U & U Show 372 | Yeasayer + Suckers = Seltzer Boys

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Benjamin Booker : Happy Homes : Benjamin Booker (2014)

-       Forthcoming debut LP

-       Sounds like it’s even just demo quality, but the potential for something good is definitely there.

-       Best of SXSW 2014

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Lee Moses : Bad Girl (Blood Ties) : Time And Place (1971)

-       Only full length album

-       Originally released as a single in 1967.

-       Great deep blues and soul.

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Nicholas Allbrook : Whispers of Beauty : Ganough, Wallis & Fatuna (2014)

-          Debut solo album

-          Former touring bassist for Tame Impala

-          Leader of POND and in Allbrook/Avery, which is another Tame Impala/POND spin off band

-          This collective of Perth musicians is making some of the greatest psych rock currently.

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Girl Band : I Love You (Beat Happening cover) : De Bom Bom b/w I Love You 7" (2014)

-          Debut EP, France 98,is available for free on their BandCamp.

-          Their single, Lawman, is their best song to date.

-          Eractic punk rockers out of Ireland.

-          One of the more exciting and exhilarating punk rock bands I’ve heard in a long time.

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Ty Segall : Feel : Manipulator (2014)

-       7^th solo album. Double album.

-       The once obscure SF garage rock master is now one of the biggest faces of the rock music scene now.

-       Mix of the sounds he put forth on 3 different albums in 2013.

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Seltzer Boys : Joke Was On Me (2014)

-          One of 3 demos out so far.

-          Band featuring members of Suckers, Yeasayer and Delicate Steve.

-          Just played their 2^nd live show ever.

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Operators : Cruel : EP1 (2014)

-          Self-released debut EP from Dan Boeckner’s (Wolf Parade, Handsome Furs & Divine Fits) latest project.

-          I just attended their ‘5^th or 6^th’ concert and it came off like a big blend of LCD Soundsystem and Handsome Furs.

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Kissaway Trail : Nørrebro : Breach (2014)

-       3rd full length. Plus 2 EPs.

-       The make big pop anthems.

-       Smother + Evil = Hurt is their best song to date.

-       Denmark Band

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The New Pornographers : Another Drug Deal of the Heart : Brill Bruisers (2014)

-          First single from the AC Newman led Canadian super-ish group.

-          Also features Destroyer’s Dan Bejar & Neko Case.

-          Bursting from the start bright pop rock anthem.

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J Mascis : And Then : Tied to a Star (2014)

-          First single from forthcoming solo album

-          Latest solo album was 2011's brilliant Several Shades of Why.

-          Dinosaur Jr. leader, but I think I like him better in this role.

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Twerps : California Clay : Underlay EP (2014)

-          Latest EP, 2^nd one since their superb 2011 debut LP

-          Australian spacey indie pop.

-          Their newer songs have featured more singers, but this one remains the best.

BandCamp : @TwerpsTwerps

Allison Crutchfield : SUPERMOON : Lean In to It EP

-          Bedroom electronic pop solo effort.

-          Also the leader of pop punk band, Swearin’.

-          Twin sister of Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield.

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Cold Specks : Let Loose The Dogs : Neuroplasticity (2014)

-          Powerful, fuller track from one of the best vocalists in all of music.

-          An awesome video for the track 'Holland' can be found HERE.

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Courtship Ritual : Champagne Cages : Pith (2014)

-          Debut album

-          Electronic indie-pop.

-          RIYL Wet or the XX.

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs : Poor Song : Fever To Tell (2003)

-          Secret track on their debut LP. Also features the track ‘Maps’.

-          Haunting and restrained, only swelling a little towards the end.

-          RIYL Scout Niblett.

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TV On The Radio : Mr. Grieves (Pixies cover) : Young Liars EP (2003)

-          Hidden bonus track on their debut EP

-          It’s hard to tell it’s even a Pixies cover.

-          Highlights the groundbreaking, genre-creating sound they brought from the begin.

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