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A multi-instrumental loop experimentalist weaving dense audioscapes with strong rhythm foundations. That's the left brain description.

Mind-blowingly way, way ahead of their time, active during the 60s, The Monks tore down the concept of what rock music should be. They epitomize what good underground music is all about: "musicians smart enough (or dumb enough or crazy enough) to come up with something new." Spazz Chandler

Bradford Cox posted this 5 track EP on his blog - Track 1 (My Car) is hazy surf pop goodness - Track 2 (My Room) is chanting loop modulation - Track 3 (My Bed) is Tibetan monastery wind chime - Track 4 (Recording Acoustic Drums) i needn't say more - Track 5 (Marietta) is romantic and perverse, delicately composed with great attention to detail, magnificent

At times folk, at times synth pop, entirely enticing: brimming with catchy new ideas here is an emerging artist poised to break out.

P.S. You can download we are gods! we are wolves! at http://virb.com/leloupmusic.

brilliant band - talented, laden with originality and verve, laid back in their alt-country tradition - recorded at Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club Feb, 27th, 2008

Some find 'em difficult, but give it a few listens, let your mind wrap around it, and it'll be worth the effort. Great care has been taken crafting these beautifully morose songs. Highly creative!

tangles of guitar, knots of singing, threads of beat and thump make a rope fit for hauling the heavy machinery of your day - Thao

Concept album purveyor, Stephin Merritt, has a new one: Distortion. The concept: shoegaze a la The Jesus and Mary Chain, of course laced with Stephin's dry ironic wit. I love (I hate) California Girls with its mocking Beach Boys vocals and venomous lyrics.

Beauty through strange circumstance: a wrist injury and a European trip have produced such such an interesting sound. Zach Condon's inability to grasp a guitar neck led him to play ukulele, and after dropping out of high school to tour Europe he became influenced by Balkan gypsy music. Luck aside, Zach's sultry voice, songwriting craft, and multi-instrument musical skill complete the package.

Animal Collective makes wildly experimental sound collages its members describe as "sonic, freeform, electronic, horror, gospel, hip-hop, soul, pop madness." To some, it's more noise than music. But to the group's fans, Animal Collective is making the most inventive and playfully refreshing sounds of the year. Hear the band in a full concert, recorded live from the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.