75. Jim James : Just A Fool
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Monday, December 31, 2018
Friday, January 26, 2018
The U & U Show 518 | Debuts, Dunes, tUnEs & Suuns
Friday, November 10, 2017
The U & U Show 510 | New Sharon, Curtis & Way Yes!
Sharon Jones & the
Dap-Kings : Matter Of Time
Soul Of A Woman
(2017) | BandCamp
Curtis Harding : Wednesday
Morning Atonement
Face Your Fear (2017) | Official Site
Friday, June 27, 2014
U & U Show 366 | New HGM & Frightened Rabbit Solo LP
Nathaniel Rateliff
& The Night Sweats : Look It Here (2013)
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Only
one of two songs official out so far from this soul rock side project.
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His
previous work was much more mellow folk.
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Brilliant
live performer with either of his bands.
Owl John : Red Hand :
Owl John (2014)
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Debut
solo album from Frightened Rabbit’s lead singer, Scott Hutchison.
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Sounds
like Frightened Rabbit + Oasis
Sunday, May 18, 2014
U & U Show 361 | Landlady, Mimicking Birds & Perth Pysch
Black Mekon : Black Mekon Must Die :
Stolen Bible 2 (2013)
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Debut
album.
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Raw,
fuzzed out, harsh, blues rock.
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RIYL:
Seasick Steve or John Spencer.
Landlady : Dying Day : Upright
Behavior (2014)
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Debut
album
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Brooklyn
band getting a lot of buzz as they run up to their album release.
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Incredible
vocals that remind me of those of Maps & Atlases.
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Like
Brian Jonestown Massacre or a mellower Velvet Underground
Friday, May 9, 2014
The U & U Show 360 | Surprise! New Night Beds & Savages
Night Beds : Hide From
It (2014)
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Latest
single, but no mention of a new full length.
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Released
one of the most gorgeous albums of 2013, Country Sleep.
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Led
by Winston Yellen.
Yellerkin : Vines :
Yellerkin EP (2014)
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Debut
EP
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This
single was released in 2013.
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RIYL
Yeasayer.
Landlady : The Globe :
Upright Behavior (2014)
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Debut
album
-
Brooklyn
band getting a lot of buzz as they run up to their album release.
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Incredible
vocals that remind me of those of Maps & Atlases.
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Like
Brian Jonestown Massacre or a mellower Velvet Underground
Curtis Harding : Surf
: Soul Power (2014)
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Debut
full length, Soul Power.
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Incredibly
promising soul singer that’s readying one of the albums I’m most excited for.
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Played
with Cee-Lo and, currently, with members of the Black Lips in a band called
Night Sun (also readying a debut EP)
Megafaun : Get Right :
Megafaun (2011)
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4th
album.
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Psych
folk band.
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Megafaun
and Bon Iver were the two bands that formed after DeYarmond Edison split up.
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This
past Friday night featured a reunion of sorts as Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon
played bass for Megafaun.
Ought : Waiting : More
Than Any Other Day (2014)
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Debut
LP
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2
EPs out as well.
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Montreal
by way of the States post-punk rock band.
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Name
your own price for all their music on their bandcamp.
Wooden Wand : Dambuilding
: Farmer’s Corner (2014)
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James
Jackson Toth project's forthcoming album.
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His
last album, Blood Oaths of the New Blues, was a Best of the U & U 2013.
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His
track ‘No Bed For Beatle Wand/Days This Long’ was my favorite song of 2013.
MySpace : Amazon
: HypeMachine
Amen Dunes : Lonely
Richard : Love (2014)
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3rd
full length.
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Significantly
more approachable track from the usually more spacey, jammy, ambient dark rock
band.
Lushes : Feastin :
What Am I Doing (2012)
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2014
re-release of their debut full length.
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Brooklyn
based guitar and drums band.
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Post-rock
with lots of looping.
1, 2, 3 : When the
Levee Broke At The County Fair : Big Weather (2014)
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2nd
full length. Double LP
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Raucous
Pittsburgh indie rock band.
tUnE-yArDs : Real
Thing : Nicki Nack (2014)
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3rd
album’s first single.
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Led
by the extremely and uniquely talented Merrill Garbus.
Tobacco : Father
Sister Berzerker : Ultima II Massage (2014)
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First
single from forthcoming album.
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Side
project of leader of Black Moth Super Rainbow, Tom Vec
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Very
odd brand of electronic, psych and rock.
Savages : Fuckers :
Fuckers/Dream Baby Dream 12" (2014)
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Debut
full length… Long awaited to say the very least.
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One
of the most buzzed about bands at CMJ 2012.
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All
female post-punk rock from the UK
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Seriously
intense crowd-capturing CMJ 2012 and SXSW 2013 performances.
The Dirty Banks : Table
Tennis (2014)
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Forthcoming
EP.
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Debut
EP was out in 2013.
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Bouncy,
catchy, psych pop. Reminds me a bit of Modest Mouse and the Pixies (pre-Indie
Cindy)
Pink Mountaintops : Ambulance
City : Get Back (2014)
-
4th
album.
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A
more garage-leaning outfit from Black Mountain’s Stephen McBean.
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
The U & U Show 357 | A Fun-Sized Edition as I Play in SF
Benjamin Booker : Violent Shiver (2014)
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Debut
single for forthcoming debut LP
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Sounds
like it’s even just demo quality, but the potential for something good is
definitely there.
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Best
of SXSW 2014
Dune Rats : Funny Guy
(2014)
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Latest
single. 3 EPs out as well.
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Sloppy
garage, REM-leaning act starting to carve out a name for themselves in a
similar way as FIDLAR.
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Tied
for best act of CMJ 2012 with the Grizzled Mighty
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
The Unknown & Unheard Show 262! Best of 2011!
Black Lips – Modern Art – Arabia Mountain
Black Lips – Mad Dog – Arabia Mountain
- 6th album.
- Best Band/Album of the U & U 2011!!!
- One of the most fun bands to listen to and see live.
- Sloppy garage rock.
Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine : Modern Art : Mad Dog
Ezra Furman & The Harpoons - Don't Turn Your Back On Love - Mysterious Power (2011)
- 3rd album
- One of the most talented and refreshing artists going.
- Huge Pixies sound here more than ever before.
- Played SXSW
Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine : DayTrotter
Withered Hand - Hard On - Good News (2011)
- Debut full length, but has two previously released EPs
- Neil Young-heavy sound.
- Played SXSW
Frightened Rabbit - Fuck This Place - A Frightened Rabbit EP (2011)
- This was a tour-only EP.
- This track features Tracyanne Campbell of Camera Obscura.
- This is one of their greatest tracks, in my opinion. Why hide it away on a tour-only release?
- 4 albums out.
- Organ Fight is their best to date.
- Scottish accent stands out, but there seems to be something more than that to his vocals and make them truly unique.
Bill Callahan - Riding For the Feeling- Apocalypse (2011)
- 3rd album
- Folk singer/songwriter type
- The voice gets me here more than anything
- Former leader of Smog.
MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine
Turf War – Cheers To the Years – Years of Living Dangerously (2011)
- Debut album
- Produced by Ian St. Pe’ of the Black Lips.
- Atlanta
Middle Brother – Middle Brother – Middle Brother (2011)
- Debut from this folk super group.
- Due out in March
- Features members of Deer Tick, Delta Spirit and Dawes.
PAPA - I Am The Lion King - A Good Woman Is Hard To Find EP (2011)
- Debut EP
- Led by the drummer for the band Girls.
- Upbeat, a touch beachy and sun-drenched pop and a perfect fit for the end of summer.
- There is something triumphant in their tracks that really draws me in.
tUnE-yArDs - Gangsta - w h o k i l l (2011)
- BEST BAND OF PITCHFORK MUSIC FEST 2011!
- 2nd album.
- Debut full length, ‘BiRd-BrAiNs’ was a huge critical success.
- Eclectic, spastic indie pop sound.
- Merrill Garbus is the main brains behind this act.
- This is the best song I’ve heard from her so far.
Tom Waits – Pay Me – Bad As Me (2011)
- 17th album and 1st since 2004. Album teaser video
- One of the most prolific, innovative and talented songwriters ever.
- First new music since 2006’s triple album release.
- Also an actor.
- Give me his first three albums and a desert island.
Emperor X – Compressor Repair – Western Teleport (2011)
- 5th album.
- Former HS science teacher.
- RIYL: Mountain Goats & Death Cab for Cutie
The Mountain Goats – Damn These Vampires – All Eternals Deck (2011)
- Latest full length
- Their last, The Life of the World to Come, was out in October 2009.
- Led by John Darnielle and his unmistakable passionate and powerful vocals.
J Mascis - Circle - Several Shades of Why (2011)
- Latest solo album.
- Dinosaur Jr. leader.
- Eddie Vedder-esque vocals.
- Played SXSW and was a major surprise.
- This is from the DayTrotter Session he just recorded.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. – Nothing But Our Love - It's A Corporate World (2011)
- Debut full length.
- Their 2010 debut EP garnered them a lot of good reviews.
- Playing the White Rabbit Cabaret Friday, June 17th
Twilight Singers – She Was Stolen – Dynamite Steps (2011)
- 3rd full length
- Led by Greg Dulli.
- Dulli has also collaborated with Mark Lanegan to release a couple albums as the Gutter Twins.
- The build through out this song is worth the price of the album.
- Whether it’s here or in the Gutter Twins, Dulli is capable of creating deep powerful moods and feelings.
We Are Augustines - Book of James - Rise Ye Sunken Ships (2011)
- Debut full length.
- Consists of two remaining members of the band Pela, Billy McCarthy & Eric Sanderson.
- Pela disbanded after McCarthy’s brother committed suicide.
Yellow Ostrich - Hate Me Soon - The Mistress (2011)
- Debut full length
- Sounds a bit like the Beatles and the White Stripes and even at times Menomena.
- Played SXSW
Young Circles - 2012 - Jungle Habits (2011)
- Debut full length. Also 1 EP out.
- Extremely interesting blend of styles. Freak folk, harder alt-rock, electronic and beat driven.
- I think they are at their best on heavier, more aggressive tracks like this.
Handsome Furs – Repatriated – Sound Kapital (2011)
- 3rd album from Wolf Parade's Dan Boeckner and his wife.
- Out June 28th.
- I was late to the party here, but glad I didn’t miss it!
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