The Unknown & Unheard Show 173!

Stream & Download The U & U Show 173 Right Here, Right Now! (MediaFire) Black Keys – Next Girl - Brothers (2010) - 6th album - this track, like their entire 5th album Attack & Release, was produced by Dangermouse. - very similar feel to their last. - Releasing their album on vinyl on Record Store Day. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Houses – Red Feather – Fall EP (2009) - 3rd of three season-themed EPs in 2009

- Great vintage classic rock sound. Official Site : MySpace :HypeMachine Deer Tick –20 Miles –The Black Dirt Sessions (2010) - 3rd album - Rambling folk duet. A bit of Dylan coming through Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Roky Erickson & Okkervil River – Goodbye Sweet Dreams – True Love Cast Out All Evil (2010) - Latest solo album from Roky Erickson with Okkervil River as his backing band. - Erickson’s past is a wild one: One of the leaders of the psychedelic rock movement with the 13th Floor Elevators, lots of drugs, marijuana arrest, insanity, electroshock therapy, musical reemergence, obsession with junk mail, mail fraud arrest and finally back to music. - One of many acts participating in Record Store Day. Roky Erickson Official Site : Okkervil River MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Harlem – Gay Human Bones – Hippies (2010) - 2nd album - Excellent debut was called ‘Free Drugs’ - Fuzzy style of indie garage rock. MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Dr. Dog – Jackie Wants a Black Eye – Shame, Shame (2010) - Forthcoming 5th album - Finally a new album is on its way from this super talented Philly band. - 2nd single out. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Horse Feathers – Thistled Spring – Thistled Spring (2010) - Forthcoming 3rd album - Stripped back sound featuring all strings - Painfully sad at times - unmatched in it’s raw emotion… like the earliest Iron & Wine albums - This music makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Titus Andronicus – A More Perfect Union – The Monitor (2010) - Civil War-themed 2nd album - Out march 9th - Named after the Shakespeare play - This is a enjoyably raucous anthem. Myspace : Amazon : HypeMachine Mark Sultan - Go Beserk - $ (2010) - latest vinyl single release. - AKA The BBQ Show Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Tunng - Hustle - …And Then We Saw Land (2010) - 4th album - Experimental Folk band from the UK. - Their sound is getting dubbed as ‘folktronica’ because of their interesting blend of two very different styles. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Steve Poltz – Digging For Icicles - Dreamhouse (2010) - Singer/songwriter - 9th album - This is a more standard effort from him. Where last week's was stripped back and acoustic this one is filled out a touch more. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine MGMT – I Found A Whistle – Congratulations (2010) - 3rd album, debut was out in 2005 when they actually went by Management. - Can get significantly more spacey and electronic than this enjoyably straightforward track. - Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine The Frequency - Carbon People –We Are The Same Machine (2008) - Debut full length. 2nd is on it’s way. ‘Absence of Giants’ - Psychedelic/electronic music. - Big in LA Official Site : MySpace : HypeMachine

The Unknown & Unheard 172!

Stream & Download The U & U Show 172 Right Here, Right Now! (MediaFire) Steve Poltz – Brief History of My Life – Traveling (2008) - Singer/songwriter - Just released Dreamhouse, his 9th album - This is a song I haven’t seen officially on any album, but one of my favorites for this time of the year as baseball starts. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Dead Weather – Die By The Drop – Sea of Cowards (2010) - 2nd album - Jack White project with the female half of The Kills, Alison Mosshart, a Raconteur and a Queen of the Stone Age - White is playing the drums apparently even though the guitar in this track wreaks of his styling Official Site Band of Horses – Compliments – Infinite Arms (2010) - Forthcoming 3rd album - First album in a couple years Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine The Hold Steady – Rock Problems – 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 Wounded Lion - Carol Cloud - Wounded Lion (2010) - Forthcoming self-titled debut out April 27th - Grungy garage rock with vocals that make me think of Dinosaur Jr. MySpace : HypeMachine Dr. Dog – Shame, Shame – Shame, Shame (2010) - Forthcoming 5th album - Finally a new album is on its way from this super talented Philly band. - 2nd single out. Official Site : Myspace : Amazon : HypeMachine The Mynabirds - What We Gained in the Fire - What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood (2010) - Forthcoming full length debut - if this doesn’t fit perfectly with the brand new She & Him track, nothing does. - 60's folk pop vocals. - Download this song for free on their site! Official Site : MySpace : HypeMachine Tunng - Don't Look Down or Back - …And Then We Saw Land (2010) - 4th album - Experimental Folk band from the UK. - Their sound is getting dubbed as ‘folktronica’ because of their interesting blend of two very different styles. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Portugal, The Man – When The World Ends - American Ghetto (2010) - 5th album… they all seem to sneak out quietly. - This band has had a huge sound from the start. - They are always putting out changing and innovative tracks and this album seems to show a change on a bigger scale. - ‘Church Mouth’ is my favorite album. - RIYL The Raconteurs/Jack White/Brendan Benson Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Mark Sultan - I Get Nothin From My Girl - $ (2010) - latest vinyl single release. - AKA The BBQ Show Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Ty Segall - Ceasar - Ceasar (Single) (2010) - single out in March - 2 full lengths out currently MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Sonny & the Sunsets – Too YOung to Burn – Tomorrow Is Alright (2009) - Debut album - Raven Sings The Blues is one of my favorite blogs when I want something raw, garage, psychedelic, bluesy or any combination of those in the form of a band no one knows about - Sonny Smith is the leader and has release more work under his given name. Official Site : Sonny Smith Official Site : Stream on HypeMachine The Strange Boys – Friday In Paris - Be Brave (2010) - Forthcoming 2nd album out February 23 - This is definitely a more filled out Strange Boys track. MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Jonsi - Tornado - Go (2010) - Solo debut from the lead singer of Sigur Ros - Sigur Ros brings more of a lush orchestral approach, where this is brings in a bit more pop. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine

The Unknown & Unheard Show 163!!!

Stream & Download The U & U Show 163 Right Here, Right Now! (MediaFire) Ghostkeeper - By Morning - Ghostkeeper (2010) - 2nd full length - RIYL Dr. Dog mixed with a little Modest Mouse. - this track is just enjoyable, enough said. - Try to sit still to it! Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Ryan Bingham - Endless Ways - Roadhouse Sun (2009) - 2nd full length. - This gentleman just blew up thanks to the movie Crazy Heart. - The sound reminds me of everything I love about Ryan Adams/Whiskeytown (prior to his last few records). - He skillfully address all styles of alt-country. Slow, soft, and folksy to amped up stompers like those of Drive-By Truckers and Lucero. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Whiskeytown - Revenge - Faithless Street (1996) - Debut album from Ryan Adams' first band. - Immediate and more aggressive that just about anything he recorded later. A trait that so many brilliant debut albums share. Official Site : Amazon : HypeMachine Drive-By Truckers - This Fucking Job - The Big To-Do (2010) - Forthcoming 10th album. Out March 16th. - Masters of the southern garage/bar room rock. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Shearwater – Black Eyes - Golden Archipelago (2010) - Forthcoming 6th album. Out Feb. 23rd - they pack so much intensity in their songs. No one sounds quite like them. - Austin band with ties to Okkervil River - Almost a voice you’d expect at the opera - Palo Santo is a great album by them. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Brazos - Mary Jo - A City Just as Tall (2007) - Debut EP. Two full lengths out since. - Coldplay fans might like this. - This track has a building warm feel to it. - Broke out with this at the 2008 SXSW Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine The Mynabirds - Numbers Don't Lie - What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood (2010) - Forthcoming full length debut - if this doesn’t fit perfectly with the brand new She & Him track, nothing does. - 60's folk pop vocals. - Download this song for free on their site! Official Site : MySpace : HypeMachine She & Him – In The Sun - Volume Two (2010) - Forthcoming 2nd album - Success was unavoidable here in probably the most widely accepted album of the year - M. Ward’s song writing skill combines perfectly with Zooey Deschanel’s gorgeous voice. - M. Ward is on just about as hot of a role as possible. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Emanuel and the Fear - Dear Friend - Listen (2010) - Forthcoming full length debut. Out March 9th - 11 piece Brooklyn band. - Make me thing of the Avett Brothers a bit and even a little Barenaked Ladies which is kind of weird. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Eels – Gone Man - End Times (2010) - Newest album - Calls it 'the divorce album.' - Definitely a more restrained album compared to Hombre Lobo Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Mark Sultan - I Am the End - I Am the End 7" (2009) - latest vinyl single release. - AKA The BBQ Show Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Futurebirds - Dirty D - Futurebirds EP (2010) - debut EP - Download it for free from their site! Official Site : MySpace : HypeMachine Giant Cloud - Old Soul - Old Books EP (2010) - Debut release out last week, January 19th. - This makes me think a lot the Suckers, but with slightly less sporadic arrangements. - They just seem to sway and ramble along. Picking up steam at times, then easing off to balance out perfectly. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine