The U & U Show 531 | Malkmus, Misty & More

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Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks : Refute

Sparkle Hard (2018)  |  Official Site

 

Father John Misty : Disappointing Diamonds Are The Rarest Of Them All

God's Favorite Customer (2018)  |  Official Site

The U & U Show 530 | Father John & Some NY Debuts

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Father John Misty : Just Dumb Enough To Try

God's Favorite Customer (2018)  |  Official Site

 

Titus Andronicus : (I'm) Like a Rolling Stone

A Productive Cough (2018)  |  Official Site

U & U Show 418 | Sep 25 Will Be A Good Day

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Youth Lagoon : Highway Patrol Stun Gun

Savage Hills Ballroom (2015)  |  Official Site : Amazon : HypeMachine

Majical Cloudz : Silver Car Crash

Are You Alone? (2015)  |  BandCamp : Facebook

The U & U Show 413 | Get The Night Sweats

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Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats : S.O.B.

Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats (2015)  |  Official Site

 Leon Bridges : Flowers

Coming Home (2015)  |  Facebook

The U & U Show 396 | #SXSW 2015 Preview 3 of 6

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Cloud Nothings : I’m Not Part of Me : Here and Nowhere Else (2014)

-          4^th album.

-          One of the best songs of 2014.

-          Higher production values that cleaned up and brought his vocals more into the forefront.

-          SXSW 2015

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The Dodos : Fools : Visiter (2008)

-          2nd album.

-          Set to release their 6th this year.

-          This album appeared on almost every indie music Best of ’08 lists

-          SXSW 2015

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The U & U Show 340

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Arcade Fire : Afterlife : Reflektor (2013)

-          4^th full length

-          Produced by James Murphy and this track sounds like it especially.

-          David Bowie also contributed to the album.

-          This release is going to further propel them into being one of the indie bands with the most mainstream success.

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Wet : U Da Best : Wet EP (2013)

-          Debut EP.

-          Falls somewhere between Fiona Apple’s latest release and the XX.

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Moonface : Black Is Back In Style : Julia With Blue Jeans On (2013)

-          3rd full length album from this Spencer Krug (Wolf Parade & Sunset Rubdown) project.

-          Debut, Heartbreaking Bravery, was my pick for best album of 2012.

-          This is album is a solo piano effort.

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Frog Eyes : The Road Is Long : Carey’s Cold Spring (2013)

-          8^th album.

-          Eclectic and innovative alt indie rock band led by Carey Mercer.

-          Spencer Krug (Sunset Rubdown, Wolf Parade, Moonface) was a former member.

-          Most similar to the sound of Sunset Rubdown.

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Cherry Glazerr : Teenage Girl : Papa Cremp (2013)

-          Debut LP

-          LA band of ladies with music similar to, but sloppier and more lackadaisical than Waxahatchee.

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Jackson Scott : That Awful Sound : Melbourne (2013)

-          Debut LP.

-          North Carolina mellow alt-pop songwriter.

-          This song was his initial release in early 2013 and got immediate buzz from the limited number of outlets that passed it around.

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Los Angeles Police Department : The Only One (2013)

-          Debut single.

-          Lazily rolling rock.

-          Full length is supposed to be on its way.

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Islands : Waveform : Ski Mask (2013)

-          5^th album

-          Montreal Indie rock band.

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Courtney Barnett : Canned Tomatoes (Whole) : The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas (2013)

-          Release of her first two EPs.

-          Alt-indie rock that makes me think of Petty, Dylan and Joan Osborne.

-          25 year old from Australia.

-          CMJ 2013

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Fuzz : Preacher: Fuzz (2013)

-          Debut full length.

-          Latest project from the ever-prolific Ty Segall

-          Heavier psych blues sound here than his usual style.

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Jonathan Rado : All the Jung Girls (Diane Coffee cover) (2013)

-          Full length debut, Law & Order, was out this year as well.

-          One of the two members of Foxygen with side projects.

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Gregory Alan Isakov : Suitcase Full of Sparks : The Weatherman (2013)

-          5^th album

-          More traditional-leaning folk singer-songwriter.

Official Site

Wooden Wand & the World War IV : Complaint Dept. : Wooden Wand & the World War IV (2013)

-          2^nd album of 2013.

-          Blood Oaths of the New Blues is still one of the year’s most impressive releases.

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Sore Eros & Kurt Vile : Jamaica Plain : Jamaica Plain EP (2013)

-          Collaborative instrumental EP.

-          Kurt Vile just re-released his brilliant.

Amazon

The U & U Show 339 | Halloween 2013!

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Tom Waits : Filipino Box Spring Hog : Mule Variations (1999)

-          12^th full length

-          One of his darkest, most off-beat, and most jarring albums.

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The Cadillacs : Boogie Man

-          50's & 60's Harlem rock'n'roll doo-wop group.

-          Spookier halloween themed track.

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The U & U Show 338 | CMJ 2013 Recap

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Lee Fields & The Expressions : I Still Got It : Faithful Man (2012)

-          3rd album with the Expressions

-          Long-time soul singer

-          Playing CMJ 2013

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Nick Waterhouse : Some Place : Time’s All Gone (2012)

-          Debut album.

-          First official single came out in 2010.

-          Blues and soul singer songwriter.

-          Playing CMJ 2013

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The Unknown & Unheard Show 209! Let's Be Independent Together!

Stream & Download The U & U Show 209 Right Here, Right Now! (MediaFire) Tom Waits – Step Right Up – Small Change (1976) - 4th album from one of music’s most prolific artists - This is my annual sarcastic tribute to the American Christmas… there is not a song more fitting. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine : Live Video of Song (Brilliant) Sufjan Stevens –Sister Winter– Songs For Christmas - Sufjan is a unique artist and without many people knowing has produced roughly fifty great… not the same old… Christmas songs - My personal favorite Sufjan Christmas original. - You will not hear a Christmas song like this in Macy’s… and that’s a good thing! Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Danielson - Grow Up - Best of Gloucester County (2011) - Forthcoming 8th album and first since 2006 - Experimental folk band in the same vein as Sufjan Stevens. - Features Daniel Smith. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Bonnie ' Prince' Billy & the Cairo Gang - Troublesome Houses - The Wonder Show of the World (2010) - Stripped back folk as to be suspected with any Bonnie release - Collaborating with Emmett Kelly here. He's the leader of the Cairo Gang. Official Site : Amazon : HypeMachine Sean Hayes - Gunnin' - Run Wolves Run (2010) - 6th album. - This track reminds me a little of one of my favorites by Langhorne Slim, 'I Love To Dance'. - The background singers are outstanding and make you want to sing right along. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine The Shivers - Shallow Water - Sunset Psalms (2010) - Sounds like a Lennon track off Plastic Ono Band. MySpace : HypeMachine Bright Eyes – Shell Game – The People’s Key (2011) - Forthcoming 10th studio album. First since 2007! Will be released on his birthday on Feb 15th. - Led by Conor Oberst. - He has worked on his Monsters of Folk and Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band projects since the last Bright Eyes’ album. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Tapes 'n Tapes - Freak Out - Outside (2011) - Forthcoming 3rd full length. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Lumineers - Submarines - The Lumineers EP (2010) - Debut EP - One of my favorite Google search results. MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Meursault - Crank Resolutions - All Creatures Will Make Merry (2010) - 2nd album - Scottish band that immediately reminds you of their fellow countrymen, Frightened Rabbit. - I love the constantly building pace of this track. MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Wild Nothing - Chinatown - Gemini (2010) - Debut full length - Receiving a huge amount of praise this year. MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Birds of Avalon - Invasion - Birds of Avalon (2010) - 3rd album - Huge Led Zeppelin sound with a touch of Portugal, The Man. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Frog Eyes - The Sensitive Girls - Paul's Tomb: A Triumph (2010) - New release from a former Spencer Krug project. - A harsher, more manic sound than Krug’s other groups, but I think you can see him fitting in quite well with this act. MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine

The Unknown & Unheard Show 176!

Stream & Download The U & U Show 176 Right Here, Right Now! (MediaFire) Wolf Parade – What Did My Lover Say? (It Always Had To Go This Way) – Expo 86 (2010) - Forthcoming 3rd album out 6/29 - Their 2nd was a huge 2008 hit. The same can be sair about their debut in 2005 - Dan Boeckner and Spencer Krug each take their cracks at song writing and lead singing and each are coming of hugely successful releases from their side projects. - Boeckner (Handsome Furs) and Krug (Sunset Rubdown) Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine The Hold Steady – Barely Breathing – Heaven Is Whenever (2010) - Forthcoming 5th full length. - First since 2008’s Stay Positive. - This is one of the best bands we are lucky enough to enjoy in their prime. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Suckers – Martha (Acoustic) - Wild Smile (Bonus Track) (2010) - Forthcoming full length debut - big pounding, distorted anthem with a couple huge builds - loads of hype around this short 4 song release… deservedly so! - Love this Song! Myspace : Amazon : HypeMachine Josh Ritter - The Curse - So Runs the World Away (2010) - forthcoming 6th full length from one of the more innovative folk rock acts going. - Out May 4th Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine The New Pornographers – Moves – Together (2010) - Forthcoming 5th album, out May 4th - Led by AC Newman, who also has a couple great solo albums out. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine The Rassle - Celebrate the Days – The Rassle (2010) - Find out how to download this track on their MySpace. - New NYC band - Big catchy indie rock that’s right at home between The New Porno’s and BSS. Official Site : MySpace : HypeMachine Broken Social Scene – Water In Hell – Forgiveness Rock Record (2010) - forthcoming 4th album, out May 4th - large rotating group of Canadian musicians led by Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Black Keys – Howlin’ For You - Brothers (2010) - 6th album - very similar feel to their last album. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Wounded Lion - Pony People - Wounded Lion (2010) - Forthcoming self-titled debut out April 27th - Grungy garage rock with vocals that make me think of Dinosaur Jr. MySpace : HypeMachine Sleepy Sun - Open Eyes - Fever (2010) - Forthcoming 2nd album - For fans of Black Mountain and Black Sabbath Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Frog Eyes - Lear In Love - Paul's Tomb: A Triumph (2010) - New release from a former Spencer Krug project. - A harsher, more manic sound than Krug’s other groups, but I think you can see him fitting in quite well with this act. MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine The Kissaway Trail - Beat Your Heartbeat - Sleep Mountain (2010) - forthcoming 2nd album - Massive sounding pop/rock. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Cloud Cult - Tambourine Man - Running with the Wolves EP (2010) - EP warming the waters for their forthcoming full length. - Led by environmentalist Craig Minowa - A band that’s been interesting and influential indie pop since 1995. - I reference this band a lot when talking about newer bands taking on this style because these guys are so good at it! Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine