January 2009
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Beirut - March Of The Zapotec/Realpeople Holland
“After the widely acclaimed 2007 album The Flying Club Cup, which hit many album of the year lists including the NME, Uncut, Q, The Sun and The Telegraph, the extremely talented young songwriter and musician Zach Condon returns with his third record under the guise of Beirut. The full-length album entitled March Of The Zapotec is comprised of two EPs. The first, and album namesake, is a...
Harlem Shakes - Technicolor Health
These guys are slowly becoming my favorite band next to Grizzly Bear. To be honest I just downloaded this and felt the need to share. I haven’t finished listening to it so there are no standout tracks yet. I have given a little information on the band in my previous entry. I’m going to cut the shit now and just give you the listen and link. Enjoy! Listen: Download
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Harlem Shakes - Burning Birthdays
Harlem Shakes are a band from Brooklyn. They’ve opened for Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Vampire Weekend, Arctic Monkeys and others. Their debut full length, “Technicolor Health” comes out on March 24th. These guys are going to be the next big thing in indie pop. Listen: Harlem Shakes - Sickos Download Standout Tracks: Sickos, Carpetbaggers, Red Right Hands For Fans Of :...
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J. Roddy Walston and The Business - Hail Mega Boys
“J. Roddy Walston and The Business is a Baltimore, Md.-based rock band playing melodic, often upbeat and catchy songs influenced by the Southern rock tradition and featuring accomplished lyrics and musicianship. Their songs are often piano-driven and also feature strong guitar solos. The band moved to Baltimore from Tennessee.” Just found out about these guys today and so far...
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Meneguar - I Was Born at Night
“Meneguar (pronounced MEN-EGG-WHAR) is an indie rock band from Brooklyn, NY, that started in the winter of 2004. After years of playing together in other projects, such as Sheryl’s Magnetic Aura, which has an abundance of recordings dating back a number of years, Christian Deroeck, Jeremy Earl, Justin Wertz and Jarvis Taveniere, as Meneguar, released their demo on Fuck It Tapes in...
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Teenage Cool Kids - Queer Salutations
“Teenage Cool Kids are a band from Denton, TX, specifically the thriving beatnik vicinity of Panhandle Heights. The quartet blends nihilistic lyrics about the detachment of college town life with catchy hooks and triumphant choruses. Rumor has it that their latest album, Queer Salutations, was written to sync up with an episode of My So Called Life. ” Their new CD “Foreign...
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The Moondoggies - Don't Be a Stranger
“The Moondoggies are a four-piece band from Seattle that plays timeless American music. Warm three-part harmonies, gothic Rhodes organ, and wanderlust guitar mark a sound rooted in boogie blues and cosmic country; whip-smart songwriting leads to hook-heavy tunes that bristle with originality.” Moondoggies are an underrated band, a band that plays heart wrenching blues and are the...
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The Mommyheads - The Mommyheads S/T
“The Mommyheads were an American indie pop band who played from around 1987 through 1998. Starting in New York City as the brainchild of singer Adam Cohen (name later changed to Adam Elk), the band produced a string of quirky and highly inventive releases on various independent labels - most notably Simple Machines.” The Mommyheads have reunited to release their 2008 album,...
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Nurses - Hangin' Nothin' But Our Hands Down
Nurses consists of Aaron Chapman, John Bowers, and James Mitchell. They currently call Portland, Oregon home. They are signed to Sargent House (These Arms Are Snakes, Maps & Atlases, Russian Circles) They are finishing working on their second release “Apples Acre” to be released….well…sometime soon. Listen: Nurses : And Now the Curse of Marjorie Download Standout...
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These United States - A Picture of the Three of...
“These United States is the songs of Jesse Elliott, flipped, forged, phased, and fermented; stolen, re-taken, elongated and elevated, beaten and bruised, occasionally imbued, by an ever-battling band of music-mad robber-barons, enthused aesthetic thieves of the long and winding subway tunnels and underground railroads of our cacophonous nation.” A real folk/indie sounding band, one of...
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Detektivbyrån - Wermland
Detektivbyrån is a trio of multi-instrumentalists who formed in Karlstad, Sweden in 2005 and are now located in Gothenburg. They are making instrumental folky electronic music using vibes, accordions, trumpets, drums and guitars. Their first Demo EP was released in 2005, their debut release Hemvägen EP was released on Swedish label Danarkia. Since then they have released two singles, Lyckans...
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Know Think - Clean Closet EP
Know Think is an indie rock band out of New Brunswick, NJ. Don’t really know much about this band. Just listen and enjoy Listen: Know Think - Aeroplanes Download For Fans Of : Death Cab For Cutie, American Football
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Little Teeth - Child Bearing Man
Little Teeth are a trio based in California. They are signed to Absolutely Kosher records (Xiu Xiu, The Jim Yoshii Pile-Up, The Mountain Goats) and released their full length CD Child Bearing Man in September of 2008. Very enjoyable band. Listen: Little Teeth - Japanese Candy Standout tracks: Japanese Candy, Terrible News, Between My Ears For fans of : Xiu Xiu Download
Introducing the two
We are two people that enjoy music. We have both lived short lives, one at 17, the other, 18. Both of these two live in two separate states, Arizona, and New Jersey. This is not a blog, more so a list of everything we enjoy and our feelings on said things. We do not care how you feel about said things, nor will we ever.