Songs for those days...

Here are three tracks for the days that seem a bit unfair...


Rock Plaza Central : Oh I Can


The Mountain Goats : This Year


Langhorne Slim : Hello Sunshine


I can't offer up much else that rights my mood better than those. Hope you find them as helpful as I do.

The Unknown & Unheard Show 147!!!

Stream & Download The U & U Show 146 Right Here, Right Now! (MediaFire) Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson – The 100th of March – Summer of Fear (2009) - 2nd album - TV on the Radio’s Kyp Malone and Grizzly Bear’s Christopher Bear continue to lend a hand to his work - His self-titled debut is well worth your time and reason enough to give this album a listen as well. MySpace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine : Download on RCRDLBL Langhorne Slim – For A Little While – Be Set Free (2009) - 3rd album… out September 29th - His self-titled second blew me away. - the best folk singer/songwriter out there for my money. Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Lucero –Goodbye Again - 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 : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Mountain Goats – Philippians 3: 20-21 – The Life Of The World To Come (2009) - 6th album. Out October 6th - NEW MOUNTAIN GOATS! - If that alone is not worthy of a play, I don’t know what is - This seems to be some relative of a concept album based around lessons he’s learned. Each track’s title is a specific bible verse. Official Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Willem Maker - Hex Blues - New Moon Hand (2009) - 2nd album. Debut out in 2008 - spare deep south blues feel and deep soulful voice - the vocals remind me a lot of Gomez's Ben Ottewell Official Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Gomez - Where Ya Going? - Split the Difference (2004) - 4th album - They feature 3 vocalists/songwriters. This one has Ben Ottewell up front. He has the biggest most rugged voice of the set. - Their latest work has been very mainstream and nonphenomenal. Official Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Kurt Vile - Freak Train - Childish Prodigy (2009) - forthcoming third album - told you about it last week, and I have a song from it this week - Love the album title. - The War On Drugs' lead guitarist. - Playing in Bloomington Oct 12 Official Site : MySpace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Karen O and the Kids – Building All Is Love – Where the Wild Things Are OST (2009) - Karen O composed soundtrack - The Kids include a couple other Yeah Yeah Yeahs, a couple Racounteurs and Bradford Cox of Atlas Sound and Deerhoof Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Dead Man’s Bones – Pa Pa Power – Dead Man’s Bones (2009) - First single from actors’, Ryan Gosling and Zack Shields, band featuring Silverlake Conservatory children’s choir. - Out October 6th - On ANTI one of the most eclectic labels going. - Best Halloween album ever? Yes. - Arcade Fire and Polyphonic Spree fans… dig in! Myspace : Stream on HypeMachine Midnight Masses - Deserter Song - Heaven 7" (2009) - EP prepping the waters for their debut - NY Band of varying numbers, from 3 & 4 up to the mid teens. - Even in the eerie dept. with Dead Man's Bones, but with more of a vintage Doors-inesss MySpace : Buy on Amazon : Stream of HypeMachine Spiral Stairs - Maltese Terrier - The Real Fear (2009) - Solo debut from Pavement’s Scott Kannberg. - Jangly track that has a pretty big vintage feel to it. - Strategically releasing this as the waves caused by the Pavement reunion are cresting and causing a massive stir. Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine The Raveonettes - Heart of Stone - In And Out Of Control (2009) - 4th album from this Danish rock duo - Sound is heavy with feels of the Velvet Underground. - Also some Black Mountain and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club missed in there too. Official Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Buffalo Killers - Leave the Sun Behind – Let It Ride (2008) - 2nd album. 3rd is on it's way this year. - Cincinnati band… psychedelic blues rock straight out of the 70’s Official Site : MySpace : Buy on Amazon : Stream of HypeMachine

The Unknown & Unheard Show 146!!!

Stream & Download The U & U Show 146 Right Here, Right Now! (MediaFire) Langhorne Slim – Boots Boy – Be Set Free (2009) - 3rd album… out September 29th - His self-titled second blew me away. - the best folk singer/songwriter out there for my money. Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine

Lucero –What Are You Willing To Lose? - 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 : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Buffalo Killers - Huma Bird – Forthcoming 2009 Album - 2 albums out - Cincinnati band… psychedelic blues rock straight out of the 70’s Official Site : MySpace : Buy on Amazon : Stream of HypeMachine Free Energy – Something In Common – Free Energy (2009) - Forthcoming debut full length. - formerly known as Hockey Night - Produced by James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem. - I want this album NOW! - After only 3 tracks this has risen to the top of my 2009 favorites. I hope it delivers. - This track especially reminds me of OK Go’s initial sounds. Myspace : Stream on HypeMachine Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson – Death by Dust – Summer of Fear (2009) - 2nd album - TV on the Radio’s Kyp Malone and Grizzly Bear’s Christopher Bear continue to lend a hand to his work - His self-titled debut is well worth your time and reason enough to give this album a listen as well. - Tom petty feel here. MySpace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine : Download on RCRDLBL Mountain Goats – Psalms 40:2 – The Life Of The World To Come (2009) - 6th album. Out October 6th - NEW MOUNTAIN GOATS! - If that alone is not worthy of a play, I don’t know what is - This seems to be some relative of a concept album based around lessons he’s learned. Each track’s title is a specific bible verse. Official Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine The Dodos - Fables - Time To Die (2009) - 2nd album - debut album appeared on almost every indie music Best of ’08 lists - their talent for creating impressive compositions is clearly evident. Official Site : MySpace : Buy on Amazon : Stream of HypeMachine Heavy Trash - Gee, I Really Love You - Midnight Soul Serenade (2009) - forthcoming 3rd album from the Jon Spencer & Matt Verta Ray collaboration. - Jerry Lee Lewis rock & roll - Chuck berry/rockabilly/rocking blues Official Site : MySpace : Buy on Amazon : Stream of HypeMachine Real Estate - Beach Comber - Real Estate (2009) - forthcoming debut album - mellow, fuzzy lo-fi jersey coast music - they have released several very well received singles. MySpace : Stream of HypeMachine Grand Archives - Silver Amongst the Gold - Keep In Mind Frankenstein (2009) - 2nd album from former Band of Horses’ guitarist - debut was full of upbeat catchy rock/pop athems/singalongs. - this album appears to be a bit more serious. Official Site : MySpace : Buy on Amazon : Stream of HypeMachine Joshua James - Magazine - Build Me This (2009) - 3rd full length album - playing radio radio next Wednesday - RIYL Damien Rice, AA Bondy, David Ford Official Site : MySpace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Midnight Masses - Heaven - Heaven 7" (2009) - EP prepping the waters for their debut - NY Band of varying numbers, from 3 & 4 up to the mid teens. MySpace : Buy on Amazon : Stream of HypeMachine Japandroids - Crazy/Forever - Post-Nothing (2009) - Debut, critical praise is pouring down on this album. - raucous post punk rock - huge energy and distortion. You’ll want to see this song live and as loud as possible Official Site : Myspace : Stream on HypeMachine

The Unknown & Unheard Show 138!!!

Stream & Download The U & U Show 138 Right Here, Right Now! Rain Machine – Give Blood – Rain Machine (2009) - solo debut from TV on the Radio’s Kyp Malone - this is this week’s song that will get you moving. Very funky sound to this one - I hope he can keep the energy up this successfully on the entire album. - Also in the band Iran - Out September 22nd One of Many Blogs you can Download this Track For FREE! Rock Plaza Central - Oh I Can - …At the Moment of Our Most Needing Or If Only They Could Turn Around, They Would Know They Weren’t Alone (2009) - 2nd 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 : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine The Mountain Goats – Genesis 3:23 - The Life of the World to Come (2009) - NEW MOUNTAIN GOATS! - If that alone is not worthy of a play, I don’t know what is - This seems to be some relative of a concept album based around lessons he’s learned. Each track’s title is a specific bible verse. Official Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Prabir & The Substitutes – Five Little Pieces – Five Little Pieces (2008) - 3rd Full length. Two EP’s out also. - RIYL Ike Reilly Assassination - Jangly 60’s bar room rock… hard not to enjoy. - Their full-length debut was a double disc, but the 2nd disc was a copy of the first that they encouraged people to share with others. Official Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Ha Ha Tonka –Hold My Feet In the Fire - Novel Sounds of the Nouveau South (2009) - 2nd album - RIYL Kings of Leon and AA Bondy Official Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine We Were Promised Jetpacks – Roll Up Your Sleeves – These Four Walls (2009) - Debut album - Scottish band with a very similar sound to Frightened Rabbit on the mellower tracks but seem a bit more aggressive when they amp up their sound. - This week’s track that is lodged in my head. Official Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Janglin’ – Up From Below (2009) - debut album… also on their debut EP, out earlier this year. - Big folk band that makes deeply layered songs - Arcade Fire + Margot & the Nuclear So & Sos? - Really liking the vocals from one of the female ‘Magnetic Zeros’ on this track - The horns and whistling bring to mind the sounds on Andrew Bird Myspace : Buy On Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine White Denim – Paint Yourself – Fits (2009) - 2nd album - Enjoyably schizophrenic compositions. - The hand claps and a catchy guitar progression on this one just seem to be smile-inducing. Official Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Portugal, The Man – Guns and Dogs – The Satanic Satanist (2009) - 4th album - 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. - This album sounds more restrained than some of their previous stuff… more acoustic than anything else. - ‘Church Mouth’ is my favorite album. - RIYL The Raconteurs/Jack White/Brendan Benson Official Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Faux Hoax – Foxworthy - Your Friends Will Carry You Home EP (2009) - debut EP from Danny Seim of Memomena, Dave Allen of Gang of Four - pronounced ‘Folks’ - incredibly layered tracks like that which you find on all the Menomena stuff Official Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Lackthereof – Chest Pass - Your Anchor (2008) - 2nd solo album from Danny Seim of Menomena - He does a brilliant cover of the National’s ‘Fake Empire’ to close this album Official Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Ramona Falls – I Say Fever – Intuit (2009) - forthcoming solo debut from Brent Knopf of Menomena - Out August 18th - 2nd member to put forth a solo effort Myspace : Stream on HypeMachine Timber Timbre – We’ll Find Out – Timber Timbre (2009) - 2nd album, debut was out in 2007 ‘Medicinals’ - M. Ward + Bon Iver + Tom Waits’ ‘What’s He Building In There?’ - Eerily cool spooky tracks… slogan on Myspace is ‘Creep on creepin’ on.’ - Toronto duo Label Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Lightning Dust – Never Seen – Infinite Light (2009) - 2nd full length - Another Black Mountain side project - Great vocals - This track in particular reminds me of Gary Jules’ cover of Tears for Fears’ ‘Mad World’ Official Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine

The Unknown & Unheard Show 120!

Stream and Download The Unknown & Unheard Show 120 Right Here, Right Now! The Hold Steady – Stuck Between Stations – Boys & Girls In America (2006) - 3rd album - ‘commercial breakout’ their real break out was the album preceding ‘Separation Sunday - Big ass kicking anthems that will get you moving. - Jakes this Saturday Official Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine The War on Drugs – Buenos Aires Beach – Wagonwheel Blues (2008) - debut album… insanely good and equally well received - opening for The Hold Steady this Saturday Night at Jake’s in Bloomington! Official Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine The Theater Fire – It’s a Secret – Matter and Light (2008) - debut album and another I kick myself for missing - this track screams The National… the best tracks from the National; ‘Start a War’ ‘Wasp Nest’ and ‘Fake Empire’ - There’s something that makes me really enjoy this album’s cover art. Official Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine The National – Start A War – Boxer (2007) - break out album… (my pick for best of 2007) - one of the main headliners of the Pitchfork Music Fest in Chicago this July - They also had a hand in the production of the ‘Dark Was The Night’ compilation. Official Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine : DayTrotter Session The Mountain Goats and Kaki King – Thank You Mario, But our Princess is in Another Castle – Black Pear Tree EP (2008) - short collaborative EP - play on the Super Mario Bros text - Playing the Buskirk-Chumley Theatre in Bloomington Official Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine : DayTrotter Session Radio Moscow – Broke Down – Brain Cycles (2009) - 2nd album, debut out last year - big psychedelic blues rock - Black Sabbath… Black Keys… mmmmm - In the middle of an extensive and far reaching European tour Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Jacuzzi Boys – I Fought A Crocodile – I Fought a Crocodile 7” - On myspace they describe themselves as Tropical/Death Metal - another band bringing the 70’s/Stooges garage sound. Myspace : Stream on HypeMachine Cymbals Eat Guitars – And The Hazy Sea – Why There Are Mountains (2009) - debut album - this has a lot of Pavement/Malkmus - wide range of tempos and transitions that is refreshing to hear Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine The Harlem Shakes – Niagara Falls – Technicolor Health – (2009) - debut full length out yesterday - a lot of layers to this track, upbeat and hard not to enjoy… leans towards indie pop Official Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine

Benjy Ferree – Tired of Being Good – Come Back To The Five And Dime Bobby Dee, Bobby Dee (2009) - 2nd album - Concept album inspired by Bobby Driscoll, the boy who played Peter Pan for Disney in the 40’s & 50’s - After hearing a couple old time pop songs (‘Fear’) I wasn’t expecting to hear a track like this one… sounds like it could be found on a raconteurs record. - He’s getting comparisons to Jack White, Freddie Mercury and Marc Bolan… pretty accurate and pretty good company! - This one has the feel of T. Rex and that is a mighty good thing. Official Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine Red Cortez – Laughing Streetcar – Hands To The Wall EP (2009) - debut EP… Kinda… this band use to be called The Weather Underground. - I dig this track more and more - The piano and building vocals drive it along. Official Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine : DayTrotter Session White Buffalo – Damned – Hogtied Revisited (2009) - debut album kind of… self released ‘Hogtied Like a Rodeo’ but that one has been discontinued. - looks like a musician should. Big beard and long flowing hair Official Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine These United States – Study The Moon – Crimes (2009) - 2nd album - Nice slow track that reminds me a bit of the woozy nature in some Josh Ritter tracks - Playing Locals Only in Indy April 9th Official Site : Myspace : Buy on Amazon : Stream on HypeMachine : DayTrotter Session