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Port O'brien

thesearch — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:22:29 -0500

fantastic creative energy and passion from this band - shouting harmonies and foot stomping rhythm - you'll hear it most in I Woke Up Today a song that sends me flying around the room like a little child - Close the Lid is another stand out song

Sister Suvi

thesearch — Mon, 05 May 2008 02:17:55 -0500

3 peoples: one ukelele, one guitar, and more than one drum come together from other places and make some bang up indie pop with extremely cool experimental vocal harmonies and driving rhythms. If you haven't heard these cats yet you will... or if you won't you should... or just listen already! Aren't you tired of reading my ramblings?

The National

thesearch — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:42:57 -0500

nice, very easy to listen to, subdued crooner, elegant rock and roll - creative and visceral lyrics

Dr. Dog

zackery — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:26:01 -0600

lighten up a bit - don't take yourself too seriously - but seriously, this is very good songwriting - makes me want to cartwheel

Deerhunter

tinycow — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:18:52 -0600

Here's an in studio session. I love these raw recordings. Heatherwood sounds truer to its lyrics: frail and naked, much slower than the disk version. Dr. Glass is magnificent and poppy reminding me a bit of early Police. The maracas are a nice touch. Activa is in their more experimental vien. Cox's vocalisms are amazing in this one.

Thao

trimmer — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:52:06 -0600

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

Live Spiders (the guy from Bright)

vofrem — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:32:06 -0600

Live Spiders is Joe LaBrecque of Bright. Please check out Bright's page (www.myspace.com/brightsounds) and the pages for Nonloc (www.myspace.com/nonloc and www.nonloc.com), the fantastic solo project of Bright's Mark Dwinell.

Enon

thesearch — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:35:27 -0500

Have your cake and eat it. Solid songwriting without sacrificing innovation & experimentation as happens all too often in the underground music scene these days. Sounding much more punk rock here in this live session than their studio work, you get a sense of their concert sound: raw and raucous.

Broken Social Scene

molly — Sun, 04 May 2008 02:33:43 -0500

Baroque pop supergroup (19 members): utterly creative and beautiful. Download their entire 2005 self titled album free here in real media format courtesy of Arts & Crafts.

Wintersleep

zackery — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:59:47 -0600

ingenious and infectious - upbeat rock that'll surprise and delight listen after listen - great friggin' music - great friggin' lyrics - don't pass this over