Unknown and Unheard: Leatherbag

Suckers - Chinese Braille - Candy Salad (2012)

- 2nd full length

- Eclectic rock that might could be RIYL Wolf Parade or Menomena. (I do)

- Debut EP and LP each received Best of the U & U honors.

- SXSW 2012.

Quiet Hooves - Too Hard - Stallin' (2012) & Saddle Up (2012)

- Double album featuring a rerelease of their 1st album plus their 2nd.

- Eclectic pop/rock. Reminds me a bit Man Man and Menomena.

- A bit wacky at times, but not coming off as tacky or trying to hard.

BandCamp : Amazon : HypeMachine

Ramona Falls - Sqworm - Prophet (2012)

- 2^nd album.

- Led by Brent Knopf, formerly of Menomena.

- SXSW 2012

Moonface - I'm Not the Phoenix Yet - With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery (2012)

- 2nd album. First with Siinai as backing band

- First full length was out last year, Organ Music.

- Debut EP was out last year and was one 20+ minute track.

- Wolf Parade's and Sunset Rubdown's Spencer Krug's solo project.

Timber Timbre – Bad Ritual - Creep on Creepin' On (2011)

- 2^nd album, debut was out in 2007 ‘Medicinals’

- M. Ward + Bon Iver + Tom Waits’ ‘What’s He Building In There?’

- Eerily cool spooky tracks.

- Toronto duo

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The Great American Canyon Band - Burn - Tumbleweed EP (2012)

- Debut EP

- Husband and wife duo from Chicago.

- Big building folk rock track.

Devin - White Leather - Romancing (2012)

- Debut full length.

- Formerly Devin Therriault.

- brash 70's style rock

Leatherbag - Poor Misguided Boy - Patience (2011)

- Debut EP. 2 Full lengths as well.

- Austin band

- 2^nd band I saw at SXSW 2012 and one that I didn’t know at all going in. Ended up being a favorite.

BandCamp: Amazon : HypeMachine

Diamond Rugs - Out On My Own - Diamond Rugs (2012)

- Debut release from garage/folk supergroup featuring Deer Tick's John McCaualey and Ian Saint Pe of the Black Lips (that’s the guy who produced the Turf War debut album).

- An appropriately titled first single from a band who says their name is a play on the phase ‘I’m on drugs.’

- SXSW 2012

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Maps & Atlases – Old Ash - Beware and Be Grateful (2012)

- 1st single from forthcoming full length.

- Chicago experimental folk outfit.

- Played SXSW 2011 and playing 2012

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Free Energy – Electric Fever - Love Sign (2012)

- 2nd full length

- Debut full length 'Stuck On Nothing' was a fun, hard not to like 70's pop rock treat.

- Formerly known as Hockey Night

- On James Murphy's (of LCD Soundsystem) DFA Records.

MySpace : HypeMachine

Anais Mitchell - Ships - Young Man In America (2012)

- 6th album.

- folk singer songwriter.

- Previous album, Hadestown, featured numerous appearances from Justin Vernon.

- Playing The Bishop in Bloomington April 17th.

Ben Kweller - Gossip - Go Fly a Kite (2012)

- 6th full length.

- Indie pop/rock singer songwriter that's been making extremely consistent, not overly ground breaking records since 2009.

Mr. Gnome – The Way - Softly Mad (2012)

- Latest single.

- 3^rd album 'Madness In Miniature' was out last here and was recorded in Josh Homme’s studio.

- 2^nd album ' Heave Your Skeleton' was really solid as well.

- Cleveland, OH band

Yellow Ostrich - I Got No Time For You - Strange Land (2012)

- 2nd full length.

- Debut full length was 'The Mistress' and made the 2011 Best of the U & U.

- Sounds a bit like the Beatles and the White Stripes and even at times Menomena.

- SXSW 2012

Official Site : BandCamp : HypeMachine

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

The Unknown & Unheard Show 275!!!

Moonface - Yesterday's Fire - With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery (2012)

- Forthcoming 2nd album. First with Siinai as backing band

- First full length was out last year, Organ Music.

- Debut EP was out last year and was one 20+ minute track.

- Wolf Parade's and Sunset Rubdown's Spencer Krug's solo project.

Maps & Atlases - Fever - Beware and Be Grateful (2012)

- 1st single from forthcoming full length.

- Chicago experimental folk outfit.

- Played SXSW 2011 and playing 2012

Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. – We Almost Lost Detroit (Gil Scott Heron cover) - It's A Corporate World (2011)

- Full length debut.

- Their 2010 debut EP garnered them a lot of good reviews.

- Playing the White Rabbit Cabaret Friday, June 17th

Japandroids - The House That Heaven Built - Celebration Rock (2012)

- 2nd album.

- raucous anthem-filled post punk rock

- huge energy and distortion. You’ll want to see this song live and as loud as possible.

- SXSW 2012

Official Site : Myspace : HypeMachine

Lucero - Downtown (Intro) & On My Way Downtown - Women & Work (2012)

- New album!

- Ben Nichols, lead singer, has been working on solo stuff since this came out.

- Best bar rock band going.

Official Site : Myspace : Amazon : HypeMachine

Ben Kweller - Mean To Me - Go Fly a Kite (2012)

- 6th full length.

- Indie pop/rock singer songwriter that's been making extremely consistent, not overly ground breaking records since 2009.

Pond - Moth Wings - Beard Wives Denim (2012)

- Debut Full length

- Made of members of Tame Impala.

- By far the greatest lead singer I saw at SXSW. Young, tiny, wild aussie.

Amazon : HypeMachine

Quiet Hooves - The Beat - Stallin' (2012) & Saddle Up (2012)

- Double album featuring a rerelease of their 1st album plus their 2nd.

- Eclectic pop/rock. Reminds me a bit Man Man and Menomena.

- A bit wacky at times, but not coming off as tacky or trying to hard.

BandCamp : Amazon : HypeMachine

Leatherbag - Patience - Patience (2011)

- Debut EP. 2 Full lengths as well.

- Austin band

- 2^nd band I saw at SXSW 2012 and one that I didn’t know at all going in. Ended up being a favorite.

BandCamp: Amazon : HypeMachine

Yellow Ostrich - Daughter - Strange Land (2012)

- 2nd full length.

- Debut full length was 'The Mistress' and made the 2011 Best of the U & U.

- Sounds a bit like the Beatles and the White Stripes and even at times Menomena.

- SXSW 2012

Official Site : BandCamp : HypeMachine

Gentleman Jesse - Take It Easy On Me - Leaving Atlanta (2012)

- This track is reminiscent of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers.

- Easy, singable folk rock.

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Portugal, The Man - Telling Tellers Tell Me - Church Mouth (2007)

- 2nd (and best) album.

- Released their 7th album in 2011.

- RIYL The Raconteurs/Jack White/Brendan Benson

Heavy Cream - John Johnny - Super Treatment (2012)

- 2^nd album. Debut was out in 2010

- Ty Segall produced amped up rocker of an album.

Magnolia Electric Co. - What's Broken Becomes Better- Sojourner (2007)

- 4 disc compilation of the band's travels in 2005

- An exhaustive exploration into all the sounds leader Jason Molina brings with his music.

- Just read he is currently in recovery and has no recording or tour plans.

- A sad, but fitting time to promote one of my personal favorites.

Black Mountain – In Sequence – Year Zero OST (2012)

- Soundtrack for the post-apocalyptic surf movie, Year Zero.

- 3 albums from this group of Canadians

- Jagjaguwar Band… Bloomington’s star loaded label.