Thursday, October 30, 2008

Kings of Leon - Because of the Times (2007)

Kings of Leon is a rock band made up of three brothers and their first cousin from Tennessee, USA. The band's sound derives from southern rock, garage rock, hard rock ,blues and post-punk and have released four full-length albums. The group's name is derived from Nathan, Caleb and Jared's father and grandfather, both named Leon. [from Wikipedia]

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Author's Note:
Really good driving record. Key tracks are "Knocked Up", "Charmer", "True Love Way", "Ragoo" and "Fans".

Reccomended if you like My My Morning Jacket

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (2008) + B-Sides and Rare

Vampire Weekend is an indie rock band from New York City, formed in 2006 and signed to XL Recordings.
Vampire Weekend gained attention via a variety of blogs, such as Stereogum. The band is influenced by both African popular music and Western classical music, describing their genre of music as "Upper West Side Soweto". [from Wikipedia]

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These are all the b-sides and extra tracks that Vampire Weekend have put out so far. B-sides, remixes, etc:

01. Arrows
02. Bryn [Early Version]
03. Everywhere [Fleetwood Mac cover]
04. Exit Music (For A Film) [Radiohead cover]
05. Ladies of Cambridge
06. M79 [Early Version]
07. Oxford Comma [Burntpiano Edit]
08. Oxford Comma [Rehearsal Version]
09. Walcott [Insane Mix]

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Saturday, August 16, 2008

Jap Jap - This Is Where We'll End (2008)

Jap Jap is the solo project of Jasper Boer. Hailing from Holland and at just 26 years of age, is showing a depth of musical maturity that many commercially successful artists are still striving to obtain. [From JapJap.net]

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Author's Note:
I fell in love with this album from the first song. Just so beautiful; do yourself a favor and download it. Then smile and shower me with praise for introducing you to this amazing band.

According to Jap Jap's MySpace, his influences are Ulrich Schnauss, Boards of Canada, Slowdive, and Mew.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Shallow - High Flyin' Kid Stuff (1997)

Formed and fronted by Shallow mainstays Jason and Julie Shields, The Capsules are an inspired, hooky and simply beautiful band who have recently made their home in the college town of Lawrence, Kansas. (from Lawrence.com)

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Author Note:
Shallow is a now-defunct shoegaze band from Kansas City. They were active from the late 90's until early 2000. They were amazing and completely in the vein of the shoegaze that I know and love.

According to their myspace (http://www.myspace.com/shallowcommand) fans of My Bloody Valentine, Jesus and Mary Chain, and The Sundays would enjoy this. But I think this beauty is in a genre all it's own.

Jaguar Love - Take Me To the Sea (2008)

Jaguar Love is an American art punk band. (From Wikipedia)

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Author Note:
This is the debut album by the new band Jaguar Love, consisting of Johnny Whitney, formerly of Blood Brothers (R.I.P.) It sounds awesome; keys tracks are "Highways of Gold" and "Georgia". Definitely for fans of Johnny's other projects like Soiled Doves and Neon Blonde; more melodic, though.

Monday, July 7, 2008

Unwed Sailor - Little Wars (2008)

Unwed Sailor is a mostly instrumental band formed in 1998 by Johnathon Ford. Unwed Sailor's recordings range from instrumental rock to ambient drones. (From Wikipedia)

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Author Note:
This is one of the best albums from 2008. Beautiful word-less, instrumental bliss. I would reccomend this to fans of Explosions In the Sky and The Album Leaf.