Jessie Baylin

ARTIST / BAND: Jessie Baylin

SONG (MP3): Was I On Your Mind

ALBUM: Firesight

FILE UNDER: Folk Rock / Pop

LABEL: Verve Forecast

INFO: Jessie Baylin is a Los Angeles, California based singer and songwriter born in Gillette, New Jersey on April 4, 1984.

Her debut album You was produced by Grammy Award winner Jesse Harris and is available exclusively at iTunes.

Jessie and her band have toured with and performed with James Morrison, Dolores O'Riordan, Brett Dennen, ALO, and more.

Having just signed a major label record deal with Verve Forecast, Jessie is currently working on her new record which will be released in 2008.

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Cineplexx

ARTIST / BAND: Cineplexx

SONG (MP3): Espiral

ALBUM: Picnic

FILE UNDER: Pop / Indie

LABEL: portia records

INFO: Picnic, the new album is definitively pop with mix influences from the Flaming Lips, BMX Bandits, Teenage Fan club, The Ronnettes, Margo Guryan, Joe Meek, Beach Boys, Jens Lekman, Magnetic Fields, Lemans & Family, among others. An album seeking for the overall beauty, a musical reinterpretation of the simple pop melody with low-fi symphony arrangements.

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A Brief Smile

ARTIST / BAND: A Brief Smile

SONG (MP3): Never Have The Time

ALBUM: Now We All Have Horns

FILE UNDER: Rock / Indie / Alternative

LABEL: Wrecking Ball Music

INFO: The music echoes of dreamy idealism and youthful lust, blasting along in an orgiastic fire of Rhodes-driven excess and feedback heavy guitar squalls. From the stark depictions of the lonesome detached situations in their lyrics to the crashing fervor and squalor of their choruses, the New York five piece are out to rethink expectations in sound and song alike, all the while grounding their melodies in classic pop influences. Buzzing with the energy of open-eyed youth and ambition with no end in sight. A Brief Smile, I think not.

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Amos Lee

ARTIST / BAND: Amos Lee

SONG (MP3): Ease Back

ALBUM: Last Days At The Lodge

FILE UNDER: folk, soul, and jazz

LABEL: Blue Note Records

INFO: Amos Lee is a singer-songwriter and guitarist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His musical style encompasses folk, soul, and jazz. He has released three albums on Blue Note Records, Amos Lee, Supply and Demand and Last Days at the Lodge. He has been on tour with musicians such as Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, Norah Jones, Paul Simon, and Merle Haggard. Lee performs with drummer Fred Berman and bassist Jaron Olevsky. Some of his musical influences include Stevie Wonder, John Prine, Bill Withers, and James Taylor.

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My Education

ARTIST / BAND: My Education

SONG (MP3): Bad Vibrations

ALBUM: Bad Vibrations

FILE UNDER: Rock / Alternative / Ambient

LABEL: Strange Attractors Audio House

INFO: Formed in Austin in 1999 by Brian Purington, Eric Gibbons and Sean Seagler, three refugees from San Angelo, TX, the band flirted briefly with the idea of vocals but soon decided they were never necessary to begin with and became a purely instrumental outfit. With the addition of keyboardist Kirk Laktas (Stars of the Lid, Ultrasound, etc.), viola virtuoso James Alexander (Cinders, ecfa) and Floridian transplant guitar god Chris Hackstie (Saturated, Loring), the lineup stabilized and their first album 5 Popes was recorded at the Bubble with Chris "Frenchie" Smith (16 Deluxe, Young Heart Attack) at the helm. The self-released record peaked at number one on many college radio stations across North America. The band has toured the Midwest, East Coast, and Canada multiple times since the original release of 5 Popes along w/ showcasing at SXSW 2003-2006.

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Joe Pug

ARTIST / BAND: Joe Pug

SONG (MP3): Hymn #101

FILE UNDER: Rock / Roots Music / Americana

INFO: Joe hails from the southern streets of Maryland. He spent a few collegiate years in North Carolina but dropped out for a number of reasons (including boredom and ineptitude). Currently he resides in Chicago, where he works as a carpenter by day and a songwright by night. He's grateful to everyone listening to the songs he wrote. He apologizes to everyone living in the houses he built.

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Ndidi Onukwulu

ARTIST / BAND: Ndidi Onukwulu

SONG (MP3): SK

ALBUM: The Contradictor

FILE UNDER: Blues

LABEL: Jericho Beach Music

INFO: Ndidi has one of those voices that you can't forget. Whether she's out on the down-low with a melancholy moan, or chasing hellhounds with a strident tone, it's a voice that can stop you in your tracks.
Onukwulu's full-time guitarist and sometime co-writer Madagascar Slim -- a three-time Juno Award winner in his own right -- says her voice is outstanding. "I really got excited the first time I heard it," says Slim. "She really does have something special." Put the voice together with her graceful, casual stage presence, and it's easy to see how she lures people into her lair of song.

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The Last Town Chorus

ARTIST / BAND: The Last Town Chorus

SONG (MP3): Loud and Clear

ALBUM: Single

FILE UNDER: Indie Pop

LABEL: hacktone

INFO: The distorted cry of a lap steel guitar slices through the Brooklyn night. A voice sings with aching sweetness and strength. Caressing melodies are barbed with stinging solos. This is the sound of The Last Town Chorus - the revolving ensemble led by singer/writer/lap-steel-guitarist Megan Hickey - whose singular approach to music has beguiled writers from The Village Voice, SPIN, Marie Claire, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and ELLE among countless others. Her live shows are nothing short of revelatory, bringing audience members to tears, turning critics into fanatics and building a fiercely loyal fan base in every city The Last Town Chorus visits.

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Jon Sonnenberg

ARTIST / BAND: Jon Sonnenberg

SONG (MP3): DOA

ALBUM: Acoustic Selections

FILE UNDER: Indie / Folk /

LABEL: old man records

INFO: For more than a decade, Jon Sonnenberg has charmed listeners with an unparalleled ability to blend intricate sounds and textures with pleasant melodies.  Whether creating sounds electronically, electrically, or acoustically, the layers and quality of Sonnenberg’s work enables one’s imagination to see beyond the confines of commercial music.

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Last Shadow Puppets

ARTIST / BAND: Last Shadow Puppets

SONG (MP3): My Mistakes Were Made For You

ALBUM: The Age Of The Understatement

FILE UNDER: Indie

LABEL: Domino Records

INFO: In August 2007 NME reported that Arctic Monkeys lead singer Alex Turner and lead singer of then newly formed The Rascals, Miles Kane would be recording an album with James Ford producing and playing drums.^[1] Turner & Kane became friends when Kane's previous band The Little Flames played support for Arctic Monkeys on their May/June 2005 UK tour. The Little Flames also supported Arctic Monkeys on their April 2007 UK tour, when Turner and Kane wrote songs together for a collaborative project.^[2] Their collaboration extends into Arctic Monkeys material, with Kane playing guitar on "505", the closing track of second Arctic Monkeys album Favourite Worst Nightmare and on "Fluorescent Adolescent" b-sides "The Bakery" and "Plastic Tramp". Kane also guested on "505" or "Plastic Tramp" at several Arctic Monkeys gigs in 2007, including the summer mini-festivals at Lancashire County Cricket Club and Arctic Monkeys' 2007 appearance at Glastonbury.

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Ed Harcourt

ARTIST / BAND: Ed Harcourt

SONG (MP3): Revolution In The Heart

ALBUM: The Beautiful Lie

FILE UNDER: Melodramatic Popular Song

LABEL: dovecote records

INFO: Hi there. My name is Ed Harcourt and I like writing songs, painting, fishing, cooking, cats, wolves, ducks, books, charity shop vinyl, drinking in good company, buying weird old instruments that no-one has heard of on e-Bay and starting up a myspace.com for myself because someone else has already done it. Confused? Me too. I'm married to the beautiful Gita Harcourt. That's all you need to know. Bye.

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Sunny Day Sets Fire

ARTIST / BAND: Sunny Day Sets Fire

SONG (MP3): Stranger

ALBUM: Summer Palace

FILE UNDER: Indie / Pop / Psychedelic

LABEL: iamsound records

INFO: It is a landscape that is both rich and broad. Any band can drown themselves in old vinyl for some choice inspiration, but the Sunny Day worldly influence and background provoke a top spirit and caliber to their topsy-turvy psychedelic stack-up. Collectively, the band hails from Hong Kong, Italy, Sardinia, Canada, and of course, London. The result is something of a pop hybrid in the vein of The Beach Boys, The Flaming Lips, Architecture in Helsinki, and Of Montreal. Upbeat 60's beach rock collide with new patents. Catchy melodies spill into astral instrumentation and kaleidoscopic guitar tangents. These tunes are very much alive and optical.

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Wolf Parade

ARTIST / BAND: Wolf Parade

SONG (MP3): Language City

ALBUM: At Mount Zoomer

FILE UNDER: Indie / Experimental / Other

LABEL: subpop

INFO: Singer/guitarist Dan Boeckner: “After Apologies… we wrote about four or five new songs, but we decided to throw them out because they sounded too much like what we’d already done. We could have easily made another Apologies… but what would have been the point?” Instead, the band committed itself to a period of experimentation, recording long improvisational sessions in the Montreal church owned by The Arcade Fire.

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Sergi Gvarjaladze

MUZORAMA.COM

CSS

ARTIST / BAND: CSS
SONG (MP3): Rat Is Dead
ALBUM: Donkey
FILE UNDER: Powerpop / Club / Rock
LABEL: SUBPOP
INFO: Donkey is the second album of Brazilian alternative band Cansei de Ser Sexy. The 14 songs (11 of which will be on the album) were recorded at Trama Studios, São Paulo, and will be released in July 21, 2008, succeeding the album Cansei de Ser Sexy.

Three months before the release, bassist Iracema Trevisan left the band, being replaced by then-drummer Adriano Cintra. The new drummer is American Jon Harper, formerly of The Cooper Temple Clause.

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Santogold, Casablancas, NERD

ARTIST / BAND: Santogold, Casablancas, NERD

SONG (MP3): My Drive Thru

ALBUM: Converse Century

FILE UNDER: Hip Hop / Innovative Pop

LABEL: converse

INFO: The super trio teamed up for a Converse promo campaign.

Tilly and The Wall

ARTIST / BAND: Tilly and The Wall

SONG (MP3): Pot Kettle Black

ALBUM: O

FILE UNDER: Pop / Indie / Folk

LABEL: Moshi Moshi

INFO: The group formed in 2001 after the demise of several Omaha groups, including Conor Oberst's Park Ave., of which Neely Jenkins and Jamie Pressnall (then Jamie Williams) were members. Jamie brought along Kianna Alarid from another band that broke up called Magic Kiss. Derek Pressnall and Nick White, natives of Dunwoody, Georgia were drawn to the music scene in Omaha, Nebraska and moved. [1]

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Earlimart

ARTIST / BAND: Earlimart

SONG (MP3): Hymn And Her

ALBUM: Earlimart

FILE UNDER: Rock / Indie / 2-step

LABEL: MAJORDOMO & RECORDS

INFO: Earlimart is an independent rock band based out of Los Angeles, California. The name comes from Earlimart, California, a town located between Los Angeles and Fresno, California. Their sound bears heavy resemblance to Elliott Smith, The Pixies, and Sonic Youth, among contemporaries like Pedro the Lion, with whom they performed in a 2004 tour. The band's sixth full length album entitled Hymn and Her will be released July 1st, 2008.

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Richard Walters & Faultline

ARTIST / BAND: Richard Walters & Faultline

SONG (MP3): Be My Wife

FILE UNDER: Indie

INFO: Very romantic cover of David Bowie's song

Mostly Bears

ARTIST / BAND: Mostly Bears

SONG (MP3): The Pharmacist

ALBUM: The Ed Mitchell Clinic

FILE UNDER: Rock / Experimental / Psychedelic

LABEL: funzalo records

INFO: Formed a little over one year ago, this eclectic and lively trio merged right into the Tucson music scene and seemingly took it over. Talent like this doesn’t stay a secret for long.  What takes most bands years to achieved seemingly occurred overnight for Mostly Bears.  They scored a record deal, signed with booking agency Lost Barrio Artists, began to chart on college radio with an E.P. and served as the supporting band for indie rockers And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead.

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The Weeks

ARTIST / BAND: The Weeks

SONG (MP3): Buttons

ALBUM: Comeback Cadillac

FILE UNDER: Indie

LABEL: esperanza plantation

INFO: From the punchy staccato chords of opening title track "Comeback Cadillac" to the arena rock posturing of epic closer "The Ballad of Tonto Higgins", The Weeks' debut album (recorded by former Squirrel Nut Zipper Jimbo Mathus) displays the talents of a band playing at a musical level that eclipses many of the bands’ peers who clock in at twice the collective age of the band (the average age of the five-piece is a tender eighteen).  Comeback  Cadillac will see release via Esperanza Plantation (first home of Colour Revolt) on July 8th, 2008!Musically, the band taps into Southern roots (and their parents' vinyl collection) for influences.  Raised on a Deep Southern fried diet of the Marshall Tucker Band, the Allman Brothers and Creedence Clearwater Revival, the Weeks proudly hail from the rich musical heritage of their home state, a pride that burns proudly through the taut rhythm section and soaring leads of "Mississippi Rain".  Sonically akin to Southern neighbors the Kings of Leon, the Weeks are roaring out of the garage, and are ready to take the stage as a Southern juggernaut to be reckoned with.