PLAYLIST MUSICHALL 29 DECEMBER

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Digital Base - The 2 Change (CDR / Vatican House promo)
Andrea Lai - Fresh Funk (CDR / Beat Pressure promo)
Plump DJs - System Addict (Finger Lickin)
Madox feat Cabal - El Magnifico (Mantra)
fRew & the Shopliftas - Bermuda Nights (CDR / Vacation promo)
The Aston Shuffle - For Everyone (Klaus Hill Remix) (CDR / Hussle N Bussle promo)
Moston & Malente - Fucked Up (Stupid Fresh Remix) (Splank)
30Hz feat Yolanda - Daddio (Lot49)
Ragga Twins & Aquasky - Let Me See Your Hands (BODY SNATCHERS - Crank Dat mix) (777)
The Autobots Vs Screwface- Flesh Eater (General Midi Mix) (Broke)
Future Funk Squad - Towards The Sun (R3volve Remix) (Default Records)

PLAYLIST MUZORAMA 25 NOVEMBER

Kate Tucker & The Sons Of Sweden

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Hammer No More The Fingers - O.R.G.Y.

Get Well Soon - If This Head Is Missing I Have Gone Hunting

King Of Prussia - Misadventures Of The Campaign Kids

Yeasayer - Sunrise

Capgun Coup - Fucked

The Whitsundays - Sorry James

Condor Moments - Butlin's Rash

People Noise - A Million Lives

Murder Mystery - Love Astronaut

Zillionaire - The Gardener

The Ginger Envelope - Failsafe

Wisely - Through Any Window

Kate Tucker & The Sons Of Sweden - Everything Went Down

The Dimes - Jersey Kid

Emily Jane White - Bessie Smith

PLAYLIST Muzorama 18 November

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GEORGIE JAMES - NEED YOUR NEEDS

TIGERCITY - ARE YOU SENSATION

THE WOMBATS - KILL THE DIRECTOR

CUT OFF YOUR HANDS - YOU AND I

FOREIGN BORN - INTO YOUR DREAM

INNER PARTY SYSTEM - DON'T STOP

VAMPIRE WEEKEND - MANSARD ROOF

SOMETHING FOR ROCKETS - STUCK IN NEUTRAL

SOFT - HIGHER

THE BUDDYREVELLES - MOODS OF...

THURSTON MOORE - FRI/END

WEST INDIAN GIRL - TO DIE IN LA

YOAV - BEAUTIFUL LIE

ATHLETE - AIRPORT DISCO

DOVEMAN - SUNRISE

GEORGIE JAMES

ARTIST / BAND: GEORGIE JAMES

SONG (MP3): NEED YOUR NEEDS

ALBUM: Places

FILE UNDER: Rock / Classic Rock / Indie

LABEL: saddle creek

INFO: When Q And Not U disbanded in 2005, drummer John Davis turned to his singer-songwriter friend, Laura Burhenn, to forge something new. At first the two seemed like an unlikely pair. John had spent the past seven years releasing records with his bandmates on Dischord and touring the world. Laura, on the other hand, had been releasing solo projects on her own label, Laboratory Records, and playing smaller venues on the east coast and in L.A. How could they find common ground?

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TIGERCITY

ARTIST / BAND: TIGERCITY

SONG (MP3): ARE YOU SENSATION

ALBUM: Pretend Not To Love

FILE UNDER: Pop / Rock / Disco House

INFO: Tigercity is a POP BAND. We love POP MUSIC. This is why we are getting SMOOTHER AND SMOOTHER. Maybe, one day, our smoothness will allow us to live on AN ISLAND. Maybe we will call it TIGERCITY. It will be the smoothest of all islands...
Tigercity was formed in Northampton, MA in the fall of 2004. By summer 2005, Tigercity had themselves a DIY, bedroom electronics-style demo and started working with long time friend/engineer-producer Al Carlson (Brazilian Girls). In two months, Tigercity and Al Carlson molded the process-heavy demo tracks into what became the Tigercity EP (Forge Records). One of the tracks, Time Card appeared on the VICE Magazine CD/DVD Vol. 1 sampler in February, 2006. read more from the source...

THE WOMBATS

ARTIST / BAND: THE WOMBATS

SONG (MP3): KILL THE DIRECTOR

ALBUM: The Wombats

FILE UNDER: Indie / Pop Punk / Alternative

LABEL: 14th Floor Records

INFO: The WOMBATS are a three piece band from Liverpool whose own brand of shimmering, dance fuelled indie disco pop has grabbed many an ear and tapping toe of late.
Born in the bustle of the local music scene just two years ago, they comprise two native Liverpudlians: front man Matthew Murphy, provider of voice/guitar/keyboards and drummer/backing-vocalist Dan Haggis. Scuzzy basslines and additional ammo are provided by Tord Øverland Knudsen, a Viking who has made his home in the city.
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CUT OFF YOUR HANDS

ARTIST / BAND: CUT OFF YOUR HANDS

SONG (MP3): YOU AND I

ALBUM: Cut Off Your Hands

FILE UNDER: Powerpop / Punk / Pop

LABEL: 679 Recordings

INFO: Cut Off Your Hands play a skittering, art-influenced brand of indie rock with a noticeable proto-punk influence as showcased on their debut EP, Shaky Hands which is self-recorded and features the student radio single "You and I". A better description of their sound may come from the influences list which includes post-punk acts like Arab on Radar, Q And Not U, Ex-Models, Gang of Four, The Cure, Death From Above 1979, Whirlwind Heat, Joy Division and Split Enz.

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FOREIGN BORN

ARTIST / BAND: FOREIGN BORN

SONG (MP3): INTO YOUR DREAM

ALBUM: On The Wing Now

FILE UNDER: Melodramatic Popular Song / Ambient / Folk Rock

LABEL: Dim Mak

INFO: FB began in San Francisco during the late summer months of 2003, only to quickly relocate down south to Los Angeles. We recorded and self-released our first 12" single "We Had Pleasure" b/w "Escape" in 2004. A few months later came our debut EP "In the Remote Woods" via StarTime International Records. Before, during and after some months of US and UK touring with Rogue Wave, Jason Collette, Cold War Kids, Giant Drag and We Are Scientists, (mostly on vegetable oil we'll have you know!) we found time to record our first full length album "On the Wing Now" in the Winter of 2005/Spring of 2006. We sold about 500 or so self released, hand-made copies during a few of the aforementioned tours, but have now officially released the album via Dim Mak Records as of August 21st, 2007! We're already working on new songs, day-dreaming of recording our next album and will definitely be hitting that road again soon in the near future.

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INNER PARTY SYSTEM

ARTIST / BAND: INNER PARTY SYSTEM

SONG (MP3): DON'T STOP

ALBUM: EP

FILE UNDER: Rock, Electro, Indie

LABEL: Stolen Transmission

INFO: Inner Party System Electronic from Philly- "Super catchy hooks and beats!"
City-State "Interpol-esque indie rock from DC and Philly."
A Study in Her "Indie-electronic crossing genres, dropping heavy beats, and quirky guitars. Last Philly show for a while!"
Stamen and Pistils "Indie lo-fi from DC. Pop songs draped in a wall of noise, a-la the Postal Service and My Bloody Valentine."

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VAMPIRE WEEKEND

ARTIST / BAND: VAMPIRE WEEKEND

SONG (MP3): MANSARD ROOF

ALBUM: Mansard Roof

FILE UNDER: Punk / New Wave / Classical

LABEL: XL Recordings

INFO: The name of this band is Vampire Weekend. They are specialists in the
following styles: "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa", "Upper West Side Soweto",
"Campus", and "Oxford Comma Riddim."

Vampire Weekend are Ezra Koenig (vocals / guitar), Rostam Batmanglij
(keyboards / vocals), Chris Baio (bass) and Christopher Tomson (drums).

They live in New York and met while studying at Columbia University,
forming the band in the spring of 2006.

In June 2007 the New York Times wrote that "Even without an album,
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SOMETHING FOR ROCKETS

ARTIST / BAND: SOMETHING FOR ROCKETS

SONG (MP3): STUCK IN NEUTRAL

ALBUM: One Track Mind

FILE UNDER: Indie / Electronica / Rock

LABEL: http://originalsignalrecordings.com

INFO: Something for Rockets is an American alternative rock band out of Los Angeles, California. Something For Rockets infuse hypnotic dance-floor beats with lush melody and poignant lyrics. Evocative, intelligent, and stylish, the result is a sound that is both vintage and future, dark and playful, and all anchored by the romantic sentiment of young and hopeless-self-destruction. The band includes Rami Perlman on vocals and guitar, Josh Eichenbaum on keyboards, and Barry Davis on drums. Their first album is titled Something for Rockets. The band is currently working on their second record with former Blink 182 and current +44 front man, Mark Hoppus.

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SOFT

ARTIST / BAND: SOFT

SONG (MP3): HIGHER

ALBUM: Gone Faded

FILE UNDER: Rock

INFO: SOFT is the sound of five guys making one big sound: spacey, shimmering, beautiful rock music. Fans of huge soccer stadium sing-alongs, gigantic layers of lush guitars, and bouncy beats, say hello to your new favorite band. RIYL: Stone Roses, My Bloody Valentine, and early U2.

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THE BUDDYREVELLES

ARTIST / BAND: THE BUDDYREVELLES

SONG (MP3): MOODS OF...

ALBUM: Don't Quit

FILE UNDER: Indie / Rock / Progressive

LABEL: Solitaire records

INFO: he Buddyrevelles were formed in 1997 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin by Aaron Grant (guitar & vocals), Scott Hoch (bass & vocals), and Dan Reinholdt (drums).

In 1998, the band recorded and released their first album, September, November on Motorcoat Records and subsequently relocated to Chicago. The album’s melodic layered guitars, vulnerable vocals, taut over-driven bass, and propulsive drumming introduced the band’s distinct but accessible pop sound to the public. Their second album, American Matador was released in 2000. Through it, the band showed a willingness to experiment with increasingly complex song structures and inspired instrumental breaks while managing to keep their sound firmly rooted in the indie-rock idiom. read more from the source...

THURSTON MOORE

ARTIST / BAND: THURSTON MOORE

SONG (MP3): FRI/END

ALBUM: Trees Outside the Academy

FILE UNDER: Experimental

LABEL: Ecstatic Peace

INFO: It’s Thurston’s first solo outing since 1995’s Psychic Hearts. Of course, Thurston’s been releasing records here, there and everywhere mostly in the context of rowdy and rambunctious noise/improv escapades but this new one is killer diller SONGS! Unlike Psychic Hearts’ skeletal trio rock, this new jammer, 12 years post, has a far fuller bouquet of sonic depth and proves this Sonic dude to have a very real songwriting life outside of the legendary Sonic Youth (of which he is a founding figure, duh).

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WEST INDIAN GIRL

ARTIST / BAND: WEST INDIAN GIRL

SONG (MP3): TO DIE IN LA

ALBUM: 4th and Wall

FILE UNDER: Psychedelic / Indie / Rock

LABEL: Milan Records

INFO: Alluring and revolutionary, bright and buoyant, exemplary in their ability to evolve from what is expected, the Los Angeles-based musical collective known as West Indian Girl has created its majestic, engaging sophomore disc 4th & Wall, their first and long anticipated release for Milan (Emilie Simon, Lisa Gerard). On an album brimming with instant, artful pop classics, this one-time studio duo turned living, breathing modern rock sextet has vaulted beyond the electronic banner under which it once uncomfortably resided.

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YOAV

ARTIST / BAND: YOAV

SONG (MP3): BEAUTIFUL LIE

ALBUM: Charmed & Strange

FILE UNDER: Alternative / Indie / Pop

LABEL: Field Recordings

INFO: Imagine a record that matches the leftfield edge of Beck or Radiohead with the kind of sure-footed pop hooks Justin Timberlake's people would write a blank cheque for. A record which vividly conjures the life of an insightful outsider, set to the dark, loping rhythms of Massive Attack or Portishead. A record built around a voice that's as sweetly expressive as it is richly soulful. Then imagine that every single sound of it, including the bass & the drums, is performed by one man on his amazingly versatile guitar. That record is Charmed & Strange.

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Athlete

ARTIST / BAND: Athlete

SONG (MP3): Airport Disco

ALBUM: Beyond the Neighbourhood

FILE UNDER: Alternative

LABEL: Astralwerks

INFO: Friends since the age of fourteen, Athlete took their wide ranging influences such as Grandaddy and The Flaming Lips and started jamming and practicing in the basement of The Bear, a pub which was converted into a church and sandwich bar, on Deptford High Street in 1999. They began recording there, before sending demos out. Signing with Regal Recordings, they released their first single in February 2002. The band came to prominence in 2003 with their debut album, Vehicles and Animals, producing popular singles such as "You Got the Style" and "El Salvador". The album earned a Mercury Music Prize nomination and went on to sell over 250,000 copies.

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Doveman

ARTIST / BAND: Doveman

SONG (MP3): Sunrise

ALBUM: With My Left Hand I Raise the Dead

FILE UNDER: Alternative / Indie / Experimental

LABEL: http://www.brassland.org

INFO: Doveman is 25-year old Thomas Bartlett and a select group of collaborators. On his sophomore album, With My Left Hand I Raise the Dead, the band includes banjo player Sam Amidon, a folk singer and old childhood friend; drummer Dougie Bowne, sideman to Iggy Pop, the Lounge Lizards, and Cassandra Wilson; guitarist and conjurer Shahzad Ismaily, who has previously appeared with that magical trifecta -- Marc Ribot, the Master Musicians of Joujouka, and Rage Against the Machine; and trumpeter Peter Ecklund, an expert in genres like swing and dixieland jazz. At various times there are various others. Doveman does not rehearse, but they sure can play.

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Booka Shade

ARTIST / BAND: Booka Shade

SONG (MP3): Number

ALBUM: DJ Kicks - Booka Shade

FILE UNDER: Electro / Techno / Electronica

LABEL: !K7

INFO:German electro-techno duo Booka Shade shamelessly walk the line between minimal and anthemic with their club-rockin' basslines and funk goodness, earning a fan in Black Eyed Pea Will.I.Am who sampled Shade's 'Body Language' in his own 'Get Your Money.' Together, the two -- Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier -- founded Berlin's well-respected Get Physical label and churned out club hits from DJ T. and M.A.N.D.Y., lest we mention Shade's own productions.

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PLAYLIST Muzorama 4 November

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THE FIERY FURNACES - EX-GURU

THE RAVEONETTES - DEAD SOUND

TIGER! TIGER! - SO YOU WON’T DECEIVE ME

MARITIME - BE UNHAPPY

THE SILVER SEAS - IMAGINARY GIRL

EARWIG - CICADA

BRING BACK THE GUNS - IN PILES/ON FILE

THE FORMS - KNOWLEDGE IN HAND

DICK PRALL - HALFWAY TO HOLLYWOOD

HELL ON WHEELS - GONE TOO FAR

KATE TUCKER & THE SONS OF SWEDEN - FASTER THAN CARS

GOLDEN DEATH MUSIC - THE UNMAKING

MELOU - SWEET LOVE

DIVISION DAY - MORE THAN THIS

TORPEDO - ASSEMBLY LINE

Muscles

ARTIST / BAND: Muscles

SONG (MP3): Sweaty

ALBUM: Guns, Babes, Lemonade

FILE UNDER: Gospel / Techno / Soul

LABEL: modular

INFO: In 1994, an Australian scientist began what would become his most acknowledged experiment.

Successfully obtaining an orphan male in the Australian outback, he built a glass chamber and placed the child inside with four glistening objects; two keyboards and two strobe lights. He named the child Muscles.

Withdrawn from the outside world the scientist ensured Muscles tasted the glorious elements of life; 90s pop singles, trance compilations and SNES games glowing into his eyes, resonating through the glass.

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Dub Spencer & Trance Hill

ARTIST / BAND: Dub Spencer & Trance Hill

SONG (MP3): Supercops

ALBUM: Return Of The Supercops

FILE UNDER: Dub / Reggae / Electronica

LABEL: Echo Beach

INFO: In 2006 do not expect to see the new heroes of the spaghetti western galloping over tinted purple fields; instead todays heroes ride their monster dub through the urban jungle of the 21st century. And if youre expecting the Swiss asphalt cowboys to deliver syrupy country tunes, then hit the off pronto and youll find what youre looking for between space echo and plate reverb at the drop on 3. Like their celluloid namesakes, DUB SPENCER & TRANCE HILL into town armed with heavy reggae grooves and space electro sounds, all carried by pumping bass lines that almost hypnotically clear the path top the centre and gently caress your innards.

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Division Day

ARTIST / BAND: Division Day
SONG (MP3): More Than This
ALBUM: Covers/Remixes

FILE UNDER: Rock / Pop / Alternative
LABEL: www.eeniemeenie.com

INFO: The L.A.-based foursome's debut full-length Beartrap Island stands as a wildly diverse combination of both supremely hard-hitting and finely-shaded exploratory tracks. Like its rather portentous title might suggest, the album takes the listener on a tour of a mysterious and ultra-moody place, where they will find scenes of both utter exhilaration and fearsome foreboding. It's a place that might, just might, refer in passing to the band's adopted hometown of Los Angeles.

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Melou

ARTIST / BAND: Melou

SONG (MP3): Sweet Love

ALBUM: Communication

FILE UNDER: Blues / Soul / Reggae

LABEL: Whatabout Music

INFO: How would you expect a band to sound that formed in Guatemala and then evolved in Boston, New York, Amsterdam, Utrecht, Switzerland, and Barcelona? It's a sound as diverse as the players themselves...
Melou is an eclectic group of international musicians from completely different backgrounds. Led by the incredibly soulful and powerful voice of Boston native Annie Goodchild, the sound is a true blend of blues, jazz, folk, reggae, bossanova, swing, and soul.

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Golden Death Music

ARTIST / BAND: Golden Death Music

SONG (MP3): The Unmaking

ALBUM: Ephemera Blues

FILE UNDER: Psychedelic / Electronica / Other

LABEL: Helmet Room Recordings

INFO: Golden Death Music does more than glint, his music truly shines like the sun! I’m more than impressed, his latest homemade album Ephemera Blues is by far the best guitar-orientated music that I have heard since Elliot Smith’s Either/Or (RIP), although it sounds nothing like him really, so ignore all that. Instead I’ll take the radical step of saying what Ephemera Blues does sound like. In short, it sounds much like the artist’s name itself: it is golden death music. It is like death, but not horror show death or anything ghastly like death metal death, but something more ancient, more spiritual, more intangible - not something to be afraid of, but something to embrace, something blissful: an opium dream - something golden.

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Kate Tucker & The Sons of Sweden

ARTIST / BAND: Kate Tucker & The Sons of Sweden

SONG (MP3): Faster Than Cars

ALBUM: Kate Tucker & The Sons of Sweden

FILE UNDER: Indie / Pop / Rock

LABEL: Red Valise

INFO: She sounds like a cross between Beth Orton and Neko Case. Thanks to a move from Ohio to Seattle, now everybody is starting to take notice.

Kate Tucker and the Sons of Sweden's debut record is starting to gain a lot of momentum, thanks to the slow motion soundtrack that is the track "Faster Than Cars," a song that gently delivers a soft riff on the electric guitar. Soon, a slow/mid tempo feel sucks you in as the band shuffles through a seductive beat.

The new record was recorded in a barn with Ryan Hadlock who has produced Blonde Redhead, The Gossip and The Octopus Project.

Fellow Seattle native Damien Jurado also shows up for background vocals on the track, "In the End."

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Hell On Wheels

ARTIST / BAND: Hell On Wheels

SONG (MP3): Gone too far

ALBUM: Little Darla has a

FILE UNDER: Indie / Powerpop / Melodramatic Popular Song

LABEL: www.hybrism.com

INFO: The band started up the machine during autumn 1994. Without dreams of stardom they simply played for love of making songs. During a festival(Emmaboda) 1998 they had the chance to play to a bigger audience and since then their lives been devoted to their music. Three albums have been made. one compilation as a ten year celebrationalbum. A big number of singles and also some ep´s. Now the band have played all around the world, over 300 show´s been made. Still there´s the thrill at rehearsal when a new song´s been made and then be able to play it for the fans. Music is great! HOW 2007/09/15
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Dick Prall

ARTIST / BAND: Dick Prall

SONG (MP3): Halfway To Hollywood

ALBUM: Weightless

FILE UNDER: Indie / Pop / Rock

LABEL: Authentic Records

INFO: Based in Chicago and born in Iowa, singer/songwriter Dick Prall comes to his easygoing – and sometimes goofy – manner quite naturally. In person, he’s charming, often peppering his conversations with clever asides wherever possible. Though he readily admits to enjoying the embrace of company, it was Prall’s exploration of what he calls “autonomy” that brought a whole new spin to his latest work.read more from the source...

Bring Back The Guns

ARTIST / BAND: Bring Back The Guns

SONG (MP3): In Piles/On File

ALBUM: Dry Futures

FILE UNDER: Experimental / Indie / Punk

INFO: About a year in the making, about 2.5 years in the sitting-on, Dry Futures is our debut full-length, following a bunch of EP's, split-EP's, split-7 inches and compilation appearances. Not to mention heavy touring, victoriously explosive homecomings, breakdowns in communication, joy, abject frustration, imminent property destruction, side projects, glee and threats of actual gun violence.

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Earwig

ARTIST / BAND: Earwig

SONG (MP3): Cicada

ALBUM: Center Of The Earth

FILE UNDER: Indie / Alternative / Rock

LABEL: http://www.lizardfamily.com/

INFO: Tune in as Earwig begins their rise to the top of the Rock 'n' Roll mountain, all while being thrown into the thick of a mind-control scheme by megalomanical record executives who want to control the world! Lizard McGee (guitar), Matt Wagner (bass) and Justin Crooks (drums) struggle as an aspiring garage band that is discovered by a shady Major Label record boss, who runs an industry powerhouse. The Major Label record company soon begins grooming them for overnight success. Unbeknownst to the band, the Major Label record company’s real intent is to brainwash young people, with subliminal messages inserted in CDs to assure a healthy record sales. Never fear! The Earwig crew soon latch on to the real deal behind their new label and are forced to choose between their burgeoning rock-star success and doing what's right for future music lovers.

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The Silver Seas

ARTIST / BAND: The Silver Seas

SONG (MP3): Imaginary Girl

ALBUM: High Society

FILE UNDER: Pop / Indie / Alternative

LABEL: Cheap Lullaby Records

INFO: Daniel Tashian, lead singer and chief songwriter of Nashville-based quartet The Silver Seas, claims that the inspiration for the bittersweet pop songs on the group’s Cheap Lullaby debut didn’t come from a romantic breakup, some unrequited love or any of the typical catalysts for tunes like these, which teeter thrillingly between hopefulness and heartbreak. Tashian says it was sitcoms.

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Maritime

ARTIST / BAND: Maritime
SONG (MP3): Be Unhappy
ALBUM: Heresy and the Hotel Choir
FILE UNDER: Indie / Pop / Rock
Label: Flameshovel / Grand Hotel van Cleef / Bad News

INFO: There’s this song by Ned’s Atomic Dustbin (remember them?) whose title I always liked: “The Old New Un.” I always figured that it meant they’d taken an old idea and made something fresh from it; then again, maybe it’s about fish and chips. Anyway, I heard that song not long ago, and it made me think about Maritime. Dan Didier, who plays the drums, said something to me—and he said it sincerely, not giving me some marketing spiel—about how Heresy and the Hotel Choir, his band’s third album, really feels like their first. Why is that, you ask? There’s a reason, and it doesn’t discount the contemplative, mellow chewiness of 2004’s Glass Floor or the comparatively brash rockingess of 2006’s We, The Vehicles. It’s just to say that those records (and subsequent tours) were inspired by the energy of flux, and this one is about solidity. Glass Floor took tentative steps away from Didier and singer-guitarist Davey von Bohlen’s old band, the damn-near-legendary Promise Ring (remember them?), adding former Dismemberment Plan bassist Eric Axelson to the mix. Slow chaos followed: Somewhere in there, Axelson left; other people came and went, all amicably.

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Tiger! Tiger!

ARTIST / BAND: Tiger! Tiger!

SONG (MP3): So You Won’t Deceive Me

ALBUM: A Kind of Goodnight

FILE UNDER: Garage / Rock

LABEL: Chicken Ranch Records

INFO: Tiger! Tiger! roars back with their new album. Sixteen sexy, catchy songs that carry the noir-ish theme of debut album "Collisions" while managing to rock even harder than it's predecessor.

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The Raveonettes

ARTIST / BAND: The Raveonettes

SONG (MP3): Dead Sound

ALBUM: Lust Lust Lust

FILE UNDER: Indie Rock

LABEL: Fierce Panda

INFO: The Raveonettes are a Danish Rock & Roll duo consisting of Sune Rose Wagner (on guitar, instruments, vocals) and Sharin Foo (on bass and vocals). Their music is characterized by close two-part vocal harmonies inspired by The Everly Brothers^{[citation needed]}, coupled with hard-edged electric guitar overlaid with liberal doses of noise. Their songs juxtapose the structural and chordal simplicity of 50s and 60s rock with intense electric instrumentation, driving beats and often dark lyrical content, similar to another of the band's influences, The Velvet Underground.

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The Fiery Furnaces

ARTIST / BAND: The Fiery Furnaces

SONG (MP3): Ex-Guru

ALBUM: Widow City

FILE UNDER: Rock

LABEL: Thrill Jockey

INFO: The Fiery Furnaces are a U.S. indie rock band formed in Brooklyn, New York, in 2000.^[1] The band's primary members are Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger. The brother and sister are originally from Oak Park, Illinois, a near-western suburb of Chicago.The band signed with the Rough Trade music label in 2002, and recorded their debut album, Gallowsbird's Bark, the same year. Released in the autumn of 2003, that album garnered critical praise for its clever wordplay and original songwriting^{[citation needed]} and was often compared in the press to The White Stripes^{[citation needed]} due to the garage blues elements of the band’s sound and the fact that the band are siblings, though, in the case of The White Stripes this was a misconception perpetrated and encouraged by the band itself.

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The Forms

ARTIST / BAND: The Forms

SONG (MP3): Knowledge in hand

ALBUM: The Forms

FILE UNDER: Indie / Experimental / Rock

LABEL: Threespheres

INFO:"Making this album was a pretty painful process," admits Forms frontman Alex Tween when asked about the band's follow-up to 2004's incredibly well-received, Pitchfork-approved debut Icarus—and, to be honest, his comment is a bit of an understatement. Recorded consecutively over a 50-day period in Illinois with Steve Albini (Nirvana, the Pixies) at Electrical Audio and assisted by Greg Norman (Built To Spill, Pelican) at Great Western Record Recorders, the process tested the New York act's limits of the band's sonics and sanity in ways that most of us couldn't even begin to imagine. "We couldn't afford to take one day off because we'd already paid for the studio time; all for 30 minutes of music, which works out to 35 seconds a day," frontman Alex Tween explains, "but we're really proud of how it came out."

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