VEGA

Artist / Band: VEGA
Song (MP3): THE LOVE SONG OF HAROLD AND MARION
Album: For Retarded Lovers
File Under: Indie pop
Label: Decoder Records
Info: Vega was formed in Stockholm in 1998 by singer and songwriter Nils-Erik Sandberg and double bass player Johan Berthling with the intention to write beautiful songs and perform them in a hauntingly slow fashion. The first single "How I feel/Hotel II" was reviewed as "a soundtrack for a funeral" by a Swedish rock magazine. read more from the source...

THE FRICTION BROTHERS

Artist / Band: THE FRICTION BROTHERS
Song (MP3): DON’T LEAVE ME ALONE TONIGHT
Album: The Summer Of Friction
File Under: Indie
Label: sfr records
Info: Hailing from Portland, OR, The Friction Brothers bring you tales of down-and-out characters, elliptical commentaries and chronicles of lovesick hallucinations, forming and impressionistic song cycle about summer on their release, The Summer of Friction. Drawing favorable comparisons to a remarkably disparate range of influential musical acts (for one such example, a fan remarked, “…you sound like the Velvet Underground and Creedence Clearwater Revival – at the same time…”), The Friction Brothers do not rely on any single reference point while creating their music; instead, they seem to be a receptacle into which people pour their hopes and dreams for what the next great rock band should sound like. read more from the source...

METAL HEARTS

Artist / Band: METAL HEARTS
Song (MP3): – SOCIALIZE
Album: SOCIALIZE
File Under: Indie
Label: suicide squeeze
Info: Growing up is a bitch; it is just that simple. It’s a heartbreaking mix of bullies, break-ups, and braces. Finding your voice in that mess of hormones is a daunting task that irks many of us through our adult life. Yet somehow in the thick of it all, Baltimore duo and avid shoplifters Metal Hearts have musically found a way to reassemble and redefine those woes into a record that is as refined as it is raw. read more from the source...

ELEFANT

Artist / Band: ELEFANT
Song (MP3): THE CLOWN
Album: THE BLACK MAGIC SHOW
File Under: Indie Rock
Label: Hollywood Records
Info: You might expect a certain kind of attitude from a band such as Elefant. Touring with Interpol and getting your videos played by M2 after only one short year together might breed a certain kind of egotistic monster. I half-expected to meet a pack of aloof, cocksure rock stars busy hatching plans for an egregious concept album about witches. Instead, I sat down to a late dinner with a group of sane, workmanlike young musicians who oozed sincerity like their burgers did chili sauce.
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DECORATION

Artist / Band: DECORATION
Song (MP3): INTERCOM
Album: I Tried It, I Liked It, I Loved It
File Under: Indie Rock
Label: SL Records
Info: Decoration aim to grip your emotions with a simple recipe of shimmering, interfering guitars and a reflection on real life; three parts Bolton, one part London and now based mainly in the capital, they make soaring atmospheric pop in the classic indie tradition. Hailed for the last 12 months as one of the best unsigned bands in the UK, their unreleased songs still somehow have the knack of getting regular radio play at both home and abroad, including Sessions for the late great John Peel and Huw Stephens on Radio One, and a number of local radio stations across the country.

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MOMMY AND DADDY

Artist / Band: MOMMY AND DADDY
Song (MP3): PRETTY LOSER
Album: DUEL AT DAWN
File Under: Punk / Indie / Death Metal
Label: Kanine Records

BAUMER

Artist / Band: BAUMER
Song (MP3):
Album: COME ON, FEEL IT
File Under: Indie Pop / Power Pop
Label: Astro Magnetics
Info: Baumer’s story begins late ‘03 in Columbia, SC with guitarist Kenny McWilliams, who was working in his garage-studio on a low-key solo project. McWilliams invited Nate Boykin down to his studio to try out some vocals over his project; the results were favorable and the two soon began collaborating and recording demos. However, what started as mellow acoustic guitars and lounge beats morphed into upbeat, dance-able rock. The more McWilliams and Boykin worked together, the more they began surprising themselves. “It wasn’t like anything we had done before,” says Boykin. “We didn’t really limit ourselves and we didn’t really have an agenda.” read more from the source...

DAKAR & GRINSER

Artist / Band: DAKAR & GRINSER
Song (MP3): WILD ROMANCE
Album: TRIUMPH OF FLESH
File Under: Alternative Electro
Label: Disco B
Info: Unwittingly or not Dakar & Grinser personify the ugly side of rave culture. They’re thugs, purely and simply. Dakar’s lyrics are twisted and surrealistic, loaded with bizarre pop culture references, drug slang, and menacing sexuality. Appropriately, their sound is as convoluted. Their music relies heavily on the sound and rhythm of techno, spiked with '70s rock licks and swirling Moroder’s arpeggios. They’re so post-modern that they’re unique. They don’t sample, but they borrow melodies and sentences and in the process they commit rock blasphemy.read more from the source...

SKAGEN

Artist / Band: SKAGEN
Song (MP3): NEVER-ENDING TIME
Album: SORRY, SUN!
File Under: Indie Rock
Label: Waggle-Daggle Records

TOM VEK

Artist / Band: TOM VEK
Song (MP3): C C (YOU SET THE FIRE IN ME)
Album: WE HAVE SOUND
File Under: Indie / Rock / Electronica/ Low Fi Pop
Label: Island
Info: 24 year old londoner TOM VEK is a multi-instrumentalist, an incisive lyricist, a musician at home with equally raw, but wildly differing aesthetics.
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PLAYLIST MUZORAMA 4 DECEMBER 2005

CALIFORNIA ORANGES - RUN AWAY/ SOUVENIRS
THE A-SIDES - SIDEWALK CHALK /HELLO, HELLO
MOTHER HIPS - RED TANDY
CATLOW - NUMBER ONE
THE BLACK – CELLBLOCK / TANGLEWOOD
GREG SUMMERLIN -YOUR FROWN'S MY FRIEND /THE YOUNG METEORS
TAPES 'N TAPES - COWBELL / THE LOON
OKKERVIL RIVER - NO KEY NO PLAN / Black Sheep Boy Appendix
BAUMER - HOW THE WEST 1 / COME ON, FEEL IT
SUFFERING & THE HIDEOUS THIEVES - WILL ALWAYS FIND A WAY / ASHAMED
PATRICK PHELAN - FAVOR / COST
JOHN DUFILHO - NOW I'M A STICK FIGURE / JOHN DUFILHO
KIDS THESE DAYS - INTOXICATED
WINTERPILLS - WANT THE WANT
THE SOUTHLAND - MILES / INFLUENCE OF GEOGRAPHY

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

THE SOUTHLAND

Artist / Band: THE SOUTHLAND
Song (MP3): MILES
Album: INFLUENCE OF GEOGRAPHY
File Under: Indie pop
Label: Ruffworld Records
Info: The album is salvaged in several spots, especially on the ear candy and adventurous "Debris", but the heart of the album leaves you a bit cold, even if it tries its best to warm you with the California sun. It's good in parts, but a song like "Radio" or the equally mellow "Good Grief" is something I can really do without, thank you very much. read more from the source...

WINTERPILLS

Artist / Band: WINTERPILLS
Song (MP3): WANT THE WANT
Album: WINTERPILLS
File Under: Indie Melodic
Label: signature sounds
Info: Northampton's Winterpills play haunting, delicate, dynamic. room-hushingly beautiful music with aching melodies and acid lyrics. Think Elliott Smith, Cat Stevens, Iron & Wine, and the Innocence Mission all get drunk and fall asleep in Joni Mitchell's backyard. One of the finest debut albums of 2005. read more from the source...

KIDS THESE DAYS

Artist / Band: KIDS THESE DAYS
Song (MP3): INTOXICATED
Album: all these interruptions
File Under:
Label: White Whale Records

Info: All These Interruptions. The van is overheating. The tow truck is on its way. Late again… A thesis to write. A missing member. The phone is ringing… Five songwriters. Five friends. Two years in the making. Ten songs. All These Interruptions is the debut album from Vancouver’s Kids These Days. read more from the source...

JOHN DUFILHO

Artist / Band: JOHN DUFILHO
Song (MP3): WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR
Album: JOHN DUFILHO
File Under: Singer-Songwriter
Label: Glurp
Info: After finding success with The Deathray Davies, singer/songwriter John Dufilho is releasing his first solo album. Though Davies is a rock band, Dufilhos self-titled solo debut is less of a rocker than a indie pop piece, on which he plays every instrument and handles all the production, writing and recording duties. The album opens with “I’m Gonna Stay Under These Covers Today,” a beautifully simplistic two-minute song that features just Dufilho and an acoustic guitar. Aside from the first track though the rest of the album features lush songs with Postal Service beats, Badly Drawn Boy keyboards, and Bright Eyes vocals. The songs feature catchy melodies and excellent craftsmanship. Dufilho’s vocals are handled excellently, on both low-key numbers like the opening track or on more up-tempo numbers with effects like “What Are You Waiting For?” Lyrically the album is clever and well written, such as on “Now I’m A Stick Figure,” which opens: “I don’t think it’s the same without you/ I run in circles, you run with squares.” Overall: Dufilho mixes great pop and indie rock to come up with an album that takes the best of artists like Badly Drawn Boy, Bright Eyes and the Postal Service. -pucknation.com
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PATRICK PHELAN

Artist / Band: PATRICK PHELAN
Song (MP3): FAVOR
Album: COST
File Under: Singer-Songwriter
Label: JAGJAGUWAR
Info: Patrick Phelan's third full-length recording is called Cost. To Phelan, it is an understatement. For him, every opportunity explored is another opportunity forgone.More so than on previous Phelan records, Cost places an emphasis on the guttural. His voice and words take center stage. He is much less guarded on Cost than on previous records. There is no lack of desperation in these new songs, yet a hopeful tone is maintained throughout. Balance is the key. Emotion is the lock. And simplicity is the door. Like a finely-tuned architect, Phelan places all of his songs in their proper space, not letting them get crowded with unnecessary words or sounds. He also steers Cost from tipping too far in the "minimalist" direction, thanks in part to a bevy of guitar solos and to the abundance of true rock moments that occur throughout the record. read more from the source...

SUFFERING & THE HIDEOUS THIEVES

Artist / Band: SUFFERING & THE HIDEOUS THIEVES
Song (MP3): WILL ALWAYS FIND A WAY
Album: ASHAMED
File Under: Rock
Label: Lujo
Info: Jeff Sufferings 2001 release of Real Panic Formed was a strong first release for the Thieves collective. Suffering’s thematic groveling over moral decay was set to a sickly romantic orchestral sounding hangover. In ’03, Rats in Heaven gave a whole new meaning to the American tradition of the murder ballad. Like previous efforts, Ashamed still touches on depression, human depravity and redemption. But now more than ever, the ever rotating cast of the Thieves ensemble has truly captured the mood of the music by providing the appropriate backdrop for Sufferings maniacal rants. read more from the source...

BAUMER

Artist / Band: BAUMER
Song (MP3): HOW THE WEST 1
Album: COME ON, FEEL IT
File Under: Indie Pop / Power Pop
Label: Astro Magnetics
Info: Baumer’s story begins late ‘03 in Columbia, SC with guitarist Kenny McWilliams, who was working in his garage-studio on a low-key solo project. McWilliams invited Nate Boykin down to his studio to try out some vocals over his project; the results were favorable and the two soon began collaborating and recording demos. However, what started as mellow acoustic guitars and lounge beats morphed into upbeat, dance-able rock. The more McWilliams and Boykin worked together, the more they began surprising themselves. “It wasn’t like anything we had done before,” says Boykin. “We didn’t really limit ourselves and we didn’t really have an agenda.” read more from the source...

OKKERVIL RIVER

Artist / Band: OKKERVIL RIVER
Song (MP3): NO KEY NO PLAN
Album: Black Sheep Boy Appendix
File Under: Indie
Label: JAGJAGUWAR
Info: Seth went to my school in our town of 500 people in New Hampshire. My first encounter with him was sitting next to him on a school bus. He was eating Handi-Snacks and had clear braces, so the artificial cheese was all caught up in there with the crumby crackers. He and Alex Arcone and Chris Kimball transformed our tiny school into a theater of the surreal. They would crawl across the classroom floor mid-lecture to touch the social studies teacher lightly on the wingtip. "Loose pause!" one of them would say, and the group would collapse limp. "I'd like to tell the other teachers what you're doing, but I don't know what it is you're doing," said one teacher to Seth as he pushed him against the wall in fury.
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GREG SUMMERLIN

Artist / Band: GREG SUMMERLIN
Song (MP3): YOUR FROWN'S MY FRIEND
Album: THE YOUNG METEORS
File Under: Indie / Powerpop / Rock
Label: SUPERPHONIC RECORDS
Info: Greg Summerlin, a great Southern singer-songwriter who I think you would like. For starters, he rocks. This is not folky stuff at all. The CD is called "The Young Meteors." It doesn't come out until June 14 and it is his second album. It's basic guitars-bass-drums pop/rock with a nice Brit-pop twist — an interesting blend of the Replacements, New Order (really!) and a little pop-punk a la Weezer. Somehow it works very well. There is one song on here that sounds more New Order than New Order's latest CD! Great stuff. This is indie-pop rock at its best (he is releasing it on his own label). I can tell this is going to be one that I listen to a lot this summer. read more from the source...