Akron/Family – Last Year – Set ‘em Wild. Set ‘em Free (2009)
- 4th full length
- range from simple spare folk to massive psychadelic rock jams.
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Suckers – Beach Queen – Suckers EP (2009)
- debut EP
- big pounding, distorted anthem with a couple huge builds
- loads of hype around this short 4 song release… deservedly so!
- Spacey arrangement here.
- RIYL: Modest Mouse, Bowie
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Modest Mouse – Tiny Cities Made of Ashes – The Lonesome Crowded West (1997)
- 2nd album
- one of the best Modest Mouse albums
- a touch less pop than they got into with their most recent albums
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Ape School – Wail to God – Ape School (2009)
- Debut album
- Distorted vintage sound
- musical name for Michael Johnson
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Viva Voce – Die A Little – Rose City (2009)
- forthcoming album
- Portland, OR band
- some of the members just released an album as Blue Giant
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Okkervil River – Pop Lie (One Man Band Version) – Pop Lie (Single) (2009)
- rougher, more distorted rock version of this track taken from their latest album ‘ The Stand Ins.’
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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.
- Playing the Murat on August 8th!!!
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My Brightest Diamond – Something of an End – Bring Me the Workhorse (2006)
- Shana Worden’s debut album
- Previously with Awry and Sufjan Stevens
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Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band – Slowly (Oh So Slowly) – Outer South (2009)
- 2rd album under his given name. Out May 5th
- Best known for his work as ‘Bright Eyes’
- Headlined the Omaha music scene’s rise to respectability
- Some big juicy bluesy riffs on this track.
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The Black Lips – Starting Over – 200 Million Thousand (2009)
- 5th album… out February 24th
- This is an album that may sound like some other bands but the sum of the parts results in something truly unique to the Black Lips.
- One of the best albums of the year
- Playing the Pitchfork Music Fest
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Portugal The Man – Church Mouth – Church Mouth (2007)
- 2nd full length of 3… 3 EP’s as well
- Intense sounds… falsetto vocals
- Big White Stripes influence and that’s a very good thing!
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The Strange Boys – To Turn a Tune Or Two – 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.
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Fleet Foxes – Mykonos – Sun Giant EP (2008)
- debut EP
- Brand new single?!? Not really.
- Broke out early last year with their debut.
- Lead singer, Robin Pecknold, is also pushing a solo project called White Antelope.
- Go to Amazon and get this song for FREE!
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Ape School – Be An Encore – Ape School (2009)
- Debut album
- Distorted druggy vintage sound
- musical name for Michael Johnson
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Boston Spaceships – Big O Gets an Earful – Planets are Blasted (2009)
- a new album from Robert Pollard??? Imagine that
- Guess what… it’s another quality effort. This one has a nice glam rock riff to it
- Robert Pollard = Former Guided By Voices frontman and Indie Rock Idol
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The Pixies – Dig For Fire – Bossanova (1990)
- 4th full length
- 2nd on a major label
- sound was significantly more mainstream, but considering where they started from its effect on their sound wasn’t too big of a deal.
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Double Dagger – The Lie/The Truth – More (2009)
- 3rd album, debut out in 2003
- Odd style of late 80s early 90s punk
- Makes me think of the pixies a lot.
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Japandroids – Young Hearts Spark Fire – Post-Nothing (2009)
- Debut, critical praise is pouring down on this album.
- raucous post punk rock
- huge energy and distortion. You’ll want to see this song live and as loud as possible
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Pink Mountaintops – Vampire – Outside Love (2009)
- 3rd album
- project from Black Mountain’s leader, Stephen McBean
- started in 2004
- If you enjoy this, but want some bigger more aggressive sounds search out some Black Mountain,
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Magik Markers – Don’t Talk in Your Sleep - Balf Quarry (2009)
- 4th album
- Formed in 2001
- Very ominous psych rock
- Creepy eerie Black Sabbath or Black Mountain
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Iron & Wine – The Trapeze Swinger – In Good Company (OST)/Around The Well (2009)
- compilation of seldom seen and previously unreleased material
- genuinely restrained singing style
- Use to be criticized for a lack of variety, but now has almost too much.
- Alt Rock to spare singer/songwriter to layered jammy compositions.
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