PLAYLIST MUSICHALL 30 NOVEMBER

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Future Funk Squad - Audio Damage (Default)
LBJ - Harmma (CDR / Botchit promo)
The Rogue Element - The Moves (Exceptional)
DJ Hal & Joe B - Follow Me (Hexadecimal Remix) (CDR / Sound OfSpectrum promo)
The Futureheads - Worry About It Later (Switch Remix) (679 Recordings)
Koma & Bones - Medium Cool (CDR / Burrito promo)
Azzido Da Bass - Dooms Night (Stanton Warriors Remix) (White)
Plump DJs - Mad Cow (CDR / Finger Lickin' promo)
Atomic Hooligan - Dreaming (BLIM remix) (Botchit)
The Chemical Brothers - Surface To Air (Astralwerks)

PLAYLIST MUZORAMA 26 NOVEMBER

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THE SLIP - CHILDREN OF DECEMBER
THE ASTEROID #4 - HERE WE GO
KRISTOFFER RAGNSTAM - BEAUTY
THE BLACK ANTIPODES - BLACK COFFEE AND PIE
I AM BONES - BUILDING HOSPITALS
ROBBERS ON HIGH STREET - THE FATALIST
MILLIMETERS MERCURY - BROKEN TYPEWRITER
NELLIE MCKAY – THERE YOU ARE IN ME
WALTER MEEGO - THROUGH A KEYHOLE
MIHO HATORI - BARRACUDA
KAY KAY & HIS WEATHERED UNDERGROUND
- HEY MOMMA
SUMMER HYMNS - START SWIMMING
GOLDENBOY - END OF FOREVER
PAUL BRILL - SUMMER COLD
AUDREY- MECKLENBURG
HEALTH&BEAUTY - HALF STEPS

HEALTH&BEAUTY

ARTIST / BAND: HEALTH&BEAUTY
SONG (MP3): HALF STEPS
ALBUM: Demo
FILE UNDER: Rock / Folk / Electro
INFO: songwriting vehicle of brian j sulpizio, member of unled tit and the bland and brian ashby and coowner/coengineer/coproducer of 'the chateau' recording studio with nick morrison. www.indiecred.com for more info. thanks for dropping buy.
currently finishing up health&beauty's debut record. about to get started on ..2, focusing on process, trying to alleviate some of the headache involved in making the first one. rearranging the writing process to be less creatively constrictive. will explain more in the future.
also finishing up mixing the new cola wars EP (6 songs) and the new passerines EP (5 songs) and dan siakel's (former h&b) drum/sax/flute jazz project.
in the midst of marya's and my last show on whpk for the forseeable future!
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AUDREY

ARTIST / BAND: AUDREY
SONG (MP3): MECKLENBURG
ALBUM: Sinnbus Are Friends, Too
FILE UNDER: Indie
LABEL: http://www.sinnbus.de/
INFO: "Swedish four-piece Audrey formed in 2002 and started performing gigs in April of the same year. Having recorded a demo in the studio of an artist's collective in Gothenburg in the summer of 2003, the positive responses were immediate. During the summer and autumn they played more shows, selling over 500 demos in the process.
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PAUL BRILL

ARTIST / BAND: PAUL BRILL
SONG (MP3): SUMMER COLD
ALBUM: Harpooner
FILE UNDER: 2-step / Happy Hardcre / Psychobilly
LABEL: Scarlet Shame Records
INFO: Paul Brill, forward-looking creator of 2004s critically-acclaimed New Pagan Love Song, will release his new LP, Harpooner, on his own Scarlet Shame Records on November 21, 2006. His most searing artistic statement to date, Harpooner marks the end of Brills Americana tinges and a full embrace of the intense musical collages he began on NPLS. Its a stunning, challenging, and edgy piece of work, marking the welcome return of one of songwriterdoms most independent and progressive artists.
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GOLDENBOY

ARTIST / BAND: GOLDENBOY
SONG (MP3): END OF FOREVER
ALBUM: Underneath the Radio
FILE UNDER: Indie / Alternative
LABEL: http://www.eeniemeenie.com/
INFO: "The name started somewhere on a European tour I did with Elliott Smith. I can't remember," Sullivan says, thinking about how he earned the nickname that would quickly become his band's name. "Elliott said a little joke thing like, 'Hey Goldenboy.' Then (Smith's drummer) Scott McPherson's sister, Lisa, was booking a show in L.A. and they needed another band. Scott remembered me and told Lisa I was Goldenboy. Ever since then I've been Goldenboy."..................................................................... If Shon Sullivan [Vox, guitar and keys for Elliott Smith, Neil Finn, Spain, The Eels,Matt Sharp] and Bryan Bos [ Drums, Vox for Moonwash, Process, Matt Sharp] could explain their music, they probably never would have written it. Lucky for us, Goldenboy travels in a lush melancholy world that we can enter with him. This record promises a return to innocence even if lost again. Hooks can be deceiving with an unexpected blue note and you will experience a different, twisted take from Goldenboy's 'Blue Swan Orchestra'. The band tends to include their friends on their recordings, like the guest appearance by Elliott Smith on their song "Summertime". Who knows who shall appear on the next record? Retro- poetic, quirky and haunting, Goldenboy hails from the micro infamous 'Diamond Bar' of Southern California. Blue Swan Orchestra is the end result of a 2 year run thru the sprinklers, a midnight swim in the nearby apartment building swimming pool, a trip to the local liquor store and then back to the eerie quiet of American suburbia to a garage anyone would drive by and never know.
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SUMMER HYMNS

ARTIST / BAND: SUMMER HYMNS
SONG (MP3): START SWIMMING
ALBUM: Backward Masks
FILE UNDER: Rock / Folk Rock / Indie
LABEL: misrarecords.com
INFO: Athens, Georgia's Summer Hymns arose several years ago from singer/guitarist Zachary Gresham's need for an outlet for songs not suited for a typical rock band. Many of these songs were informed by his experiences playing piano and singing hymns and folk songs at at his grandmother's house in rural Georgia. With that as the base for his songs, he added flavors inspired by contemporary artists like Neil Young, Robert Wyatt, Yo La Tengo, and Smog, and Summer Hymns was born.
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KAY KAY & HIS WEATHERED UNDERGROUND

ARTIST / BAND: KAY KAY & HIS WEATHERED UNDERGROUND
SONG (MP3): HEY MOMMA
ALBUM: EP
FILE UNDER: Alternative / Lounge / Experimental
LABEL: http://www.ecarecords.com/

INFO: if lunacy means communicating with god then who'd want to be sane?"the soundtrack to parallel universes of a fiery young mind.moon men conspiracies, giant rodents, hallucinations and at the bottom...true happiness imbedded in the lost caverns of the right brainbaffled lovehopewild possibilities and dreams... Yes it's true! you are listening to brand new mixes of your favorite Kay Kay classics!furthermore, the beat on the street is this kids: our comrades over at ECA Records have joined forces with the men behind the weathered underground curtain and with our powers combined will be releasing a limited edition pressing kay kay and his weathered underground maxi-single cassette tape!remember all those late nights circa 97' compiling the perfect mix-tape for that special crush?! well, don't rely on your shitty taste in music, let us do all the work soothing the jam for you!
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MIHO HATORI

ARTIST / BAND: MIHO HATORI
SONG (MP3): BARRACUDA
ALBUM: Ecdysis
FILE UNDER: Alternative
LABEL: Rykodisc
INFO: Miho Hatori, ex-lead chanteuse of the groundbreaking Cibo Matto, makes a triumphant return with her highly anticipated forthcoming release Ecdysis. Available October 24, 2006 on Rykodisc, Miho Hatori is set to release her strongest and most realized work of her already notable career.The self-produced Ecdysis led Miho into new realms of electronic pop and world music, blending the intimacy of her craft for storytelling with the harmonizing sound of a full jazz-oriented ensemble. Known to be a genre-hopping pop experimentalist, Miho here unveils eleven brand new, wide-ranging songs such as the enchanting title track, Ecdysis, the tempo shifting, psychedelic Barracuda, as well as the beauty ballad, In Your Arms. Miho elegantly arranged Sweet Samsara with two different interpretations of the track -- Part 1, a pensive piano driven opener and Part 2, a pop thumper that morphs into an eclectic dance beat. Ecdysis also includes A Song For Kids, a Japanese sing-along pop song that is so catchy you'll forget its not in English.
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WALTER MEEGO

ARTIST / BAND: WALTER MEEGO
SONG (MP3): THROUGH A KEYHOLE
ALBUM: Romantic / Through a Keyhole Single
FILE UNDER: Pop / Experimental
LABEL: http://www.brilliante.tv/
INFO: Walter Meego is like the most delicious sandwich ever made; except its even better than that. Its like the sound of a record collection exploding into a million shards of awesome. Its like Charles Bronson, Steve Mcqueen, and Chuck Norris rolled up into one sweet, punishing bad-ass. Imagine a tsunami of Malt Liquor - we're even more intoxicating than that. We beat the '96 Bulls 15 times... and they only lost 10 that year! We once collectively ate 700 pounds of chicken red curry, had a brisk walk, and rounded off the day with 12 additional hours of platinum-record-making studio sessions. Hold on... Pharrell's on the other line... Someone once tried to declare us the winners of the 1960 U.S. Hockey Olympic gold. We insisted that we weren't alive at the time. It didn't matter. We're like the ultimate evolutionary champion - like a wicked combination of Sabre-Toothed Tiger, Polar Bear, and Hippo in one killer beast. Ever heard of Ghengis Khan? We ate him. We also ate all of Jamaica once. And it tasted good.
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NELLIE MCKAY

ARTIST / BAND: NELLIE MCKAY
SONG (MP3): THERE YOU ARE IN ME
ALBUM: Pretty Little Head
FILE UNDER: Rock / Jazz / Pop
LABEL: Columbia
INFO: McKay (pronounced "Mc-EYE") was born in London, England to a Scottish writer/director, Malcolm McKay, and an American actress, Robin Pappas. At the age of two, after her parents split, she moved with her mother to New York City, where they stayed until 1994. After one year in Olympia, Washington, the two returned back East and lived in the Poconos, where McKay spent her high-school years.
In 2000, McKay started attending the Manhattan School of Music, but, bored and unsatisfied, dropped out after two years. She started performing as a stand-up comic in Manhattan clubs, and eventually Greenwich Village's gay bars. Nellie was briefly associated with New York's anti-folk scene and played alongside Jason Trachtenburg and others at the Sidewalk Cafe in 2002-2003.
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MILLIMETERS MERCURY

ARTIST / BAND: MILLIMETERS MERCURY
SONG (MP3): BROKEN TYPEWRITER
ALBUM: Turbo
FILE UNDER: Indie
INFO: the project your about to watch has been built piece by piece over the last five years. millimeters mercury started in a coffee shop as two boys, robert and travis, played cover songs and folky acoustic originals that could hardly be heard over the shake machine. after a long period of personal and musical development, they very suddenly became a rock band. they made a first go at it with stephen barbara and joe block, but this incarnation was, unavoidably, not meant to be accomplishment of all been able to find anywhere else.
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I AM BONES

ARTIST / BAND: I AM BONES
SONG (MP3): BUILDING HOSPITALS
ALBUM: Wromg numbers are never busy
FILE UNDER: Rock / Indie / Hardcore
LABEL: http://www.morningsiderecords.dk/
INFO: Am Bones' primary engine is Johannes Gammelby.Since 2001, he has written countless songs in his bedroom and recorded them, playing all the instruments himself. However, this is not your typical bedroom-DIY-lo-fi package, the intention was to write aggressive pop. Anti-indie, if you will. (Define 'indie'?! ed.) It is all about seeing how far it is possible to go, in one given direction, with a short attention span.Thus, the debutalbum succeedes in combining hard-core, folk, hip-hop, new wave and just plain ol' rock 'n' roll.In order for the album to be realized, Gammelby recruited fellow morningsider and long-time friend Torsten Larsen (Larsen & Furious Jane) as producer on the album. additionally, long-time drummer-icon Piet Breinholm Bendtsen (18th Dye, Test, Rhonda Harris) and bassplayer Gaute Niemann from your future-favoriteband, Spleen United, were recruited. The ad hoc band recorded the basic tracks for Wrong Numbers Are Never Busy and Torsten and Gammelby finished the recordings themselves over the course of the summer 2005, adding vocals and more guitars and so forth.
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THE BLACK ANTIPODES

ARTIST / BAND: THE BLACK ANTIPODES
SONG (MP3): BLACK COFFEE AND PIE
ALBUM: The Black Antipodes EP
FILE UNDER: Rock / Alternative / Indie
LABEL: none
INFO: The Black Antipodes is a new noise rock'n'roll band who knows how to take rock music to a whole new level. The band was formed in the September of 2005 when bandmembers Lars Morten & Anders Beier decided to play some music inspired by bands such as Sonic Youth, The Killers, The Strokes and Interpol. If you want the new EP just send a message. It's free!
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KRISTOFFER RAGNSTAM

ARTIST / BAND: KRISTOFFER RAGNSTAM
SONG (MP3): BEAUTY
ALBUM: Do You Want a Piece of Me
FILE UNDER: Indie / Pop / Alternative
LABEL: bluhammock music
INFO: While high-profile pop bands from Sweden were busily grabbing press attention, their countryman Kristoffer Ragnstam was working under the radar screen, making music that refused to fit the Scandinavian stereotype. His sound was different - too different to ignore. Musicians took note, not only in his country but in Germany and Japan. The media responded too, going overboard with effusions that, at the request of this somewhat self-effacing artist, we won't repeat here. It's strange, when you think about it, because Kristoffer didn't play that many gigs. In fact, he didn't even play any instruments, other than drums, and yet managed to cut a solo demo that won him his first record deal. Soft-spoken, with a wry sense of humor, he thrived primarily in recording studios, where he apprenticed to staff engineers on sessions and then applied their lessons to his own projects, working after-hours until crashing on the nearest couch.
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THE ASTEROID #4

ARTIST / BAND: THE ASTEROID #4
SONG (MP3): HERE WE GO
ALBUM: An Amazing Dream
FILE UNDER: Psychedelic / Folk Rock / Experimental
LABEL: Rainbow Quartz Records.
INFO: The Asteroid No. 4 are from Philadelphia and began in the late 1990's with a series of singles, compilations and a debut full length dubbed "Introducing the Asteroid No.4"(Lounge). The album was compared to all things psychedelic from Pink Floyd to early Verve. In 2000, the band began experimenting with a stripped-down aesthetic and explored abandoning what is best associated with their sound, effected guitars. Looking to the mid-60's folkrock and British Invasion artists for inspiration, they began writing the songs that would become the "Apple Street" EP(AIP).
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ARTIST / BAND: THE ASTEROID #4
SONG (MP3): HERE WE GO
ALBUM: An Amazing Dream
FILE UNDER: Psychedelic / Folk Rock / Experimental
LABEL: Rainbow Quartz Records.
INFO: The Asteroid No. 4 are from Philadelphia and began in the late 1990's with a series of singles, compilations and a debut full length dubbed "Introducing the Asteroid No.4"(Lounge). The album was compared to all things psychedelic from Pink Floyd to early Verve. In 2000, the band began experimenting with a stripped-down aesthetic and explored abandoning what is best associated with their sound, effected guitars. Looking to the mid-60's folkrock and British Invasion artists for inspiration, they began writing the songs that would become the "Apple Street" EP(AIP).
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THE SLIP

ARTIST / BAND: THE SLIP
SONG (MP3): CHILDREN OF DECEMBER
ALBUM: EISENHOWER
FILE UNDER: Rock / Indie / Big Beat
LABEL: http://www.bar-none.com/
INFO: There is something impossible about The SLIP.Something humble and heroic, hard and tender, soft and monstrous. Certain people agree: The SLIP have brought the epic back to rock with their new record EISENHOWER. Two brothers and a childhood friend, the three met in the halls of high school and immediately fell in together, later dropping out of college and heading off - criss-crossing the country, flying back and forth to Japan (where they developed a strong bond with cult superstar UA), and making lots of new friends and fans along the way.
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PLAYLIST MUSICHALL 23 NOVEMBER

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FREESTYLERS - IN THE BEGINNING [AGAINST THE GRAIN]
FATBOY SLIM - CHAMPION SOUND (ALBUM VERSION) [SKINT]
FREESTYLERS - COULD I BE DREAMING [AGAINST THE GRAIN]
KRAFTY KUTS FT. DYNAMITE MC - WE DO THIS [AGAINST THE GRAIN]
SKIBADEE - TIKA TOC [AHEAD OF THE GAME]
KRINJAH - UNKNOWN [WHITE]
TOP CAT - ORIGINAL SES(POLICE IN HELICOPTER) [CONGONATTY]
TRIBE OF ISSACHAR - TRIBAL NATTY (APHRODITE REMIXES) [CONGONATTY]
SPL - ASSAILANT [FREAK]
DJ FRESH - WARGAMES '03 [HUMAN IMPRINT]
BLAME - CAIRO [720 DEGREES]
CONCORD DAWN - HORROR SHOW [INERTIA RECORDINGS]
KIPRICH - CERTIFIED MURDERER [JAH LIFE JAMAICA]

PLAYLIST MUZORAMA 19 NOVEMBER

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ANDY- NIC Z TEGO NIE BEDZIE
SOPHIA - PACE
CSS - ALALA
THE BLOOD BROTHERS - LAZER LIFE
JOSH OTTUM - WHO LEFT THE LIGHTS ON?
KNARF RELLÖM TRINITY - LCD IS PLAYING IN MY HOUSE
SCREAMCLUB VS BEN ADORABLE - FINE AS FUCK FEATURING PEACHES
VOXTROT - TROUBLE
EARL GREYHOUND - FASHION
31 KNOTS - SEDITION'S WISH
THE LADYBUG TRANSISTOR - SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS
FAUVE- SUDDENLY SUMMER LASTS
THE SUMMER WARDROBE - NED KELLY
NINA NASTASIA - BIRD OF CUZCO
CHRISTOPHER WILLITS - YELLOW SPRING

ANDY

ARTIST / BAND: ANDY
SONG (MP3): NIC Z TEGO NIE BEDZIE
FILE UNDER: Indie / Pop / Rock
INFO: ANDY was formed from love and fascination with music by 4 girls, who although couldn't really play liked each other so much that decided to start a band. They called it ANDY, after drummer's teenage object of affection- Andy Bell ,the former vocalist of Ride. What was just ment to be the way of spending free time soon changed everything beyond recognition. Girls managed to play in all the biggest polish cities, on the festivals abroad (hungary, germany, china), starred in two indie films and simply got to the point they would never dream to get. You still have to wait for "the cutest Polish band's debut album" as the girls are usually too busy, lazy or depressed to record their songs about love, hate and boys. You'll either love them or hate. Your choice. But they probably won't care.
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SOPHIA

ARTIST / BAND: SOPHIA
SONG (MP3): PACE
ALBUM: technology won't save us
FILE UNDER: Alternative / Indie / Pop
LABEL: http://www.cityslang.com/
INFO: Robin Proper-Sheppard could be described as bloody minded. He would probably take it as a compliment. He should. It is an apt description for a man who has emerged from a harrowing and profoundly disappointing experience and decided to do something about it. Doing his own thing, and making it work, has become second nature to him, and is undeniably something of which he is proud. But it has taken courage and conviction that at times might have been lacked by those with less energy and enthusiasm. And energy and enthusiasm are two things that Proper-Sheppard does not lack. He has them in spades.Without them, he probably wouldn't find himself where he is today, producing a fourth SOPHIA album (released via City Slang), producing further records for - amongst others - artists signed to his own record label (The Flower Shop Recordings), whilst maintaining this self-sufficiency by setting up tours for both SOPHIA and the label's other artists. read more from the source...

CSS

ARTIST / BAND: CSS
SONG (MP3): ALALA
ALBUM: Cansei De Ser Sexy
FILE UNDER: Powerpop / Club / Rock
LABEL: SUBPOP
INFO: To relate the story of a band which has no story clearly must involve a slight amount of background (and no small amount of sleight of hand). A South American venture involving a young group from Sao Paulo, a sudden sense of urgency and movementwithout a proper narrative, how could it happen? Where to begin? The official press release offers scattered insight, and translated from the original Portuguese, it remains a lively romp around the English language: "Taking the fact of not knowing how to play their instruments as a challenge for creativity, the group started to risk small shows in the night clubs that feed Sao Paulo underground." Skip back to Sao Paulo, circa 2003: A band comes together not with any presumptions or typical formulas, but by meeting at clubs and photologs (some sort of social networking sites focused on sharing photos and video, and apparently quite popular in Brazil), deciding to try something new. They meet in basements. They plan. Without knowing how to play the instruments set before them, the experiment begins. One day, a girl forgets her guitar and is given the microphone instead, suddenly able to yell out. It fits. everything into style."
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THE BLOOD BROTHERS

ARTIST / BAND: THE BLOOD BROTHERS
SONG (MP3): LAZER LIFE
ALBUM: Young Machetes
FILE UNDER: Garage / Indie / Punk
LABEL: V2
INFO: An ecstatic ‘Oh shit!’ moment occurs midway through the catchy and caustic bounce of the Blood Brothers’ “Street Wars / Exotic Foxholes.” The song settles lithely into an eerie calm, warm with sinuous upright bass, plaintive clarinet, and a hazy Hammond organ drone. It’s both blissful and melancholy, and a pure alchemy of the band’s individual creative powers. More importantly it is a bold inversion of a peerless and progressive aesthetic the Brothers have cultivated through years of dedication.
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JOSH OTTUM

ARTIST / BAND: JOSH OTTUM
SONG (MP3): WHO LEFT THE LIGHTS ON?
ALBUM: Like The Season
FILE UNDER: Pop / 2-step / R&B
LABEL: Mill Pond Records
INFO: Picture a room. The room is filled with furniture. From afar the room looks perfectly designed with not a piece missing or out of place. Then you walk closer. Upon further inspection, you realize the beautiful couch you had your eye on is as old as the thrift store it came from. And that end table that looked so vintage? Brand new, right out of the box from Ikea. The lamp looks like your Norwegian Grandmother's but the coffee table is pure Italian marble from the hippest boutique. On paper, this is an interior designer's nightmare, but in real life it seems to work perfectly. How is this possible? Josh Ottum (sounds like the season) is wondering the exact same thing. After making music in his bedroom for 4 years, this Seattle-based musician had the bright idea to make his debut album a sort of "personal greatest hits". The result? Like The Season, a twelve song/month journey into the hallways, bedrooms, dining rooms and garages of popular music. Bolstered by semi-hollow body guitars, old keyboards, dry drums, and a hundred multi-tracked voices singing melodies, melodies, harmonies, melodies and backwards woah-woahs and yeah-yeahs, Ottum's exquisite pop songs shine like polished furniture through a window on a crisp fall morning.
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KNARF RELLÖM TRINITY

ARTIST / BAND: KNARF RELLÖM TRINITY
SONG (MP3): LCD IS PLAYING IN MY HOUSE
ALBUM: Move your ass and your mind will follow
FILE UNDER: Electronica / Hip Hop / House
LABEL: Zick Zack
INFO: KNARF RELLÖM TRINITY Move Your Ass & Your Mind Will Follow Knarf Rellöm is in the House again. Und ruft gleich ein neues Genre aus. In Anlehnung an „No Wave“ bittet er die Plattenhändler, seine Platten in der Rubrik „No Deutschland“ einzuordnen. Denn Knarf Rellöm fühlt sich hierzulande nicht wohl und formuliert das auch offen. „Entspannter Patriotismus“ – nicht mit Knarf, denn der hält es lieber mit Sun Ra, diesem großen Visionär des Free Jazz: „Space is the Place“. Wenn auf diesem Planeten nur noch die Dummheit regiert, dann hilft bloß die Flucht ins All. Aber Knarf Rellöm ist natürlich kein Eskapist. Seine Musik ruft nach Veränderung. Im Hier und zwar jetzt, sofort! „Ist das noch zeitgemäß?“, mögen einige fragen. „Ist Knarf Rellöm etwa Kommunist?“ – Wenden Sie sich mit diesen Fragen bitte vertrauensvoll an den Künstler selbst. Und auch mit der Frage, warum auf der Dankesliste nicht nur linke Ikonen wie Toni Negri und Guy Debord auftauchen, sondern auch Franz Josef Strauss und Rudi Völler. Aber bitte genau lesen: Nicht um „Dank“ geht es hier, sondern um „Treibstoff“.
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SCREAMCLUB VS BEN ADORABLE

ARTIST / BAND: SCREAMCLUB VS BEN ADORABLE
SONG (MP3): FINE AS FUCK FEATURING PEACHES
ALBUM: Girlmonster
FILE UNDER: Electronic, Rock
LABEL: Chicks On Speed Records
INFO: Over the last few years, Scream Club (a.k.a. Cindy Wonderful and Sarah Adorable) have been slowly taking the world by storm. These two have songs to touch every inch of your heart, and all the right places on your body. Having influences from literally every music genre and a love for pop music is evident in their sound, and you canÕt help but have fun as you watch them on stage. With three European tours and numerous U.S. tours under their belt, Scream Club have developed a cult-like following around the world. Their new album, Life of a Heartbreaker, features esteemed guests like Peaches, AWOL One and Busdriver, and promises to satisfy even the most demanding music snobs.
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VOXTROT

ARTIST / BAND: VOXTROT
SONG (MP3): TROUBLE
ALBUM: Your Biggest Fan
FILE UNDER: Pop / Indie / Rock
LABEL: Playlouder
INFO: With one foot in the library and the other on the dancefloor, Voxtrot combine classic 60's pop (think Love and Left Banke) with the heady, subversive sounds of 80's Britain and still come out ahead of their time. Originally conceived as an outlet for vocalist Ramesh Srivastava to record a handful of songs he had written, it soon became apparent that Voxtrot was meant to be more than a home recording project.
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EARL GREYHOUND

ARTIST / BAND: EARL GREYHOUND
SONG (MP3): FASHION
ALBUM: Soft Targets
FILE UNDER: Rock / Soul
LABEL: Some Records
INFO: New York outfit Earl Greyhound was born to rock. There's evidence of royal blood, (Queen, T Rex, Led Zeppelin) but the Greyhound have staked claim to an original sound that's uniquely irresistible. Leader Matt Whyte lays out thick guitar riffs and interweaves rich resounding singing with bassist Kamara Thomas that's described as mesmerizing vocal movement, "invoking the spirit of Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris," Village Voice, February 2004. The band's show is an aggressive hour of rock from start to finish, reigning down on its audience with a barrage of ripping guitar solos and wild, thunderous beats from its drummer Ricc Sheridan. What results is a veritable rock and roll wrecking ball, swinging from sexy melodious soul to towering pop. Get ready to face the mounting dog attack, Earl Greyhound's debut full length album is due out October 3rd!
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31 KNOTS

ARTIST / BAND: 31 KNOTS
SONG (MP3): SEDITION'S WISH
ALBUM: Polemics
FILE UNDER: Rock / Progressive / Other
LABEL: Polyvinyl
INFO: Tragic is the glad-handing on the bandwagon and fortunate are the few who have witnessed the constant evolution of Portland’s 31Knots. The band has played shows with Enon, Liars, Deerhoof and most recently toured Europe with Q and Not U and Japan winning fans over at a sold out show in Tokyo.Formed in 1997 by guitarist and vocalist Joe Haege, bassist Jay Winebrenner, and a drummer who was soon replaced by Joe Kelly, 31Knots moved to Portland where they began playing shows as well as writing and recording their self-released debut Climax/Anticlimax which was released in 2000. A year-and-a-half later, based on a recommendation from Dilute drummer Jay Pellicci, 31Knots saw themselves signing to Michigan-based label 54°40' or Fight! who soon released The Rehearsal Dinner EP In the meantime the band had been turning heads and earning accolades on the West Coast for blustery live performances including shows with Modest Mouse, Califone, and Owls.read more from the source...

THE LADYBUG TRANSISTOR

ARTIST / BAND: THE LADYBUG TRANSISTOR
SONG (MP3): SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS
ALBUM: The Ladybug Transistor
FILE UNDER: Indie
LABEL: http://www.mergerecords.com/
INFO: The Ladybug Transistor story begins in Brooklyn during the mid-1990’s.The genesis of the group is more that of a concept than actual band.Their debut album, Marlborough Farms, was a studio project based aroundfounding member/vocalist Gary Olson's collaborations with friends.Jeff Baron (guitar) and sister Jennifer (bass) joined during therecording of Beverley Atonale, the group’s first full length for MergeRecords. When it came time to tour, they recruited San Fadyl (drums)and Sasha Bell (keyboards, vocals) as members of the group.
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FAUVE

ARTIST / BAND: FAUVE
SONG (MP3): SUDDENLY SUMMER LASTS
ALBUM: FAUVE
FILE UNDER: Pop / Indie / Folk
LABEL: Gentlemen
INFO: Geneva-born Nicolas Julliard decides to become Fauve in 1999. His previous non-career moves include various participations in great unknown bands such as Grammar & Use and Illford. Multi-talented and hyperactive, Fauve explores the margins of songwriting, blending pop, minimal electro, Broadway melodies, easy-listening and bossa-nova. A natural crooner, our man knows a good tune when he hears one and therefore tries to write good ones too. French magazine "Les Inrockuptibles" awarded him a nice spot in their annual compilation CD "Ceux qu'il faut découvrir". That was in 2004, and Fauve was then known as Sombre, God only knows why... Since then, Fauve has collected enough material to produce his first album, released in spring 2006 by Gentlemen Records. In early 2005, Fauve also got together with Kid Chocolat and BellWald to create YYY, an Internet-powered label designed to host funny and weird musical experiments. (http://www.y-y-y.biz)
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THE SUMMER WARDROBE

ARTIST / BAND: THE SUMMER WARDROBE
SONG (MP3): NED KELLY
ALBUM: The Summer Wardrobe
FILE UNDER: Psychedelic / Ambient / Southern Rock
LABEL: Rainbow Quartz
INFO: Founded in the Spring of 2003, The Summer Wardrobe is Austin's best kept secret, but not for long... Collecting some of Austin's very best session players and live musicians, The Summer Wardrobe is simply tantalizing. With the release of their debut album, Sometimes Late At Night, the band has embarked on a path of psychedelic soul and ambient southern rock. The band's founding members, Jon Sanchez and John Leon, both perform with some of Austin's best singer-songwriters (Abra Moore, Patrice Pike, Billy Harvey, etc.) Seeking their own outlet, they brought in George Duron (of John Wesley Harding and Dumptruck) and bassist Marty Hobratschk. The band gained national recognition by backing Abra Moore at this year's Austin City Limits Music Festival. The Wardrobe also participated in this year's SXSW music festival where they opened the Rainbow Quartz Records showcase. The band is now working with Rainbow Quartz to re-release Sometimes Late At Night along with new material for their Rainbow Quartz Records debut.
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NINA NASTASIA

ARTIST / BAND: NINA NASTASIA
SONG (MP3): BIRD OF CUZCO
ALBUM: Run to ruin
FILE UNDER: singer /songwriter
LABEL: Touch & Go
INFO: Nina Nastasia was born and raised in Hollywood, CA. Having moved to New York City on a whim, Nina has gradually carved out a career as a singer-songwriter there since the early 'nineties. She has previously released three albums - Dogs (1999), The Blackened Air (2002) and Run To Ruin (2003) - all appearing on Chicago indie, Touch and Go, and all engineered by long-time fan Steve Albini (who said of 'Dogs': "Of the couple thousand records I've been involved with, this is one of my favourites"). The move from Touch and Go implies "nothing scandalous," says Nina, "just moving, the way you move sometimes. This is a good move all around."

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CHRISTOPHER WILLITS

ARTIST / BAND: CHRISTOPHER WILLITS
SONG (MP3): YELLOW SPRING
ALBUM: Surf Boundaries
FILE UNDER: Experimental / Pop
LABEL: Ghostly International
INFO: Christopher Willits is a musician and multimedia artist located in San Francisco, California. Striking a delicate balance between acoustic and electronic sounds and systems, Willits manages to defy genre distinctions while still defining a sound unto his own. His numerous solo releases and collaborations cover a broad spectrum of musical styles, and include one main commonality: Willits’ unique use of the guitar with custom-made signal processing. This home-brewed software, along with Willits’ 6-string prowess, generates a unique real-time mixture of improvised melody and rhythm. Guitar lines and harmonies fold into each other. Notes and phrases hook and weave, creating complex patterns of interlocking rhythm, melody, and texture.

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PLAYLIST MUSICHALL 16 NOVEMBER

RADIO MUZORAMA IS BROADCAST WEEKLY ON RADIO FORTUNA (FM106.9 , TBILISI, GEORGIA)

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GEORGE DUKE VS E-S/L - BRAZILLIAN LOVE AFFAIR (FRESHOLD REMIX) (CDR / ARCHANGEL RECORDS PROMO)
J MECCA - ZILLY ZOZZAGE (DEIBEAT MIX) (IBREAKS)
PEDRO P HIDALO - MORE TEKILA (DIVERTED MIX) (IBREAKS)
AQUASKY & CRASH BERLIN (FEAT. KOOL KEITH) - MOVIN' THE HYPE TRACK (NICK THAYER REMIX) (PASSENGER)
AGENT K - BLACK HAZE (AQUASKY REMIX) (20K FREAKS)
BRAINKILLIER - DESTROY THE WORLD (IBREAKS BASS)
SANTOS - COMBINATION (DISTINCTIVE)
SANTOS - NOIZY HORN (DISTINCTIVE)
CTRL Z - THE TUNNEL (CDR / HARDCORE BEATS PROMO)
DIGITAL MYSTIKZ - ANTI WAR DUB (DMZ)

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PLAYLIST MUZORAMA 12 NOVEMBER

RADIO MUZORAMA IS BROADCAST WEEKLY ON RADIO FORTUNA (FM106.9 , TBILISI, GEORGIA)

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NEW LOU REEDS - YOU DONT HAVE TO DIE
MAY OR MAY NOT - BIKE
REPELLENT - LOW EARTH ORBIT
MASON PROPER - 100 YEARS
IN CIVILIAN CLOTHING - CURRENT THERAPIST
DIVISION DAY - TIGERS
SUSHIMOB – I GO ROBOT
BIPOLAR BEAR - BOGOTA
RAINER MARIA - TINFOIL
TALL HANDS - FIFTEEN ON ICE
THE KIN - SEE
SHE, SIR - I LOVE YOU, BLOWTORCH EYES
MUGGS - RAIN
TOM WAITS - ROAD TO PEACE

MUGGS

ARTIST / BAND: MUGGS
SONG (MP3): RAIN
ALBUM: Dust
FILE UNDER: Rock / Blues
LABEL: http://www.anti.com/
INFO: This is not what you were expecting. Dust, that is. It's the first solo album from Muggs, legendary in the hip-hop world as the beatmaker/producer for L.A.'s groundbreaking hip-hop trio Cypress Hill, whose noir-ish soundscapes paved the way for everything from Wu-Tang's RZA to the UK based "trip hop" movement, and if you were expecting a traditional hip hop album, then you're underestimating Muggs and surley mistaken. read more from the source...

THE KIN

ARTIST / BAND: THE KIN
SONG (MP3): SEE
ALBUM: Live at Pussycat
FILE UNDER: Rock / Acoustic / Indie
LABEL: Aletheia Records
INFO: Quietly considered one of New York City's most promising independent acts (sold out Bowery Ballroom, Top Ten sales CMJ week at both NYC Tower Record Stores), THE KIN's music is passionate, raw and poetic. The New York Times describes them as "bombastic" and TimeOut NY calls their music "soulful." Co-lead Isaac Koren remarks, "We play for the soul of it, the love of it and the need to do it." Thorry Koren adds, "Our music comes from making those eloquent mistakes".

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TALL HANDS

ARTIST / BAND: TALL HANDS
SONG (MP3): FIFTEEN ON ICE
ALBUM: Tall Hands
FILE UNDER: Indie Pop
LABEL: http://www.pulse-recording.com/
INFO: On their 2006 debut EP, the Long Island, NY-based indie ensemble Tall Hands unveils their self-described "boat rock." This apparently translates to "quirky power-pop heavily influenced by the Velvet Underground and David Bowie," as revealed on the swooning "Heroes"-esque "Fifteen on Ice" and the giddy "Introduction to the Razor." Despite Tall Hands' obvious touchstones, the group succeeds in crafting their own sound with unconventionally catchy arrangements and imaginative lyrics, creating anticipation for their inevitable full-length album.
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RAINER MARIA

ARTIST / BAND: RAINER MARIA
SONG (MP3): TINFOIL
ALBUM: Past Worn Searching
FILE UNDER: Emo / Punk
INFO: Rainer Maria came together in 1995 in the not-so-sleepy university town of Madison, Wisconsin. Famous in no small part for its long history of social activism, Madison supplied the perfect environment for the members to run a music collective, hosting their own d.i.y. events for seminal Indie/Punk acts such as Bikini Kill, Sleater-Kinney, Make* Up and Promise Ring while these bands were very much in their infancy.
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BIPOLAR BEAR

ARTIST / BAND: BIPOLAR BEAR
SONG (MP3): BOGOTA
ALBUM: Man Mountain
FILE UNDER: Southern Rock / Rock
LABEL: Rococo Records
INFO: Founded with ex-members of The Manifolds, Rose for Bohdan, Amazing Custom Caravans, and various other outfits, the Bipolar Bear is hardly stable. Sometimes, the Bear hibernates, and sometimes the Bear gets all amped on caffeine and anti-depressants and beats dudes up at the local dive-bar. Swampy-ass guitar driven madness, with angular bass lines and some off-beat drumming create a sound to be reckoned with. Check out their EP on
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SUSHIMOB

ARTIST / BAND: SUSHIMOB
SONG (MP3): I GO ROBOT
ALBUM: the controls and their function
FILE UNDER: Garage / Indie / Alternative
LABEL: waggle-daggle.com
INFO: Sushimob is 3 piece band from Frankfurt am M. / Germany.

DIVISION DAY

ARTIST / BAND: DIVISION DAY
SONG (MP3): TIGERS
ALBUM: Beartrap Island
FILE UNDER: Indie / Rock / Rock
LABEL: MERCYRECORDS.COM
INFO: In the summer of 2001, Division Day moved into a house in the Santa Cruz woods without ever having played a note together as a foursome. They turned the master bedroom into a makeshift recording studio that would see the birth of their first EP.
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IN CIVILIAN CLOTHING

ARTIST / BAND: IN CIVILIAN CLOTHING
SONG (MP3): CURRENT THERAPIST
ALBUM: We Made a Killing, We Made a Mess
FILE UNDER: Indie / Ambient / Experimental
LABEL: rightplace.tv
INFO: Most of us probably know of Flint, Michigan from the Michael Moore documentary Roger & Me, and this conflicted town has produced the mysterious electronic-tinged acoustic pop of In Civilian Clothing. Infusing elements of the dour Brit-pop of Tindersticks, the drum-machine-driven future pop of Morr Music, and the songwriting chops of Ben Gibbard and Conor Oberst, In Civilian Clothing soundtrack driving through secluded suburbs during rainy days, letting the headlights and radio provide much of the unique atmosphere. Its icy-synth rock that doesn't feel like new-wave and post-emo that avoids being overblown. If you want your records to stir up your emotions with precise subtlety each time you throw it on, In Civilian Clothing have your song cycle all set up and ready to indulge. All tracks clean.
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MASON PROPER

ARTIST / BAND: MASON PROPER
SONG (MP3): 100 YEARS
ALBUM: Moth
FILE UNDER: Pop / Experimental / Indie
LABEL: http://www.dovecoterecords.com/
INFO: Ethnically vague.Born on water in a misplaced boating accident. Subsequently began work as five form-fitted outfitters for safety belts and reconstructive limbs. Insist that most products are now a collector's item.First performance documented on VHS tape - the out-of-print music biopic "Weirdos in the Woods." Film was partially reviewed by Alpena News before the writer lost interest and switched topics mid paragraph.
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REPELLENT

ARTIST / BAND: REPELLENT
SONG (MP3): LOW EARTH ORBIT
ALBUM: demo
FILE UNDER: Rock / Experimental / Powerpop
INFO: Repellent spent this summer recording with Andrew Schneider (Victory at Sea, Daughters, Cave-In, etc) at Translator Audio in Brooklyn. "Low Earth Orbit" is an urgent missive from just out of reach. A prime example of Repellent in high-tech pop-blast mode. Two more songs from the Translator sessions are available on band's website.
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MAY OR MAY NOT

ARTIST / BAND: MAY OR MAY NOT
SONG (MP3): BIKE
ALBUM: Bike
FILE UNDER: Pop / Rock / Psychedelic
LABEL: Two Thumbs Down Records
INFO: May Or May Not is a band from Chicago. Band members in alphanumeric order are Aaron Brink, Mike Brunette, Eddie Lo, Zaid Maxwell, Steve Reidell and Amelia Styer. New, more poignant biography coming soon.

NEW LOU REEDS

ARTIST / BAND: NEW LOU REEDS
SONG (MP3): YOU DONT HAVE TO DIE
ALBUM: Top Billin'
FILE UNDER: Reggaeton / Ghettotech / Regional Mexican
LABEL: Exit Stencil Recordings
INFO: ABOUT THE NEW LOU REEDS: Beneath the shaking, edgy fear of the future, the sentimental nightmare of the past, and general ncomprehension of the present, there exists a kind of wistful humor. Rockin' their way thru that struggle comes the New Lou Reeds. Not quite 'heartland rock' and not what most people call 'punk' anymore, the band owes its sonic debt to a surprisingly diverse array of sources, both musical and literary. But it's their honesty that perhaps best defines them; they may have read a lot, but have their feet firmly entrenched in the mud of the proletariat.
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PLAYLIST MUSICHALL 9 NOVEMBER

MUSICHALL IS BROADCAST WEEKLY (Thursdays, 23:00) ON:RADIO FORTUNA+ (FM103.4, TBILISI, GEORGIA) & RADIO DANCE.GE

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Lady Waks & Hardy Hard - Listen (CDR / West promo)
Friendly - Ride Baby Ride (Strip Mix) (CDR)
Lunar Shift - Again & Again (Myagi Remix) (192K)
EK - Feelin Fine (CDR)20:00 JDS - Some Kinda Funky Shit (Functional Breaks)
Rob Le Pitch - Twisted (Passenger)
Justice vs Simian - We Are Your Friends (Milke Remix) (CDR)
Ninelives The Cat - Bouncin' Off The Walls (Rogue Element Remix) (West)
Sarah McLeod - He Doesn't Love You (Hook N Sling Remix) (Reneissance)
Vandal feat. Odissi - Obey (LOT49)
Northern Lite - Go With The Flow (Vocal Electro Mix) (1St Decade)

Tom Waits

ARTIST / BAND: Tom Waits
SONGS (MP3):Road to Peace
ALBUM: Orphans
FILE UNDER: Tom Waits
LABEL: www.anti.comI
NFO: Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards is a spectacular musical journey, which visits most every genre of American song tradition.The diverse 56-song, 3-disc collection captures the full scope of Tom Waits’ shamanic powers as a vocalist, literary lyricist, romantic melodist, innovative arranger and pioneer of sonic worlds.read more from the source...

PLAYLIST MUZORAMA 5 NOVEMBER

RADIO MUZORAMA IS BROADCAST WEEKLY ON RADIO FORTUNA (FM106.9 , TBILISI, GEORGIA)

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TRALALA - TAKE ME AS I AM
BOYSKOUT - FANTASTIC
EVERY MOVE A PICTURE - SIGNS OF LIFE
MICO - MOTION PICTURES
JOHAN - OCEANSDAVID & THE CITIZENS - THE END
KADDISFLY - EMPIRE
DAVID VANDERVELDE - JACKET
SOMEONE STILL LOVES YOU BORIS YELTSIN - OREGON GIRL
THE BE GOOD TANYAS - OOTISCHENIA
INGRID MICHAELSON - BREAKABLE
THE POSTMARKS - GOODBYE
PABLO - LOSER CREW
NOM DE GUERRE - EVERLAND
OWEN - BAD NEWS
HEM - THE GOLDEN DAY IS DYING

TRALALA

ARTIST / BAND: TRALALA
SONG (MP3): TAKE ME AS I AM
ALBUM: Is That The TraLaLa
FILE UNDER: Rock/Pop, Rock, Alternative
LABEL: Audika Records
INFO: TRALALA formed back in 2003 where they met in a biker bar tucked away in the back roads of Brooklyn, known for it's cheap brews and loud jukebox. The last twelve months have been a blur of non-stop activity with opening spots for Franz Ferdinand, Scissor Sisters, Holly Golightly, The Dirtbombs, Brendan Benson and a debauchery filled tour with Ted Leo on the west coast and Broadcast on the eastern seaboard. Between it all they have also filled New York clubs on their own, and composed pop masterpieces that are available on their Audika Records debut album TRALALA. Includes the tracks "All Fired Up" (as featured on "The L Word"), "The Girls Say", and "Like This". TRALALA have garnered accolades from the finest of tastemakers, and their live performances and songwriting multiply faster than you can say bird flu.Four girls, three boys and even less chords, TRALALA serve one purpose only. To have a good time, and to spread it to the masses, to the folks who have been robbed of their desires to put on a record and just have fun. TRALALA believes it is OK to shake your hips to rock and roll, it's OK to have a busted heart as long as you nurse it with a stiff drink and a night out on the town. So before you call it a night, stay out a bit longer, carouse the streets until you hear some tambourines shaking real hard and come say hello to TRALALA. .
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EVERY MOVE A PICTURE

ARTIST / BAND: EVERY MOVE A PICTURE
SONG (MP3): SIGNS OF LIFE
ALBUM: Appetite For Construction
FILE UNDER: Indie / Rock
LABEL: V2 Records
INFO: Rock ‘n’ roll loves a “Cinderella story” that counters the epic disasters. Every so often the stars align & magic is made - there is the odd occasion where a couple of dollars and some hard work can produce something special. This can be said for Every Move a Picture. Hailing from San Francisco, their story begins with a childhood friendship between singer/guitarist Brent Messenger, and bass player Joey Fredrick. Fast forward a couple of years with both playing in the early 00’s in various SF combos, at times with drummer Dan Aquino. However, it was in early in 2004, that everything gelled together in what would become Every Move a Picture. But, there was a piece lacking – a guitarist, who was also a dab hand with cool keyboard sounds. And that missing part of the puzzle, amazingly, was supplied with a simple advert in the online classifieds of Craigslist. Having just moved down to SF from Portland, Oregon, Allen Davis, guitarist, keyboard player, and overall sound-whiz, answered the call. It was as if some crazy fate had intervened launching the perfect player the band’s way, & the story of Every Move a Picture truly began.
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MICO

ARTIST / BAND: MICO
SONG (MP3): MOTION PICTURES
ALBUM: Our Living Language
FILE UNDER: Indie / Shoegaze / A'cappella
LABEL: http://www.g7welcomingcommittee.com/
INFO: A beacon of light in the back-asswards cattle-ranching haven/oil patch known as Alberta, Mico successfully mix dark yet melodic rock with intelligent socio-political insight.
Mico was formed in 1998 by John and Troy in Banff, Alberta, following the dissolution of John's previous band, Red Fisher. Their debut CD "Standing Inside A Shadow" came out on Edmonton label, Does Everyone Stare? in 2001. Mico underwent a series of member and instrument changes following the release of their second album "Outside the Unbearable Grows" (G7 Welcoming Committee) in June 2003, but has solidified the lineup, and is better than ever.
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KADDISFLY

ARTIST / BAND: KADDISFLY
SONG (MP3): EMPIRE
ALBUM: The Four Seasons EP
FILE UNDER: Progressive / Alternative / Rock
LABEL: http://www.hopelessrecords.com
INFO: An influential 20th century composer once posed a very troubling question: If music is dying, are musicians the ones who are killing it? Have these same musicians lost their natural intuition for creativity and vision in our vast sea of genre expectation, egocentric notoriety, and mainstream acceptance? Moments after the completion of their 2005 aural collage, it becomes apparent that the Oregon?s Kaddisfly has both struggled with this question, and emphatically reacted to its significance. Holding on to every sense of their artistic integrity, the band has consciously put its faith in one cyclical principal of the humanistic third dimension: Intelligent, engaging, and passionate art will forever remain an unwavering esoteric constant. From a linear perspective, the concept
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DAVID VANDERVELDE

ARTIST / BAND: DAVID VANDERVELDE
SONG (MP3): JACKET
ALBUM: JACKET 7’’
FILE UNDER: Rock
LABEL: Secretly Canadian
INFO: David Vandervelde appeared before us one hot summer day like a dynamo. The sound we heard coming through in stereo was that of our coming-of-age years screaming back at us - a faithful reminder that our beauteous days of bowing before pin-up rock stars and carving iconographic logos on desktops and in famous treetrunks have not passed us by. No, David Vandervelde is here to remind us that the truest, most primal and addictive properties of rock n' roll are ageless. Indeed, this Chicagoan (by way of the dunes of West Michigan) recorded the A-side to his debut single a few years ago at age 19, yet he shows the maturity and swagger of a man much longer in the tooth. Bearing a resemblance to Marc Bolan and David Bowie on these two songs, we're eagerly anticipating his upcoming debut full-length, which will open the door into a much broader musical universe.
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SOMEONE STILL LOVES YOU BORIS YELTSIN

ARTIST / BAND: SOMEONE STILL LOVES YOU BORIS YELTSIN
SONG (MP3): OREGON GIRL
ALBUM: Broom
FILE UNDER: Pop / Indie
LABEL: Polyvinyl
INFO: Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, a band, couldn’t list a single music blog until their lo-fi MP3s and low-res JPEGs made them worldwide icons of Blogdom in 2005. Their debut record, Broom is an expertly crafted indie pop gem. Spin magazine read an SSLYBY blog, downloaded their music and declared the Missouri band “could succeed The Shins.” Then a slew of bloggers ranked them ahead of Wilco and Iron & Wine in Leafblower’s annual “Top Bands of America Today”.“Internet fame doesn’t make sense to us,” says drummer and main songwriter Philip Dickey. “I don’t think our lead singer has an e-mail address.” read more from the source...

THE BE GOOD TANYAS

ARTIST / BAND: THE BE GOOD TANYAS
SONG (MP3): OOTISCHENIA
ALBUM: HELLO LOVE
FILE UNDER: Folk / Country / Soul
LABEL: Nettwerk Records
INFO: If you've ever seen a really good quilt, you know that it'snot just a “patchwork.” The hands that put it together may be from more than one artisan.The elements of its creation can come from all sorts of sources: new textiles; old garments;stitching utilitarian and decorative, showy and subtle. But the result is a warm, cohesive whole.
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INGRID MICHAELSON

ARTIST / BAND: INGRID MICHAELSON
SONG (MP3): BREAKABLE
ALBUM: Girls And Boys
FILE UNDER: Indie / Pop / Alternative
INFO: "The Brooklyn-based Michaelson sings with a choppy sort of breathiness, and gives me the impression that even she doesn't quite know which way a note is going to go until her elastic voice lets it fly. I find myself drawn to her freshness, a not-quite-like-anyone-else quality that she presents in a most familiar-seeming container." -Jeremy Schlosberg of Fingertips
You can buy her first album, "Slow the Rain" from CDBABY.com.
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THE POSTMARKS

ARTIST / BAND: THE POSTMARKS
SONG (MP3): GOODBYE
ALBUM: The Postmarks
FILE UNDER: Indie / Pop / Classical
LABEL: http://www.unfilteredrecords.com/
INFO: For The Postmarks, stepping outside of their private, music making world is a brand new experience. Describing the environment where their songs and recordings have been carefully crafted as a "heartbreak factory", the band has decided to open up the doors and allow the world in for the first time. It is an act that reveals the journey the members took from the creative mire of emptiness to the overflowing well of heartbreak. A journey that helped them emerge at the forefront of the nouveau pop movement. The Postmarks' approach focuses on classic song writing and features the blissful vocals of chanteuse Tim Yehezkely, who drew the music from a production of melancholy to the solace of a broken heart on the mend, where it discovered a place of sunny amnesty. All these facets have come together to create a sound that has been described as "a suburban bedroom symphony suffused with post-teenage heartbreak and painstaking pointillism." by The New Times Broward/Palm Beach.
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PABLO

ARTIST / BAND: PABLO
SONG (MP3): LOSER CREW
ALBUM: Half The Time
FILE UNDER: Indie / Americana / Reggaeton
LABEL: http://curbappealrecords.com/
INFO: Paul Schalda has a ghost's voice, an old haunted soul that shivers its way up through his mouth to share its cracked-glasses view of the world with those of us lucky enough to listen. New York's Pablo is the vehicle for that voice and the lives it's lived. Previously heard draped over the Pavement-influenced treble clang of outerborough indie rock heroes AWEK (see "NY: The Next Wave" on Kanine Records), Schalda's distinct and affecting vocals stand at the center of Pablo, drawing chills from the tight economy of his lyrics and conveying something deeper than most words usually get across anyway. It's smart music that connects at gut level, a rare treasure in a crowded space. Clipped stories prop themselves up against solitary acoustic guitar, or find a full body in the stellar and spare accompaniment provided by brother Will Schalda (ex-REALISTICS) and his varied keys, wife Maggie Schalda's harmonies, and the Strandberg Brothers' ample multi-instrumentation. The result is a sound singular enough to equally evoke Odetta and the Replacements, and one that's perked up the ears of KEXP's "John in the Morning" and landed the outfit support slots up and down the East Coast with Matt Pond PA, Earlimart, Brendan Benson, myself and more. On the heels of a well-received self-released EP, Pablo's first full-length recording is set to be released this May on Brooklyn's own 230 Records.
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NOM DE GUERRE

ARTIST / BAND: NOM DE GUERRE
SONG (MP3): EVERLAND
ALBUM: La La La
FILE UNDER: Pop / Indie / Alternative
LABEL: NdG
INFO: Nom de Guerre is a pop trio based in Stockholm, Sweden. Our debut album will arrive at the end of September, but until then you can enjoy a selection of songs from it right here. Our website should be online in mid September and will feature a blog, a few of our songs for free download, and a small shop where interested parties can buy the album on CD or mp3 and check out our first fashion collection. That's right, there will also be four different Nom de Guerre tailor-made shirts available (that's real shirts, no boring black t-shirts). Have a listen and let us know what you think. Thanks for stopping by! Nom de Guerre
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OWEN

ARTIST / BAND: OWEN
SONG (MP3): BAD NEWS
ALBUM: At home with owen
FILE UNDER: Indie / Acoustic / Psychobilly
LABEL: http://www.polyvinylrecords.com/
INFO: Owen is Mike Kinsella. For nearly ten years now, Mike has been in some of Chicago's favorite bands- American Football, Cap'n Jazz, Joan of Arc and Owls. Of those, he has probably been most closely associated with American Football, in which he did much of the songwriting and guitar-playing, and all of the singing. With Owen, Mike takes American Football's sound to it's next logical level. Mike writes, performs, and records all of his own material. However, that doesn't mean he can't rock out live- which he has done with back-up help from Kyle Fischer of Rainer Maria on Kyle's recent tour and opening on the last few Rainer Maria tours.
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PLAYLIST MUSICHALL 2 NOVEMBER

MUSICHALL IS BROADCAST WEEKLY (Thursdays, 23:00) ON:RADIO FORTUNA+ (FM103.4, TBILISI, GEORGIA) & RADIO DANCE.GE

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RAGGA TWINS - EVERYBODY HYPE (CDR / 777 PROMO)
FREESTYLERS - IN LOVE WITH YOU (ROGUE ELEMENT REMIX) (AGAINST THE GRAIN)
STANTON WARRIORS FEAT. RODNEY P - DIP & GET LOW (PUNKS)
CUT & RUN - MOVE IT (CUT & RUN)
DARKUS - TWO SOUNDS GO TO WAR (CTRL-Z VS SCREWFACE REMIX) (BASSROCK) GENERAL MIDI - NEVER GONNA STOP THE SHOW (AUT0B0TS 'LAST BUS TO LOCKWOOD' SKA MIX) (DISTINCTIVE)
HYPER - ANT MUSIC (HYPER DUB) (TINTED)
SOUND ALLIANCE - ALL OUR LIFE (COLORS OF SPECTRUM)
CTRL Z - CHEMISTRY (CDR / HARDCORE BEATS PROMO)
DREADZONE - MASH UP DREADZ (CDR / FUNCTIONAL PROMO)
ROB SMITH - GIVE LOVE (FUNCTIONAL)

THE MAY BEES

ARTIST / BAND: THE MAY BEES
SONG (MP3): FIELDS OF ALBANY
ALBUM: Blame it on the other ones
FILE UNDER: Alternative / Rock / Indie
INFO: The May Bees have quickly established themselves as one of the Netherlands' most undeniable and promising new alternative rock bands. Not even two years after the start in 2004 the band already released two remarkable mini albums, got excellent reviews, a lot of airplay, ended up high in various charts and played gigs nationwide (including support for The Drones from Australia and popular Dutch indie rockers Caesar).

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LOW FREQUENCY IN STEREO

ARTIST / BAND: LOW FREQUENCY IN STEREO
SONG (MP3): AXES
ALBUM: The Last Temptation Of... The Low Frequency in Stereo
FILE UNDER: Experimental
LABEL: Rec 90
INFO: The Low Frequency in Stereo started with their lo-fi-post rock in the beginning of 2001. The band has since then played over 200 concerts around the world with hilghligts like the Quart Festival, the Dour Festival and the South by Southwest Festival which maybe was the bands break-through with the music branch. The Critics have always been superb and 2006 looks like that is going to be a big year for Low Frequency in Stereo.
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RODDY FRAME

ARTIST / BAND: RODDY FRAME
SONG (MP3): PORTASTUDIO
ALBUM: Western Skies
FILE UNDER: Folk Rock / Acoustic / Experimental
LABEL: http://www.redemption-records.com/
INFO: When he was still in his teens, Roddy Frame was already being compared to Elvis Costello, generally considered by critics to be one of the finest songwriters of all time. Such grand praise could place unreasonable expectations on a developing young talent and crush the creativity blooming within. However, Frame has been able to let his songwriting abilities evolve without any consideration given to the critics or commercial radio. Frame began his career with Aztec Camera in January 1980. As Aztec Camera's vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter, Frame immediately became the darling of the U.K. music press with the band's 1983 debut, High Land, Hard Rain. On tracks like "Walk Out to Winter" and "Back on Board," Frame sang poetic lyrics about love lost and found, two themes he'd revisit with an increasingly mature outlook through a number of albums. True to his punk roots, Frame abandoned Aztec Camera's jangle pop sound when it became fashionable among British new wave acts. From country to soul, Frame utilized the Aztec Camera moniker to pay homage to his influences. Indifferent to the hip tastes of his followers, Frame covered Cyndi Lauper's Top Ten ballad "True Colors" with undeniable sincerity and transformed Van Halen's heavy metal anthem "Jump" into a folksy love song. After 1995's Frestonia, Frame jettisoned the Aztec Camera name and released The North Star in 1998. The album received critical praise and this time he wasn't compared to Costello.
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ACTION REACTION

ARTIST / BAND: ACTION REACTION
SONG (MP3): SINNERS ALGEBRA
ALBUM: ActionReaction Tour EP
FILE UNDER: Alternative / Psychedelic / New Wave
LABEL: http://www.equalvision.com/
INFO: Jason Gleason is widely considered as one of the quintessential torchbearers of the emocore boom. As frontman in Further Seems Forever, a role previously played by Chris Carabba (Dashboard Confessional), it would be easy to assume that his new project, ActionReaction, would continue to build on the same aesthetic that helped him bring Further Seems Forever to stardom. But perhaps it's time to entertain the notion that Gleason's a firm believer in the road less traveled. After splitting with his former band and label, and with only a few dollars in his pocket, Gleason moved from Florida to New Jersey to be with long-time friend, Bella. To make ends meet, Gleason and Bella joined a painting and carpentry crew which included her former Element 101 bandmate Salvatore. As a result of grueling, twelve-hour days sanding floors and painting atop 50-foot ladders, a bond was formed which resulted in the early stages of ActionReaction. With a rotating cast of friends, they began writing material as a release from their daily grind. Fueled by working-class ennui, the result was liberation from the constraints of previous musical endeavors. Gleason was finally free to expand on his passionate and spiritual vocal and lyrical stylings that earned him a steady following during his days in Further Seems Forever. Before long the three of them were not only working and playing together, but living under one roof.
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POP LEVI

ARTIST / BAND: POP LEVI
SONG (MP3): BLUE HONEY
ALBUM: BLUE HONEY EP
FILE UNDER: Pop / New Wave / Soul
LABEL: www.ninjatune.net
INFO: Conceived in a London hospital and born to a Jewish doctor and Gentile nurse, Pop Levi has led what one might call a "melodic" life. He began studying piano at 3, joined a gospel choir at 7, started collecting records at 9 and, soon after, wrote his first song, "Through The Window Of My Life". Although he quickly became a prolific songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Levi went unnoticed by the music business for many years. A move to Liverpool in 1997 saw Levi enter a prolonged period of bread-line living where he set up a commune with Snap Ant and Karl Webb. Whilst sharing a large dilapidated Victorian house with these and other like-minded artists, he founded the avant-garde post-rock group Super Numeri. Early recordings of the band found their way to London and in 2002, Levi found himself signed to fabled label Ninja Tune Recordings with Super Numeri. The debut single "The Electric Horse Garden" won widespread critical acclaim and the subsequent album "Great Aviaries" and EP "The Coastal Bird Scene" quickly became regarded as modern underground classics. Hot on the heels of relative success, Levi was approached by Danny Hunt of Ladytron to join the band on bass guitar for their upcoming World Tour. He duly accepted and spent 2003-4 flying from show to show whilst writing and recording material for his planned "Foxwatch" LP, to be released on Hunt's Invicta Hi-Fi label. Although "Foxwatch" remained unfinished, the first Pop Levi releases came from those sessions. The "Rude Kinda Love" single (and its accompanying controversial video) gained rave reviews and was placed #25 in the UK Indie Chart, whilst the follow-up Christmas release "Reindeer In My Heart" made its way to US radio stations.
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ANNUALS

ARTIST / BAND: ANNUALS
SONG (MP3): DRY CLOTHES
ALBUM: Be He Me
FILE UNDER: Experimental / Indie / Alternative
LABEL: Ace Fu Records
INFO: From the quiet capitol of North Carolina, Annuals are as close as possible to being a family withoutsharing the same DNA. Long-time friends Adam Baker (Singer/Songwriter), Kenny Florence (Guitar)and Mike Robinson (Bass) have been in bands together since they were children, about 7 years now.
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JOHN VANDERSLICE

ARTIST / BAND: JOHN VANDERSLICE
SONG (MP3): EXODUS DAMAGE (ALIAS REMIX)
ALBUM: pixel revolt.
FILE UNDER: Singer Songwriter
LABEL: Barsuk
INFO: the fifth album by John Vanderslice, is a masterpiece by a seasoned veteran at the top of his form. If his prior records were a gradual progression, his latest constitutes a quantum leap. Vanderslice has arrived upon a unique lyrical style that blends frank, artful autobiography with richly detailed fiction. The result is a dreamy, sometimes terrifying world in which it's difficult to know where the singer ends and the characters begin. Vanderslice has struggled, as all serious musicians must, to balance the rigors of making a name for oneself, the call of the studio (five albums in five years), the lure of a regular life, and the increasingly complex nature of his songwriting. It's a path that has led many a great artist to question the very nature of the self. Few have wrestled this quandary into music as beautiful, or as troubling, as what you’ll hear on pixel
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ELANORS

ARTIST / BAND: ELANORS
SONG (MP3): SHE HAD A DREAM
ALBUM: Movements
FILE UNDER: Soul / Down-tempo / Indie
LABEL: www.parasol.com/
INFO: ‘‘Movements’ is the new album from Chicago’s Elanors, vocalists Noah (piano) and Adriel Harris (guitar) backed by the rhythm section of Daniel Johnson and Rodrigo Palma (both members of Judah Johnson). This, their second album, is a collection of piano-driven orchestral-pop and disarming folkrock invention. Like concert music for dirty clubs, Elanors’ music is delicate yet severe; mannered yet devastating; antique yet futuristic. It’s often said that everything good to come out of music in the last 40 years comes from the Beatles. But for inspiration, Elanors instead dip into the centuries of material which preceded the ‘60s – Chopin, Debussy, Beethoven, Britten – and set their own blurred, romantic, and fractured song-pieces to sub bass and elastic beats. There’s a precedent for this; bands like Blonde Redhead and Radiohead have used baroque chord progressions and melodies to gorgeous effect; and Jeff Buckley and Talk Talk used sprawling, almost symphonic forms, which rethought what a rock song could be. Elanors see themselves both as part of this great tradition as well as innovators within it.
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GERTIE FOX

ARTIST / BAND: GERTIE FOX
SONG (MP3): SHE'S SO MARRIED
ALBUM: An Imaginary Meeting In the Woods
FILE UNDER: Indie / Rock / Southern Rock
LABEL: Yep Roc Records
INFO: hi. we're from los angeles but travel to where people know us or want us to play, spending most of our time in california recording, writing, planning the next tour and making things.
If you want us to come play somewhere near you just E-Mail us, leave a comment, or send a message with a clever subject.
Our merchandise is almost entirely handmade/designed from the recording to the painting to the pressing and you can find out how to order it HERE -Shipping is included in the price which is flexible..
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JENNY OWEN YOUNGS

ARTIST / BAND: JENNY OWEN YOUNGS
SONG (MP3): FUCK WAS I
FILE UNDER: Indie / Acoustic / Pop
INFO: jenny owen youngs is a feisty, hyper-sensitive, disease-free singer/songwriter/former girl scout who wants to be your friend. claiming influences from beck to jesus christ superstar to britney spears, her music is an echo of erin mckeown hopping into jeff buckleys pontiac, cruising backwoods alabama red dirt roads and singing along to the sundays and nick drake. her songs straddle the heart-wrenching and the tongue-in-cheek and say giddyup.
raised in the lush greenery of northwest new jersey amongst cows, haystacks, and eastern deciduous forest, our heroine began singing immediately upon exiting the womb. after exploring the flute (elementary school) and the tuba (junior high), jenny finally stepped up to the guitar at the tender age of fourteen and, as they say, got down to business.
her current goals include musically causing the hair on your arms to stand up, learning greek, and like fellow jersey boy Jon Bon, seeing a million faces and rocking them all.
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KATELL KEINEG.

ARTIST / BAND: KATELL KEINEG.
SONG (MP3): BEAUTIFUL DAY
FILE UNDER: Pop / Folk / Alternative
INFO: Since the early nineties Keineg has been musically active in both Ireland and the United States, steadily emerging into one of the most inspiring and deeply moving performers around. Born in Brittany and brought up in Wales, Keineg now lives in Dublin and is a frequent visitor to New York. In 1993, while building her reputation for "conveying a nearly beatific sense of joy in performance"(Los Angeles Times), she released a seven-inch single called "Hestia" on Bob Mould's SOL record label. That same year, Keineg sang on Iggy Pop's American Caesar album and when he passed her single on to Elektra Records, they signed her and released "O Seasons O Castles".
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BARZIN

ARTIST / BAND: BARZIN
SONG (MP3): LET'S GO DRIVING
ALBUM: My Life In Rooms
FILE UNDER: Indie / Folk Rock / Alternative
LABEL: http://www.monotremerecords.com/
INFO: A project that began sometime in 1995, Barzin was a solo endeavor at its inception. Somewhere along the way, however, Barzin shed its solitary skin and introduced a wide array of characters into its sound. From amongst a rotating cast of musicians, who occasionally made appearances on recordings and at performances, three individuals slowly became a fixture of this project. The three characters in question are Mike Findlay, Suzanne Hancock, and Tony Dekker (Great Lake Swimmers.) With the addition of these musicians the sound of the music has continued to remain true to the esthetics of quietness and minimalism. It still concerns itself with exploring the quiet side of pop. On 2003, Barzin released its self-titled debut album through the Montreal based label, Where Are My Records. The following year an E.P. titled Songs for Hinah, was released through the French based label, Hinah. And in 2006, the second full-length album titled "My Life In Rooms" was released in Canada through Weewerk records, and in Europe through Monotreme records.
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NEEDLE

ARTIST / BAND: NEEDLE
SONG (MP3): BLACK HOLES
ALBUM: Songs Your Mother Never Sang You
FILE UNDER: Indie / Acoustic / Down-tempo
INFO: Needle’s debut CD, Songs Your Mother Never Sang You, blends Steve Beck’s low-fi minimalist arrangements with Julie Cornett’s collection of lullabies and symphonic sagas. The CD is the product of musical ideas and experimentation under the influence of green tea, red wine and carnitas. Occasionally Christine Banks would stop by and add a touch of spice with her violin.
Recently featured on NPR, Needle strives for honesty in its music, keeping where possible early takes marked by inspiration. Acoustic guitars and distortion, analog synthesizers, old time pianos along with toy xylophones and a cocktail drum helped shape these songs of battles won, souls sucked in, and hands held up in surrender. Included on the CD is a dreamlike remake of Neil Young’s classic hit “Helpless”.
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THE STATIC AGE

ARTIST / BAND: THE STATIC AGE
SONG (MP3): TRAUMA
ALBUM: Blank Screens
FILE UNDER: Alternative / Rock / Punk
LABEL: http://www.reignition.com/
INFO: Three members of the idealistic side of the punk rock scene and a classically trained pianist, armed with a desire to write unique songs neither devoid of style nor dominated by it, this Burlington, VT-based quartet mines the last 30 years of alternative music-- from New Order to Gang Of Four to The Cure-- for inspiration and draws on romantic loss and melancholic longing, delivering with the unmistakable urgency and honesty of a band that matters. The songs weave Andrew Paley's beautifully weathered vocals and textured guitars with Sarah Rose-Cameron's elegant keyboard melodies over the backdrop of Adam Meilleur's punchy bass lines and Tim Alek Mulley's tempered drums. The Static Age has developed its own sound -- one that infuses melody, atmosphere, a strong backbeat, and lyrics alternately acerbic and melancholic, and one that manages to sound like nothing else before it.
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