The Unknown & Unheard Show 191!

Stream & Download The U & U Show 191 Right Here, Right Now! (Download) Les Savy Fav – Dear Crutches – Root to Ruin (2010) - 5th album - New York angular alt-rock band led by one of the most insane people on the planet, Tim Harrington - Possibly the best live band I’ve ever seen… primarily thanks to Harrington - Combine a cool guitar riff and easily singable lyrics and you have yourself a quality song… it sounds so easy! Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Grouplove – Colours – Grouplove EP (2010) - Debut EP - Modest Mouse and Polyphonic Spree had a baby band… not really, but that’s what this sounds like. - Catchier than Pudge Rodriguez? MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine J Roddy Walston and the Business -Use Your Language - J Roddy Walston and the Business (2010) - Debut album - Baltimore band - Rock and roll feel to some of the tracks - Makes me think of Dr. Dog here. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Darker My Love - Dear Author - Alive As You Are (2010) - 3rd full length album - This is a band that has been compared to Black Rebel Motorcycle Club a ton and with this album they seem to even follow the same path as BRMC by stripping back their usually heavy sound on their 3rd release. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – You Won’t Let Me Down Again – Hawk (2010) - 3rd collaborative album. - Mark Lanegan is the haunting voiced former lead singer of punk rock outfit X - Their last, Sunday At Devil Dirt, was outstanding. - Hip soulful swaggering retro feel. Isobel Campbell MySpace : Mark Lanegan MySpace: Amazon : HypeMachine David Dondero - # Zero with a Bullet - # Zero with a Bullet (2010) - 7th studio album. - Reminds me a bit of Neil Young and Mike Doughty! Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Frontier Ruckus - Nerves of the Nevermind – Deadmalls & Nightfalls (2010) - 2nd album. 2 albums out. - Mellow folk sound. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine : DayTrotter Cloud Cult - You'll Be Bright (Invocation p.1) - Light Chasers (2010) - 7th 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! - This is bigger rock sound than I've ever heard from them by far. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – Cardinal Rules (Bonus Track) – Let It Sway (2010) - 3rd full length - Indie rock band from Missouri - This album was produced by Death Cab’s Chris Walla (also produced albums for the Thermals, the Decemberists, and the Long Winters) Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Arcade Fire – Rococo – The Suburbs (2010) - 3rd album - It’s hard to find a band that remains this consistent for this long. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Light Pollution – Witchcraft – Apparitions (2010) - Debut from Chicago rock band - This is another layered track that builds and builds and sucks you in. MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Grinderman – Super Heathen Child - Girnderman 2 (2010) - Forthcoming 2nd album from the harder rockin' side project from Nick Cave and some Bad Seeds. - Nick Cave is someone who grows on me more and more with every listen. - This is another rendition of the song featuring an extended guitar solo form King Crimson’s Robert Fripp. - I hope the entire album sounds as sinister, aggressive and cool as this track. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Bear In Heaven - Lovesick Teenagers - Beast Rest Forth Mouth (2009) - 2nd album - This is the type of band that typifies what Pitchfork brings to the table that not many other outlets might not. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine PVT - Church with No Magic - Church with No Magic (2010) - 3rd album - Australian band formerly known as Pivot. - Bigger electronic side to this band than I normally bring on here, but their stuff is too interesting to not share. MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine

The Unknown & Unheard Show 190!

Stream & Download The U & U Show 190 Right Here, Right Now! (Download) Arcade Fire – City with No Children – The Suburbs (2010) - 3rd album - This yet another epic album from one of the leaders of independent music. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Les Savy Fav – Clear Spirits – Root to Ruin (2010) - 5th album out September 14th - New York angular alt-rock band led by one of the most insane people on the planet, Tim Harrington - Possibly the best live band I’ve ever seen… primarily thanks to Harrington Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Wilderness – Beautiful Alarms – Vessel States (2006) - forthcoming 3rd album - the vocals give this band their power… they are explosions in the sky with words - on jagjaguwar record label - Baltimore band MySpace : Amazon Cloud Cult - The Strength - Forces of the Unseen - Light Chasers (2010) - 7th 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! - This is bigger rock sound than I've ever heard from them by far. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine The National – Bloodbuzz Ohio - High Violet (2010) - Forthcoming full length album. First since 2007 - They also had a hand in the production of the ‘Dark Was The Night’ compilation. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine : DayTrotter J Roddy Walston and the Business – Used to Did - J Roddy Walston and the Business (2010) - Debut album - Baltimore band - Rock and roll feel to some of the tracks - Makes me think of Dr. Dog here. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – Sink / Let it Sway – Let It Sway (2010) - 3rd full length - Indie rock band from Missouri - This album was produced by Death Cab’s Chris Walla (also produced albums for the Thermals, the Decemberists, and the Long Winters) Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine The Black Angels – Telephone – Phosphene Dream (2010) - 3rd album from the ominous psych rockers. - Formed in 2004 in Austin, TX - Interesting feel to it… similar to some of the Black Keys more eerie songs - Debut Self Titled EP was released in 2005. 2nd full length out in 2008 Official Site : MySpace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Queens of the Stone Age - Better Living Through Chemistry - Rated R (Deluxe Reissue) (2000/2010) - 2nd album - Influential dirty aggressive west coast rock lead by Josh Homme (also responsible for Eagles of Death Metal) - Reissue comes with a 2nd disc of bonus material. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine These United States – Ever Make You Mine - What Lasts (2010) - Forthcoming 4th album in 4 yrs - 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. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Frontier Ruckus - Mona and Emmy - Unreleased (2010) - They played this on their recent DayTrotter Session. - 2 albums out. - Mellow folk sound. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine : DayTrotter Lord Huron – We Went Wild – Into the Sun EP (2010) - Debut EP - Rich, easy going tropical feel to this track. Official Site : MySpace : HypeMachine Frightened Rabbit - Son C (2010) - Latest single released to the band's mailing list. - This band had a lot of hype from the start, and that combined with a ‘far from album best’ first single pushed me away at first, but the deeper I dug into this album the more I was blown away - Scottish accent stands out, but there seems to be something more than that to his vocals and make them truly unique. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Menomena – Tithe - Mines (2010) - 4th album - Lackthereof and Ramona Falls are side projects that have had releases since the last Menomena album - Ultra-creative song writing. No one comes close to the sound they make. Layers and layers of instruments and vocals. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine