The Unknown & Unheard Show 207!

Stream & Download The U & U Show 207 Right Here, Right Now! (Download) JEFF the Brotherhood - Mind Ride - Heavy Days (2010) - 3rd album - Jake & Jamin Orrall - Kraut punk rock. Harder, eclectic rock. MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Awesome New Republic (ANR) - The Endless Field of Mercury - Stay Kids (2010) - Debut full length - Huge driving pop anthem. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine The Antlers – Two – Hospice (2009) - 3rd album - Big pop sound… remind me of The Arcade Fire’s acoustic tracks Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Kissaway Trail – Smother + Evil = Hurt – The Kissaway Trail (2007) - 2nd album of two - another big pop anthem - Denmark Band Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Englishman - Ugly Rainbow - Taxidermy (2009) - Debut EP. Just released self-titled full length debut - Reminds me a ton of the Mountain Goats… that’s a good thing! - Out of Lexington, KY. MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine The Bees (The Band of Bees in the US) – I Really Need Love - Every Step's A Yes (2010) - First single off their forthcoming 4th album - This track is a little less upbeat than the majority of their previous ultra-catchy album ‘Octopus’ and is a little more Simon and Garfunkel Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine The Sheepdogs - I Don't Know - Learn & Burn (2010) - 2nd album - big classic rock feel. Think Humble Pie .MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine The Stepkids – Santos & Ken – The Stepkids (2010) - Forthcoming debut LP - 60’s soul and psychedelia feel. MySpace : HypeMachine Mr. Dream - Learn the Language - Never Elaborate (2010) - Full length debut. 2 EPs out already. - Sloppy and loose post-punk - Brooklyn band. - Get this song for free from their RCRDLBL site. MySpace : RCRDLBL : Amazon : HypeMachine Abby Go Go - Louder Than Dreams - Abby Go Go (2010) - Debut album - Guitar and synth driven anthems. - Led by twin brothers, Bon & Jon Allinson Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Lonely Galaxy - Nutts - Ep 2 (2010) - Reminds me of a slower ballad by Suckers - Download a song for free from their RCRDLBL site. MySpace : RCRDLBL : HypeMachine Solvents - Forgive Yr. Blood - Forgive Yr. Blood (2010) - Their only full length as far as I can tell. - Washington state band. - Remind me a bit of Matt Pond PA. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine The Arbiters - Tired Horses - Arrival EP (2010) - Debut EP from the DJ/music supervisor Thomas Golubic´ (Six Feet Under, Breaking Bad. - This is the only track from the EP that really fits here, but you can still get it all for free here. Official Site : MySpace : HypeMachine

The Unknown & Unheard Show 205!

Stream & Download The U & U Show 205 Right Here, Right Now! (Download) The Stepkids – Legend In My Own Mind – The Stepkids (2010) - Forthcoming debut LP - 60’s psychedelia feel. - Cool slow rolling rock track. MySpace : HypeMachine Ryan Adams – Destroyers – Cardinals III/IV (2010) - Forthcoming double album. - Recorded in 2006 but never released - He says it’s the best Cardinals album. The First 2 were quite good, but were followed by a couple crappy mainstream efforts. - This is one of my all-time favorite artists. I hope this is a return to form. Official Site : Amazon : HypeMachine Lord Huron – Mighty – Mighty EP (2010) - Debut EP - Rich, easy going tropical feel to this track. - Very reminiscent of Fleet Foxes. Official Site : MySpace : HypeMachine Ima Robot – Ruthless – Another Man’s Treasure (2010) - 3rd album - Band formed and led by the leader of Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - More of an electronic/pop/spacey side to this outfit. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine David Dondero – All These Fishies Swimmin’ Through My Head - # Zero with a Bullet (2010) - 7th studio album. - Reminds me a bit of Neil Young and Mike Doughty! - This track is a bit more acoustic than the album’s title track. Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine PS I Love You – Facelove – Diamond Rings/PS I Love You 7” (2009) - Split single with Diamond Rings. (The Diamond Rings’ track was the infinitely catchy ‘All Yr Songs’. - Full length debut is out this year. - I think they are fans of the Rolling Stones MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine The Brute Chorus - Could This Be Love - The Brute Chorus (2009) - Debut album. 2nd album out this year. - Slightly raucous blues/folk UK band MySpace : HypeMachine Paleo – World’s Smallest Violin – A View of the Sky (2010) - David Andrew Strackany - From Brooklyn NY - opened for These United states when I caught them a couple years ago. - Wrote 1 song a day for 1 year. Now he just has his, still quite prolific, Song Diary on his official site. - looks like a young john Mayall Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Wooden Wand – Tiny Confessions - Death Seat (2010) - Latest album from this James Jackson Toth project. - Also released music as WAND after his band left him. - I played a lot of that last year. MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine Delta Spirit – Bushwick Blues – The Waits Room EP (2010) - Tom Waits inspired EP title - This release follows their 2nd full length, History For Below, out in June. - This is a more restrained version of the song on History For Below. - If you get into the Cold War Kids you should like this band. Official Site : Amazon : HypeMachine Bruce Springsteen – The Promise - The Promise (2010) - A brand new double album of material recorded during the 'Darkness' sessions. - Darkness On the Edge of Town was his 3rd album - Best Springsteen album if you ask me. - Getting a big reissue this year. - his last album is called ‘Working on a Dream’ and features the brilliant track ‘The Wrestler’ Official Site : MySpace : Amazon : HypeMachine