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Friday, January 24, 2020
Tuesday, January 2, 2018
The U & U's 117 Best Songs of 2017 | Set 2 of 5: 100-76
100 : EMA : Blood and Chalk : Exile In The Outer Ring (2017)
99 : Sorority Noise : Disappeared : You're Not As ___________ As You Think (2017)
Monday, August 7, 2017
The U & U Show 502 | Surprise Ty + Wolf Parade
Ty Segall : Big Man
Fried Shallots EP (2017) | Official
Site
Pampers : Purple Brain
Pampers (2017) | BandCamp
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
The U & U Show 500!
Guided By Voices : I Am
a Tree
Mag Earwhig! (1997) | Official
Site
The Hold Steady : Stevie
Nix
Separation Sunday (2005) | Official Site
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
The U & U Show 497 | The I.L.Y's Hit Their Stride
The I.L.Y’s : I Love You
Man
Bodyguard (2017) | Official Site
Alex G (AKA Sandy) : Brick
Rocket (2017) | BandCamp
Friday, May 19, 2017
The U & U Show 496 | Know Sandy, FKA Alex G
Alex G (AKA Sandy) : Powerful
Man
Rocket (2017) | BandCamp
Middle Children : Baby
Boom
Earth Angel (2017) | Soundcloud
Thursday, May 11, 2017
The U & U Show 495 | Wooden Wand's New Boat
Perfume Genius : Wreath
No Shape (2017) | Facebook
LCD Soundsystem : Call
The Police
Call The Police /
American Dream (2017) | Official
Site
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
The U & U Show 484 | SXSW 2017 Preview 2 of 6
Future Islands : Ran
The Far Field
(2017) | Official
Site
Sam Patch : Listening
Yeah You, And I (2017) | Facebook
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
The U & U Show 436 | Bowie Then Everything Else
David Bowie : Blackstar
★ (Blackstar) (2016) | Official Site
LCD Soundsystem : Christmas
Will Break Your Heart (2015)
Thursday, December 17, 2015
The U & U Show 433 | Merrill Producing The New Thao!
Thee Oh Sees : Fortress
Fortress 7" (2016) | Official
Site
Sudakistan : El Movimiento
Caballo Negro (2015) | BandCamp
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
The U & U Show 401 | SXSW Leftovers & New Goodness
Faith Healer : Fools Rush In : Cosmic
Troubles (2015)
-
Debut
album.
-
Amid
all of this year's big name new LP's this is a contender for my favorite.
-
Led
by Jessica Jalbert, who has one solo album out as well, Brother Loyola.
-
Big
time sound of Velvet Underground & Nico sound.
-
Edmonton
pop/rock duo.
The Velvet Undergorund : Femme Fatale
: The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
-
Debut
album from one of the most influential bands of all time.
-
Led
by Lou Reed and John Cale.
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
The U & U's Best Albums of 2014 & Show 388
20 | Foxygen : Cosmic Vibrations : …
And Star Power (2014)
-
3rd
full length.
-
Their
2nd, We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace and Magic, was my
2nd favorite of 2014.
-
Funkier
Rolling Stones feel.
19 | Ages and Ages : Our Demons :
Divisionary (2014)
-
2nd
full length.
-
One
of the catchiest songs out this entire year.
-
Oregon
indie poppers.
Thursday, December 11, 2014
U & U Show 386 | Christravaganza Hanuppalooza 2014
The Immaculates : New York Is Mine
For The Holidays : Vol II 7" (2012)
-
One
of only two 7" singles.
-
One
of the secret bands that played the 1st of Death By Audio's final 5 shows.
-
Death
By Audio was one of the more renowned small DIY music venues in NYC.
-
It,
along with 2 others on the same block, is shutting down because of VICE
acquiring the space.
Krill : Torturer : A Distant Fist
Unclenching (2015)
-
First
track off a forthcoming 3rd album
-
2013’s
Lucky Leaves was their 2nd full length.
-
Debut
album, Alam No Hris, was out in 2011
-
Led
by Ezra Furman's brother Jonah.
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
U & U Show 371 | A Fire Reviewed, A Crutchfield Debuted
Allison Crutchfield : You : Lean In to It EP
-
Bedroom
electronic pop solo effort.
-
Also
the leader of pop punk band, Swearin’.
-
Twin
sister of Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield.
Tobias Jesso Jr. : Just
A Dream (2013)
-
One
of 2 demos out via YouTube
-
RIYL
Nilsson, early Perfume Genius, or early solo Christopher Owens.
Friday, August 22, 2014
The U & U Show 370 | A Lot of Best Of Contenders
Foxygen : How Can You
Really : … And Star Power (2014)
-
3rd
full length.
-
Their
2nd, We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace and Magic, was my
2nd favorite of 2014.
-
Funkier
Rolling Stones feel.
King Tuff : Biggest
Hearts : The Pitchfork Review 7” Single Series Vol. 3 (2014)
-
Special
vinyl release accompanying the 2nd issue of The Pitchfork Review.
-
3rd
full length album, Black Moon Spell, was just announced.
-
out
of the Vermont
-
psychadelic/powerpop/rock…
a little like T Rex vocals
-
His
self-titled 2nd album was one of 2012's best albums.
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
U & U Show 364 | 7 Years of Shows!
Death Cab For Cutie :
The New Year : Transatlanticism (2003)
-
5th
album
-
Indie
band that turned the corner in a major way into the mainstream since I’ve been
doing the show.
The Hold Steady :
Stevie Nix : Separation Sunday (2005)
-
2nd
album
-
Just
released their 6th album, Teeth Dreams.
-
One
of the greatest live bands I’ve ever seen.
-
Couldn’t
think of a better song for a milestone show.
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
U & U Show 363 | More Folk + New Dune Rats
Nathaniel Rateliff : Three
Fingers In: Falling Faster Than You Can Run (2013)
-
3rd
full length.
-
I
got so hung up on Nathaniel’s other project, The Night Sweats, when this album
was released I completely missed one of the best folk albums of 2013.
-
Surprise
highlight of my recent SF trip.
Wooden Wand : Uneasy
Peace : Farmer’s Corner (2014)
-
James
Jackson Toth project's forthcoming album.
-
His
last album, Blood Oaths of the New Blues, was a Best of the U & U 2013.
-
His
track ‘No Bed For Beatle Wand/Days This Long’ was my favorite song of 2013.
MySpace : Amazon
: HypeMachine
Friday, May 30, 2014
U & U Show 362 | Lots of Folk Folks
Nathaniel Rateliff :
Still Trying : Falling Faster Than You Can Run (2013)
-
3rd
full length.
-
I
got so hung up on Nathaniel’s other project, The Night Sweats, when this album
was released I completely missed one of the best folk albums of 2013.
-
Surprise
highlight of my recent SF trip.
Anand Wilder &
Maxwell Kardon : Wedding Day : Break Line the Musical (2014)
-
Lead
single from a star-studded folk musical from members of Yeasayer.
-
The
musical also features members of Suckers, Man Man, Kishi Bashi, Vampire
Weekend, and Dragon of Zynth.
-
Coming
out on Secretly Canadian Records.
Friday, May 9, 2014
The U & U Show 360 | Surprise! New Night Beds & Savages
Night Beds : Hide From
It (2014)
-
Latest
single, but no mention of a new full length.
-
Released
one of the most gorgeous albums of 2013, Country Sleep.
-
Led
by Winston Yellen.
Yellerkin : Vines :
Yellerkin EP (2014)
-
Debut
EP
-
This
single was released in 2013.
-
RIYL
Yeasayer.
Landlady : The Globe :
Upright Behavior (2014)
-
Debut
album
-
Brooklyn
band getting a lot of buzz as they run up to their album release.
-
Incredible
vocals that remind me of those of Maps & Atlases.
-
Like
Brian Jonestown Massacre or a mellower Velvet Underground
Curtis Harding : Surf
: Soul Power (2014)
-
Debut
full length, Soul Power.
-
Incredibly
promising soul singer that’s readying one of the albums I’m most excited for.
-
Played
with Cee-Lo and, currently, with members of the Black Lips in a band called
Night Sun (also readying a debut EP)
Megafaun : Get Right :
Megafaun (2011)
-
4th
album.
-
Psych
folk band.
-
Megafaun
and Bon Iver were the two bands that formed after DeYarmond Edison split up.
-
This
past Friday night featured a reunion of sorts as Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon
played bass for Megafaun.
Ought : Waiting : More
Than Any Other Day (2014)
-
Debut
LP
-
2
EPs out as well.
-
Montreal
by way of the States post-punk rock band.
-
Name
your own price for all their music on their bandcamp.
Wooden Wand : Dambuilding
: Farmer’s Corner (2014)
-
James
Jackson Toth project's forthcoming album.
-
His
last album, Blood Oaths of the New Blues, was a Best of the U & U 2013.
-
His
track ‘No Bed For Beatle Wand/Days This Long’ was my favorite song of 2013.
MySpace : Amazon
: HypeMachine
Amen Dunes : Lonely
Richard : Love (2014)
-
3rd
full length.
-
Significantly
more approachable track from the usually more spacey, jammy, ambient dark rock
band.
Lushes : Feastin :
What Am I Doing (2012)
-
2014
re-release of their debut full length.
-
Brooklyn
based guitar and drums band.
-
Post-rock
with lots of looping.
1, 2, 3 : When the
Levee Broke At The County Fair : Big Weather (2014)
-
2nd
full length. Double LP
-
Raucous
Pittsburgh indie rock band.
tUnE-yArDs : Real
Thing : Nicki Nack (2014)
-
3rd
album’s first single.
-
Led
by the extremely and uniquely talented Merrill Garbus.
Tobacco : Father
Sister Berzerker : Ultima II Massage (2014)
-
First
single from forthcoming album.
-
Side
project of leader of Black Moth Super Rainbow, Tom Vec
-
Very
odd brand of electronic, psych and rock.
Savages : Fuckers :
Fuckers/Dream Baby Dream 12" (2014)
-
Debut
full length… Long awaited to say the very least.
-
One
of the most buzzed about bands at CMJ 2012.
-
All
female post-punk rock from the UK
-
Seriously
intense crowd-capturing CMJ 2012 and SXSW 2013 performances.
The Dirty Banks : Table
Tennis (2014)
-
Forthcoming
EP.
-
Debut
EP was out in 2013.
-
Bouncy,
catchy, psych pop. Reminds me a bit of Modest Mouse and the Pixies (pre-Indie
Cindy)
Pink Mountaintops : Ambulance
City : Get Back (2014)
-
4th
album.
-
A
more garage-leaning outfit from Black Mountain’s Stephen McBean.
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