U & U Show 409 | Les Savy Fav Season

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Les Savy Fav : Dear Crutches : Root For Ruin (2010)

-          Latest and 5th album.

-          Debut album 3/5 was out 1997.

-          Led by comedian, artist, author and crazy person Tim Harrington.

-          Art, punk rock that is reminiscent of the Pixies at times.

-          One of the best live bands I've ever seen.

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Destroyer : Dream Lover : Poison Season (2015)

-          10th album.

-          Dan Bejar's main project.

-          Also makes up one third of the pop perfectionists the New Pornographers.

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U & U Show 408 | Tom Waits Debuts & The Night Sweats

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Tom Waits : Take One Last Look : Late Show with David Letterman (2015)

-          New song played as a sendoff for Dave's final run of shows.

-          Started mellow, soulful and jazz-leaning, but has slowly turned more alternative and weirder.

-          One of the greatest of the great musicians over the past 50 years.

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Spoon : TV Set : Poltergeist OST (2015)

-          Cover of the Cramps.

-          Perfect band and style for Spoon to take on in a cover.

-          8^th album was out in 2015.

-          First album since the band found success teaming up with Dan Boeckner in the Divine Fits.

-          One of the most prominent and critically acclaimed indie bands of the past 20 years.

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U & U Show 407 | Thee Oh Sees Remain Undefeated

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Thee Oh Sees : Turned Out Light : Mutilator Defeated At Last (2015)

-          Forthcoming LP.

-          Prolific San Fran garage psych from John Dwyer.

-          Their last 2 LPs, Floating Coffin and Drop, were two of the best of the past 2 years.

-          One of the best SXSW 2015 bands.

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Mac DeMarco : The Way You'd Love Her : Another One (2015)

-          Forthcoming 'mini album'

-          His 3rd album, Salad Days, was one of 2014's best.

-          Lazy, wobbly, in and out of tune indie pop.

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U & U Show 406 | Titus Returns and Has Me Excited

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Mikal Cronin : Turn Around : MCIII (2015)

-          3rd album.

-          One of the best songwriters going writing vintage beachy psych rock/pop.

-          Also in a surf-punk band called the Moonhearts & Ty Segall's backing band, just like Ty's in Mikal's band.

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The Tallest Man On Earth : Darkness of the Dream : Dark Bird Is Home (2015)

-          4th album.

-          Swedish singer/songwriter Kristian Matsson

-          Powerful voice and bringing in the fullness of a War On Drugs LP.

-          2008 self-titled debut was very well received.

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