Generator 2nd Floor
All Yr Songs
The Conductor
Pendulum
Wake
Elephants
It Doesn’t Have To Be Beautiful
Promises
Waiting For A War

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Frank YangFull writeup of the day over here.

Freelance Whales
- New York twee-popsters whose debut Weathervanes is being re-released on April 13, will be in town twice over the next while; at the El Mocambo on April 6 with Cymbals Eat Guitars and May 8 at the Mod Club with Shout Out Louds. NPR has a World Cafe session with the band, The San Francisco Examiner an interview and they’re…

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Baby Lee
blood Buzz Ohio
Top Drawer
Waves
I And Love And You
Goodnight Oslo
Your Hands (Together)
Fables
Living This Life
Bushels
Big Escape

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MergeSo much to catch up on. Where to begin? How about Scotland? That Teenage Fanclub had completed a new record in the last while is no secret. Even the title has been kicking around since last year. But the lack of news on the actual release of the record has been tough to find, at least until now. Merge, who put out their last…

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Two
Two
Bear
The Universe Is Going To Catch You
On The Roof
Stairs To The Attic
Cold War
Keys
The Mighty Sparrow
Laissez les Bon Temps Rouler

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Frank YangEditors are from Birmingham in the UK and are weathering criticism for daring to mess with their sonic formula on their latest effort In This Light And On This Evening. The Antlers are from Brooklyn in the USA and are basking in acclaim and ever-growing attention in the wake of last year’s Hospice. Two bands who wouldn’t appear to have…

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Missya

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It must be some sort of Toro Y Moi day over here, with Nathaniel giving the South Carolinian singer some props in this month’s MAP. Here’s a “new” old demo that Chaz tossed up on his blog from 2007 called “Myassa” — very interesting to see how he developed his sound from the singin’ songwriting’ kind to that of the chillwave / bro-fi / corona-core persuasion. Check it out:

[MP3] Toro Y Moi – Missya

It sounds a bit more like Death…

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you are far(do you exist?)
Inside The cinema
Facelove
Lion Face Boy
Four Score And Seven
Four Score And Seven
Of Foam And Wave

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Bil ZelmanHaving initially only announced tour dates in short, hesitant steps, Denton, Texas-based folk-pop revivalists Midlake have taken a deep breath, counted to ten, and slated an extensive North American tour in support of their new record The Courage Of Others that will include a local stop on May 21 at the Mod Club.

Though highly-anticipated, Courage is not drawing the sort of unanimous acclaim…

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King Of Spain
Semaphore
The Pharmacy

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MySpaceWhy lead with Hot Chip? Well nothing else especially newsworthy came down the pipe yesterday and their new one One Life Stand came out this week. I’ve been spinning it moderately the last little while, though not enough to try and assemble a proper review. Sufficed to say that while I’ve never been a massive Hot Chip fan in the past and this effort doesn’t sound/feel too different from what I recall of their earlier…

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Islands
Islands
Islands

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There is nothing else you can say other than The xx are sexy. Not sexy in the easily associated hardcore XXX manner, more along the lines of the stuff you or your brother secretly watched on late night cable against your parent’s will. Their mix of funky guitar riffs and sultry elements of hip-hop are appealing enough, let alone every verse Romy Madley Croft sings adds a sexy element to their music practically undeniable.

[MP3] The xx – Islands

“Islands” has…

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Swim

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Shortly after unleashing “Swim” on AOL’s Interface last week, Floridian rockers Surfer Blood are pimping their catchy lead single a little more with an official video. I have yet to see these guys live so I can’t attest to the greatness of their shows, but if the video below is any indication of the events transpiring before taking the stage then it’d make for an interesting performance. I’m guessing they love Florida as much as the next beach…

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Swim
Take It Easy

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What a day for Surfer Blood, huh? It’s amazing how quickly a “blog buzz band” can transform into a “Pitchfork buzz band,” all with a two digit number and a three word title of commendation. They really deserve every byte of respect and love they’ve picked up all over the Internet and abroad. If you’re still on the fence, the video below should demonstrate their live energy and collaborative skills. Here’s “Swim” from the so-hot-right-now…

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Lewis Takes Off His Shirt

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The power of Twitter is a great thing, as my good blogging buddy Taylor (Music For Kids Who Can’t Read Good) tweeted about a great live video that he, in turn, was shown via @replies. The video is of Owen Pallett (or Final Fantasy) performing a song from his latest album Heartland last year at Ontario’s Hillside Festival.

It’s no secret that I haven’t been the biggest fan of “Best New Music” labeled Heartland as a whole, but…

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Sunlight
In Steps
Like A Hitman, Like A Dancer
Daniel
Fake Blues
Silver Revolver
Tunnelvision
Quicksand
People Say
Blood
Moth’s Wings
Luna
Walkabout (Feat. Noah Lennox)
Kettering
Kamphopo
Beach Town
Phones Don’t Feud
Silver Clouds
Heavy Cloud Hustle
Stillness Is The Move
The Strangers
Cheerleader

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It’s the 25^th of December and, aside from Christmas, we’ve assembled 25 of our favorite albums from 2009. There were some sensational albums this year and being forced to only pick out a fraction of our favorites was certainly frustrating. However, our ears have heard tons of music over the past year and we’re proud…

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Girl From The North Country

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last.fmBefore there was Monsters Of Folk, the band, or Monsters Of Folk, the album, there was Monsters Of Folk, the tour. It was the tongue-in-cheek banner applied to the shows featuring Jim James of My Morning Jacket, Matt Ward of M Ward Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes and unsurprisingly, found the three collaborating on stage as often as not.

One number that they’d lend their collective touches to was Bob Dylan’s “Girl From The North Country”, a…

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fossil, I
Molten
Lover Gone
For Norman Luxton
Almost Let You In

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Frank YangThere are many things to like about Leeds trio Sky Larkin, not least among them their wonderfully sweet and spiky debut album The Golden Spike, but what I think I like most is how much of a good time they’re clearly having. On record, on stage, in their videos, everything Sky Larkin is permeated with a genuine, unaffected sense of fun – no brooding angst or overamped giddiness, just…

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Illuminated

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Hordur SveinssonThey may have lost their most recognizable features when the Valtysdottir twins left the band some years ago and took with them the voices that gave their breakout record Finally We Are No One its uniquely childlike and otherworldly qualities, but Iceland’s Mum have soldiered on. Sing Along To Songs You Don’t Know is the outfit’s fifth release and reflects the continued evolution of their lineup from conventional band into loose collective and their sound from tinkertoy electronica to…

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The One I Love

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Frank YangSince being Mr Ubiquity back in 2005, circa Illinois, Sufjan Stevens has largely gone quiet – a collection of Christmas carols here, a tribute to a New York expressway there, but certainly not a new album by conventional standards, and certainly not a continuation of his fifty states initiative.

So by those standards, this Autumn is a bounty for Sufjan fans – there’s the October 6 release of Run Rabbit Run , a rejigged and re-orchestrated…

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Two
Two
Bear
Movement VI
Vapours
Hear It In The Cans
Earthly Bodies
Billie Holiday
Elephants
Higher Than The Stars
Higher Than The Stars

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Ben RitterHospice, the much-praised new record from Brooklyn solo project turned trio The Antlers, is an exceedingly difficult listen for me. The album is built around a central narrative about a man losing a loved one to cancer and it’s so successful in evoking the emotions and atmosphere around that that when I listen to it, my teeth clench and chest tightens. It’s actually physically…

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Death
Death

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Frank YangThe last time White Lies came through town back in March, it was in a co-headline context with Friendly Fires and though it was White Lies who were riding the #1 album in To Lose My Life and closed out the Toronto date, you won’t find many in attendance who would disagree that Friendly Fires stole the show. You just can’t follow big, dancey cowbell-injected fun with grandiose and dramatic angst-rock, it seems.

So when White Lies return for a…

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Something Hiding For Us In The Night
Blank Passports
You
French Navy
You Can Have What You Want
You Cross My Path

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saddle-creek.comLand Of Talk was supposed to spend this year promoting the hell out of their excellent 2008 full-length debut Some Are Lakes but following a short bit of local touring around the end of January, including an excellent long-awaited show at the Horseshoe, the band had to go on an extended break while frontwoman Liz Powell underwent and recovered from vocal cord surgery.

They…

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