The Unknown & Unheard Show 173!

Stream & Download The U & U Show 173 Right Here, Right Now! (MediaFire) Black Keys – Next Girl - Brothers (2010) - 6th album - this track, like their entire 5th album Attack & Release, was produced by Dangermouse. - very similar feel to their last. - Releasing their album on vinyl on Record Store Day. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Houses – Red Feather – Fall EP (2009) - 3rd of three season-themed EPs in 2009

- Great vintage classic rock sound. Official Site : MySpace :HypeMachine Deer Tick –20 Miles –The Black Dirt Sessions (2010) - 3rd album - Rambling folk duet. A bit of Dylan coming through Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Roky Erickson & Okkervil River – Goodbye Sweet Dreams – True Love Cast Out All Evil (2010) - Latest solo album from Roky Erickson with Okkervil River as his backing band. - Erickson’s past is a wild one: One of the leaders of the psychedelic rock movement with the 13th Floor Elevators, lots of drugs, marijuana arrest, insanity, electroshock therapy, musical reemergence, obsession with junk mail, mail fraud arrest and finally back to music. - One of many acts participating in Record Store Day. Roky Erickson Official Site : Okkervil River MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Harlem – Gay Human Bones – Hippies (2010) - 2nd album - Excellent debut was called ‘Free Drugs’ - Fuzzy style of indie garage rock. MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Dr. Dog – Jackie Wants a Black Eye – Shame, Shame (2010) - Forthcoming 5th album - Finally a new album is on its way from this super talented Philly band. - 2nd single out. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Horse Feathers – Thistled Spring – Thistled Spring (2010) - Forthcoming 3rd album - Stripped back sound featuring all strings - Painfully sad at times - unmatched in it’s raw emotion… like the earliest Iron & Wine albums - This music makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Titus Andronicus – A More Perfect Union – The Monitor (2010) - Civil War-themed 2nd album - Out march 9th - Named after the Shakespeare play - This is a enjoyably raucous anthem. Myspace : Amazon : HypeMachine Mark Sultan - Go Beserk - $ (2010) - latest vinyl single release. - AKA The BBQ Show Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Tunng - Hustle - …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 Steve Poltz – Digging For Icicles - Dreamhouse (2010) - Singer/songwriter - 9th album - This is a more standard effort from him. Where last week's was stripped back and acoustic this one is filled out a touch more. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine MGMT – I Found A Whistle – Congratulations (2010) - 3rd album, debut was out in 2005 when they actually went by Management. - Can get significantly more spacey and electronic than this enjoyably straightforward track. - Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine The Frequency - Carbon People –We Are The Same Machine (2008) - Debut full length. 2nd is on it’s way. ‘Absence of Giants’ - Psychedelic/electronic music. - Big in LA Official Site : MySpace : HypeMachine

The Unknown & Unheard Show 149!!!

Stream & Download The U & U Show 149 Right Here, Right Now! (MediaFire) Thao Nguyen & the Get Down Stay Downs- The Clap + Cool Yourself - 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? + some Modest Mouse-y guitars Official Site : MySpace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine

Local Natives - Wide Eyes - Gorilla Manor (2009) - debut album - Check out their DayTrotter Session Here! Official Site : MySpace : Stream on HypeMachine Langhorne Slim – So Glad That I'm Coming Home – 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 Jamie T – Jilly Armeen – King’s & Queens (2009) - 2nd album - British singer/songwriter - At times he leans into rap, but I think he’s at his best when he goes for a catchy rock/punk sound. - This is pretty mellow track, for him especially. Makes me think of a David Ford song. Official Site : MySpace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine The Senors of Marseille - The Coolest Girl In New York - 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. Makes me think of Belle & Sebastian. - 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. Official Site : MySpace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Loch Lomond - Wax and Wire - Night Bats (2009) - out November 10th - delicate vocals that expand with the pulses of the music. - Portland band touring with the Decemberists MySpace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine The xx – Stars – XX (2009) - debut album - huge explosion of hype and praise about this band in the past week. - RIYL: Old good Snow Patrol, not new crappy Snow Patrol Myspace : Stream on HypeMachine Dead Man’s Bones –In The Room Where You Sleep – Dead Man’s Bones (2009) - First single from actors’, Ryan Gosling and Zack Shields, band featuring Silverlake Conservatory children’s choir. - Out October 6th - On ANTI one of the most eclectic labels going. - Best Halloween album ever? Yes. - Arcade Fire and Polyphonic Spree fans… dig in! Myspace : Stream on HypeMachine Sonny & the Sunsets – Too Young To Burn – Tomorrow Is Alright (2009) - Debut album - 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 : Stream on HypeMachine King Khan & the Shrines - Desert Mile – Viva Records: The Best of Me + You Vol. 1 (2009) - one of the busier musicians of the past two years. - King Khan & the Shrines, King Khan & the BBQ Show and the Almighty Defenders - New album with the BBQ Show is due out next month. - Garage goodness! Official Site : MySpace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Harlem - Junkie Nurse - Unreleased - Royal Trux cover. Fuzzy Kurt Vile-like sound. - Debut, Free Drugs ;-), was very well received and they are a band getting a lot of chatter going into CMJ Musicfest. MySpace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine The Whigs - In The Dark –In The Dark (2009) - first single from forthcoming 3rd album - playing Birdy’s in Indy 11/4 - Big rock sound… if you like this track check out their song ‘Right Hand on My Heart’ Official Site : MySpace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Surfer Blood - Swim (To Reach the End) (2009) - Debut album - echoey sound is reminiscent of Kurt Vile except these guys have more of a anthem sound. MySpace : Stream on HypeMachine Old Canes - Sweet - Feral Harmonic (2009) - solo debut from Appleseed Cast frontman Chris Crisci. - seems to be a big focus on grand percussion arrangements. - This is the most elaborate and intense track on the album. Official Site : MySpace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine

The Unknown & Unheard Show 118!

Stream & Download The Unknown & Unheard Show 118 Right Here, Right Now! The Dead Weather – Hang You From the Heavens – Horehound (2009) - forthcoming debut out in June - New Jack White project with the female half of The Kills a Raconteur and a Queen of the Stone Age - Mr. White is playing the drums apparently even though the guitar in this track wreaks of his styling Official Site

Benjy Ferree – Pisstopher Chrisstopher – Come Back To The Five And Dime Bobby Dee, Bobby Dee (2008) - 2nd album - Concept album inspired by Bobby Driscoll, the boy who played Peter Pan for Disney in the 40’s & 50’s - The term concept album gives off a less than desirable connotation, makes me think that the record will be limited in range and diversity… that is this album’s strongest areas. - After hearing a couple old time pop songs (‘Fear’) I wasn’t expecting to hear a track like this one… sounds like it could be found on a raconteurs record. - Playing SXSW Official Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Cymbals Eat Guitars – Wind Phoenix – Why There Are Mountains (2009) - debut album - this has a lot of Pavement feel to it - wide range of tempos and transitions that is refreshing to hear Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears – Get Yo Shit – Tell ‘Em What Your Name Is! (2009) - major label debut - foul-mouthed soul/R&B frontman… reminds you a bit of James Brown - this track mixes in some talking blues and a bit of humor. - 7 SXSW performances Official Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine : DayTrotter Session Ezra Furman & the Harpoons – Take Off Your Sunglasses – Inside the Human Body (2008) - 3rd album - Has the full amped up big band sounds of Dylan - This was one of the last cuts made last week… great music, great lyrics - Check out mintyfresh.com, the album is currently streaming. - SXSW performer Official Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine : DayTrotter Sessions Harlem – South of France - Free Drugs ;-) (2009) - 3rd full length - Austin band looking to make their presence felt at SXSW Myspace : Buy on Amazon The Elms – The Shake – This Is How the World Will End (EP) (2008) - 3 full lengths out - SEYMOUR BAND - Looking to showcase their stuff at SXSW - They have a sound that reminds me a lot of The Ike Reilly Assassination Official Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon White Antelope – False Knight on the Road - Solo acoustic alias for Robin Pecknold, leader of the Fleet Foxes - I think before too long every child born will be required to have a solo acoustic name as well as a real name. - This is just stripped back Fleet Foxes. Loses something without the harmonies, but it’s still better than a lot of what’s coming in contact with your ears. White Antelope Myspace : Fleet Foxes Myspace : Stream on HypeMachine Horse Feathers – This is What – House With No Home (2008) - 2nd album - Stripped back sound featuring all strings - Painfully sad at times - unmatched in it’s raw emotion… like the earliest Iron & Wine albums - This music makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up - 5 SXSW shows Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine The Decemberists – The Hazards of Love 2 (Wager All) – The Hazards of Love (2009) - forthcoming album - distinct folk band that at times brings in some Jethro Tull sounds - Headlining the NPR music stage at SXSW Official Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Viva Voce – Devotion – Rose City (2009) - forthcoming album - took some time away from Viva Voce to work on another quality project called Blue Giant, who’s EP came out this year. - SXSW Official Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Skeletons – It’s Blitz (2009) - 3rd full length from this stylistically unique garage rock band - This wasn’t supposed to be released this soon but after it leaked online they felt the it was best to release the album early. - Here they step out further from the norm and present an album that’s almost disco/dance. - This track would pair well with TV on the Radio and Coldplay - May have the coolest album art in some time. Official Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Tunde Adebimpe – Unknown Legend (Neil Young) - Rachel Gets Married OST (2008) - lead singer of TV on the Radio - track he did for the Soundtrack for ‘Rachel Gets Married’ TVOTR Official Site : TVOTR Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Elbow – Running to Stand Still (U2) – War Child Presents Heroes (2009) - Covers compilation for the children affected by war - The Hold Steady and TV on the Radio are other highlights. - Huge UK band… popular all over the world. - Most recent album was Seldom Seen Kid - Set to release and Live CD/DVD, ‘The Seldom Seen Kid: Live From Abbey Road’ Elbow Official Site : Elbow Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine