THE BLACK

Artist / Band: THE BLACK
Song (MP3): CELLBLOCK
Album: TANGLEWOOD
File Under: Indie
Label: K Woo
Info: Centered around the songwriting of David Longoria and Alan Schaefer, the Black perform their music with numerous players from the Austin music scene. Members of And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Knife in the Water and the Crackpipes have helped the band craft mid-tempo songs to be played in the parlour. The Band's Last Waltz and American folk, country and blues music inspire the musicians in their writing, playing and presentation.

CATLOW

Artist / Band: CATLOW
Song (MP3): NUMBER ONE
Album: KISS THE WORLD
File Under: Indie Rock
Label: Boompa
Info: Achieving a flow between innovation and power-pop is a feat that artists struggle with everyday. The musical prowess of Catlow, however, makes it appear deceptively simple. Perhaps most significant is that Catlow is the new incarnation of Natasha Thirsk, lead-singer for indierock darling The Dirtmitts.Raised in Vancouver, BC, Natasha's family was the foundation of her music talent - her mother a piano player and her father in a gospel sax quartet. Many years of bouncing from one instrument to another eventually led to the discovery that songwriting came easily to Natasha and by her mid-teens she was immersed in music of her own.
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MOTHER HIPS

Artist / Band: MOTHER HIPS
Song (MP3): RED TANDY
Album: Red Tandy EP
File Under: Indie Pop
Label: Camera Records
Info: Formed nearly 15 years ago at Chico State in Northern California, The Mother Hips have seen it all, and there are already two documentaries about them-Stories We Could Tell and This is the Sound- to prove it. They've gone from dorm band to buzz band to cult favorite; they've taken a truckload of drugs and then kicked their habits; they've played with everyone from Wilco to Johnny Cash; they've worked with countless labels (including two albums on Rick Rubin's American Recordings); and they've dealt with more industry bullshit than the average band could handle. And when singer/guitarist Greg Loiacono told his bandmates he wanted to take a break following the release of 2001's critically acclaimed Green Hills Of The Earth, it seemed as though the Hips were on their way to getting thrown into the coulda-woulda-shoulda pile.read more from the source...

THE A-SIDES

Artist / Band: THE A-SIDES
Song (MP3): SIDEWALK CHALK
Album: HELLO, HELLO
File Under: Indie Pop
Label: Prison Jazz Records
Info: Progress is a great thing, but there’s nothing wrong with looking back for new ideas every once and awhile. The A-Sides cull their sound from professed influences such as The Beach Boys, The Kinks and The Zombies to attain the lofty goal of “mixing pop music with artistic brilliance.” The result isn’t nostalgia, but rather a novel approach at making music that places them alongside of bands like The Shins as groups making innovative rock-pop that would’ve been right at home in the 60’s. read more from the source...

CALIFORNIA ORANGES

Artist / Band: CALIFORNIA ORANGES
Song (MP3): RUN AWAY
Album: SOUVENIRS
File Under: Power Pop
Label: Darla
Info: If you love the candy-powerpop/punk with female vocal harmonies and plenty of hooks, this one's for you! "Give California Oranges 35 minutes and they'll give you 12 reasons to be happy that you bought this record." -- read more from the source...

Say Anything

Artist / Band: Say Anything
Song (MP3): Alive With The Glory Of Love
Album: is a Real Boy
File Under: Indie / Rock
Label: J records
Info: Say Anything's debut, a punk rock musical, titled "Say Anything Is A Real Boy." came out August 3rd, 2004 on Doghouse Records. The album was produced by Tim O'Heir (Superdrag, Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, All American Rejects) and Stephen Trask (Hedwig and The Angry Inch)

PLAYLIST MUZORAMA 20 NOVEMBER 2005

WHOMADEWHO - SPACE FOR RENT / WHOMADEWHO
HER SPACE HOLIDAY - A MATCH MADE IN TEXAS
MARTHA BERNER – GOOD COMPANY
SOFT - HIGHER
THE DIALS - PHONELINE
NEW BLACK – KHALIL
HEADLIGHTS - TOKYO / THE ENEMIES EP
BLOOD ON THE WALL - MARY SUSAN / AWESOMER
HOME OF THE LAME - HOPE THAT YOU CAN STAY
CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH - OVER AND OVER AGAIN
SOLTERO- FROM THE STATION / HELL TRAIN
THE MOTION SICK - THE DAY AFTER / HER BRILLIANT FIFTEEN
GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS - VARIOUS STAGES / BODIES AND MINDS
PAUL DUNCAN - OIL IN THE FIELDS / BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU CALL HOME
CHAD VANGAALEN - ECHO TRAIN / INFINIHEART
MARTHA BERNER - MARY LATELY

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CHAD VANGAALEN

Artist / Band: CHAD VANGAALEN
Song (MP3): ECHO TRAIN
Album: INFINIHEART
File Under: Indie
Label: SubPop
Info: Several years ago, a tiny stream of homemade CDs found their way into campus-radio libraries across the country and into the pockets of indie kids in southern Alberta. Enclosed in handmade cases, often with original artwork for every copy, they were issued in micro print-runs of 10 or 20 discs at a time by a persistent presence on the streets of Calgary: a young busker who had a new recording every few weeks, who didn't mind trading if you had no cash. read more from the source...

PAUL DUNCAN

Artist / Band: PAUL DUNCAN
Song (MP3): OIL IN THE FIELDS
Album: BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU CALL HOME
File Under: Singer- Songwriter, Rock, Pop
Label: Hometapes
Info: Paul Duncan released his debut, To An Ambient Hollywood, on Hometapes Records last year. The album’s an exquisite combining of acoustic and electronic sounds, that while released under Duncan’s name, features a long list of players lending their talents to the record. Recalling artists like the Sea and Cake, Duncan has created an album with a hushed ambiance, strings, horns and his acoustic guitar woven around just-above-a-whisper, bittersweet recollections.
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GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS

Artist / Band: GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS
Song (MP3): VARIOUS STAGES
Album: BODIES AND MINDS
File Under: Indie Folk-Pop
Label: Misra
Info: Great Lake Swimmers return with a magnificent sophomore effort, Bodies and Minds. Filled with songs of heartbreak, pastoral yearning, and the search for spiritual transcendence, the album picks up where Great Lake Swimmers' critically acclaimed self-titled debut left off. While it still relies on gentle, thoughtful compositions and understated instrumentation, it shifts fluidly into the breezy harmonies and uptempo approach of '70s AM pop. Imagine if Steely Dan were fronted by Neil Young, or envision My Morning Jacket playing Jackson Browne classics -- Bodies and Minds could be the fruit of such collaborations.
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SOLTERO

Artist / Band: SOLTERO
Song (MP3): FROM THE STATION
Album: Hell Train
File Under: Mean love songs
Label: three ring records
Info: Soltero writes mean love songs about the freeze and thaw, the hem and haw of a young heart.The recordings alternately feature the melancholy of Leonard Cohen and the full-band bravado of Neil Young. Some comparisons that are frequently made include Pavement, Silver Jews, and Yo La Tengo. The Boston Globe has even alleged that if Johnny Cash and Lee Hazelwood were to play together they would sound something like Soltero.Soltero has shared bills with The Mountain Goats, Of Montreal, Brother Danielson, Mirah, Mark Robinson, Calvin Johnson, Idaho, Songs:Ohia, and The Microphones, among others.Soltero is permanently Tim Howard and frequently others as well.
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CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH

Artist / Band: CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH
Song (MP3): OVER AND OVER AGAIN
Album: CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH
File Under: Indie Pop
Label: CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH
Info: Clap Your Hands are a five-piece from Brooklyn who're known to break out both harp and harmonica. They've recently been garnering rave press in their home city, and, over just the past two weeks, burning up the internet like a vintage Lohan nipslip. The pundits are saying Wilco (not hearing it), Talking Heads (okay), and Neutral Milk Hotel (getting warmer), but if it checks in with a number of modern and classic new wave referents, the music sings for itself: Clap Your Hands traffics in melodic, exuberant indie rock that pairs the shimmering, wafting feel of Yo La Tengo with a singular vocal presence that sounds like Paul Banks attempting to yodel through Jeff Mangum's throat. Or imagine the Arcade Fire if their music were more fun-loving and less grave.
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HOME OF THE LAME

Artist / Band: HOME OF THE LAME
Song (MP3): HOPE THAT YOU CAN STAY
Album: Here, of all places
File Under: Guitar Pop / Rock
Label: Grand Hotel van Cleef

BLOOD ON THE WALL

Artist / Band: BLOOD ON THE WALL
Song (MP3): MARY SUSAN
Album: Awesomer
File Under: Grimy Rock
Label: the social registry
Info: If you miss the nineties -- not the Spice Girls, 90210 nineties, but the Golden Age of grimy rock -- Blood on the Wall is the band for you. Think Pavement, The Pixies and Sonic Youth, but with a meaner edge -- drunken destruction parlayed into heavy pop hooks and a dark, lived-in sound. Awesomer was written by brother and sister Brad and Courtney Shanks, who play guitar and bass, respectively; Miggy from Ida handles the drums, and Nicholas Vernhes (Fiery Furnaces, Black Dice, Silver Jews) produced. Brad and Courtney take turns at the mic -- Brad sounds eerily like a young Frank Black and Courtney plays at being bored. The juxtaposition of their respective vocal styles makes for a seductive push-pull.
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HEADLIGHTS

Artist / Band: HEADLIGHTS
Song (MP3): TOKYO
Album: THE ENEMIES EP
File Under: Indie Pop
Label: Polyvinyl Records
Info: Headlights began as a four-piece combo from Champaign, IL and features ex-Absinthe Blind (Parasol Records) and Maserati(Kindercore) members. Following the break up of Absinthe Blind in 2003, guitarist/vocalist Tristan Wraight toured with Athens, GA's Maserati while several other ex-Absinthe Blind members began writing and performing as the three-piece Orphans. Upon his return to Champaign in winter 2004, Wraight and Orphans' keyboardist/vocalist Erin Fein began collaborating on new material. After playing a few shows with Orphans, the band and Wraight decided to change the name, scrap some of the old material and begin anew as Headlights. In spring 2004, they entered the studio to record their debut release, The Enemies EP.read more from the source...

NEW BLACK

Artist / Band: NEW BLACK
Song (MP3): KHALIL
Album: Time Attack
File Under: Garage, Punk
Label: Thick Records
Info: Chicago’s New Black literally came out of nowhere with their self-titled debut in 2004, grabbing the attention of America’s indie music bizsters, journalists and record-shelf searchers alike. But unlike many of their counterparts, who would navigate a path back and forth across the US attempting to gain a following, New Black would debut a new sound to their European neighbors first. In fact, by the end of the tour, the band would have played more countries than it had US cities. In a year’s time, just before the writing and recording of their second record, the band would be invited to open for the likes of VHS or Beta, Electrelane, Secret Machines and Coachwhips. Rough Trade would include them on its Best of 2004 Compilation alongside Elliot Smith, Sonic Youth, Bloc Party and more. The touring and accolades, as well as personal exposure to their peers would help distill an even newer black to its explosive core.
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THE DIALS

Artist / Band: THE DIALS
Song (MP3): PHONE LINE
Album: Flex Time
File Under: Garage, Power Pop, Punk
Label: Latest Flame Records
Info: The foundation is laid by the dynamic interplay of Rebecca's and Patti's epic bubblegum songs of disenchantment, frustration, and making out behind the grocery store. Add on top of that the degenerate barroom-floor sounds of Emily's junky genre-bending farfisa (is it Monoman or Steve Nieve? Who cares when it's this good?). Then tie it all together with Doug's ferociously flurried and smile-inducing fury on drums. Serpentine guitar B-52isms and Rezillos-worthy bass lines infused with raw Marshall crunch and total high-energy exuberance create a rock & roll tsunami that'll blow your panties off. read more from the source...

SOFT

Artist / Band: SOFT
Song (MP3): HIGHER
Album: Soft EP
File Under: Rock / Pop
Label: Self-Released
Info: Reminiscent enough to be familiar, yet fresh enough to be exciting, SOFT is the sound of five guys making one big sound: spacey, shimmering, beautiful rock music. Formed just over a year ago, the genesis of the band was an organic one with mutual friends from areas as divergent as Wisconsin, Illinois, Texas, and Connecticut coming together to do what seemed most natural to them: make music. The lack of a stated musical blueprint produced not the expected chaos but a surprising cohesion, and the song writing began. Months of perfectionist tweaking and fine-tuning culminated with a trip to a haunted ranch in upstate New York, which in turn yielded the five songs that eventually landed on the band's debut EP. Sold out shows followed as did support slots for the likes of Mark Gardner and Hard Fi. read more from the source...

HER SPACE HOLIDAY

Artist / Band: HER SPACE HOLIDAY
Song (MP3): A MATCH MADE IN TEXAS
Album: The Past Presents The Future
File Under: Indie Pop
Label: Wichita Recordings
Info: Marc Bianchi began recording under the moniker Her Space Holiday in 1996. It started as a simple affair..just a four track, a couple of cheap microphones, a beat up drum set, a guitar, and the desire to make music on his own. It was never Marc's intention to release any of his songs, in fact, his main focus at the time was actually spent on releasing other artists (Flowchart, Orange Cake Mix, Aspera, etc) albums on his now defunct Audio Information Phenomena label. It wasn't until he was approached to do a 12" EP by Chocolate River Industries that he realized that his music may make it beyond the safety of his bedroom. Since the release of the Audio Astronomy EP, HSH has worked with a handful of different labels including Tigerstyle, No Karma, Motorway, Clover, Brave Noise, Skylab Operations, and Mush. read more from the source...

PLAYLIST MUSICHALL 19 NOVEMBER 200

BLIM - The Sound In My Head
Breakfastaz - Midnight (Koma & Bones Mix)
Medcab - Dance (Move Ya and Steve Lavers Remix)
Hyper Ft Xander - We Control Original Extended Mix)
Armand Van Helden - My My My (Deekline and Wizard Vocal Remix)
Albino Allstars - Party Politics
Kano - typical me- feat. ghetto
Chase and Status - Top Shotta
Dizzee Rascal – Vexed
DJ C & Quality Diamond - Let It Billie (Jungle Mix)
The Nextmen - Blood Fire (Vocal)(Ft.Dynamite MC)
Damian Marley - Welcome To Jamrock

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