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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PLAYLIST MUZORAMA 29 OCTOBER

RADIO MUZORAMA IS BROADCAST WEEKLY ON RADIO FORTUNA (FM106.9 , TBILISI, GEORGIA)
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THE STATIC AGE - TRAUMA
THE MAY BEES - FIELDS OF ALBANY
LOW FREQUENCY IN STEREO - AXES
RODDY FRAME - PORTASTUDIO
ACTION REACTION – SINNERS ALGEBRA
POP LEVI - BLUE HONEY
ANNUALS - DRY CLOTHES
JOHN VANDERSLICE - EXODUS DAMAGE (ALIAS REMIX)
ELANORS - SHE HAD A DREAM
GERTIE FOX - SHE'S SO MARRIED
JENNY OWEN YOUNGS - FUCK WAS I
KATELL KEINEG. - BEAUTIFUL DAY
BARZIN - LET'S GO DRIVING
NEEDLE - BLACK HOLES

Henrik Schwarz

ARTIST / BAND: Henrik Schwarz
SONG (MP3): Imagination Limitation
ALBUM: DJ-Kicks Henrik Schwarz
FILE UNDER: House / Jazz / Techno
LABEL: !K7
INFO: Let's just pause for one second; now, think about all that music that has so enriched your life down the years. All of it, without fault, and regardless of any strict genre definitions, is soul music. If it flicks a switch deep inside you, speaks to you, comforts you and makes you feel good about yourself, then that, my friend, is soul music. German DJ and producer Henrik Schwarz understands this musical truth more than most.
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Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood

ARTIST / BAND: Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood
SONG (MP3): Little Walter Rides Again da Hanuman
ALBUM: Out Louder
FILE UNDER: Jazz
LABEL: Indirecto Records
INFO: MEDESKI SCOFIELD MARTIN & WOOD OUT LOUDER It's a match made not above nor below, but rather in some altogether hipper place: John Medeski + Billy Martin + Chris Wood + guitar guru John Scofield. On their new release OUT LOUDER, they make music not of this world, yet rooted in the earth tones of jazz, funk, and blues. Music from the heart, for the mind, and made to shake the earth, not to mention the body.
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Christopher Whaley

ARTIST / BAND: Christopher Whaley
ALBUM (MP3): 10 Years Of Monotonik - The Mix
FILE UNDER: IDM
LABEL: monotonik
INFO: '10 Years Of Monotonik - The Mix' is testament to that. It's hard to believe that it was in early 1996 that we first started up our net.label Mono - initially as a .MOD-only label, since this was before the days of MP3s (and, indeed, of very wide use of the Internet.) What a long way we've come since then. The first couple of years, for those who recall it, actually had individual Commodore Amiga-based BBSes distributing our material as 'official distros', before FTP sites such as Aminet kicked in and made spreading material much easier, then Scene.org started helping out and a switch to PCs and MP3s was made (in around 1999!) From then on out, there was a dalliance with sublabels, including the now defunct Mono211 and Monoraveik, before Monotonik was standardized on and we carried on publishing the best Creative Commons-licensed, freely distributable MP3s we could find right to where we are now, halfway through the '00s.
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DAVID & THE CITIZENS

ARTIST / BAND: DAVID & THE CITIZENS
SONG (MP3): The End
ALBUM: Until The Sadness Is Gone
FILE UNDER: Indie
LABEL: Friendly Fire
INFO: America has some catching up to do. Considering that the Swedish band David & the Citizens has been showered with awards and accolades across Scandinavia and Europe, it’s a damn shame that none of their music has ever been released in North America until now. David & the Citizens possess an intelligent, lyrical sound, sometimes joyous and sometimes melancholy, but always brilliantly orchestrated and catchy as hell.
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BoySkout

ARTIST / BAND: BoySkout
SONG (MP3): Fantastic
ALBUM: Another Life
FILE UNDER: Indie / Punk / Pop
LABEL: Three Ring Records
INFO: We've finished on 2nd Record! It is called, "Another Life." It is called Another Life because we had to go through so many to make this record but nothing stopped us and here it is! It is coming out on Three Ring Records! Official release date...OCT. 8th. Cd release show date Oct. 5th. US tour set for the Month of November. "Another Life" Recorded & Mixed By Donny Newenhouse & Dave Schiffman. Prior Release, "School of Etiquette" In 2003 Boyskout met up with producer Jeff Salzman (Stephen Malkumus, The Sounds, The Killers) who recorded our debut album School of Etiquette, which came out in 2004 on Alive/Bomp! Records. visit. www.boyskout.com read more from the source...

Johan

ARTIST / BAND: Johan
SONG (MP3): Oceans
ALBUM: Thx Jhn
FILE UNDER: Alternative / Rock / Pop
LABEL: excelsior recordings
INFO: Dutch pop band Johan released one swell self-titled album in 1997, marrying the jittery indie guitar strum of the Wedding Present to the cool, ironic retro-pop charms of the Cardigans and the manic hooks of the best Buzzcocks singles. Formed in Hoorn, Netherlands, by singer Jacco de Greeuw and drummer Wim Kwakman, the quartet was originally called Visions of Johanna after the Bob Dylan song. When the duo decided that name was a bit pretentious and vague, they shortened it to Johan in honor of the Dutch football star Johan Cruyff. After guitarist Remco Krull and bassist Niels de Wit joined the group, Johan signed with the Amsterdam-based indie Excelsior Recordings and produced their self-titled album in 1996. The New York label Spin Art optioned it for U.S. release the following year, but Krull and de Wit left the group shortly thereafter. Jacco de Greeuw and Wim Kwakman worked off and on for two years on the follow-up album, adding Diets Dijkstra on guitar and vocals, Diederik Nomden on keyboards, guitar and vocals as well as Maarten Kooijman on guitar and vocals. Pergola was released in 2001."
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PLAYLIST MUSICHALL 26 OKTOBER / Elite Force Special

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Elite Force - Return 2 Mindfunk (Adrift)
Lunar Shift - Again And Again (Myagi Remix) (192K)
Schranzinger - Digital Base (iBreaks)
DJ Hell - Buttersaure (Perc Remix) (Kickin)
Elite Force- Unsung Hero (Adrift)
Justice & Simian - We Are Your Friends (Milke Remix) (CDR)
Elite Force - Heart Of Darkness (Adrift)
Elite Force - Used & Abused (Adrift)
Freaks - Creep (Lee Coombs remix) (Adrift)
Elite Force - You (Adrift)
Elite Force Kinetic Connection (Adrift)

PLAYLIST MUSICHALL 19 OKTOBER

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BLACKSTAR FEAT TOP CAT - CHAMPION DJ (EBONY DUBSTERS REMIX) [CONGO NATTY RECORDS]
DJ HYPE - COMING IN GOOD [GANJA]
RONY SIZE - BITE THE BULLET [FULL CYCLE]
APHRODITE - CANT STOP [DANCE CONCEPT]
ACCIDENTAL HEROES - PRECINCT [INFRARED]
DJ HYPE, J MAJIK AND WICKAMAN - LOOK TO THE FUTURE [GANJA]
FUTURE PROPHECIES - DREADLOCK [DREADLOCK RECORDINGS]
S.M.O.K.E. - CYCLOPS [FORMATION RECORDS]
SUNCHASE & YANA KAY - REMEMBER ME (FOREIGN VERSION MASTERED BY PENDULUM) [HOSTILE]
LIMEWAX - EVERYTHING [TECH FREAK]

Ozoni / October 2006 issue / out now

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Album Reviews:

AUDIOSLAVE -REVELATIONS

BOB DYLAN- MODERN TIMES

LINDSTROM - IT'S A FEEDELITY AFFAIR

BASMENT JAXX - Crazy Itch Radio

and much more .

PLAYLIST MUZORAMA 15 OCTOBER

RADIO MUZORAMA IS BROADCAST WEEKLY ON RADIO FORTUNA (FM106.9 , TBILISI, GEORGIA)
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THE CHANGES - WHEN I WAKE
ABERDEEN CITY - GOD IS GOING TO GET SICK OF ME
CHIN UP CHIN UP - THIS HARNESS CAN'T RIDE ANYTHING
PLUS/MINUS - FADEOUT
TOM WAITS - BOTTOM OF THE WORLD
THE BLOODTHIRSTY LOVERS - 1,000 LIGHT YEARS FROM HOME
CALIFONE - SPIDER'S HOUSE
THE ZUTONS - VALERIE
BRETT DENNEN - AINT NO REASON
DAMIEN JURADO - WHAT WERE THE CHANCES
THE LESSER BIRDS OF PARADISE - I ENVY THE PHOTONS
WE ARE SOLDIERS WE HAVE GUNS - SONGS THAT NO ONE WILL HEAR
DEAD CAN DANCE - THE UBIQUITOUS MR. LOVEGROVE

DEAD CAN DANCE

ARTIST / BAND: DEAD CAN DANCE
SONG (MP3): THE UBIQUITOUS MR. LOVEGROVE
ALBUM: Wake: The Best Of Dead Can Dance
FILE UNDER: DEAD CAN DANCE
LABEL: http://www.4ad.com/
INFO: Wake is a condensed compilation of highlights chosen by Brendan Perry from the out of print limited edition box set which was released by 4AD in 2001. The compilation spans Dead Can Dance's entire career, including the last track that Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry completed as the band The Lotus Eaters. Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry formed Dead Can Dance in the early '80s, releasing eight critically acclaimed and highly individual albums during their seventeen year career with 4AD. As well as being a unique musical force, Dead Can Dance are also one of the most commercially successful 4AD bands, selling millions worldwide.
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WE ARE SOLDIERS WE HAVE GUNS

ARTIST / BAND: WE ARE SOLDIERS WE HAVE GUNS
SONG (MP3): SONGS THAT NO ONE WILL HEAR
ALBUM: to meet is murder
FILE UNDER: Indie / Pop / Emo
LABEL: http://www.stereotestkit.com/
INFO: At first we are soldiers we have guns was a result of me, Malin Dahlberg, finding a Stratocaster copy without strings at my ex-boyfriends place and buying a portable recorder to record it with. And of course a lot of blood sweat and tears. Mostly tears though. It still is, but now I use a studio and get lots of help from friends, first and foremost Jocke Rosén. Anyway, listen don't read. Spin on THAT, Frank.
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THE LESSER BIRDS OF PARADISE

ARTIST / BAND: THE LESSER BIRDS OF PARADISE
SONG (MP3): I ENVY THE PHOTONS
ALBUM: Space Between
FILE UNDER: Indie / Folk / Acoustic
LABEL: Contraphonic
INFO: Since 1998, The Lesser Birds of Paradise have evolved from charming folk-pop to a more ambitious, textured craft. Over the last few years, their sound has been refined to its most organic elements, and their appeal has developed beyond the Chicago indie-rock scene. Space Between, the trio's third album, is their strongest and most focused work yet.
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DAMIEN JURADO

ARTIST / BAND: DAMIEN JURADO
SONG (MP3): WHAT WERE THE CHANCES
ALBUM: And Now That I'm In Your Shadow
FILE UNDER: Folk / Country / Psychedelic
LABEL: secretly canadian
INFO: Damien Jurado's Gathered in Song EP was originally released by Made in Mexico in March of 1999. Minimal copies were pressed, and as a result, this EP has become the most sought-after recording of Jurado's career. Recorded live to a two-track tape machine in a room full of friends, the performance is raw and revealing, stark and intimate. The reviews for this release were outstanding, and most critics favored it over his debut release and even releases that came after.
It is with great pleasure that we announce the re-release this EP which features five additional previously unreleased tracks, including demos that were recorded for Rehearsals for Departure (1999). These previously unreleased songs capture what Jurado considers to be his "most challenging and frustrating time as a musician."
Be the first on your block to get your copy! CDs will be shipped out the second we get them back from manufacturing -- around mid-August.
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BRETT DENNEN

ARTIST / BAND: BRETT DENNEN
SONG (MP3): AINT NO REASON
ALBUM: So much more
FILE UNDER: Folk Rock / Pop / Indie
LABEL: Dualtone Records
INFO: Every now and then an artist emerges on the scene as if fully formed. The voice is distinct, immediate in its character. The songs feel like they truly belong to the singer. A level of self-possession animates the performances, delivers them right to your doorstep. Nothing feels forced . . . it just is. Theres an aura of inevitability that surrounds the emergence of such artists. With the release of So Much More, Brett Dennen joins the ranks of those who fit this description. Others? Joni Mitchell. Rufus Wainwright. James Taylor. Patty Griffin. Steve Earle. John Mayer. Its a class of artists defined not by genre or by a level of success but by the character of their entrance. We open the door when they appear, and its as if we were expecting them. No doubt, none of them have wanted to be described in such weighty terms. But its not up to them. Its up to those of us on the receiving end to pass such judgments and to celebrate the occasion. In this case, Im happy to do so. Welcome, Brett Dennen. Were glad you showed up. Come on in. When I first heard Brett, I was caught in traffic with two crying children in the backseat, both of whom were desperate to escape their vehicular imprisonment. I had an advance CD of So Much More, popped it into the player, and was immediately in debt to Brett Dennen.
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THE ZUTONS

ARTIST / BAND: THE ZUTONS
SONG (MP3): VALERIE
ALBUM: Tired Of Hanging Around
FILE UNDER: Alternative / Rock / Soul
LABEL: Deltasonic
INFO: 24 year-old, Singer/guitarist, David McCabe is feeling good about feeling bad. The songs for The Zutons second album, Tired Of Hangin Around, have been pouring out of him and loads of them are about giving yourself a bit of a hard time, the bands frontman says cheerfully, cause youve gone out and got drunk or let someone down. But its looking at it from a sarcastic point of view.Its Alright is a case in point. Full of the energetic rocknsoul that helped The Zutons land five Top 40 singles (Pressure Point, You Will You Wont, Remember Me, Dont Ever Think and Confusion) from their 2004 debut Who Killed The Zutons?, its a barrelling song with clattering percussion about being defiant in the face of your hangover. Its the new Dirty Dancehall.
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CALIFONE

ARTIST / BAND: CALIFONE
SONG (MP3): SPIDER'S HOUSE
ALBUM: Roots & Crowns
FILE UNDER: Blues / Experimental / Folk
LABEL: Thrill Jockey Records
INFO Roots and Crowns. “Uniting where you come from – your roots -- with what you strive to be or what you reinvent yourself to become -- crowns,” explains Califone’s Tim Rutili. “At the bottom of these songs are the memories and images you sift through in the process.”Califone’s earliest roots lie in the band Red Red Meat, from whence came Califone’s founding members Tim Rutili and Ben Massarella and its longtime producer Brian Deck. The band’s first release was a self-titled EP on Flydaddy in 1998, followed later by the full-length debut, Roomsound, in 2001 (recently re-issued on Thrill Jockey) and eventually the band’s Thrill Jockey debut, Quicksand/Cradlesnakes in 2003. After touring for the release of Roomsound, Califone had little time off to take in the impact of the music they were creating. In three years, they recorded four albums (two instrumental, two song-based including Heron King Blues) and toured heavily in between with Wilco, Modest Mouse, Sea and Cake and others. They performed at All Tomorrow’s Parties curated by Sonic Youth and Rutili contributed to Isaac Brock’s Ugly Casanova project and Michael Krassner’s Boxhead Ensemble with Fred Lonberg-Holm and members of Smog and Dirty Three.read more from the source...

THE BLOODTHIRSTY LOVERS

ARTIST / BAND: THE BLOODTHIRSTY LOVERS
SONG (MP3): 1,000 LIGHT YEARS FROM HOME
ALBUM: The Delicate Seam
FILE UNDER: indie
LABEL: http://www.frenchkissrecords.com/
INFO: The Delicate Seam is Bloodthirsty Lover’s second full-length release*The Band is the brainchild of Dave Shouse *Memphis guitarist/vocalist formerly of The Grifters & Those Bastard Souls*Began as a solo project in 2001-named after a pulp novel from the 50s*Steve Selvidge, a cornerstone of the Memphis music scene (Big Ass Truck) & son of legendary Sid Selvidge teamed up with Dave in the Spring of 2003 for the creative construction of Delicate, collaborating on 4 of the 8 songs on the album
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PLUS/MINUS

ARTIST / BAND: PLUS/MINUS

SONG (MP3): FADEOUT
ALBUM: Let's Build A Fire
FILE UNDER: Pop / Electro / Rock
LABEL: Absolutely Kosher Records
INFO: +/- (PLUS/MINUS) is the band started by Versus members James Baluyut and Patrick Ramos in 2001. Chris Deaner joined them shortly thereafter. They still plan to conquer the world with their electronic dreamy pop meets teeth crunching rock. They hail from a city in New York state aptly named New York.read more from the source...