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Friday, August 17, 2018
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
U & U Show 369 | I'm Back... Finally!
Perfume Genius : Queen
: Too Bright (2014)
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3rd
full length
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Best
song of 2014 so far.
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This
track burst out away from the delicate, piano-only tracks that filled most of
his first 2 LPs.
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Project
led by Mike Hadreas.
Cold Specks : Absisto
: Neuroplasticity (2014)
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Powerful,
fuller track from one of the best vocalists in all of music.
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An
awesome video for the track 'Holland' can be found HERE.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
The Unknown & Unheard Show 272! SXSW Preview Show 6 of 6!
Titus Andronicus – Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Grievances (2008)
- Opening track on debut
- 2nd album The Monitor was my pick for best album of 2010.
- Named after the Shakespeare play
- A Rolling Stone ‘Best new band of 2010’ even though their debut came out in 2008.
- SXSW 2012
WATERS - For the One - Out In the Light (2011)
- Debut album. Out 9/20.
- New project led by Van Pierszalowski (previously of Port O'Brien).
- SXSW 2012
Arcade Fire – Abraham’s Daughter – The Hunger Games OST (2012)
- Contribution to the much anticipated movie.
- The soundtrack is pretty stacked as well.
- They’ve blown up to an extreme level of popularity. Right there with Bon Iver as two of the biggest indie to mainstream crossovers that have maintained the same musical quality!
- I am a big time sucker for anything with a military-esque snare drum right up front like this song features.
Yellow Ostrich - The Shakedown - Strange Land (2012)
- 2nd full length.
- Debut full length was 'The Mistress' and made the 2011 Best of the U & U.
- Sounds a bit like the Beatles and the White Stripes and even at times Menomena.
- SXSW 2012
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.
- SXSW 2012
Todd Snider – In the Beginning – Agnostic Hymns and Stoner Fables (2012)
- 9th album
- He’s truly a great song writer.
- His 8th, The Devil You Know, garnered him tons of praise.
- todd snider and the Nervous Wrecks
- first album, Songs for the Daily Planet’ came out in 1994
- SXSW 2012
Wooden Wand and the Briarwood Virgins - Motel Stationary - Wooden Wand and the Briarwood Virgins (2011)
- Latest single from this James Jackson Toth project's forthcoming album
- Also released music as WAND after his band left him.
- He conducted a pretty awesome fundraiser for this album. Check it out here!
- SXSW 2012
MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine
These United States – Dead and Gone – These United States (2012)
- 5th album
- 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.
- This is about the most poppy they've ever sounded.
- SXSW 2012
Tim Fite – Joyriding – Ain’t Ain’t Ain’t (2012)
- 3rd full length.
- Truly unique blender of styles.
- Has numerous self released albums on his official site.
- SXSW 2012
You Won't - Who Knew - Skeptic Goodbye (2011)
- Debut album
- SXSW 2012
Yearbook Committee - We Let Our Grades Slip - Sing Til You Die (2011)
- Debut release.
- Terre Haute music collective.
- SXSW 2012
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.
- SXSW 2012
Wet Hair - The Labor of Love - Wet Hair/NOTV Split Single (2010)
- Big 70's psych rock!
- SXSW 2012
Perfume Genius – Hood – Put Your Back N 2 It (2012)
- 2nd album
- Debut album, Learning, was a massive critical hit.
- Another easy and catchy piano track.
- This week's band that is blowing up out of the blue. They are everywhere!
MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine
Two Gallants – Steady Rollin' - What the Toll Tells (2006)
- debut release
- First was called ‘The Throes’
- formed by Adam Stephens (vocals/guitar/harmonica) and Tyson Vogel (drums/vocals) in 2002 in san Francisco
- named after a James Joyce short story
- on the Saddle Creek Records… same as Bright Eyes
- opened for Les Claypool this summer
- SXSW 2012
The War on Drugs – Baby Missiles – Slave Ambient (2011)
- 2nd full length. 3 EPs out also.
- This is a reworking of a previously released track.
- Kurt was formerly the lead guitarist for them.
- SXSW 2012
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
The Unknown & Unheard Show 251! SXSW Approved!
Emperor X – Sig Alert – Western Teleport (2011)
- 5th album.
- Former HS science teacher.
- RIYL: Mountain Goats & Death Cab for Cutie
Air Review - America America
- Debut EP
- Dallas
- Cool Sufjan Stevens and Elliot Smith vibes on this track.
Siskiyou - Twigs and Stones - Keep Away The Dead (2011)
- 2nd album
- Led by former Great Lake Swimmer Colin Huebert.
- Feels like an amped up Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy track.
We Were Promised Jetpacks – Through the Dirt and the Gravel - In the Pit of the Stomach (2011)
- 2nd 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.
Hanni El Khatib - Build. Destroy. Rebuild. - Build. Destroy. Rebuild. 7” Single (2010)
- If you love the old Black Keys you will get into this guy for sure!
- Hard, dirty garage blue rock.
Gentlemen Rogues - Run From the Light, Carol Anne - Run From the Light, Carol Anne (Single) (2011)
- Latest single. Debut 3 song EP is also out on their BandCamp.
The National - Think You Can Wait - Win Win OST(2011)
- This song is from a movie soundtrack.
- Latest full length album was High Violet. First since 2007
- They also had a hand in the production of the ‘Dark Was The Night’ compilation.
Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine : DayTrotter
Color Radio - Vespers - Architects (2011)
- Debut full length. Also have an EP out in 2009, Be Safe.
- Shoegaze from Chicago
The Rapture - It Takes Time To Be A Man - In the Grace of Your Love (2011)
- 4th album
- An easier upbeat style of rock that reminds me of some of Ryan Adams more enjoyable work.
- On James Murphy’s (of LCD Soundsystem) DFA Records.
Paley and Francis - Praise - Paley and Francis (2011)
- Album from Black Francis and his long time collaborator Reid Paley.
- This track has a big Velvet Underground feel to it.
The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat - White Light/White Heat (1968)
- 2nd Album.
- Pretty much as influential as a band gets.
- John Cale and Lou Reed.
Richard Swift – Broken Finger Blues - Walt Wolfman EP (2010)
- Latest EP. 4 full lengths out.
- Finally this thing is coming out! Been in the works for over a year.
- Hops from genre to genre
- This track has some serious vintage sounds, Motown in particular, and was released on a primer EP that was filled with similar feels.
Ryan Adams – Ashes and Fire - Ashes and Fire (2011)
- Forthcoming album.
- This is one of my all-time favorite artists and this is the first song I've really enjoyed in a while. Hopes are high that he'll back off the big label polish.
PAPA - Song For Mike Gigliotti - A Good Woman Is Hard To Find EP (2011)
- 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.
Sigur Ros -Festival (Live) - Inni (2011)
- New live album from unique Icelandic band. 5 LPs.
- Album translates to ‘With a Buzz in our ears we play endlessly.’
- Song translates into ‘Within Me a Lunatic Sings’
- Lyrics are usually big for me to get into a band, but here, the fact I can’t understand them gives their music a certain mystique.
- This album is a soundtrack to a Movie/Documentary
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