The U & U Show 504 | Summer's Biggest Week

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Protomartyr : My Children

Relatives In Descent (2017)  |  BandCamp

 

WAND : Bee Karma

Plum (2017)  |  Official Site

The U & U Show 326! | These Twin City Kisses...

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The Hold Steady : Stuck Between Stations : Boys and Girls In America (2006)

-          3rd album.

-          5^th and latest full length was 2011's Heaven Is Whenever.

-          Lead singer Craig Finn released his solo debut in 2012.

-          This is one of the best bands we are lucky enough to enjoy in their prime.

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Surf City : Kudos : Kudos (2010)

-          Debut Full length album

-          New Zealand band.

-          Fuzzy, psychedelic guitar pop.

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The U & U Show 325! Two of the 13's Best Songs

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Ellery James Roberts : Kerou's Lament (single) (2013)

-          Solo debut single from the former lead sing of the now defunct Wu Lyf.

-          Wu Lyf's lone album, Go Tell Fire to the Mountain, was one of 2011's best albums.

-          This is might be my favorite song of the year so far.

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Volcano Choir : Byegone : Repave (2013)

-          debut album was 2009's Unmap.

-          Justin Vernon (aka Bon Iver) project with Collections of Colonies of Bees.

-          Bon Iver’s owned the 2008 music world

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The Best of the Unknown & Unheard 2009! Part 2!

Stream & Download The U & U Show 160 Right Here, Right Now! (MediaFire) Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson – The Sound – Summer of Fear (2009) - 2nd album - TV on the Radio’s Kyp Malone and Grizzly Bear’s Christopher Bear continue to lend a hand to his work - His self-titled debut is well worth your time and reason enough to give this album a listen as well. MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine : Download on RCRDLBL We Were Promised Jetpacks – It's Thunder and It's Lightning – These Four Walls (2009) - Debut album - Scottish band with a very similar sound to Frightened Rabbit on the mellower tracks but seem a bit more aggressive when they amp up their sound. - This week’s track that is lodged in my head. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Todd Snider – Money, Compliments, Publicity – The Excitement Plan (2009) - 8th studio album - The Devil You Know was best/most commercial to date… this is working on surpassing that. - Peace Queer came out before this and was obnoxiously political… this album, thankfully, shows a return to what got him where he is. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Thao Nguyen & the Get Down Stay Downs - Body - 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 : Amazon : HypeMachine Local Natives – Airplanes - Gorilla Manor (2009) - debut album - Check out their DayTrotter Session Here! Official Site : MySpace : HypeMachine Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – 40 Day Dream – Up From Below (2009) - debut album… also on their debut EP, out earlier this year. - Big folk band that makes deeply layered songs - Arcade Fire + Margot & the Nuclear So & Sos? MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine The Decemberists – The Wanting Comes in Waves/Repaid – The Hazards of Love (2009) - Brand new album - Colin Meloy, leader, said he had initially envisioned this album as a musical. - distinct folk band that at times brings in some Jethro Tull sounds - Headlined the NPR music stage at SXSW - This track (and album) has some of the biggest, fattest riffs that they’ve ever put out. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine The Builders and the Butchers – Golden and Green – Salvation Is A Deep Dark Well (2009) - Sophomore album out June 16th - From the previews of this album I’ve heard, they’ve really stepped up the sounds and progressions… and that’s saying a lot if you are familiar with their debut. - Get excited about this album! Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine : DayTrotter Session Timber Timbre – We’ll Find Out – Timber Timbre (2009) - 2nd album, debut was out in 2007 ‘Medicinals’ - M. Ward + Bon Iver + Tom Waits’ ‘What’s He Building In There?’ - Eerily cool spooky tracks… slogan on Myspace is ‘Creep on creepin’ on.’ - Toronto duo Label Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Brendan Benson - Feel Like Taking You Home – My Old, Familiar Friend (2009) - forthcoming album, first since Raconteurs work - out 8-18-09 - for those not near and dear to his previous solo work you should be able to at least clearly hear his contribution to the Raconteurs’ sound. MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Eels – Prizefighter – Hombre Lobo (2009) - Newest album - Translates to ‘Werewolf’ - There is a really interesting look into Mark Everett’s past on a NOVA on PBS, ‘Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives’ - This is the next album on my must have list. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine The Strange Boys – This Girls Taught Me a Dance – The Strange Boys & Girls Club (2009) - debut full length - in the same vein as the Black Lips… lo-fi mash-up of 60’s/70’s rock, old r&b and punk. MySpace : HypeMachine Lord Cut-Glass – Big Time Teddy – Lord Cut-Glass (2009) - Debut from former member of The Delgados - Scottish accent really adds to why I like this band. MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Joseph Childress - Leaving the Barren Ground - Split (Tower) 7" (2009) - split effort with White White Quilt - recorded inside an empty water tower. - band members added to the percussion by throwing their bodies into the sides of the water tower. MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine

The Unknown & Unheard Show 148!!!

Stream & Download The U & U Show 148 Right Here, Right Now! (MediaFire) Frightened Rabbit – Swim Until You Can't See the Land – untitled-as-of-yet (2010) - This band had a lot of hype from the start, and that combined with a ‘far from album best’ first single pushed me away at first, but the deeper I dug into this album the more I was blown away - This is the best track on the album and its unedited form isn’t the most radio friendly song. - Scottish accent stands out, but there seems to be something more than that to his vocals and make them truly unique. Official Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Karen O and the Kids – Capsize – Where the Wild Things Are OST (2009) - Karen O composed soundtrack - The Kids include a couple other Yeah Yeah Yeahs, a couple Racounteurs and Bradford Cox of Atlas Sound and Deerhoof Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Jamie T – British Intelligence – 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. Official Site : MySpace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Joseph Childress - Leaving the Barren Ground - Split (Tower) 7" (2009) - split effort with White White Quilt - recorded inside an empty water tower. - band members added to the percussion by throwing their bodies into the sides of the water tower. MySpace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson – Summer of Fear, Pt 2 – Summer of Fear (2009) - 2nd album - TV on the Radio’s Kyp Malone and Grizzly Bear’s Christopher Bear continue to lend a hand to his work - His self-titled debut is well worth your time and reason enough to give this album a listen as well. MySpace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine : Download on RCRDLBL Ben Gibbard & Jay Farrar – One Fast Move Or I’m Gone – One Fast Move or I’m Gone: Kerouac’s Big Sur (2009) - Son Volt's leader + Death Cab For Cutie’s team up for a few songs to accompany a Jack Kerouac Documentary Read Up on Pitchfork : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Molina and Johnson – Twenty Cycles To The Ground – Molina and Johnson (2009) - Magnolia Electric Co's leader + Centro-matic's. - Two of the best folk/alt-country singer/songwriters team up. Official Site : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Lou Reed - Vicious – Transformer(1970) - 2nd solo album - Produced by Bowie - Considered his best album - This track is one rumored to have been written when he was with the Velvet Underground. Official Site : MySpace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine The Raveonettes – Bang! - In And Out Of Control (2009) - 4th album from this Danish rock duo - Sound is heavy with feels of the Velvet Underground. - Also some Black Mountain and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club missed in there too. - this one is blatantly laden with Lou Reed/VU sounds. Official Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine October Country - My Girlfriend is a Witch - Where The Action Is: Los Angeles Nuggets 1965-1968 (2009) - late 60's psych rock/pop band - the fuzzy eerie guitar throughout really stands out. Buy on Amazon Langhorne Slim – Leaving My Love – 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 Heartless Bastards – Early In The Morning – The Mountain (2009) - 3rd full length - Powered by the big voice of lead singer Erika Wennerstrom and some big rock riffs - Out of Dayton - 3rd album out in January Official Site : MySpace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Lucero –Sound of the City - 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. Official Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Tigercity - Fake Gold - Ancient Lover (2009) - forthcoming full-length debut. - Big catchy pop/glam rock sound. Other tracks lean even more to the pop side. - the vocals are very reminescent of Trent Reznor MySpace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Julian Casablancas – 11th Dimension – Phrazes for the Young (2009) - solo debut from former Strokes frontman. - Very dance and beat driven track. Official Site : MySpace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine