Sunday, July 30, 2006

PLAYLIST MUZORAMA 30 JULY

SNOWDEN - ANTI-ANTI
JR EWING - PITCH BLACK BLONDE
MONTT MARDIE - 1969
SUPERSYSTEM - BORN INTO THE WORLD
THE SOUNDS - PAINTED BY NUMBERS
IRENE - STARDUST
THE BICYCLES - GOTTA GET OUT
ERASE ERRATA - TAX DOLLAR
WHITE WHALE - THE ADMIRAL
THE STEVENSON RANCH DAVIDIANS - NO TOMORRO
THE HEATHENS - STICKIN' AROUND
CAROL BUI - QUAN AM
A SHORELINE DREAM - LOVE IS A GHOST IN AMERICA
CANASTA - SHADOWCAT



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CANASTA


ARTIST / BAND: CANASTA
SONG (MP3): SHADOWCAT
ALBUM: We Were Set Up
FILE UNDER: Indie / Pop / Rock
LABEL: None
INFO: Living amongst the immense musical talent in a city like Chicago is eternally inspiring. But standing apart from the crowd can be a never-ending challenge. So Canasta came together in early 2002 when six friends joined forces and augmented the standard rock set-up with piano, violin, keyboard and trombone, in an effort to craft a more ambitious strain of majestic, ultra-melodic, orchestral pop. Canasta songs are nothing if not eclectic; you'll hear everything from bouncy, horn-driven ditties to epic, sweeping anthems and slow, country-tinged narratives to instrumental post-rock. But whats constant is an emphasis on sophisticated songwriting, dramatic dynamics and meticulous orchestration that has won them comparisons to Belle & Sebastian, The Decemberists, The Arcade Fire, The Delgados, The Sea and Cake, Wilco and Yo La Tengo.
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A SHORELINE DREAM


ARTIST / BAND: A SHORELINE DREAM
SONG (MP3): LOVE IS A GHOST IN AMERICA
ALBUM: Avoiding the consequences
FILE UNDER: Alternative / Shoegaze / Rock
LABEL: latenight weeknight records
INFO: A Shoreline Dream started as a visual concept that could be translated into an audible source. An idea of something so emmensly endless and expansive, that it had no true definition. Something which could only be best described as layers of hopes and dreams. Dreams of a perfect future. One which could not be destroyed by the greed and corruption of a society fighting for fame and fortune in every which way it can.
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CAROL BUI


ARTIST / BAND: CAROL BUI
SONG (MP3): QUAN AM
ALBUM: CAROL BUI
FILE UNDER: Indie / Rock / Progressive
LABEL: Drunken Butterfly Records
INFO: Hello, my name is Carol. I sing, play guitar, and write dark, melodic rock songs about myself and about Vietnamese animism. Occasionally, I write about my crazy family. Sometimes I write about boys.My guitar playing is sloppy and busy, but some people like that. I'm pretty sure that my band does. I want you to like it, too.I don't know how to tell you what I sound like. If you really want to know, please sample my supply here or on MySpace. You can also read what other people are saying about my songs.
For a more professional, press-ready bio (.pdf) check this out.
Thanks for your time.
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THE HEATHENS


ARTIST / BAND: THE HEATHENS
SONG (MP3): STICKIN' AROUND
ALBUM: Big White House
FILE UNDER: Country / Folk / Rock
LABEL: Post*Records
INFO: Howdy Cowboys and Cowgirls! What's cookin? Ready for a little shameless self-promotion? If so, read on... We are the Heathens: a ragtag group of misfits, ruffians, outlaws, and mamas boys. When we are not playing music, you will most likely find us either sharpening our knives, ransacking small villages, or making daisy chains. Above are four songs from our debut album, "Big White House." They are all available for download. A gift from your favorite band of outlaws! Recorded by Rob Mcgregor (Hot Water Music, Alkaline Trio, Against Me) and mastered by Roger Seibel (Pavement, Cat Power, Modest Mouse), the album was recorded and mixed in a mere six days. The full 15-track record is available on itunes, amazon, in stores nationwide, and at www.post-records.com. Please buy it. We are broke. All the best! xoxo the Heathens.
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THE STEVENSON RANCH DAVIDIANS


ARTIST / BAND: THE STEVENSON RANCH DAVIDIANS
SONG (MP3): NO TOMORRO
ALBUM: PSALMS, HYMNS, & SPIRITUAL SONGS
FILE UNDER: Psychedelic / Folk / Rock
LABEL: None
INFO: The Stevenson Ranch Davidians would like you to join them in securing their place in history.
The Stevenson Ranch Davidians dig things like: Nature, The Beat Generation, Greenwich Village, Rock and Roll, The British Invasion, Los Angeles in the mid to late 60's, Psychedelia, Shoegaze, Manchester, Spacerock, etc...
The Stevenson Ranch Davidians are based in the city of Los Angeles and are proud to continue its musical legacy.
The Stevenson Ranch Davidians are very business savvy and would gladly sell their souls to the highest bidder.
The Stevenson Ranch Davidians are one with the universe and therefore have a pretty good understanding of all things.
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WHITE WHALE


ARTIST / BAND: WHITE WHALE
SONG (MP3): THE ADMIRAL
ALBUM: WWI
FILE UNDER: Indie / Experimental / Rock
LABEL: Merge Records
INFO: Call me Ishmael. Or don’t. That’s entirely up to you. Many years ago - or sooner, I am imprecise about these things - a landlocked group of men from the vicinity of a town in Kansas called Lawrence embarked upon a journey of the soul. Or a journey full of soul. Again, you decide. Armed with the weapons of the musician’s trade, these five travelers were bestowed with the biblical and mythical name of White Whale. Prior bands of minstrels attempted the majestic grandeur inherent in White Whale. The intrepid Butterglory; the fearless Get Up Kids; Thee (fearsome) Higher Burning Fire; and the brave, chivalrous Matt Suggs all drove their vessels to sea. All were driven back to the land of corn. Yet their combined talents have taken them to corners of the globe only dreamed of by other bands.
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ERASE ERRATA


ARTIST / BAND: ERASE ERRATA
SONG (MP3): TAX DOLLAR
ALBUM: Nightlife
FILE UNDER: Indie / Electro / Punk
LABEL: kill rock stars
INFO: The music of the San Francisco (by way of Oakland) indie rock outfit Erase Errata has been compared to such eclectic experimentalists as Captain Beefheart, the Minutemen, and Dog Faced Hermans, due to the fact that the group posses an uncanny knack of improvising on the spot (claiming that they could improvise a whole set if pressed to). Comprised of members Jenny Hoyston (vocals and trumpet), Ellie Erickson (bass), Bianca Sparta (drums), and Sara Jaffe (guitar), Erase Errata originally formed in December of 1999 - when the group jammed in the vacant room of one of Sparta and Hoysten's roommates. The quartet immediately proved that they had a solid chemistry, as they penned ten original tunes in the span of a half hour. Erase Errata spent six weeks during the fall of 2000 touring alongside the likes of Melt Banana and Le Tigre, issuing a split single soonafter with Brooklyn, NY-based noise rockers Black Dice, on the Troubleman label. A year later, Erase Errata's full-length debut was issued, Other Animals (also via Troubleman). In 2002 the band released a split single with electro-rockers Numbers, and in spring 2003 Dancing Machine, a remix album featuring Adult., Kid 606 and Matmos arrived. Meanwhile, Hoyston worked on her other project Paradise Island, releasing the debut album Lines Are Infinitely Fine that summer on Dim Mak. Erase Errata's long-awaited second album At Crystal Palace came out in fall 2003. ~ Greg Prato
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THE BICYCLES


ARTIST / BAND: THE BICYCLES
SONG (MP3): GOTTA GET OUT
ALBUM: The Good, The Bad and The Cuddly
FILE UNDER: Pop / Indie
LABEL: Fuzzy Logic
INFO: After more than 5 years of playing together, Toronto sweethearts The Bicycles finally decide to slate their finely tuned pop savoir faire into music history. The Good, The Bad and The Cuddly, the Bicycles debut album, is the product of Matt Beckett (vocals, guitars, keyboards), Drew Smith (vocals, guitar, tambourine, yes tambourine!), Randy Lee (bass, vocals), Dana Snell (drums, vocals) and Andrew Scott (trumpet, guitar, keyboard, vocals).
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IRENE


ARTIST / BAND: IRENE
SONG (MP3): STARDUST
ALBUM: TBA
FILE UNDER: Indie Pop
LABEL: Labrador
INFO: Irene grew into a full scale band quite spontaneously in 2005. The members are all friends from the local pub in Göteborg, Sweden. Some songs that Tobias Isaksson (aka Bobby) had written just couldn't wait to be performed live. The dudes that did the first show had so much fun that they wanted to stick around. By the autumn of 2005 Irene was an octet with semi-permanent members. Shortly after that the record label Labrador signed the band.Irene likes to record as much as possible live, in one take, up to six people letting it out in one room. Only the final touch (vocals, trumpets and handclaps etc) is added afterwards. The result is a vivid sound marked by the 60’s, Motown soul, girl-groups, American west coast- and contemporary pop. The members of Irene are beach-crooners, punks and next-door nice-guys. All in one.
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THE SOUNDS


ARTIST / BAND: THE SOUNDS
SONG (MP3): PAINTED BY NUMBERS
ALBUM: Dying to say this to you
FILE UNDER: Indie / Alternative / New Wave
LABEL: Warner Sweden
INFO: Attitude plays a big role in the Sounds. Virtually everything written about the band over the last three years mentions how this band from the small southern Swedish city of Helsingborg stalks the stage like they think they're the greatest band in the world. "I can't really help myself onstage," singer Maja (pronounced "Mya") Ivarsson says. "We're not really putting on a show--this is the way we are always."
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SUPERSYSTEM


ARTIST / BAND: SUPERSYSTEM
SONG (MP3): BORN INTO THE WORLD
ALBUM: Always Never Again
FILE UNDER: Rock / Electro / Pop
LABEL: Toch and Go
INFO: Refusing to be satisfied by the familiar, Supersystem has always been ready to destroy a song in order to put it back together again. Hip-hop, electronica, punk rock, so-called world music a little bit of everything has gone into the architecture. This destruct/construct reflex is groomed and refined on the NY/DC quartets latest long player, A Million Microphones. The records ten startlingly original tracks are saturated with African-tinged guitar, complex polyrhythms, atmospheric synthesizers, jaunty, funk-fried bass, and infectious beats.
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MONTT MARDIE


ARTIST / BAND: MONTT MARDIE
SONG (MP3): 1969
ALBUM: Science
FILE UNDER: Indie Pop / Rock
LABEL: HYBRIS
INFO: Montt Mardié is the brilliant voice of David Pagmar from Stockholm, Sweden. His debut album was released in late November 2005. It got a very well welcome by the critics and the fans. Hybris is so proud!
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JR EWING


ARTIST / BAND: JR EWING
SONG (MP3): PITCH BLACK BLONDE
ALBUM: Maelstrom
FILE UNDER: Rock / Post Hardcore / Punk
LABEL: dim mak
INFO: Formed in Oslo, Norway, in 1998, Jr Ewing unleashes a full attack of angular guitars and relentless riffs reminiscent of Drive Like Jehu, the Hot Snakes, At the Drive-In, and Refused. A few months after forming, Jr Ewing went into X-Ray Studios and recorded six songs that resulted in the band's self-released Integritas.Consonantia.Claritas 7", which was later re- released by Lilac Sky.
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SNOWDEN


ARTIST / BAND: SNOWDEN
SONG (MP3): ANTI-ANTI
ALBUM: Anti-Anti
FILE UNDER: Indie / Alternative / Rock
LABEL: Jade Tree
INFO: Atlanta's SNOWDEN drowns their brand of melodies in a sea of reverb heavy distortion and hypnotic layers. Anti-Anti (JT1115), the band's debut album for Jade Tree, integrates the ethereal guitar resonance and dynamic percussion reminiscent of bands like RIDE and early CURE, with the volatility of contemporaries such as THE YEAH YEAH YEAHS. Combining a mix of tracks recorded by Erik Wofford (Octopus Project, The Black Angels) at Cacophony Recorders in Austin with tracks recorded and mixed by principal songwriter Jordan Jeffares, Anti-Anti finds Jeffares and company elevating their trademark sound into an unpredictable mix of dirty pop soundscapes. If post-shoegaze exists as a genre, then SNOWDEN is proving their contention for the upper ranks.Anti-Anti will be released on August 22, 2006, with SNOWDEN touring throughout the summer in support of the upcoming release.
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Friday, July 28, 2006

PLAYLIST MUSICHALL 29 JULY





MixO's Promo Mix

Kid Blue - Nothing To Lose (LOT49)
Frinedly - Homeboys Cry For More (CDR / unknown)
Jds - Nine Ways 2006 (Punk Funk)
Elite Force - Heart Of Darkness (Madox Remix) (CDR / Adrift promo)
Groove Allegiance - The Moonfrog Jive (CDR / Splank promo)
Rennie Pilgrem & Andrea Lai - No Less (CDR / TCR promo)
Santos - Noizy Horn (Distinctive)
Dopamine & Klaus Heavyweight Hill - Ah Baby (Title Fight)
Hardy Hard - Come Out And Play (Low Spirit)
Kelly Polar - My Beauty In The Moon (Environ)


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Saturday, July 22, 2006

DEREK FAIRBRIDGE



ARTIST / BAND: DEREK FAIRBRIDGE
SONG (MP3): I'VE GOT A CAR
ALBUM: Slow Down
FILE UNDER: lo-fi, slo-core
LABEL:
INFO: Derek Fairbridge is a book editor, writer and musician living in East Vancouver. He was raised in Penticton, B.C., where he attended the same high school as Mike Reno, lead singer of Loverboy, a fact he tries not to let hold him back.
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GATE ZERO


ARTIST / BAND: GATE ZERO
SONG (MP3): CROSSING THE CHANNEL
ALBUM: Radio overBoard
FILE UNDER: Ambient / Electronica / Down-tempo
LABEL: thinner

INFO: From Düsseldorf, Germany, hails Gate Zero who introduces himself to Thinner with his first own solo release on Thinner after the compilation debut on THN070 Crossways. The playing time of the tracks immediately reveal that these 9 tracks are quite compact and might look sketchy at times, however they are straight on the point and fill the playing time with a lot of content. Altough released not before today, these tracks are a little older viewed from the production date. More music from Gate Zero can be heard on Stadtgrün Netlabel and on Fax +49-69/450464.read more from the source...

MIDLAKE


ARTIST / BAND: MIDLAKE
SONG (MP3): SOME OF THEM WERE SUPERSTITIOUS
ALBUM: Bamnan and Slivercork
FILE UNDER: Indie
LABEL: bella union
INFO: Midlake formed in the small, quirky Texas town of Denton. There, the five diligent musicians toiled to create a sound that was both pleasing and of their own. They were soon discovered by Bella Union Records owner Cocteau Twins bassist, Simon Raymonde. Simon fell deeply in love with the band, and together they began to cultivate a relationship focused on sharing Midlake’s music with the world. The band worked continuously day and night to create what would become their debut album, a work of incredible vision, talent, dedication and eccentricity: ‘Bamnan and Slivercork’.

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VITAMINSFORYOU W/ EMM GRYNER


ARTIST / BAND: VITAMINSFORYOU W/ EMM GRYNER
SONG (MP3): IT'S ALWAYS RAINING IN DUBLIN
ALBUM: Free Fill Specter EP
FILE UNDER: Electronica / Pop / Alternative
LABEL: intr_version
INFO: Straight from Winnipeg's experimental electronic scene, vitaminsforyou has been developing sound and music for theatre, dance, film, video, animation and prose across Canada working with artists in a variety of genres from electro-acoustic sound designers to some of Canadas darling pop practitioners. Recent performances include an invitation to play at Mexico Citys Mutek Festival, Toronto's Canadian Electronic Ensembles Festival and the Deep Wireless Festival, Montreal's Mutek Festival, Saskatoon's Digidome Festival of contemporary sound, music, and digital video, Vancouver's New Forms Festival, and Winnipeg's Send and Receive Festival.
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EMPEROR X


ARTIST / BAND: EMPEROR X
SONG (MP3): THE CITIZENS OF WICHITA
ALBUM: Central Hug
FILE UNDER: Pop / Experimental
LABEL: Discos Mariscos

HENRY FEAR ENSEMBLE


ARTIST / BAND: HENRY FEAR ENSEMBLE
SONG (MP3): FIRST LAST
FILE UNDER: Indietronica
INFO: "The hobo's knowledge of the world is restricted by his lack of a television set, a radio, a daily newspaper. Consequently, he has much less to worry about. His life is defined by the miles he's travelled."
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HOWIE BECK



ARTIST / BAND: HOWIE BECK
SONG (MP3): EVERYBODY SOLD OUT
ALBUM: Howie Beck Acoustic Session
FILE UNDER: Indie / Alternative / Acoustic
LABEL: Ever Records
INFO:
If you weren’t part of the small, but ardent cult that developed a few years ago around the unassuming Toronto singer/songwriter’s brilliant second album, 1999’s Hollow – the follow-up to 1997’s Pop And Crash, a princely pop debut Beck nonetheless now regards with baby’s-first-album humility – it wasn’t for lack of its admirers’ trying. A modest, home-recorded labour of love quietly released on Beck’s own 13 Clouds label that quickly found an audience of enthusiastic and supportive critics, musicians and indie-rock aficionados in his hometown, Hollow managed to amass a small army of devotees on at least a couple of continents over the next two years.
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MAERZ


ARTIST / BAND: MAERZ
SONG (MP3): RIVER
ALBUM: Wir Sind Hier
FILE UNDER: Slowcore electronica
LABEL: Karaoke Kalk
INFO:
I have been entrusted with the responsibility of describing this album. My choice of the first person for an info blurb is both an entirely novel and conscious act on my part, because I feel that the we in the title is speaking to me to me both directly and personally; for a weinvariably contains an ...

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SCRITTI POLITTI


ARTIST / BAND: SCRITTI POLITTI
SONG (MP3): THROW
ALBUM: White Bread Black Beer
FILE UNDER: New Wave / Pop / Alternative
LABEL: Virgin Atlantic
INFO: Scritti Politti was formed in 1977 by Green Gartside (vocals) and Tom Morley (drums), who met while attending college in Leeds, England. Along with bassist Nial Jinks and keyboardist Matthew Kay, the duo formed the Sex Pistols-inspired political four-piece "Scritti Politti", named for an Italian political diatribe. After gigging around London and self-releasing several singles, the group went on hiatus in 1979 when Gartside fell ill. When he recovered, he transformed Scritti Politti into a soulful pop duo consisting of himself and Morley, releasing several U.K. Top 5 singles and the U.K. Top 10 1982 album Songs To remember before breaking up.
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BOBBY BABY


ARTIST / BAND: BOBBY BABY
SONG (MP3): BOBBY
ALBUM: GP1
FILE UNDER: Indietronica
LABEL: Going Place Records
INFO: It all began in the year 1998 in a small Swedish town called Hultsfred. Ella was 14 and bored of football and idiot teenage crushes. So what was she to do? She started listening to pop music of course. Two years earlier she had started to play the guitar and now she wanted to be in a band. All the older guys looked really cool and and got all the cool girls. Ella wanted to be that cool too and also get some chicks to hang out with.Now many years later Ella has played in several groups and has written a lot of songs. She was in the band Alien She for a few years. Since 2002 Ella lives in Malmoe and has recorded music alone at home under the aliases Kangasmukko, Ella Glockenspiel and now Bobby Baby. You can find old demo songs in the archive.
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AMY MILLAN


ARTIST / BAND: AMY MILLAN
SONG (MP3): SKINNY BOY
ALBUM: Honey From The Tombs
FILE UNDER: Folk Rock / Bluegrass / Country
LABEL: Arts & Crafts International
INFO: Canadian chanteuse Amy Millan is best known for fronting the indie rock act Stars. Millan's charming girlish vocals have also appeared on albums from Sixteen Tons, Broken Social Scene, and Jason Collett. In 2006, Millan put things in her own words for her first solo album, Honey from the Tombs. This songbook of romance and reflection took three years to record and features performances by Broken Social Scene's Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning, Jimmy Shaw of Metric, the bluegrass band Crazy Strings, as well as contributions from her Stars bandmates Chris Seligman and Evan Cranley. The lovely dozen-song set was issued by Arts & Crafts in June 2006. Canadian datesfollowed throughout the summer. ~ MacKenzie Wilson, All Music Guide
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MIKE SHANNON



ARTIST / BAND: MIKE SHANNON
SONG (MP3): SWEET LIES
ALBUM: Possible Conclusions To Stories That Never End
FILE UNDER: Minimal / Vocal /
LABEL: Scape
INFO: Born in 1978 and raised in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, Mike Shannon can look back on a musical awakening that was, appropriately, very much in sync with that of techno in North America.Though the endless rows of cookie cutter suburban houses and strip malls of his home town are a far cry from the scenes of urban decay and futuristic landscapes so often associated with the genre, its geographical position, a central node located directly between Detroit, techno’s self proclaimed Bethlehem, and the decidedly more house-centric Toronto, clearly resonates in Shannon’s work to this day.
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COUCH


ARTIST / BAND: COUCH
SONG (MP3): GEGEN ALLES BEREIT
ALBUM: Figur 5
FILE UNDER: Indie / Alternative / Electronica
LABEL: Morr Music
INFO: They may be performers, recorders and, clearly, admirers of post-rock, but the members of the German quartet Couch are surely not beholden to one of the genre's most common characteristics: the climax. Couch's stoic rock is about as likely to illicit a seven-guitar, five-violin Wagnerian flourish (a la Godspeed You! Black Emperor) as my poor reader would dare fixate on any fleeting sexual union with those chilly Canadians. Figur 5, the band's appropriately titled fifth offering, is a restrained affair that's full of post-rock's calling cards: its voiceless melodic repetition, its textural depth, its limitless tension, its graceful guitar -- but none of its bombast.

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RRRAISTLIN


ARTIST / BAND: RRRAISTLIN
SONG (MP3): A SUMMER LONG AGO
ALBUM: damaged beauty
FILE UNDER: Ambient / IDM
LABEL: laridae
INFO: rrraistlin is back with another EP for laridae. after having disappeared for several years, he unexpectedly reapparated in our fields and now delivers the appropriate sounds for the summer with "damaged beauty". 5 tracks full of neat melodies and tiny manipulations, not showing off with freaky beat programming, but with a distinct sense for harmonies and atmospheres. pleasing and solid.
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FRENCH KICKS


ARTIST / BAND: FRENCH KICKS
SONG (MP3): SO FAR WE ARE
ALBUM: Two Thousand
FILE UNDER: Indie
LABEL: Startime International
INFO: French Kicks are obsessed with possibility. For this band experimentation and self-discovery are the whole game, and the results of their continued explorations have set them in a category all their own, and earned them a dedicated audience. From the time they began as a raucous four piece with a singing drummer, to the more refined, intricate and subtle experimental pop band they are today, French Kicks have taken that experimentation always further, consistently trying to surprise and surpass themselves with each new chapter. Two Thousand, the bold newest installment in the story, offers a rare collection of thrills and intrigues, composed of sounds both foreign and familiar. Each song offers its own logic and its own rewards: masterfully crafted arrangements that are fun to listen to, but never obvious, with lyrics that resonate with truth while still being open and suggestive.
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FOOLCUT


ARTIST / BAND: FOOLCUT
SONG (MP3): SOMETHING LIKE JAZZ
ALBUM: Something Like Jazz ep
FILE UNDER: innovative electro jazz
LABEL: node records / 56 stuff
INFO: Dusan Vanco is a music producer and self-taught pianist from Slovak Republic, who started his own official production in 1999. His music is special kind of jazz; innovative jazz, based on cutting, sampling and recycling and mixed with live instruments.

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LA ROCCA


ARTIST / BAND: LA ROCCA
SONG (MP3): THIS LIFE
ALBUM: The Tuth
FILE UNDER: Rock / Alternative
LABEL: dangerbird records

INFO: So how do 4 Irish boys end up playing rock n' roll in Los Angeles, preparing to cut their first long-player on Sunset Blvd, far from the dirty streets of Dublin? We can tell you it's a long and winding road that brought us here. 4 devils in the city of angels. The Irish have a history with the Americans, and we want to be part of that history. Hailing from Dublin city, we are a 4 piece rock 'n roll band. We have our own thing going on, something special. Unique, fresh, exciting. Classic in a sense. But more. College friends Nick and Alan met Bjorn, and later his brother Simon, in Cardiff, and what started as a drunken jam ended up here, 3 years later. It's only apt that we took our name from a favoured watering hole, the La Rocca cocktail bar, you'll understand why once you meet us. In mid-2005 we signed our first record deal with Dangerbird Records, situated in the heart of happening Silverlake. Chrysalis Publishing USA became our close friends this year too, so it is only right that we should pack our duffle bags and set up camp in the USA. We've just recorded an album with Mr. Tony Hoffer (Beck, Air, Supergrass, Belle & Sebastian) and can't wait to be travelling the world playing it to people this year. We look forward to giving you something original and inspiring when we meet.
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FEW


ARTIST / BAND: FEW
SONG (MP3): LIKE A SEX MACHINE
ALBUM: past perfect
FILE UNDER: electro acid jazz
LABEL: laridae / 56 stuff
INFO: Real name: Alexander Philippovsky
Birth date: December, 12th, 1979Few claims that his electronic music creative activity was inspired by the soundtrack of 56stuff's exhibition "Noise of Art". Therefore, the date of his beginning is 1998. That soundtrack was made by Yellowhead and Booka D. Huck who called themselves DJ 5 and DJ 6 on that occasion. It was music recorded at 56bpm and it was extremely hard for perception. It's difficult to say how that was able to inspire anybody, but remains a fact.
After experiments with techno Few switched to acid jazz and it is unknown if his switching is done with.
He began to create under a distinctive slogan «The stupider it is — the better it is». Then his music became more lyrical and melodic. Combining this work with a career as a drummer in a heavy metal band he released several records, one of them ("Vantuz", 2001) was pure acid jazz.
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BRAND NEW HEAVIES


ARTIST / BAND: BRAND NEW HEAVIES
SONG (MP3): RIGHT ON
ALBUM: GET USED TO IT
FILE UNDER: Jazz / Funk / Electro
LABEL: Delicious Vinyl
INFO: They are back with a vengeance. So said The Hollywood Reporters Craig Rosen in his glowing May 7, 2006 review of The Brand New Heavies sizzling performance at the legendary Roxy Nightclub in Los Angeles.In the early 1990s, London-based The Brand New Heavies created a musical movement by bringing soul music back to live instrumentation and impassioned vocals. Sassy, soulful and emotive vocalist NDea Davenport, guitarist Simon Bartholomew, drummer/keyboardist Jan Kinkaid and bassist Andrew Love Levy built their sound around the music they loved: classic American funk and soul music. The bands infectious grooves and inspiring songs -- including Never Stop, Stay This Way and Dream On Dreamer -- set in motion a 1990s musical revolution that permeates throughout the neo soul sound of today.
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OSUNLADE


ARTIST / BAND: OSUNLADE
SONG (MP3): FLOW
ALBUM: Aquarian Moon
FILE UNDER: jazzy broken beats
LABEL: yoruba records
INFO: Osunlade is an artist who personifies art. His music as well as his being creates unified melodies manifested with balance, life and wisdom. Hailing from St. Louis Missouri, a place known for pioneering jazz, blues as well, innovative artists like Miles Davis. At age seven Osunlade discovered the piano and like a dove from the sky the vision of his lifes destiny was born. By the age twelve he found an interest in creating and producing songs of his own, he formed a local band, taught himself several other instruments and studied further the development of his unique sound. Not only did he manage to play the drums, bass and guitar, he realized his voice. Soon it would be clear his personal testimony and the beginning of his musical career.
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AMADOU & MARIAM


ARTIST / BAND: AMADOU & MARIAM
SONG (MP3): SÉNÉGAL FAST FOOD
ALBUM: Dimanche À Bamako
FILE UNDER: Afro-beat / Pop / Folk
LABEL: Wea Int.
INFO: 'The fizziest afro-pop blues ever bottled' ***** The Observer
'African rhythms, sweet soul harmonies and '60s Memphis guitar' **** Mojo Magazine
Once a decade, it seems, a record emerges from the dense and vibrant undergrowth of the world music scene to achieve mass popular success in the mainstream. Back in the 1980s it was the Gypsy Kings. In the 1990s it was Buena Vista Social Club. And now it's the turn of the West African duo, Amadou and Mariam.
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DANI SICILIANO


ARTIST / BAND: DANI SICILIANO
SONG (MP3): SLAPPERS
FILE UNDER: Electronica / IDM / Other
LABEL: k7
INFO: Dani Siciliano’s debut album ‘Likes…’’(2004) sinuously combined Jazz, Soul, Punk, Country, Hip Hop, House and Electronica.
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PROTOTYPES


ARTIST / BAND: PROTOTYPES
SONG (MP3): JE NE TE CONNAIS PAS
ALBUM: Prototypes
FILE UNDER: Rock / Electro / Folk
LABEL: MINTY FRESH
INFO: PROTOTYPES is a french band located in Paris. Created in 2003 by both members of BOSCO (S. Bodin et F. Marché) and singer/performer BUBBLE STAR (I. Le Doussal), PROTOTYPES makes a joyful and hybrid music, sexily sung in French, mixing altogether the many influences of the band : from electro-pop, 60s rythms, folky guitars and sometimes a punk crunch to add to the equation!
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NAUCCA


ARTIST / BAND: NAUCCA
SONG (MP3): URBAN DESIGN
ALBUM: Log Out
FILE UNDER: House / Electronica / Electro
LABEL: equaliteq
INFO: The newest release is called "Log Out". Naucca, young and very talented producer from Poznan, joined recently the fast-growing group of our brilliant artists. We met him very first time at the VJ's festival in Gdansk, where he appeared with Vj VVarp as an audiovisual project "Naucca a./v". We liked their performance a lot, because of the energy and high improvisation skills that they performed.Naucca calls his music as "future retro" and it refers to many styles like electro, minimal techno and house, but is made but Naucca's own approach. As a additional track on this release appears Equaliteq's main remixer - Traffic Jam : )
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SO MANY DYNAMOS


ARTIST / BAND: SO MANY DYNAMOS
SONG (MP3): SEARCH PARTY
ALBUM: Flashlights
FILE UNDER: Indie / Experimental / Pop
LABEL: skrocki records
INFO: Thesis: St. Louis quartet So Many Dynamos is doing exactly what an independent rock band should be doing in 2005: writing, recording, touring. Repeat ad infinitum. Section 1: writing. So Many Dynamos believes that music should be fun. Armed with two guitars (Griffin Kay and Ryan Wasoba), a keyboard-substitute-for-bass (Aaron Stovall) and a three piece drum kit (Norm), the group plays chaotic pop that could, at the drop of a messenger bag, effortlessly cross the line from a fist-pumping chorus to a youthful freak-out that only a group of barely-legal mid-westerners could pull off.
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THE SUBMARINES


ARTIST / BAND: THE SUBMARINES
SONG (MP3): PEACE & HATE (MORGAN PAGE REMIX)
ALBUM: The Submarines Remix Project
FILE UNDER: Indie / Folk / Electronica
LABEL: Nettwerk
INFO: Blake is a girl from the cold state of Vermont. John was raised in the hot arid sands of Dubai. They met in Boston and made a record of Blake's songs. They then travelled near and far to play John's songs, and then Blake's again. At last the two moved our west to seek adventure, but sadly parted on a bleak November day. They wrote songs, each in their own place, about their dismay and unhappiness without the other. Their songs said things they hadn't said in person, and when they heard them--together--it all made sense. In fact, life made more sense together. After a while, and having realized this, they became The Submarines. Here is the record they wrote to each other, before during and after the sad days apart. There's hope and darkest things, there's peace and hate, even such modern inventions as the feeling of a brighter discontent. So, ready or not, clouds or sunshine, about this conversation between the two we vote yes!
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THESE ARMS ARE SNAKES


ARTIST / BAND: THESE ARMS ARE SNAKES
SONG (MP3): HORSE GIRL
ALBUM: Easter
FILE UNDER: Rock
LABEL: jadetree
INFO: THESE ARMS ARE SNAKES second full length for Jade Tree finds the Seattle foursome towing a proverbial line between paradox, hostility and a caustic blend of post-hard/math core. Retaining the definitive tension and angular force of earlier THESE ARMS ARE SNAKES efforts, Easter is the year-long culmination of a more structured yet experimental song writing process for the band. Recorded at Red Room Recording in Seattle by TAAS drummer Chris Common, Easter explores the relationship between suspect animism, impending otherwordly doom and the ethereal battle between virtue and ruin. More than anything from THESE ARMS ARE SNAKES back catalog, Easter was meant to hurt you.
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Monday, July 17, 2006

CIRCA SURVIVE


ARTIST / BAND: CIRCA SURVIVE
SONG (MP3): SUSPENDING DISBELIEF
ALBUM: The Inuit Sessions
FILE UNDER: Indie
LABEL: equal vision
INFO: There are things we see in movies that serve for most people more as idealized romantic notions than actual reality: the pivotal scenes where people turn their backs on a “rational” life choice to follow their hearts instead — and the consequences be damned. But on occasion, these things do happen in real life, and Circa Survive is the product of just such an extraordinary decision.From an outside perspective, Anthony Green had it made in early 2004. He was fronting Saosin, a California-based band that was rapidly on the rise. He had felt strongly enough about the group to relocate from his native Philadelphia to the West Coast, and now major touring and a debut album were on the horizon.
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JULIETTE AND THE LICKS


ARTIST / BAND: JULIETTE AND THE LICKS
SONG (MP3): KILLER
ALBUM: Four on the Floor
FILE UNDER: Punk / Alternative / Rock
LABEL: hassle records
INFO: She's played quite a few high-energy freaks for Hollywood, but none of her silver screen characters can prepare audiences for the over the top ferociousness Juliette Lewis unleashes when she fronts her band, Juliette the Licks. Lewis' first public flirtations with rock roll can be traced back to 1994 when she appeared in the video for Melissa Etheridge's "Come to My Window." A year later she was singing PJ Harvey's "Hardly Wait" in the film Strange Days, but musical aspirations would only be hinted at for the next eight years.
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Sunday, July 16, 2006

PLAYLIST (MP3) MUZORAMA 16 JULY

JULIETTE AND THE LICKS - KILLER
HO-AG - INTO THE RIVER
THE OUTLINE - SHOTGUN
CIRCA SURVIVE - SUSPENDING DISBELIEF
NORTH ATLANTIC - SCIENTIST GIRL
BANG! BANG! - CREEPWALKING
TEGAN AND SARA - WALKING WITH A GHOST (THE RENTALS REMIX)
PANDA & ANGEL - DANGEROUS
LIBRARIANS - CULTURE VULTURE
MATTHEW FRIEDBERGER - UP THE RIVER
THE HEATHENS - STICKIN' AROUND
OPSVIK & JENNINGS - COMMUTER ANTHEM
EARLY DAY MINERS - RETURN OF THE NATIVE
MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND - SOMETHING OF AN END
KINN - LUNTE
RAMBLIN' JACK ELLIOTT - CARELESS DARLING


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RAMBLIN' JACK ELLIOTT


ARTIST / BAND: RAMBLIN' JACK ELLIOTT
SONG (MP3): CARELESS DARLING
ALBUM: I Stand Alone
FILE UNDER: Folk
LABEL: ANTI
INFO: Ramblin' Jack Elliott's I Stand Alone, could not be more appropriately titled. The freewheeling, well-traveled singer is one of the final archetypal representatives of America's underground folk tradition, a self-made wayfarer whose fifty-plus years of experience resonates through every tune captured here. The consummate song collector, Elliott has assembled a full deck of titles characterized by a wild mixture of graphic imagery, old time sentiment and Americana tradition, each put across with an underscoring vein of sardonic observation that reflects this ragged individualist's perpetual outsider perspective. Serving up a typically diverse collection of material, I Stand Alone visits folk pioneers the Carter Family's "Engine 143," 1940's pop genius Hoagy Carmichael's "Hong Kong Blues," and also pays calls on Leadbelly ("Jean Harlow"), Texas titan Ernest Tubb ("Careless Darling,") and comrade Tom Paley ("Call Me a Dog When I'm Gone"). His energetic guitar picking is also complemented here by some additional heat from the likes of country firebrand Lucinda Williams, David Hidalgo, and celebrated rockers Sleater-Kinney's Corin Tucker, Flea, Nels Cline, and X / Knitters drummer DJ Bonebrake.

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KINN


ARTIST / BAND: KINN
SONG (MP3): LUNTE
ALBUM: Karlshors
FILE UNDER: InstruMental / Post Rock
LABEL: Sinnbus
INFO: Minimal music, maximal music, sound sculpture, field recording, chamber music, quiet beauty, harmony massif - they are all this and all this perfectly balanced. Furthermore, Kinn are renowned for their works in all of these areas. Labels such as Staubgold, Tomlab, Morrmusic, Beau Rivage, Autumn Records, Naiv Super and our own sinnbus have released their solo and collective works. Marcel Türkowsky plays the bass for the Au-revoir-rock-music-group Masonne and is a sound artist in his own right. The otherworldly precise multirhythms of Jan Thoben have their home with Gaston and Taunus. read more from the source...

MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND


ARTIST / BAND: MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND
SONG (MP3): SOMETHING OF AN END
ALBUM: Bring Me The Workhorse
FILE UNDER: Experimental / Rock / Indie
LABEL: Asthmatic Kitty Records
INFO: My Brightest Diamond is Shara Worden, granddaughter of an Epiphone-playing traveling evangelist, fathered by a National Accordion Champion, and mothered by a church organist. Spanish tangos, Sunday morning gospel, classical and jazz were the accompaniment to her home life. Her first song was recorded at age three and by age eight she was studying piano, performing in community musical productions and singing in her Pentecostal church choir, in Ypsilanti, Michigan, where she spent most of her childhood.
Shara honed her musical prowess singing along to Whitney Houston music videos and Maria Carey albums. When pop music wasn't enough, she enrolled in the music program at the University of North Texas, immersing herself in the songs of Purcell and Debussy. After college, she moved to New York City and fell in love with its cold winters and busy streets. She continued to study opera on the Upper West Side during the day, but at night she frequented downtown clubs such as Tonic, Knitting Factory, and The Living Room, catching performances by Antony & the Johnsons, Nina Nastasia, and Rebecca Moore. She began to spend less time sight-reading Mozart and more time de-tuning her Gibson electric guitar to play her own newly-written songs. Coaxed out of recital halls and onto the small stages of bars and clubs, Shara assembled a coterie of musicians to accompany her with bass and drums, music boxes, wine glasses, and wind chimes.

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EARLY DAY MINERS


ARTIST / BAND: EARLY DAY MINERS
SONG (MP3): RETURN OF THE NATIVE
ALBUM: Offshore
FILE UNDER: Indie / Rock / Gothic
LABEL: Secretly Canadian
INFO: The Bloomington, Indiana group Early Day Miners consists of core member Daniel Burton with a revolving cast of friends for recordings and live performances. Early Day Miners spin American rural music into richly cinematic, experimental textures that contain a prominent streak of melancholy (and some slowcore tendencies). The combo's first release was the seven-song, 49-minute, Placer Found, which emerged in 2000 on Western Vinyl. The 2002 LP Let Us Garlands Bring, on Secretly Canadian Records, boasted richer and more fleshed out landscapes to underpin the vocals of key member Burton. Early Day Miners continued on with 2003's Jefferson at Rest and 2005's All Harm Ends Here out on Secretly Canadian
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OPSVIK & JENNINGS


ARTIST / BAND: OPSVIK & JENNINGS
SONG (MP3): COMMUTER ANTHEM
ALBUM: OJ #2
FILE UNDER: Eclectic
LABEL: ncm east
INFO: If youve ever wondered what it would sound like if a bass player from the underground jazz scene in Oslo teamed up with a strange guitarist from the sticks in Oklahoma to make music - well, here it is"Opsvik & Jennings" is a project from Eivind Opsvik and Aaron Jennings which merges styles from experimental to jazz to electronica while also paying great attention to pop and song-like structures. Aside from the genre blending style, there are a ton of great sounds such as arco bass, old pump organs, guitar parts cut into lots of tiny pieces, theremin melodies, tape loops and plenty of room sound pulses and beats.Our first cd "Fløyel Files" was finished in november 2004 but not released until the fall of 2005 on the Brooklyn/Seattle based record label NCM East records.2005 saw the emergence of a new sound and approach that we are very excited about, a new album is nearly finished and will hopefully be released early next year, stay tuned. "Commuter Anthem" is a little preview from the next record
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THE HEATHENS


ARTIST / BAND: THE HEATHENS
SONG (MP3): STICKIN' AROUND
ALBUM: Big White House
FILE UNDER: Punk / Rock / Rockabilly
LABEL: 1605 Records
INFO: Does anyone really read these stupid bios anyway? Either you like the tunes or you don't. What school we went to and what old bands we used to be in isn't going to make you like us anymore so listen to the rock and if you dig it then cool if you don't then you're a dick! Rock on bitches!