The Unknown & Unheard Show 154!

Stream & Download The U & U Show 154 Right Here, Right Now! (MediaFire) The Features - The Idea of Growing Old - Exhibit A (2004) - debut full length - 2nd album out last year. Released two other EP's in there - Kings of Leon fans can definitely find something here. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine The Avett Brothers - Incomplete and Insecure - I and Love and You (2009) - forthcoming album - follow-up to their break out ‘Emotionalism’ - this is the exact type of track that makes me love this band. - Easy Americana Official Site : Myspace : Amazon : HypeMachine Family of the Year - Let's Go Down - Where's the Sun (2009) - Debut EP - full length debut, Songbook, is just out last week, November 17th - Download for free Here! Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Sambassadeur - Days - Days (2009) - Forthcoming 4th album - Really like the use of strings in this track - Fairly standard indie pop sound. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Mumford & Sons – Winter Winds - Sigh No More (2009) - my favorite new band I’ve found this go around at SXSW - such a big, building sound for an acoustic song - nice use of banjo. Really compliments and adds to the song. MySpace : HypeMachine Jason Boesel - Hand of God - Hustler's Son (2009) - Jim James with a slightly deeper voice. Todd Snider a little even. - Drummer for Rilo Kiley and even Bright Eyes/Conor Oberst for a bit - His time with Oberst really shows on this track’s lush folk arrangement. Official Site : MySpace : HypeMachine Bobby Bare, Jr. - I Need You - The American Bread EP (2009) - EP of Bread covers produced and backed vocally by David Vandervelde - Son of traditional country legend Bobby Bare - I’ve enjoyed his more raucous music, but this is still really well done. - For sure the highest level of production I’ve heard on any of his recordings. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Man/Miracle - Pushing and Shoving - Pushing and Shoving (2008) - Debut album - Big My Morning Jacket sound - Also remind me a bit of the Suckers Official Site : MySpace : HypeMachine James Husband - A Grave in the Gravel - A Parallax I (2009) - solo debut from member of Of Montreal - starts off sounding like it will be a Psychedelic rock track then mellows out significantly. MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Lucero –Darken My Door - 1372 Overton Park (2009) - New Lucero! - Ben Nichol's led band's first album on a major label - The level of polish has jumped significantly and it doesn't seem to fit with them - They have always seemed like the quintessential bar band, they hoarser and rougher their sound the better. - With that said, the polish can't disrupt the band's ability to write quality music. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Part Company - Out of Egypt - dirty garage rock! Hooray! - There is no arguing that this genre has exploded this year. - Whether you like it or not, this is another quality act true to the genre - Big Rolling Stones energy here. MySpace : HypeMachine Twin Tigers - Red Fox Run - Curious Faces/Violet Future EP (2008) - Debut EP - Certainly a significant amount of psych here. - Somewhat reminiscent of Oasis without the hype and polish (that’s a good trait!) MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Suckers – Save Your Love For Me – Save Your Love For Me (2009) - Latest single - 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 Windmill - Start a War - Cover of the National - London singer/songwriter Matthew Thomas Dylan - I can see his voice being off putting for some people, but it’s so fragile sounding and just the right amount of quirkiness and nerdiness that I think it works. - RIYL: Cloud Cult and Polyphonic Spree Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Civil Twilight - Letters from the Sky - Civil Twilight (2008) - 2nd album - from Cape Town, South Africa originally - borders on over produced and too dependent on U2’s sound. - My Fence Sitter of the Week. - A big clue for me when it comes to a legit band and one trying too hard to make up for what they lack is over production, fancy packaging and a glossy site. Despite liking this track, this band suffers from all of those things. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine

The Unknown & Unheard Show 153!!!

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Cold War Kids – Audience of One - Behave Yourself (2009) - forthcoming EP - debut full length album out in 2006 - 3 eps prior to debut's release - New album is ‘Loyalty to Loyalty’ Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Man/Miracle - Hot Sprawl - The Shape of Things (2009) - Debut album - Big My Morning Jacket sound - Also remind me a bit of the Suckers Official Site : MySpace : HypeMachine

Frightened Rabbit – Music Now – Sing the Greys (2006) - debut album - third album is due out in early 2010 - 2^nd album struck a big chord with the indie music world and critics Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine The Features - The Temporary Blues - Some Kind Of Salvation (2009) - 2nd full length - Debut out in 2004. Released two other EP's in there - Kings of Leon fans can definitely find something here. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Fyfe Dangerfield - When You Walk In the Room - Fly Yellow Moon (2009) - Forthcoming 3^rd solo album from leader of the Guillemots - Very big pop sound. Upbeat catchy U2 or David Ford. Normally that wouldn’t sound like the most enjoyable/interesting brand of music, but I think it really works on this track. Official Site : MySpace : HypeMachine The Avett Brothers - The Perfect Space - I and Love and You (2009) - forthcoming album - follow-up to their break out ‘Emotionalism’ - this is the exact type of track that makes me love this band. - Easy Americana Official Site : Myspace : Amazon : HypeMachine Local Natives – Airplanes - Gorilla Manor (2009) - debut album - Check out their DayTrotter Session Here! Official Site : Myspace : HypeMachine Rock Plaza Central - Wherever You Are, I'm Home - …At the Moment of Our Most Needing Or If Only They Could Turn Around, They Would Know They Weren’t Alone (2009) - 2^nd album from the Chris Eaton led rotating group of musicians - Another track that packs a boatload of intensity. - Strained feel to the song that you get from The Builders and the Butchers and even the Mountain Goats… comparable vocals as well. Official Site : Myspace : Amazon : HypeMachine Ezra Furman & The Harpoons – The World Is Alive – Inside the Human Body (2008) - 2^nd album - Upbeat, enthusiastic Dylanesque folk - playing the Volrath in Indy Nov. 20^th Official Site : Myspace : Amazon : HypeMachine King Khan & the BBQ Show – Anala – Invisible Girl (2009) - 3^rd album - Out November 3^rd - They are both in the Almighty Defenders with the Black Lips - They have been arrested for drug possession and have missed a few tour dates Official Site : Myspace : Amazon : HypeMachine

Girls - Laura – Album (2009) - the hype surrounding this band is extensive. - Their leader’s, Christopher Owens, story is quite unbelievable. - I’m more sold on that than anything. - He grew up in a cult in which his brother died, dad left and mom was prostituted out for the good of the cult. Then he was rescued by a millionaire, moved to San Fran and started this band. - They bring some seriously noisy, fuzzy, nostalgic and make me think of a darker T Rex playing on a beach. MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Avi Buffalo – We Can Try This Again – What’s In It For? 7” (2009) - Debut Release on Sub Pop - They have a handful of tracks already for sale on their site. - Band of Horses was suppose to have an album come out this year… maybe they changed their name to Avi Buffalo? - Shins’ sounds as well. Official Site : Myspace : Amazon : HypeMachine A. A. Bondy - The Coal Hits The Fire – When the Devil's Loose (2009) - 2^nd album - Debut was fantastic. - Stripped back acoustic folk singer/songwriter. Myspace : Amazon : HypeMachine Tom Waits - Falling Down (Live) - Glitter & Doom Live (2009) - Latest live album taken from his most recent tour - This is one of my favorite more recent Waits’ tracks. It was originally on ‘Orphans: Bawlers, Brawlers and Bastards’ - Fans should look for him in the intriguing new movie from Terry Gilliam (Fear & Loathing in LV) The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine