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!
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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David Dondero - # Zero with a Bullet - # Zero with a Bullet (2010)
- 7th studio album.
- Reminds me a bit of Neil Young and Mike Doughty!
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Frontier Ruckus - Nerves of the Nevermind – Deadmalls & Nightfalls (2010)
- 2nd album. 2 albums out.
- Mellow folk sound.
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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.
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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)
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Arcade Fire – Rococo – The Suburbs (2010)
- 3rd album
- It’s hard to find a band that remains this consistent for this long.
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Light Pollution – Witchcraft – Apparitions (2010)
- Debut from Chicago rock band
- This is another layered track that builds and builds and sucks you in.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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