Richard Swift - I Would Die 4 U
- Prince cover... unreleased so far, but it's out there if you check this HypeMachine link
- 'Lady Luck' is one of the best lo-fi tracks of the year... a year seriously dominated by lo-fi acts. (See: Black Lips, White Denim, King Khan & the BBQ Show, Almighty Defenders, Kurt Vile, James Jackson Toth... AKA WAND...)
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Rain Machine – Free Ride – Rain Machine (2009)
- solo debut from TV on the Radio’s Kyp Malone
- this is this week’s song that will get you moving. Very funky sound to this one
- I hope he can keep the energy up this successfully on the entire album.
- Also in the band Iran
- Out September 22nd
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Suckers - Roman Candles - DayTrotter Session (2009)
- as of yet unreleased track
- this might be the best sounding DayTrotter Session I've ever heard.
- they have only released their self-titled debut EP and if it didn't have you craving more… this four song set on DayTrotter will.
- They're a group of multi-instrumentalists and their wide ranging talent shows through clearly in their deeply layered, well-constructed progressions.
Official Site : MySpace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine : DayTrotter Session
Edward Sharpe - Come In Please - Up From Below (2009)
- debut album… also on their debut EP, out earlier this year.
- Big band that makes deeply layered songs
- I never thought i'd play so many songs from this album, but it is really gaining more and more of my attention... give it some of yours if you haven't!
- Sharpe’s vocals are reminiscent of the Kings of Leon
- Arcade Fire + Margot & the Nuclear So & Sos? Even some Golden Animals!
MySpace : Buy On Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine
They Might Be Giants - Electric Car - Science (2009)
- new children's album and DVD
- This might be the catchiest track in memory. My only complaint is that i would enjoy it significantly more if they sang the entire way through, instead of the female vocalist
- their signature nasally harmony in the chorus brands itself in your head.
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Soulsavers – Sunrise – Sunrise/You Will Miss Me When I Burn (Single) (2009)
- Single in support of 2nd Soulsavers album, ‘Revival’
- Mark Lanegan’s latest album since his insanely good album of duets with Isobel Campbell
- This is a track not on the album. It is written by Lanegan, vocals by William Oldham.
- ‘You Will Miss Me When I Burn’ is on the album and is written by Oldham with vocals by Lanegan.
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Cass McCombs - Lionkiller - Dropping the Writ (2007)
- Iron & wine feels again, then add in a little Radiohead here
- new album is just out, Catacombs
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Kurt Vile - Hunchback - Childish Prodigy (2009)
- forthcoming third album
- told you about it last week, and i have a song from it this week
- Love the album title.
- This is a very psychedelic track with a big ominous riff throughout that the songs seems to center around more than the vocals. Like Ted Nugent’s ‘Stranglehold’ in that way.
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Califone - Funeral Singers - All My Friends are Funeral Singers (2009)
- this song is musically reminiscent of Modest Mouse
- they have an expansive range of sounds. the slowly build with a restrained intensity.
- you just wait for the song to errupt into something bigger, but it more often than not, holds back.
- Playing Bloomington October 30th
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Thao Nguyen & the Get Down Stay Downs - Know Better, Learn Faster - Know Better, Learn Faster (2009)
- new album
- if you are unfamiliar with Thao you need to correctly that quickly
- Her last album, We Brave Bee Stings And All, was highlighted by the track 'Bag of Hammers."
- Female M. Ward?
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The Senors of Marseille - Davey - The Senors of Marseille EP (2009)
- debut EP
- Pop for sure, but not the standard, usually non-phenomenal brand you find all too often... this is interesting.
- The piano heavy nature of this one make me think of Elton John
- It's amazing how so much 'pop' music can be made that isn't discernable from all the other like it. Pop should stand out and stand up on its own.
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Sonny Smith - Curtis on the Corner - Fruitvale (2006)
- 4th solo album
- Now releasing music with Sonny & the Sunsets
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Akron/Family - Many Ghosts - Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free (2009)
- latest album
- 'River' is this album's track that will get you in the door, but there are plenty of other highlights.
- They have an enjoyably off-kilter, layered brand of folk.
- Sufjan Stevens might be their closest musical relative... that's good lineage if you ask me!
Suckers - King of Snakes - DayTrotter Session (2009)
- as of yet unreleased track
- this might be the best sounding DayTrotter Session I've ever heard.
- they have only released their self-titled debut EP and if it didn't have you craving more… this four song set on DayTrotter will.
- They're a group of multi-instrumentalists and their wide ranging talent shows through clearly in their deeply layered, well-constructed progressions.
Official Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine : DayTrotter Session
Diamond Rings - All Yr Songs - Diamond Rings/PS I Love You 7" (2009)
- debut release
- Solo project from John O'Regan, the lead singer of the D'Urbervilles (they have a fantastic cover of Timber Timbre's 'Magic Arrow'!)
- Reminds me a lot of the leading indie pop bands... Belle & Sebastian, Bishop Allen, Etc.
- Don't watch the video for this song...
Myspace : Stream on HypeMachine
Langhorne Slim – Back To the Wild – Be Set Free (2009)
- 3rd album… out September 29th
- His self-titled second blew me away.
- the best folk singer/songwriter out there for my money.
Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine
Cass McCombs - The Executioner's Song - Catacombs (2009)
- 4th album
- fits in somewhere between mellow Beatles, Beach Boys and Iron & Wine
- this one leans more towards Iron & Wine
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Iron & Wine - Each Coming Night - Our Endless Numbered Days (2004)
- 2nd album
- spare folk arrangements and hushed vocals
- one of the coolest artists to see live.
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Songs: Ohia - John Henry Split My Heart - The Magnolia Electric Co (2003)
- Just released 'Josephine' under the name Magnolia Electric Co
- this is the signature sound I go to Jason Molina for. Josephine steps away from this, which is unfortunate… for me.
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Lucero - Smoke - 1372 Overton Park (2009)
- New Lucero!
- Ben Nichol's led band's first album on a major label
- The level of polish has jumped significantly and it doesn't seem to fit with them
- They have always seemed like the quintessential bar band, they hoarser and rougher their sound the better.
- With that said, the polish can't disrupt the band's ability to write quality music.
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Kurt Vile - Red Apples - God Is Saying This To You (2009)
- 2nd album, 3rd out later this year (Childish Prodigy)
- He has one of my favorite tracks of the year… 'Freeway'
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The Mountain Goats – Matthew 25:21 - The Life of the World to Come (2009)
- NEW MOUNTAIN GOATS!
- If that alone is not worthy of a play, I don’t know what is
- This seems to be some relative of a concept album based around lessons he’s learned. Each track’s title is a specific bible verse.
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These United States – Everything Touches Everything - Everything Touches Everything (2009)
- 3rd album in 3 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.
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Daniel Johnston - Freedom - Is And Always Was (2009)
- quirky singer/songwriter with bipolar disorder
- has a substantial cult following
- gained fame from some early 90’s mtv play and more recently from the documentary ‘ The Devil & Daniel Johnston’
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Thomas Function - Belly of the Beast - In the Valley of Sickness (2009)
- 2nd full length. Out October 13th
- Fun southern rock'n roll
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Vandaveer – Beverly Cleary's 115th Dream – Divide & Conquer (2009)
- 2nd album from this DC singer songwriter, Mark Charles Heidinger
- He also has played bass for U & U favorite, These United States.
- His voice is the standout element, but his rich compositions are a close second.
- This track (and a few other tracks) feature some back-up female vocals that compliment the music nicely
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