RATATAT

ARTIST / BAND: RATATAT

SONG (MP3): Mirando

ALBUM: LP3

FILE UNDER: Rock / Electronica / Hip Hop

LABEL: beggars group

INFO: Tucked away in a private studio named Old Soul, in Catskill, NY the two musical forces behind Ratatat, Evan and Mike, have collaborated yet again to redefine the current state of instrumental music. This time, the album is called LP3 and though it doesn't use much in the way of hi-tech recording equipment it's still laced with a unique balance of penetrating beats and ethereal riffs. However they broaden their palette of sounds this time around by relying more on keyboard instruments than guitars. Don't worry, Mike's characteristic guitar style is still present on this record but there are also an abundance of new textures emanating from the likes of a harpsichord, a wurlitzer, a mellotron and even a grand piano.

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Shy Child

ARTIST / BAND: Shy Child

SONG (MP3): Astronaut

ALBUM: Noise Won't Stop

FILE UNDER: Indie / Electro

LABEL: Kill Rock Stars

Blip Blip Bleep

ARTIST / BAND: Blip Blip Bleep

SONG (MP3): Okay Lover

ALBUM: Alarm Clock, Snooze Bar, Get Up - EP

FILE UNDER: Indie / Pop / Electro

LABEL: Undercover Culture Music

INFO: Blip Blip Bleep is, of Sean Han, Brett Thompson, and Sarah Lee, an electronic-rock project based out of Brooklyn, NY.
Alarm Clock, Snooze Bar, Get Up is the second official Blip Blip Bleep (BBB) release. Through its six tracks, the EP tells a day in the life story of an urban 20-something coming of age and struggling with work, love, and loneliness. It begins with the alarm clock ringing on yet another work day, proceeds through the daily grind, a night on the town, and ends on the way home in the early AM hours the next day.

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The Hood Internet

ARTIST / BAND: The Hood Internet

SONG (MP3): Watch My Big Feet Jump (Dude N Nem ft Twista vs Office)

ALBUM: The Hood Internet vs Chicago

FILE UNDER: Fun Pop

INFO: In an age of immediacy, The Hood Internet gives the people what they want on a daily basis—even if they don't know they want it yet. Marauding the pop, rap and R&B landscapes like laptop-armed alchemists, DJs STV SLV and ABX (aka Steve Reidell and Aaron Brink) drop the unlikeliest elements into their pot and make gold—from Dirty South rap to Canadian indie rock to "French Touch" electro to pretty much whatever else you got.

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Sigur Rós

ARTIST / BAND: Sigur Rós

SONG (MP3): Gobbledigook

ALBUM: Með suð i eyrum við spilum endalaust

FILE UNDER: Indie / Ambient / Experimental

LABEL: EMI / XL Recordings

INFO: With a buzz… was co-produced with the band by renowned producer Flood, and was recorded in New York City (at Sear Sound Studios), London (at Assault and Battery Studios and Abbey Road), Reykjavik (at Alafloss, the band’s studio, as well as a church in Reykjavik), and Havana, Cuba. It is the first Sigur Rós album to be produced outside of their homeland of Iceland. It is also their first album to feature vocalist Jon “Jonsi” Thor Birgisson’s vocals in English on one track (the remainder are sung in Icelandic).

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Booka Shade

ARTIST / BAND: Booka Shade

SONG (MP3): The Sun & The Neon Light

ALBUM: The Sun & The Neon Light

FILE UNDER: Electro / Techno / Electronica

LABEL: physical music

INFO: It's the state Massive Attack called Mezzanine, the same headspace occupied by Bill Murray in Lost In Translation: those sensations halfway between sleep and wakefulness brought on by jet-lag or over-indulgence, when reality seems remote and unreachable beyond the hotel window or a mental fug. And it’s the place Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier inhabit on their third album, trapped – as the title suggests – in the twilight zone between day and night.

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Reeve Oliver

ARTIST / BAND: Reeve Oliver

SONG (MP3): Yer Motion

ALBUM: Touchtone Inferno

FILE UNDER: Rock / Indie /

LABEL: SUMMERTONE RECORDS

INFO: Reeve Oliver is an American pop rock band formed in 2000 in San Diego, California. They have released two albums and several EPs and have toured with larger acts such as The Vandals, Yellowcard, and Switchfoot. They have been locally recognized at the San Diego Music Awards, earning "best rock album" in 2003 for The Reeveolution EP and again in 2005 for Reeve Oliver, and being named "best rock act" at the 2006 awards.^[1]

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The Diggs

ARTIST / BAND: The Diggs

SONG (MP3): ctrl-alt-del

ALBUM: ctrl-alt-del

FILE UNDER: Rock

LABEL: Sugarspun

INFO: The Diggs are Timothy Lannen (guitar/vocals), Robert Haussmann (bass), and Charlie Schmid (percussion). They are a Brooklyn-based band with a melodic Mid-nineties indie rock sound. Their sophomore LP Ctrl-Alt-Del was recorded at Stratosphere Sound, a studio in the West Chelsea neighborhood of New York City owned by ex-Smashing Pumpkin James Iha and Fountain of Wayne’s Adam Schlessinger. It was produced and mixed by Rudyard Lee Cullers (Ryan Adams’ Rock N’ Roll, Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Isis EP) and mastered by Howie Weinberg (Sonic Youth’s Daydream Nation, Nirvana’s Nevermind, Oasis’ Definitely Maybe) at Masterdisk.

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alibi tom

ARTIST / BAND: Alibi Tom

SONG (MP3): Fire

ALBUM: Fire Single

FILE UNDER: Indie Alternative Rock

LABEL: Leon Music art and fashion

INFO: Alibi tom delivers vibrant harmonies, strong playful melodies and sweet hooks. There is a definite willingness to experiment and a refreshing honesty in the lyrics. At times you can hear that archetypal Swedish melancholy countered by affirming warmth. Good old organic musicianship meets unrestrained relentless, electrical energy. Originating from Classical, Brit Pop and progressive backgrounds, combined there is a broad musical awareness in the band.

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Anthem In

ARTIST / BAND: Anthem In

SONG (MP3): Down

ALBUM: Anthem In

FILE UNDER: Indie

LABEL: quiet loud records

INFO: Allen Orr and Ashley Proffitt met in the fall of 2000 in Atlanta and instantly became fans of each other’s music. Allen was in the band Igloo and Ashley was playing quiet solo shows. Over the next seven years the two of them each moved several times to different cities and countries, only to reconnect in New York. Allen had a bunch of songs, Ashley had a Wurlitzer and one thing led to another.

On September 15th of 2007, Allen and Ashley met in a rehearsal space in the Lower East Side, exactly seven years to the day after the two of them met for the first time in Atlanta. They bonded over a mutual love of Def Leppard’s Hysteria, and Anthem In was born.

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Bum Kon

ARTIST / BAND: Bum Kon

SONG (MP3): Giving In

ALBUM: Bum Kon

FILE UNDER: Punk

LABEL: smooch records

INFO: Bum Kon 'were the band' as Bob Ferbrache put it regarding early punk rock days in Denver. Sounding like teenagers on speed aping Black Flag, how could they not?
Bum Kon. Bum Kon recorded two albums and a single in between 1983 and 1986. The single is called 'Drunken Sex Sucks' and was released by Local Anesthetic in 1983. It's since become a sought after single amongst punks that are willing to spend a lot of money on ebay. Bob Ferbrache recorded around twenty songs by the band and five were picked out for the single. The remaining songs were never used

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THE EXPLORERS CLUB

ARTIST / BAND: THE EXPLORERS CLUB

SONG (MP3): Do You Love Me?

ALBUM: Freedom Wind

FILE UNDER: Psychedelic / Rock / Pop

LABEL: DEAD OCEANS

INFO: Freedom Wind CD / LP (DOC007, released: 05/20/08)
Great indie rock bands have long made a habit of recasting the music of our parents' youth. Turn on Dr. Dog, Olivia Tremor Control, or the Black Angels for just a few examples of bands who make glorious new music in classic molds. Now take the idea a step further. Take the homage just far enough that you can imagine yourself experiencing, say, the Beach Boys in their prime, but with fresh songs not tempered by a generation of Sweatin' to the Oldies. This is elation without irony. This is the Explorers Club's debut album, Freedom Wind.

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Unicycle Loves You

ARTIST / BAND: Unicycle Loves You

SONG (MP3): Hawaii!

ALBUM: Unicycle Loves You

FILE UNDER: Rock / Indie

LABEL: Highwheel Records

INFO: Unicycle founder Jim Carroll crafts tunes and lyrics that can be simultaneously dark and toe-tapping. Hear a Unicycle song once and discover it has burrowed into your frontal cortex. Jon Pollock, after just a few mega-calorie-burning minutes on stage, has the appearance of a hallucinating shaman emerging from a sweat lodge. Nicole Vitale, Baker and Labrada provide a percussive wall of often bouncy, always novel punk driven beats that buoy three-part harmonies and conjure up tuneful artifacts of pop evolution from 1958 to 2008.

Unicycle Loves You self-titled full-length album (produced by Brian Deck) will be released on Highwheel Records June 10, 2008.

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The Catalysts

ARTIST / BAND: The Catalysts

SONG (MP3): Goes On Forever

FILE UNDER: Pop / Folk Rock / Psychedelic

LABEL: spirophone

INFO: Ulric Kennedy formed The Catalysts in 1985 but the band, whose early demos sounded like the Sarah EP that never was, failed to realise its potential, as Ulric's role as bassist in The Golden Dawn took precedence soon afterwards.
He revived the band in the mid-90s, almost, but not quite, winning the annual Electric Honey deal which shot Belle and Sebastian to instant cult status.
As of 2006, The Catalysts are back once more, following up the original EP, finally released by Félicité Singles Club in 2004, with a second - Long Distance - which can currently be heard in demo form on the band's MySpace page.

Oh Darling

ARTIST / BAND: Oh Darling

SONG (MP3): Shoulda Never

ALBUM: Oh Darling EP

FILE UNDER: Rock / Indie / Pop

LABEL: Nice Records

INFO: This one clicks for me in the chorus, at the end of the second line, when the melody steps slightly down, into that unresolved place, and just stays there (around 1:11). Goes to show yet again that you never know where a hook is coming from, or why. And this sort of thing doesn't happen in a vacuum--the whole reason that unresolved detour sounds so apt is because of everything that's come before it. For a relatively new band, these guys have recorded something that glows with preternatural charm and know-how.

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The Pharmacy

ARTIST / BAND: The Pharmacy
SONG (MP3): Little Toys On A Shelf
ALBUM:Choose Yr. Own Adventure
FILE UNDER: Psychedelic / Thrash / Classical
LABEL: dont stop believin
INFO:The Pharmacy is a psychedelic/indie punk band from Seattle, Washington, consisting of three members: Scott Yoder (guitar, lead vocals), Brendhan Bowers (drums, backing vocals), and Stefan Rubicz (keyboards, backing vocals). They also have been known to record with a wide array of other instruments including strings, horns, and many different types of synthesizers/keyboards. They occasionally play live with cellist Calvin Havnaer.
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SOLTERO

Artist / Band: SOLTERO
Song (MP3): Out at the Wall
Album: You're No Dream
File Under: Mean love songs /Rock / Folk / 2-step
Label: La Societe Expeditionnaire
Info: The fifth Soltero record, You're No Dream, comes out on May 20 on La Societe Expeditionnaire (PA) and June 2 on Messie Murders (Paris)...two homes to big hearts that I've known for a long time.
The previous records can generally be found online - either through solterosongs.com or the respective label's website. But I'd say you're probably S.O.L. on the first record ("Science Will Figure You Out,") because that sucker is out of print, and I think Defrocked may be as well.

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MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND

 

Artist / Band: MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND
Song (MP3): Inside a Boy
Album: A Thousand Shark's Teeth
File Under: Experimental / Rock / Indie
Label: Asthmatic Kitty Records
Info: My Brightest Diamond is Shara Worden, granddaughter of an Epiphone-playing traveling evangelist, fathered by a National Accordion Champion, and mothered by a church organist. Spanish tango, Sunday morning gospel, classical and jazz were the accompaniment to her home life. Her first song was recorded at age three and by age eight she was studying piano, performing in community musical productions and singing in her Pentecostal church choir, in Ypsilanti, Michigan, where she spent most of her childhood.
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Death To Anders

ARTIST / BAND: Death To Anders

SONG (MP3): Camera Lens

ALBUM: Ficticious Businesses

FILE UNDER: Indie / Rock / Alternative

INFO: The four members of Death to Anders' intelligent utilization of a satirically invigorating story-led lyrical delivery provides for an entertaining scope into the modernistic age we are all familiar with. One can easily hear shades of Isaac Brock and Stephen Malkmus in vocalist Rob Danson’s delivery, with his range impressively stretching from moments of squealing intensity to subdued murmurs of sincere ardency. This is done over an equally impressive instrumental approach, with a wide array of guitars, keys, strings, and an exceptionally tight rhythm section.

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Trevor Exter

ARTIST / BAND: Trevor Exter

SONG (MP3): Strawberry Wine

ALBUM: Flying Saucer People EP

FILE UNDER: Acoustic / Pop / Alternative

INFO: I was born in Ithaca, NY and I always played different things but kept coming back to the cello.
I started singing in Brazil and then with De La Guarda here in NYC, now I just sit with the cello and sing. I play it weird though - like a tiny bass or aquatic guitar, and I also hit it sometimes.
You can find me often at Banjo Jim’s, Rockwood, Joe’s Pub, Living Room, Sidewalk and those kinds of places, mostly songwriter hangouts.
I work frequently as a sideman, but I ain’t Yo-Yo Ma!
Come see a show sometime - we’ve been hitting it pretty hard with the band, and I also do solo sets.