The Unknown & Unheard Show 206!

Stream & Download The U & U Show 206 Right Here, Right Now! (Download) Iron & Wine - Walking Far From Home - Walking Far From Home 7" Single (2010) - Fist single from forthcoming full length, Kiss Each Other Clean. - This song blows away every song from his last album. - Sam Beam: Singer/Songwriter from Florida - Graduated from Florida State Film School with a Masters and for a while was a professor of Cinematography at Miami International University. - Started recording in 2002 - 2002-2003: recorded mostly lo-fi acoustic music - 2004-Present: Higher quality recordings and incorporated more instruments and creativity. - All his music is great to hear on vinyl. - Just signed to a major label : ( Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Cave Singers – Swim Club – No Witch (2010) - 3rd album. 1st release with always out-doing itself, Jagjaguwar records. - The raspy vocals here are worth the price of admission. - Their previous work has had me dying to get my hands on this, long-talked about, 3rd album. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Englishman - Angels and Earthworms - Englishman (2010) - Debut full length - debut EP out in 2009 - Reminds me a ton of the Mountain Goats… that’s a good thing! - Out of Lexington, KY. MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine The Mountain Goats and Kaki King – Thank You Mario, But our Princess is in Another Castle – Black Pear Tree EP (2008) - Short collaborative EP - play on the Super Mario Bros text. - Their latest, The Life of the World to Come, was out in October 2009. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Dark Dark Dark - Right Path - Wild Go (2010) - 2nd full length - Layered style of folk with male and female vocalists. - This one is leads with male vocals and fills in behind with excellent female harmonies. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Warpaint - Undertow - The Fool (2010) - 2nd album - This album is one of the most critically acclaimed of the year. - Mellow, restrained and pleasant. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Langhorne Slim – I Love to Dance - When the Sun's Gone Down (2005) - Debut album of 3 total. - His self-titled second blew me away. - the best folk singer/songwriter out there for my money. - Playing Radio Radio next week for $10! MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Steve Shiffman & the Land of No - Tweed Skirt - Steve Shiffman & the Land of No (2010) - Debut album - This is from their better-than-their-studio-recordings DayTrotter version and it’s free! - Excellent, more tradition rock outfit. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine : DayTrotter The Heavy - Strong Enough - How You Like Me Now EP (2010) - They bring Black Keys-esque blues rock, but slightly funkier/poppier/more-polished. - Two full lengths out. (2007 & 2009) - UK band. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Bravestation – White Wolves – 2010 EP (2010) - Debut EP - It’s about time Yeasayer fans have another band addressing their needs. Official Site : MySpace : HypeMachine Lonely Galaxy - Modern Romance - Modern Romance (2010) - Reminds me of a slower ballad by Suckers - Download this song for free from their RCRDLBL site. MySpace : RCRDLBL : HypeMachine Range Rover - Soda – Mind (2010) - Debut EP - Group of teenagers from San Diego experimenting with garage rock. - Rough around the edges, but I think this track has me wanting more from them. - Download this and the EPs title track for free right now from their Official Site. Official Site : HypeMachine PS I Love You - 2012 - Meet Me At the Muster Station (2010) - Full length debut - Split single with Diamond Rings. (The Diamond Rings’ track was the infinitely catchy ‘All Yr Songs’. - Full length debut is out this year. - I think they are fans of the Rolling Stones MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Abby Go Go - Guitar #0 - Abby Go Go (2010) - Debut album - Guitar and synth driven anthem - Led by twin brothers, Bon & Jon Allinson Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Crushed Stars - Black Umbrellas - Convalescing in Braille (2010) - 5th album - Portland group that made the most of their SXSW and CMJ music festival shows. - This is a milder track. Hazy and soothing. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine

The Unknown & Unheard Show 205!

Stream & Download The U & U Show 205 Right Here, Right Now! (Download) The Stepkids – Legend In My Own Mind – The Stepkids (2010) - Forthcoming debut LP - 60’s psychedelia feel. - Cool slow rolling rock track. MySpace : HypeMachine Ryan Adams – Destroyers – Cardinals III/IV (2010) - Forthcoming double album. - Recorded in 2006 but never released - He says it’s the best Cardinals album. The First 2 were quite good, but were followed by a couple crappy mainstream efforts. - This is one of my all-time favorite artists. I hope this is a return to form. Official Site : Amazon : HypeMachine Lord Huron – Mighty – Mighty EP (2010) - Debut EP - Rich, easy going tropical feel to this track. - Very reminiscent of Fleet Foxes. Official Site : MySpace : HypeMachine Ima Robot – Ruthless – Another Man’s Treasure (2010) - 3rd album - Band formed and led by the leader of Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - More of an electronic/pop/spacey side to this outfit. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine David Dondero – All These Fishies Swimmin’ Through My Head - # Zero with a Bullet (2010) - 7th studio album. - Reminds me a bit of Neil Young and Mike Doughty! - This track is a bit more acoustic than the album’s title track. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine PS I Love You – Facelove – Diamond Rings/PS I Love You 7” (2009) - Split single with Diamond Rings. (The Diamond Rings’ track was the infinitely catchy ‘All Yr Songs’. - Full length debut is out this year. - I think they are fans of the Rolling Stones MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine The Brute Chorus - Could This Be Love - The Brute Chorus (2009) - Debut album. 2nd album out this year. - Slightly raucous blues/folk UK band MySpace : HypeMachine Paleo – World’s Smallest Violin – A View of the Sky (2010) - David Andrew Strackany - From Brooklyn NY - opened for These United states when I caught them a couple years ago. - Wrote 1 song a day for 1 year. Now he just has his, still quite prolific, Song Diary on his official site. - looks like a young john Mayall Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Wooden Wand – Tiny Confessions - Death Seat (2010) - Latest album from this James Jackson Toth project. - Also released music as WAND after his band left him. - I played a lot of that last year. MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Delta Spirit – Bushwick Blues – The Waits Room EP (2010) - Tom Waits inspired EP title - This release follows their 2nd full length, History For Below, out in June. - This is a more restrained version of the song on History For Below. - If you get into the Cold War Kids you should like this band. Official Site : Amazon : HypeMachine Bruce Springsteen – The Promise - The Promise (2010) - A brand new double album of material recorded during the 'Darkness' sessions. - Darkness On the Edge of Town was his 3rd album - Best Springsteen album if you ask me. - Getting a big reissue this year. - his last album is called ‘Working on a Dream’ and features the brilliant track ‘The Wrestler’ Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine

The Unknown & Unheard Show 204!

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Cold War Kids – Royal Blue - Louder Than Ever (2011) - Forthcoming 3rd full length - Debut full length album out in 2006 - 3 EPs prior to debut's release - Newest full-length album is ‘Loyalty to Loyalty’ Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Matt & Kim - Ice Melts - Sidewalks (2010) - 3rd album, debut out in 2006, Self-titled. - just added to the Pitchfork Music Fest, which is one of the more relevant festivals you’ll find - keyboard & drums that sound like much more than that… sum of the parts - This album seems to focus on the keyboards/synth even more than before. Less of that full drive backbone of drum found on their last album. - This track is about the most mellow one I've heard. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Wooden Wand - Servant To the Blues - Death Seat (2010) - Latest album from this James Jackson Toth project. - Also released music as WAND after his band left him. - I played a lot of that last year. MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine The Brute Chorus - Lazarus - How the Caged Bird Sings (2010) - 2nd album. debut album out last year. - Slightly raucous blues/folk UK band MySpace : HypeMachine Maps & Atlases - The Charm - Perch Patchwork (2010) - Debut full length, but have a handful of EPs out. - Chicago experimental folk outfit. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Bruce Springsteen - Racing In the Street ('78) - The Promise (2010) - A brand new double album of material recorded during the 'Darkness' sessions. - Darkness On the Edge of Town was his 3rd album - Best Springsteen album if you ask me. - Getting a big reissue this year - his last album is called ‘Working on a Dream’ and features the brilliant track ‘The Wrestler’ Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Horse Feathers – Bonnet of Briars - Drain You/Bonnet of Briars (Single) (2010) - Latest Release. Thistled Spring was their latest LP and 3rd overall. - 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 Tennis - Take Me Somewhere - Baltimore (2011) - Debut LP. Debut EP was out July 27th - Pop husband and wife duo. - Bought a sailboat and sailed around the east coast for eight months and now are sharing their experiences in song form for you. MySpace : HypeMachine Kurt Vile – Earlly Dawnin - In My Time EP (2010) - Forthcoming EP. - dreamy pop rock with vocals that bring up thoughts of Devendra Banhart - like Iron & Wine, cut his teeth with lo-fi recordings… this shows up more on ‘God is Saying…’ - Side project from The War on Drugs' lead guitarist. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Syd Barrett – Octopus – An Introduction to Syd Barrett (2010) - Born in 1946 in Cambridge, England. Died this past July. - Founder of Pink Floyd, but a lot of people might not recognize his contributions. - Responsible for their first album (The Piper at the Gates of Dawn), but is only on a couple tracks on the second. - He became more and more erratic and disruptive to the band and drove them to the point where they had to move on without him. - This is probably his best known song from his solo career and shows some similarities to some Beatles. - Released two solo albums but still worked with Floyd… even with his replacement David Gilmour. - Gilmour Produced this album. Official Site : Amazon : HypeMachine David Dondero – Just a Baby In Your Momma's Eyes - # Zero with a Bullet (2010) - 7th studio album. - Reminds me a bit of Neil Young and Mike Doughty! - This track is a bit more acoustic than the album’s title track. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine PS I Love You - Meet Me At the Muster Station - Meet Me At the Muster Station (2010) - Full length debut - I think they are fans of the Rolling Stones MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Quinn Walker - Save Your Love For Me – Lion Land (2008) - Debut from the leader of the Suckers - The Suckers’ full length debut is not out yet, but their EP is one of the year’s best. - big pounding, distorted anthem with a couple huge builds MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine

The Unknown & Unheard Show 203!

Stream & Download The U & U Show 203 Right Here, Right Now! (Download) The Brute Chorus - Chateau - The Brute Chorus (2009) - Debut album. 2nd album out this year. - Slightly raucous blues/folk UK band MySpace : HypeMachine Cold War Kids – Louder Than Ever - Louder Than Ever (2010) - Forthcoming 3rd full length - Debut full length album out in 2006 - 3 EPs prior to debut's release - Newest full-length album is ‘Loyalty to Loyalty’ Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine My Jerusalem – Sweet Chariot - Gone For Good (2010) - debut full length - Members of The Twilight Singers, Great Northern and Polyphonic Spree. - made a big impression at SXSW - This was their first single and was released like over a year ago! Time to revisit and remember why the anticipation was so massive for this record. MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Horse Feathers – Drain You (Nirvana Cover) - Drain You/Bonnet of Briars (Single) (2010) - Latest Release. Thistled Spring was their latest LP and 3rd overall. - 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 Love as Laughter - Monique - Monique (2010) - Forthcoming 7th album - Catchy rolling style of southern rock. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine The Decemberists – Down By The River – The King Is Dead (2011) - Brand new forthcoming 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. - It will be tough to top their last album The Hazards of Love. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Breathe Owl Breathe - Own Stunts - Magic Central (2010) - 4th album. - Haunting style of folk that reminds a little of Donovan. - Deft tempo and rhythm changes make this track extremely interesting and enjoyable. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine il gato - Blue Skies - Blue Skies DEMO (20??) - 2 LPs out currently. - Led by Daimian Holiday Scott. - Enjoyably full sound with a wide range of instruments effectively incorporated. - Remind me a lot of the Avett Brothers. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Tennis - Cape Dory - Baltimore (2010) - Debut LP. Debut EP was out July 27th - Pop husband and wife duo. - Bought a sailboat and sailed around the east coast for eight months and now are sharing their experiences in song form for you. MySpace : HypeMachine Matt & Kim - Northeast - Sidewalks (2010) - 3rd album, debut out in 2006, Self-titled. - just added to the Pitchfork Music Fest, which is one of the more relevant festivals you’ll find - keyboard & drums that sound like much more than that… sum of the parts - This album seems to focus on the keyboards/synth even more than before. Less of that full drive backbone of drum found on their last album. - This track is about the most mellow one I've heard. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Diamond Rings – Pre-Owned Heart - Special Affections (2010) - 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. - Weird as can be, but makes some of the catchiest songs. - Vocals remind me of The National’s lead singer Matt Berninger AND Julian Casablancas (formerly of the Strokes). MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Esben and the Witch - Marching Song - 33 (2010) - Debut EP - Dark ominous sound. - Pretty creepy video for this song. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Sufjan Stevens – Seven Swans – Seven Swans (2004) - 4th album out of 7/9 depending on how you count. - This is my favorite Sufjan song and how he opened his last show. - Infinitely talented and respected Multi-instrumentalist - Tracks contain a wide variety of instruments. Only a banjo to full orchestra. - He has ventured more into the electronic side of music with his latest EP and LP. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine