’s Honor : 3/5 (1997)

-          Debut album.

-          Led by comedian, artist, author and crazy person Tim Harrington.

-          Art, punk rock that is reminiscent of the Pixies at times.

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Desaparecidos : Te Amo Camila Vallejo : Te Amo Camila Vallejo b/w Underground Man (2013)

-          Latest single from Conor Oberst’s recently reunited punk rock band.

-          Conor Oberst is best known for his band Bright Eyes.

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AroarA : #7 : In the Pines (2013)

-          Debut full length. Also an EP of the same name.

-          Side project of Broken Social Scene

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Ought : Habit : More Than Any Other Day EP (2013)

-          2^nd EP

-          Montreal post-punk rock band.

-          Cool spoken word track.

-          Name your own price for all their music on their bandcamp.

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Los Porcos : Sunshine : Sunshine b/w Classical Feminine Woman (2013)

-          The latest single from some of the former members of WU LYF.

-          Former lead singer, Ellery James Roberts, is doing his own solo effort as well.

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Cloud Control : Scar : Dream Cave (2013)

-          2^nd album

-          Australian band that reminds me a lot of Youth Lagoon with less synth and more of a traditional indie rock sound.

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Marnie Stern : This Was It : Adult Swim Singles (2013)

-          New single for Adult Swim's music project.

-          4th album, Chronicles of Marnia was out in early 2013.

-          Her previous album was a 2010 Best of the U & U.

-          A wild mix of the joyous unpredictability of Ponytail and the harder Yeah Yeah Yeahs tracks.

-          The band I'm most excited to see play SXSW 2013 of the announced acts so far.

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Pond : O Dharma : Hobo Rocket (2013)

-          5th full length album. First of 2 announced 2013 albums.

-          Features members of Tame Impala.

-          By far the greatest lead singer I saw at SXSW. Young, tiny, wild aussie.

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White Denim : Pretty Green : Corsicana Lemonade (2013)

-          6^th album.

-          Wild, impulsive, energetic, sometimes jammy rock.

-          They’ve released some absolutely amazing albums.

-          This album is partially recorded with Jeff Tweedy.

-          They’re boasting that this album is their best album representations of their live shows.

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The Cairo Gang : Father of the Man : Tiny Rebels EP (2013)

-          Latest release.

-          Previously collaborated with Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy.

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John McCauley & Jonny Fritz : Willow Garden : Oxyana OST (2013)

-          Song contributed to the soundtrack of the documentary about a rural West Virgina town’s struggles with drugs.

-          John McCauley is best known as the front man of Deer Tick. Also in Middle Brother and Diamond Rugs.

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