PLAYLIST MUZORAMA 26 FEBRUARY

KAISER CHIEFS - I PREDICT A RIOT
THE LADIES - EMPATHY ON A STICK
MAN MAN - BLACK MISSION GOGGLES
GHOST BUFFALO - HELL HERE
KISS ME DEADLY - DANCE 4
THE ESSEX GREEN - DON'T KNOW WHY (YOU STAY)
SING-SING - COME, SING ME A SONG
HOTEL LIGHTS - A.M SLOW GOLDEN HIT
COLOUR REVOLT - MATTRESSES UNDERWATER
SHELLEY SHORT - SWEET HEART SAID
CAROLINE - WHERE'S MY LOVE
CRYSTAL SKULLS - BABY BOY
WORK CLOTHES - OVER THE MOON
GREGOR SAMSA - YOUNG & OLD

WORK CLOTHES

Artist / Band: WORK CLOTHES
Song (MP3): OVER THE MOON
Album: These Are the Shoes We Wear
File Under: Indie
Label: http://www.fractured-discs.com/
Info: Robert Deeble's March Midwestern tour dates have been posted in the dates section. Alina Simone will be joining Robert on three of these dates, before she splinters off to other parts of the Midwest. Robert recently home recorded three acoustic cover tunes for a limited edition, tour only, EP. Artists covered are Daniel Johnston, Iggy Pop and Steve Wynn. We hope to have everything put together in time for the tour. But if they're not ready before the shows, we'll make certain to have them available through this website and at future Deeble shows. In other news, Robert has a new unreleased track available on the third installment of the Ball of Wax comp series. We'll get a link as quick as we can.read more from the source...

CRYSTAL SKULLS

Artist / Band: CRYSTAL SKULLS
Song (MP3): BABY BOY
Album: Outgoing Behavior
File Under: Indie Pop
Label: http://www.suicidesqueeze.net/
Info: To actually stand out in a sea of lemmings is an extraordinary affair. That isn't to say that sounding like, err...Talking Heads is something to rile against per se, but in the indie-era of mass production, to go your own way is rare indeed.Enter Crystal Skulls; this Seattle troupe has little in common with any of their immediate peers. Instead of angular post-Fall inspired riffage or the art-damaged tones of their angsty neighbors, these boys have studied their AM radio classics finding as much in common with Donald Fagen as say contemporary homeboys the Sea and Cake. read more from the source...

CAROLINE

Artist / Band: CAROLINE
Song (MP3): WHERE'S MY LOVE
Album: Murmurs
File Under: Electronica / Pop / Ambient
Label: http://www.temporaryresidence.com/
Info: Originally from Okinawa, Japan, Caroline Lufkin moved around a lot by the time she had graduated from Berklee School of Music in Boston in 2003, ultimately settling nowhere (though currently calling Los Angeles her home). With an incredible gift for writing gripping songs from the most minimal elements - not to mention a voice that could make angels weep - Caroline's music seizes the rare opportunity to hypnotize everything and everyone around it. And really, who in this world doesn't want to succumb to a music-induced weightlessness every once in a while?
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SHELLEY SHORT

Artist / Band: SHELLEY SHORT
Song (MP3): SWEET HEART SAID
Album: Captain Wild Horse (Rides The Heart Of Tomorrow)
File Under: Indie / Folk / Pop
Label: http://www.hushrecords.com/
Info: After recording Oh Say Little Dogies, Why? (Keep Recordings, 2003) in the desert of New Mexico and the industrial area of Portland, Oregon, Shelley Short left art school in the Pacific Northwest and headed eastward to Chicago for no good reason. Pressed in limited quantity, Oh Say Little Dogies, Why? reached an extensive musical network, building critical momentum along the way.
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COLOUR REVOLT

Artist / Band: COLOUR REVOLT
Song (MP3): MATTRESSES UNDERWATER
Album: COLOUR REVOLT EP
File Under: Indie / Rock
Label: http://www.esperanzaplantation.com/
Info: The band formerly known as Fletcher has cast aside its original nametag, taking its new handle from Edwin Abbott’s 19th century social commentary Flatland, an exploration of life in two dimensions. But Colour Revolt is far from two-dimensional, eschewing Fletcher’s familiar sonic assault of unorthodox song structures and time signatures for a more melancholic though equally guitar-driven aesthetic of the post-grunge Southern gothic. The band’s soundscape reflects the literary heritage of their native Oxford, Miss., channeling the jagged emotionality and moral ambiguity of the locale’s forefathers, William Faulkner and Barry Hannah. Another facet of the small university town’s life is music, serving as the home to the neo-blues pioneering of Fat Possum Records and in-demand Sweet Tea Recording studio. In fact, a batch of songs Colour Revolt had recently tracked caught the attention of Clay Jones, a Sweet Tea engineer who mixed the last Elvis Costello and Modest Mouse albums. With Jones on board to mix the record, the band’s self-titled debut EP was released on the small Mississippi-based indie outfit Esperanza Plantation in late December 2005. In 2005, Colour Revolt, whose five members are all college students, played almost 80 shows in 18 different states (without failing out), including an appearance at Paste Magazine’s Rock’n’Reel Festival alongside Low and Over the Rhine.. read more from the source...

HOTEL LIGHTS

Artist / Band: HOTEL LIGHTS
Song (MP3): A.M SLOW GOLDEN HIT
Album: HOTEL LIGHTS
File Under: Indie / Folk / Pop
Label: bar-none
Info: ...when you see hotel lights in the distance you feel like 'yeah, I'm almost there', but when you stand in the bathroom and turn on the hotel lights, they are fluorescent and you see every scar." -Darren Jessee
Darren Jessee started Hotel Lights after many years of writing songs, playing drums and touring with Ben Folds Five. After leaving the now-famous pop group, Jessee moved from his home base of Chapel Hill, North Carolina to live an ex-pat, anonymous life in New York City. He quietly played solo shows around town, trying out newly written songs and dreaming about making a record.
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SING-SING

Artist / Band: SING-SING
Song (MP3): COME, SING ME A SONG
Album: Sing Sing and I
File Under: Alternative / Electronica / Indie
Label: Aerial Records
Info: Lisa O'Neill and Emma Anderson, otherwise known as Sing-Sing, are about to unleashed their second album entitled 'Sing-Sing and I'. Drawing on such diverse influences as folk-rock, heavy metal hammer-ons, a bit of Motown drumming, and just out-and-out pop, 'Sing-Sing and I' carries the distinctive Sing-Sing sound but, probably due to the extensive American touring, the songs are edgier, favouring guitars over the electronic samples that dominated debut album 'The Joy of Sing-Sing', whilst retaining Sing-Sing's trademark lyricism - personal and observational but still combined with a charm and wit.
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THE ESSEX GREEN

Artist / Band: THE ESSEX GREEN
Song (MP3): DON'T KNOW WHY (YOU STAY)
Album: Cannibal Sea nnibal Sea
File Under: Indie Pop
Label: Merge Records
Info: The Essex Green is a band based in Brooklyn NY. For their new album, Cannibal Sea, the band’s three principal songwriters - Chris Ziter, Sasha Bell and Jeff Baron - have assembled a collection of songs that speak to themes of travel, exploration, wanderlust and the desire for quiet niches amid the pressures of big city living. Like the protagonists in the opening lines of Don’t Know Why (You Stay) - “Stepping along the hum of the sidewalk / A marionette, a slave / Your legs are wood and tied to the city / Who has final say?” - the characters from the songs on Cannibal Sea display a yearning to break free of the boundaries and constrictions of city life. To escape the darkness and fatigue, to move on to more lighthearted settings surrounded by water, replete with the spray of the sea, the gentle lift and sway of a boat on the waves. .read more from the source...
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KISS ME DEADLY

Artist / Band: KISS ME DEADLY
Song (MP3): DANCE 4
Album: Amoureux Cosmiques
File Under: Indie Danceable
Label: alien 8 recordings
Info: Kiss Me Deadly is a Montreal-based quartet that has progressed from an early Dischord influenced emo/math-rock sound to an epic, deeply melodic, danceable style of music.
Kiss Me Deadly consists of Emily Elizabeth on vocals and guitar, Adam Poulin on guitar, vocals and programming, Mathieu du Montier on bass and vocals, Erik Petersen on drums and Sophie Trudeau on violin. This year saw the release of the tour-only EP “Amoureux Cosmiques” and the band has just completed a well-received American tour with UK sensations Bloc Party. The release of their new full length will be sure to fuel the escalating buzz surrounding this talented young band.
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GHOST BUFFALO

Artist / Band: GHOST BUFFALO
Song (MP3): HELL HERE
Album: GHOST BUFFALO
File Under: Rock / Folk / Indie
Label: http://www.suburbanhomerecords.com/

Info: Ghost Buffalo's debut full length reminds me of good whiskey. Both are smooth, but have a comforting burn to them that lingers long after your sample is gone. During depressing times I can see myself finding comfort in both, probably at the same time. But mostly it's because like good whiskey Ghost Buffalo reminds you how bad the generic stuff really is. Here's the thing. Ghost Buffalo breaks exactly no new ground. They're pretty straight forward country inspired rock and roll. What makes this album so memorable is the passion and heartbreaking soul of vocalist Marie Litton. Channeling the spirit of Emmylou Harris and Joni Mitchell is no small feat but Litton pulls it off with shinning colors. The fact that the rest of the band (including Plans Mistaken for Stars' ex-axe man) kicks out the country flavored indie rock jams without ever being over shadowed or over shadowing is a testament to the bands cohesive sound. It's rare when you hear a group that sounds this connected, but Ghost Buffalo sounds like they've been writing together for years. This is a record for the whole family. Not in a PAX movie of the week sort of way, more gather the family around the fire and finally all agree on something to listen to. There is something that will appeal to pretty much everyone, except your metal head little brother, but no one cares about him anyway (It's ok; it makes his angst deeper). Take a shot kids; this is the good stuff. (Ed. By take a shot I mean listen to the music. No drinking until you're 21 or you are sooooo grounded mister!) read more from the source...

MAN MAN

Artist / Band: MAN MAN
Song (MP3): BLACK MISSION GOGGLES
Album: Six Demon Bag
File Under: Indie
Label: Ace Fu
Info: Somewhere between New York, Philadelphia, and the Holy Mountain, MAN MAN fastens together shellac, perfume, feathers, dirt, and blood, knits together Screaming Jay Hawkins, Etta James, 80s pop, Iggy Pop, Soda Popinski, Mexican funeral marches, religious cults, bad luck, and two-headed wolves to wrangle out something entirely else. With themes ranging from loss to love to mayhem and back, SIX DEMON BAG's narrative structure once again straddles the blurry line between order and chaos. read more from the source...

THE LADIES

Artist / Band: THE LADIES
Song (MP3): EMPATHY ON A STICK
Album: They Mean Us
File Under: absurdist metal
Label: Temporary Residence
Info: Rob Crow: co-creator of San Diego's sentimental pop superstars Pinback; leader of absurdist metal outfit Goblin Cock; former leader of Thingy and Heavy Vegetable; former member of Physics; accomplished solo performer in his own right.
Zach Hill: one-half of the outlandish noise duo Hella; member of Deftones side-project Team Sleep; drummer for post-Marilyn Manson/A Perfect Circle stoner-rock combo Goon Moon; one-third of the total sensory-overload that was Nervous Cop (along with Joanna Newsom and a member of Deerhoof). When you want the sound of three drummers playing at once, but only have room for one drum kit, Zach is your man.
Rob Crow and Zach Hill are The Ladies.
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KAISER CHIEFS

Artist / Band: KAISER CHIEFS
Song (MP3): I PREDICT A RIOT
Album: Employment
File Under: Alternative / New Wave / Pop Punk
Label: Universal/B-Unique
Info: Sometimes the greatest success stories sprout from the tiniest of ambitions. When Kaiser Chiefs formed up in not-so-sunny Leeds, England around the summer of 2003, their aim was not to conquer stadiums and change the world. Instead, these five oddballs began plotting a rather more modest plan. In the shadowy corners of clubs and venues across the city Ricky Wilson (lead vocals, owner of stylish blue and orange suit), Andrew “Whitey” White (guitar), Simon Rix (bass), Nick “Peanut” Baines (keyboards and modeller of impressive pork-pie hats) and Nick Hodgson (drums and vocals) decided to form a band that would harness the awesome capability of being able to, erm, blag an early slot at their hometown Leeds Festival. Impressive, eh? They achieved it without breaking sweat, naturally, but with it came a whole lot more. 18 months down the line and the boys have gatecrashed the UK singles charts, laid waste to huge crowds as far away as Moscow, played triumphant support slots with Franz Ferdinand, made waves at US radio and signed to Universal Records.
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PLAYLIST / RADIO/ MUZORAMA 19 FEBRUARY

MELLOWDRONE - OH MY
PARKS AND RECREATION - MAYBE THE MOON KNOWS SOMETHING
AVO-8 - IS THIS THE END?
FLAMING LIPS - THE WAND
VOXTROT - MOTHERS, SISTERS, DAUGHTERS & WIVES
THE GOSSIP - STANDING IN THE WAY OF CONTROL
CONTROLLER.CONTROLLER - POISON/SAFE
EX-BOYFRIENDS - WILLINGLY
MURMANSK - 2ND FLOOR THRASH
ACEYALONE - ALL FOR YOU
COOL CALM PETE – LOST
BRAZA - SON DO BRAZA
KATHARINA FRANCK - Y-TRACKS TO GET BY
MAGNET - HOLD ON
ANNA TERNHEIM - TO BE GONE


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

ANNA TERNHEIM

Artist / Band: ANNA TERNHEIM
Song (MP3): TO BE GONE
Album: Somebody Outside
File Under: singer/songwriter
Label: stockholm records
Info: Anna Ternheim is a 26-year-old singer/songwriter from Stockholm, who´s making her record debut this fall with the album "Somebody Outside". The album was recorded during a week in August 2003 on Gotland — a Swedish island on the east coast. The recording is characterized by a spontaneity and rawness and Anna´s unique voice provides the musical framework. "A voice that cuts like a knife and sings about those feelings that hurt, so beautiful it makes you want to cry". / Karoline Eriksson, Svenska Dagbladet (one of the largest newspapers in Sweden). Anna Ternheim´s music has a dark touch that reminds you of artists such as Nick Cave, PJ Harvey and Leonard Cohen.The spring of 2003 Anna released the acoustic EP "Anna Ternheim" and went on a major tour with recording artist Nicolai Dunger. She also played together with the swedish artists Olle Ljungström and Tomas Andersson Wij. Tomas Andersson Wij already claims Anna to be this year´s debutant. This fall she´ll support Lars Winneräck on a six week tour around the country.Anna began playing the guitar, writing songs and performing when she was only ten years old. During a year abroad in Atlanta, Georgia, Anna put together her first band "Sova" and played at smaller festivals and local clubs. Back in Stockholm she continued her song writing and later also in Lausanne, Switzerland where she besides from studying French also played a few gigs. After almost two years abroad Anna returned to Sweden and began forming the band that now produces her debut album together with Andreas Dahlbäck and Linus Larsson.
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MAGNET

Artist / Band: MAGNET
Song (MP3): HOLD ON
Album: Tourniquet
File Under: Futuristic Country
Label: ultimate dilemma
Info: Magnet equals one Even Johansen of Bergen, Norway, an alluring young troubadour whose gift has made him the premier endeavor of Filter US Recordings.
His music simultaneously follows in the footsteps of traditional folkdom and modern surrealism, treading a neat path between the two. Johansen draws upon a vast array of influences, from the dusty warmth of Gram Parsons to the ethereal electronica of Air, tenderly etching out the mark that is his own unique sound. NME has likened Magnet to artists Tim Buckley and Coldplay, and others have placed him in the ranks of such names as Johnny Cash, Elliott Smith, Beck, and the Doves. Indeed, these comparisons have not been made in vain.
Even’s first forays into musicianship began at an early age. He grew up in the wake of an old four-string guitar owned by his father, a musician who toured the world in a Norwegian Jazz/Swing dance troupe. Later, in Scotland, his love for the lap steel materialized, quickly prompting his ascent into the world of Rock ‘N’ Roll. Even has always had an a fixation on Clint Eastwood and he admits, “That’s when I became a cowboy – I saw this beautiful guitar in the window of a shop in Dumfries and I had to have it.” And have it he did. In fact, it is this guitar sound that brings life to Even’s unique brand of storytelling. Magnet makes highly emotive music, rich with experience and realism, compacted into personal, electrifying, intensely beautiful songs that you will cherish. Songs that will make the hairs on your neck stand on end, songs that you will fall in love with, songs that lift you out of normality and cradle you in cushioned dreams and so much more.
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KATHARINA FRANCK

Artist / Band: KATHARINA FRANCK
Song (MP3): Y-TRACKS TO GET BY
Album: First Take, Second Skin
File Under: Pop
Label: skycap

Info: Born in 1963 in Düsseldorf, grew up in Portugal. From 1974 to 1977, she lived in São Paulo, Brazil, began playing guitar and soon began to write songs in English. Upon returning to Portugal, she had her first band, stage, and studio experiences. In 1981, she left home and moved to Cologne. First German-language attempts at cut-ups, poems, and prose. First singing lessons. In 1983, she moved to Berlin. Supports herself with part-time jobs, always the morning shift, and spends the rest of her time in practice rooms and at the movies.
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BRAZA

Artist / Band: BRAZA
Song (MP3): SON DO BRAZA
Album: Brazonics
File Under: Hip Hop / Rap /
Label: discod.com
Info: Brasil has long been a country known for providing sexy rhythms and erotic culture, as well as its explosive favelas or ‘slums’ made famous by the critically acclaimed movie City of God. It is also a place giving birth to new sounds of international music, ranging from the favela’s baile funk to its own brand of hip hop. The latest movement is being paved by newly formed group, BRAZA which encompasses US Rap, Brasilian music and Funk Carioca. BRAZA, which means 'fire' in Portugese and is slang for Brasil, consists of three members: Cabal, Mr. Bomba and Preto Rima, whom are all established artists/producers individually. All hailing from Sao Paulo, they each bring different skills and sounds to the table. Mr. Bomba, the oldest member of the crew, hails from one of the most influential groups of Brazil "SP Funk," who are responsible for changing Brasilian rap from solely militant political rhymes to a more accessible sound. Bomba is also a top-notch MC and producer with two SP Funk albums under his belt released by Trama Music, the largest and most respected indie label in South America. He also learned English through listening to American hip hop music, drawing influence from the likes of Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z, and Nas. Cabal, called Brasil's breakthrough artist of 2004, is a top rapper well known for his single "Senhorita" – the first song in Brasilian history to sell 100,000 ringtones; and a new tune called "Mexe seu Corpo," which is blazing up the Brasilian airwaves in heavy rotation. In addition to working with BRAZA, Cabal will be releasing his first solo album "Prova Cabal" on Prohiphop/Universal Music Brasil. read more from the source...

COOL CALM PETE

Artist / Band: COOL CALM PETE
Song (MP3): LOST
Album: Lost
File Under: East Coast Rap
Label: http://www.embeddedmusic.net/

Info: Out of the wreckage of a broken junk-bot, emerges unscathed, Cool Calm Pete. One third of the underground outfit Babbletron, Calm Pete is the one whose words come slower. The precision of slow flow may be lost on some, but to the big brain females out there, here comes trouble. His new album, Lost is going to ring bells like Bob James on the first four bars of “Mardi Gras.”
While a child running wild through the streets of New York City, this Queens traditionalist MC studied the manuscripts. Calm Pete understands the last 15 years of rapping. He doesn’t rhyme for the sake of riddling, because he knows better. Calm Pete carries weight. The weight of not being an idiot. He understands his words, he understands his rhyme scheme, he understands why he raps and he understands why he makes beats. There are few other MC’s that are as well versed without coming off like a nerd. It is all balanced because the slow words come from a quick tongue planted firmly in his cheek.
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ACEYALONE

Artist / Band: ACEYALONE
Song (MP3): ALL FOR YOU
Album: Magnificent City
File Under: West Coast Rap
Label: www.deconmedia.com
Info: A founding member of Freestyle Fellowship, Aceyalone played an important role in the evolution of literate hip-hop on the West Coast during an era when hardcore gangsta rap reigned. Following the dissolution of the group, Aceyalone embarked on a solo career that never resulted in enormous success but did allow him to maintain his revered status within the West Coast underground hip-hop scene. He debuted solo on All Balls Don't Bounce (1995) and followed-up with A Book of Human Language (1998). After a three-year absence from the hip-hop scene, Aceyalone returned in 2001 with Accepted Eclectic, an album released by the Ground Control label, which also re-released his debut album. A new label, Project Blowed, issued 2002's Hip Hop and the World We Live In and 2003's Love & Hate, the latter featuring collaborations with El-P and Antipop Consortium. In 2004 Project Blowed secured the rights to All Balls Don't Bounce from Capitol and reissued it with a bonus disc, bringing not only extra music, but reviving the album after many years as an out of print item. Early in 2006, Aceyalone released Magnificent City, a collaboration record with underground producer RJD2. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide read more from the source...

MURMANSK

Artist / Band: MURMANSK
Song (MP3): 2ND FLOOR THRASH
Album: Teeth EP
File Under: Indie
Info: Murmansk hail from Finland and are based in the capital Helsinki. They are currently unsigned but will be relasing their Teeth EP in March 2006.The band play a blend of well crafted indie rock with some fine guitar playing whilst lead singer Elisabeth's voice is superb and is quite defining without dominating the actual songs.
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EX-BOYFRIENDS

Artist / Band: EX-BOYFRIENDS
Song (MP3): WILLINGLY
Album: Dear John
File Under: Pop Punk / Indie / Rock
Label: Absolutely Kosher
Info:.ex–bf.com
Ex-Boyfriends formed in the spring of2003 when guitarist/vocalist Colin Daly and drummer/vocalist Chris Ohnesorge decided to get together and kick their post-band breakup blues by trying out a new musical project. Colin brought in a bunch of songs he was working on and the chemistry was instantaneous.Realizing they needed a third member to make the sound complete, they recruited Peter Harb on bass/vocals and the power trio model fit perfectly. Armed with a truckload of stick-inyour- head songs about their own ex-boyfriends and girlfriends, love gone wrong, addiction, drama-addled friends and the need for you to dance at their shows, Colin, Peter and Chris
are poised to be everyone’s favorite Ex-Boyfriends. Ex-Boyfriends have played with bands
like The Thermals, Rogue Wave, The Heavenly States, The Reputation and Oranger.

CONTROLLER.CONTROLLER

Artist / Band: CONTROLLER.CONTROLLER
Song (MP3): POISON/SAFE
Album: X-Amounts
File Under: Indie / New Wave / Alternative
Label: paperbag records
Info: As Controller.Controller prepare to release their first full-length album, we are asked to consider the “X-amounts”. What are the elusive ingredients that set this band – and, perhaps more importantly, this record – apart from all others? Where will this collection of songs take us? This is, after all, the band that called its first EP, History, thus setting it along a continuum of music past, present and future.
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THE GOSSIP

Artist / Band: THE GOSSIP
Song (MP3): STANDING IN THE WAY OF CONTROL
Album: Standing in the Way of Control
File Under: Punk / Soul / Experimental
Label: K Records
Info: Gossip is young + full of blood. We have existed for 5 years. We are a punk band consisting of 3. We are interested in art, change, the underground, dancing, fashion, punk history, crime and movements. We will nvr die. We are artists, poets, cooks, writers, feminisits, designers, musicians & djs. This is life dedication to action, passion & drive. We are from Arkansas (Beth & Brace) + Washington (Hannah). We have three full length albums ('Movement' + 'Thats not what i heard' + 'Standing in the way of control'), various 7"s & no pets among us. We have toured with Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Le Tigre, Erase Errata, John Spencer Blues Explosion, Stereo Total, White Stripes, Sonic Youth, Sleater Kinney, Har Mar Superstar, Les Georges Leningrad, The Kills, Tracy + the plastics & Glass Candy. We just recorded our new Lp "Standing in the way of control" with Guy Picciotto (hes in Fugazi & has recorded Blonde Redhead, Quixotic, The Crainium, Fugazi and lots of other good shit) & Ryan Hadlock at Bear Creek studios in Seattle (the Lionel Ritchie song 'Dancing on the ceiling' was also recorded there!). The new Lp titled "Standing in the way of control" comes out January 24th on Kill Rock Stars. We will be releasing the "Standing in the way of control" dance 12" October 11th on Krs as well. It comes backed with a remix by our homies Le Tigre & art done by Brace & Kim Gordon. read more from the source...

VOXTROT

Artist / Band: VOXTROT
Song (MP3): MOTHERS, SISTERS, DAUGHTERS & WIVES
Album: MOTHERS, SISTERS, DAUGHTERS & WIVES
File Under: Pop / Indie / Rock
Label: cult hero
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. Voxtrot has toured the US throughout most of 2005 in support of their Raised By Wolves EP, turning heads at SXSW, CMJ and SF Popfest.
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FLAMING LIPS

Artist / Band: FLAMING LIPS
Song (MP3): THE WAND
Album: At War With The Mystics
File Under: Flaming Lips
Info: 'At War With The Mystics' will be released on 3/4 April (depending where you live) and we decided it was time to drag some thoughts about the record out of Lips multi-instrumental maestro Steven Drozd...
Wayne has been describing 'At War With The Mystics' as being more of a rock record than recent efforts, with the Lips being inspired by their live performances of Black Sabbath's 'War Pigs' to get back to playing guitars and building songs from there. Listening to the record, it's easy to see where he's coming from but, beyond the kind of rock grooves you might expect the Lips to bring alongside their riffs, there also seems to be a bit of a weird funk feel bubbling under some of the songs, such as 'Free Radicals' and 'It Overtakes Me'. A Lips-style space funk, if you will... Steven concedes, "Early on in the 'At War' sessions, we started getting into an old new wave funk classic track called 'Ride The White Horse' by this band Laid Back. It's such a simple and silly song and I think it just kinda stayed with us as we were working on stuff..." Not only that but some of the songs like 'Pompeii Am Gotterdammerung', which Steven sings the lead on and describes as 'the one with the Pink Floyd/Doctor Who thing going on', still keep that familiar Lips leaning towards prog (as opposed to the heavier riffs and fuzz of, say, 'The W.A.N.D.') - "I have to agree that an instrumental tune ('The Wizard Turns On') floating along with Rhodes and Synth Flute could probably be called prog! But I do think 'The Soft Bulletin' was way more prog influenced as a record..."
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AVO-8

Artist / Band: AVO-8
Song (MP3): IS THIS THE END?
File Under: Indie
Info: AVO-8 first began way back in the mists of 1979. We are not too concerned about this incarnation, it will be enough to say that there was a single released on Stroppo Records in 1980 called "Gone Wrong" and that two of the protagonists were also involved in the AVO-8 we knew and loved more recently (Stephen Hastie & Kenny Gourlay).
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PARKS AND RECREATION

Artist / Band: PARKS AND RECREATION
Song (MP3): MAYBE THE MOON KNOWS SOMETHING
Album: What was she doing o the shore that night
File Under: Indie Pop
Label: hush records
Info: Parks and Recreation was born out of Michael Johnson’s solo project, Reclinerland when in 2005 the band swelled to a five piece, justifying, even calling for a name change. Michael, together with Anthony Georgis (American Girls), Jason Hughes (Periscope), Joe Ballman (Nordic) and Bob Ham (Rally Boy) have forged an undeniably entertaining live combo. What Was She Doing On The Shore That Night? -- recorded with Adam Selzer at Portland’s Type Foundry Studios (The Decemberists, M Ward, Norfolk and Western, Blanket Music) -- is their debut, bridging the transition from songwriter to tightly knit band.
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MELLOWDRONE

Artist / Band: MELLOWDRONE
Song (MP3): OH MY
Album: Box
File Under: Psychedelic / Rock
Label: 3e/red ink/columbia
Info: Mellowdrone’s singer, guitarist and chief songwriter, Jonathan Bates admits that he has a compulsive streak when it comes to making music. “I don’t like playing a song the same way twice, which will either win people over or do me in,” he says with a laugh. “For me a song is never really done because the possibilities are limitless if you start out with a great chord progression and a strong melody. That’s what fascinates me about songwriting – once you have the foundation, you can build anything you want on top of it and then you can tear it down and start over again.” “I can’t wait to get these songs out on the road with the band” Bates says of Mellowdrones’ upcoming winter tour. “I’ll be like a kid in the candy store because I’ll get a chance to reinvent the songs every night.”
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PLAYLIST MUZORAMA 12 FEBRUARY 2006

THE HORROR THE HORROR - I LOST MY GIRL TO ALCOHOL / THE HORROR THE HORROR
THE APPARITIONS - ELECTRICITY + DRUMS / AS THIS IS FUTURISTIC
MY DARLING YOU! - EVERYTHING, ALLRIGHT?!
EELS - BUS STOP BOXER / LIVE AT TOWN HALL
EINE OLIVER TWIST KOOPERATION - HELIOTROP
LOUIS XIV- LOUIS XIV/LA MIX / LOUIS XIV
UNARMED ENEMIES - THE BINGING
THE MOTORCYCLE BOY - YOU AND ME AGAINST THE WORLD
FIGURINES - RIVALRY / SKELETON
DEVOTCHKA - SUCH A LOVELY THING / HOW IT ENDS
DESTROYER - EUROPEAN OILS / DESTROYER'S RUBIES
YOUNG REPUBLIC -BLUE SKIES / MODERN PLAYS
MOOSE -THE ONLY MAN IN TOWN / HIGH BALL ME
LUCKY MISU - SATURDAY SUNDAY/ DON´T TELL THE KIDS
THE LEFT OUTSIDES - CLOUDS HILL

EELS

Artist / Band: EELS
Song (MP3): BUS STOP BOXER
Album: LIVE AT TOWN HALL
File Under: Indie
Label: http://www.vagrant.com/
Info: You never know what you'll get when you attend an EELS concert. One year it's vocoders and synthesizers, the next it's gritty garage rock. None of this is designed for the sake of versatility so much as it is for answering the deep-rooted creative needs of EELS leader Mark Oliver Everett, aka E. read more from the source...

YOUNG REPUBLIC

Artist / Band: YOUNG REPUBLIC
Song (MP3): BLUE SKIES
Album: MODERN PLAYS

Info: The Young Republic formed during the fall of 2004 in Boston, MA. All nine members enrolled at the same music school and met with in weeks of commencement. They started rehearsing and writing songs and before the semester was over, they performed for a few friends and schoolmates in the cafeteria. As first shows go, it went well enough. Their school wasn’t really crazy about the new band and still isn’t today. Regardless, The Young Republic felt accomplished and kept practicing a couple times a week, excited about the possibilities of more shows in the future. Two days before the winter holiday, the group’s original cellist quit at their Christmas party.read more from the source...

Destroyer

Artist / Band: Destroyer
Song (MP3): European Oils
Album: Destroyer's Rubies
File Under: Pop, Rock
Label: http://www.mergerecords.com/

Info: A new year, 2006, marks the return of Vancouver’s Dan Bejar with his seventh full-length release under the moniker Destroyer. If there has been any precedent set or pattern developed over the previous six recordings in the Destroyer canon, it’s that Bejar holds little regard for convention or expectations. Never one to rest on laurels, each successive Destroyer release always explores new sonic territories and ideas. We love Dan for that. read more from the source...

FIGURINES

Artist / Band: FIGURINES
Song (MP3): RIVALRY
Album: SKELETON
Info: Figurines was formed sometime in the mid 90s by the three childhood friends Christian Hjelm, Andreas Toft, and Claus S. Johansen. In 2001 they recorded the EP “The Detour” and shortly after that they were signed to Morningside Records. Later that year Kristian Volden (AKA Volle) joined the band, completing the ensemble that we see today.
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THE MOTORCYCLE BOY

Artist / Band: THE MOTORCYCLE BOY
Song (MP3): YOU AND ME AGAINST THE WORLD
File Under: Indie Pop
Label: Creation Records
Info: The origins of the Motorcycle Boy go back to Scotland 1985 when a band named after a Fire Engines b-side were formed - Meat Whiplash. They signed to Creation Records releasing one single for that label (which was produced by The Jesus & Mary Chain).
In 1987 the band recruited vocalist Alex Taylor from The Shop Assistants and changed their name to The Motorcycle Boy (from a character in the movie Rumblefish).
They signed to Rough Trade releasing one single for that label before signing to Chrysalis releasing two singles and one album for that label. From Chrysalis they moved onto Nymphaea Pink releasing another couple of singles before calling it a day in 1990.
The definitive line up was Alex Taylor, Paul McDermott, Michael Kerr, Eddy Connolly and David Scott.
More information of other releases Alex Taylor appeared on can be found here.
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UNARMED ENEMIES

Artist / Band: UNARMED ENEMIES
Song (MP3): THE BINGING
Album: UNARMED ENEMIES EP
File Under: Pop / Electronica / Indie
Label: http://www.shaktar.nu/
Info: We're two middle-aged ex-models/actors, just trying to make it in the music industry as well. read more from the source...

LOUIS XIV

Artist / Band: LOUIS XIV
Song (MP3): LOUIS XIV/LA MIX
Album: ILLEGAL TENDER
File Under: Idie Rock
Label: Atlantic/Pineapple Recording Group
Info: Louis XIV: It's really just the name. It's like Led Zeppelin doesn't have much to do with ballons but they are a Rock & Roll band. The same way Louis XIV is a Rock & Roll band. We are just a very unique band. I think nobody sounds like us at the moment; or ever. Our first record we made, we recorded in France. It was a concept-album that had a little more to do with the name Louis XIV. But our new record is a more sexually driven record. It's different in all ways. Everything is not intended to be sort of royal in a way. In fact I usually try to shy away people from things like that. Because we are only a Rock & Roll band. It's sort of you try to say: "Smashing Pumpkins? Do they have anything to do with pumpkins patches or so?" I don't think so!. Or: "Led Zeppelin? Have they anything to do with big ballons flying in the air?" I mean Jimmy Page is Jimmy Page and has nothing to do with ballons, you know. read more from the source...

EINE OLIVER TWIST KOOPERATION

Artist / Band: EINE OLIVER TWIST KOOPERATION
Song (MP3): HELIOTROP
Album: tausend kleine tänze
File Under: Indie
Label: Rewika
Info: Some of you will know about The Oliver Twist Band and »Eine Oliver Twist Kooperation«, their latest incarnation, respectively. Remembering The Oliver Twist’s last release you might expect to find certain names like Die Goldenen Zitronen, Von Spar (with whom Eine Oliver Twist Kooperation share their vocalist), The Robocop Kraus, Liars, or The Make Up in bold type. You are mislead! None of the above will help us clarify the subject matter at hand! read more from the source...

MY DARLING YOU!

Artist / Band: MY DARLING YOU!
Song (MP3): EVERYTHING, ALLRIGHT?!
Album: none
File Under: Indie Pop
Label: Self
Info: My darling YOU! is Christoffer and Klas, from Goteborg and now also Hjalmared. We play popmusic on guitar, bass, organ and drums and synthesizer. Christoffer plays bass. Klas plays guitar and sings. The organ and synth was recorded by Klas once upon a time. The drums were recorded by a computer.We have recorded 2 CD-R, that can be bought, and the third is no longer CD-R but it's push&press.They cost some SEK each and were recorded at home among other places.read more from the source...

THE APPARITIONS

Artist / Band: THE APPARITIONS
Song (MP3): ELECTRICITY + DRUMS
Album: AS THIS IS FUTURISTIC
File Under: Rock / Pop / Indie
Label: http://www.machine-inc.com/
Info: Generally speaking, bands with three guitar players don't play lean-sounding music. The guitars usually overwhelm the other instruments with a wall of sound, and that's not necessarily a bad thing. But The Apparitions, from Lexington, Kentucky, don't pummel listeners with rock even though they have three guitarists (one also plays the keys). Instead, the group's new album, As This Is Futuristic, sounds full but not overwhelming. It's guitar-based power pop that's jangly, fuzzy, and full of infectious energy...read more from the source...

THE HORROR THE HORROR

Artist / Band: THE HORROR THE HORROR
Song (MP3): I LOST MY GIRL TO ALCOHOL
Album: THE HORROR THE HORROR
File Under: Indie
Label: www.tapeterecords.de
Info: First emerging in 2002, The Horror The Horror quickly gained a reputation as one of the most promising bands on the Stockholm club circuit. With their blend of influences including early New York punk bands such as Television, The Modern Lovers and Velvet Underground as well as the British indie scene of the early nineties, The Horror The Horror have developed a unique sound highly appraised by audiences and critics all over Sweden.
Their music combines a seemingly impossible blend of total nonchalance and heartfelt compassion. Holding it all together are the melodies that are the core of The Horror The Horror’s songs.
Awaiting the release of their debut album (scheduled early 2006) this first taste includes two songs from a band that will undoubtedly leave a mark on anyone who hears them.
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Playlist Muzorama 5 February

5WE ARE SCIENTISTS- IN ACTION /THE WOLF'S HOUR
LOVENINJAS - KEEP YOUR LOVE / KEEP YOUR LOVE EP
REUBENS ACCOMPLICE- ALL CHORUS/ THE BULL, THE BALLOON, AND THE FAMILY
THE ELECTED- NOT GOING HOME/ SUN, SUN, SUN
GOODNIGHT MONSTERS - 20 FINGERS 20 TOES
KELLEY STOLTZ - MEMORY COLLECTOR / BELOW THE BRANCHES
THE GLASS FAMILY - SWIMMING IN FICTION / SLEEP INSIDE THIS WHEEL
THE OCTAGON - DON'T BE ALARMED > THE WOLF
HEAD LIKE A KITE - NOICY AT THE CIRCUS / RANDOM PORTRAITS OF THE HOME
RAISING THE FAWN - CARBON PAPER / THE MAGINOT LINE
ROCKY VOTOLATO - PORTLAND IS LEAVING / MAKERS
NEKO CASE- STAR WITNESS / FOX CONFESSOR BRINGS THE FLOOD
DOVEMAN - HONEY / THE ACROBAT
EEF BARZELAY - BALLAD OF BITTER HONEY / BITTER HONEY
PELLE CARLBERG - GO TO HELL, MISS RYDELL /GO TO HELL, MISS RYDELL [EP]

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Doveman

Artist / Band: Doveman
Song (MP3): Honey
Album: Acrobat
File Under: insomnia pop
Label: swim slowly
Info: doveman plays lamp rockdoveman plays insomnia popdoveman likes jasmine tea and single malt scotchdoveman does not live in brooklynwhere is brooklyn?
doveman is:thomas bartlett--voice, piano, wurlitzer, pump organ, harmonium founding member of assembly, sometime member of elysian fields, chocolate genius, and mike doughty's band
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Neko Case

Artist / Band: Neko Case

Song (MP3): Star Witness

Album: Fox Confessor Brings The Flood

File Under: Country

Label: Anti
Info: When it comes to the art of telling tales, Jim Thompson had it pegged. “There are 32 ways to write a story,” the noir author famously observed, “but only one plot: Things are not as they seem.” The story of Neko Case, similarly, could be told a number of different ways; but the facts, as always, yield only a part of the truth.

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ROCKY VOTOLATO

Artist / Band: ROCKY VOTOLATO
Song (MP3): PORTLAND IS LEAVING
Album: MAKERS
File Under: Singer / Songwriter
Label: BARSUK
Info: Singer songwriters are a dime a dozen. Among their ilk, few are able to portray a convincing human quality. Underneath the suffocation layers of overproduction, psuedo-cowboy heartache and disingenuous roots-of-rock posturing, such efforts are simply ineffectual. Somehow, believing the sincerity of a heartbroken performance coming from a rock star making TV appearances to sell hip-young men's urban apparel is becoming increasingly hard to swallow. The recipe may all be in place. The songwriting formula is there. The right vintage instruments might have been played but if there's no heart behind the delivery, the music just falls flat. For those ailing from such an understandably jaded outlook, the music of Rocky Votolato comes as a pleasant change of pace.
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RAISING THE FAWN

Artist / Band: RAISING THE FAWN
Song (MP3): CARBON PAPER
Album: THE MAGINOT LINE
File Under: Indie Rock
Label: sonic unyon records
Info: Born in a bedroom, impatient with the lack of patience in late nineties indie rock, Raising the Fawn was started in 1997 as a one-man show. When you write and play everything yourself, questions are both easily asked and answered. Everything that I originally sought for the music — minimal arrangements, gentle playing, gradual pacing, a reaction against the flailing, manic nature of indie rock — was practically dictated to me by the setup of a guy and his four-track. Even as the debut CD (2001) was released and Raising the Fawn became a live band, the “singer/songwriter” reins stayed firmly in my hands. In retrospect, motivated by both fear and ego, I did little to change that hierarchy for a long while.. read more from the source...

The Glass Family

Artist / Band: The Glass Family
Song (MP3): Swimming In Fiction
Album: Sleep Inside This Wheel
File Under: Powerpop / Indie / Rock
Label: I Eat Records
Info: Austin's The Glass Family's debut is a showcase of brilliantly subtle and well crafted pop that explodes into epic orchestral compositions, complete with twinkling keys, horns, and catchy hooks. RIYD: Wilco, Spoon, Death Cab

Kelley Stoltz

Artist / Band: Kelley Stoltz
Song (MP3): Memory Collector
Album: Below the Branches
File Under: Indie Pop
Label: sub pop
Info: San Francisco home-recording multi-instrumentalist Kelley Stoltz spent the better part of the past three years promoting and distributing his last album himself. "I finished Antique Glow in 2001, but found myself without a label when it was ready for release. So, being a vinyl nut, I decided to press up a couple hundred and, to save some money, painted all the covers myself. I sold them at shows and stores all around San Francisco. After that the record took on a life of its own." And, this life of its own involved an eventual domestic CD release on San Francisco's Jackpine Social Club, as well as considerable UK press attention. Antique Glow garnered a 4-star review and a "Mojo Rising" feature in MOJO magazine, as well as critical praise in Ptolemaic Terrascope, Uncut, Record Collector and on BBC6 radio. At year's end Antique Glow was ranked #24 in MOJO's "40 Best Albums of 2004," described as, "a time capsule only recently discovered…a jamboree grab-bag of delights filled with everything from psychedelic folk and cosmic troubadour pop to garage-rock and lysergic r&b…one of the year's major finds." Kelley's new album, Below the Branches, picks up where Antique Glow left off, combining psych rock, folk, blues and pop in its 13 tracks, exploring new, piano-driven directions as well. It's an album of improvisational pop, alchemically blending influences with results that are both timeless and new. Kelley and his band (Sean Coleman, Kevin Ink, Shayde Sartin, and John Hofer) will tour extensively with the release of Below the Branches. read more from the source...

GOODNIGHT MONSTERS

Artist / Band: GOODNIGHT MONSTERS
Song (MP3): 20 Fingers 20 Toes
Album: The Brain That Wouldn't Die
File Under: Lo Fi / Indie
Label: Bone Voyage Recording Company
Info: In the spring of 2004 Matti Jasu and Valtteri Virtanen decided to make an albumful of songs and record them with no particular reason why. Guess they didn’t have anything better to do. They had met each other just a couple of times and had never played together before. With no real musical direction they started to make songs. Probably because they are fans of bands such as Flaming Lips, Beach Boys, Flipper’s Guitar and Teenage Fanclub the result was melodic and quirky pop music.The album opener “Girls” was made during their first afternoon session. It was soon followed by “Phone Booth”, “Demonstrator” and so on. Soon after the first songs were ready they started recording them in Matti’s livingroom. Every idea was tried out. When the summer ended the album, titled as “The Brain That Wouldn’t Die”, was finished. After coming up with a groovy name, they started to look like a real band. Great!With the addition of drummers Kece and later Jussi Rantanen and bass player Markus Jalonen, Goodnight Monsters came alive. And God only knows what they’re going to do next! read more from the source...