Artist |
Title |
Label |
Received
Date |
I-pod Download/
listened to |
Published |
Comments |
Rating |
Brightblack Morning Light |
Motion to Rejoin |
Matador |
9/7/08 |
9/7/08 |
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The Broken West |
Now or Heaven |
Merge |
9/7/08 |
9/7/08 |
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Conor Oberst |
Conor Oberst |
Merge |
9/7/08 |
9/7/08 |
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Department of Eagles |
In Ear Park |
4AD |
9/7/08 |
9/7/08 |
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Does It Offend You, Yeah? |
You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into |
Virgin |
9/7/08 |
9/7/08 |
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Emiliana Torrini |
Me and Armani |
Rough Trade |
9/7/08 |
9/7/08 |
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Facing Winter |
Seas Drain into Space |
Seven Sided |
9/7/08 |
9/7/08 |
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The Faint |
Faciinatiion |
blank.wav |
9/7/08 |
9/7/08 |
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Friendly Fires |
Friendly Fires |
XL |
9/7/08 |
9/7/08 |
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Future of the Left |
Curses |
4AD |
9/7/08 |
9/7/08 |
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Giant Sand |
ProVISIONS |
Yep Roc |
9/7/08 |
9/7/08 |
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Gus Black |
Today Is Not the Day |
self released |
9/7/08 |
9/7/08 |
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Her Space Holiday |
Sleepy Tigers EP |
Mush |
9/7/08 |
9/7/08 |
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Jenny Lewis |
Acid Tongues |
Warners |
9/7/08 |
9/7/08 |
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Lindsey Buckingham |
Gift of Screws |
Warners |
9/7/08 |
9/7/08 |
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M83 |
Saturdays=Youth |
Mute |
9/7/08 |
9/7/08 |
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Okkervil River |
The Stand Ins |
Jagjaguwar |
9/7/08 |
9/7/08 |
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Randy Newman |
Harps & Angels |
Nonesuch |
9/7/08 |
9/7/08 |
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Silver Jews |
Lookout Mountain Lookout Sea |
Drag City |
9/7/08 |
9/7/08 |
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Son, Ambulance |
Someone Else's Deja Vu |
Saddle Creek |
9/7/08 |
9/7/08 |
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Stereolab |
Chemical Chords |
4AD |
9/7/08 |
9/7/08 |
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Ting Tings |
We Started Nothing |
Columbia |
9/7/08 |
9/7/08 |
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Vampire Hands |
You and Me Cherry Red |
Peppermint Coffins |
9/7/08 |
9/7/08 |
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The Whipkey Three |
The Whipkey Three |
self release |
9/7/08 |
9/7/08 |
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Fromanhole |
Dissecting the American Dream |
Necessarily Pressed |
9/7/08 |
9/7/08 |
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Tilly and the Wall |
O |
Team Love |
9/7/08 |
9/7/08 |
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Dresden Dolls |
No, Virginia... |
Roadrunner |
9/7/08 |
9/7/08 |
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De Novo Dahl |
Move Every Muscle, Make Every Sound |
Roadrunner |
9/7/08 |
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Jaguar Love |
Highways of Gold EP |
Matador |
9/7/08 |
9/7/08 |
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Jesse Remnant |
The Human Cannonball |
Squid's Eye |
9/7/08 |
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Sleep Said the Monster |
The Weird Message You Never Asked For |
self-release |
9/7/08 |
9/7/08 |
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Midwest Dilemma |
Timelines & Tragedies |
self release |
9/7/08 |
9/7/08 |
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Patti Rothberg |
Double Standards |
Double On Tundra |
9/7/08 |
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Neil Diamond |
Home Before Dark |
Columbia |
9/7/08 |
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Ifihadahifi |
Fame by Proxy |
Latest Flame |
9/7/08 |
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Mike Musick |
Honest |
Union St. |
9/7/08 |
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U2 |
Under A Blood Red Sky (Reissue) |
Universal |
9/7/08 |
9/7/08 |
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Moon Child and Robo Robb Present |
Save the Music |
Ed Words |
9/7/08 |
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Ladyfinger/Dance Me Pregnant |
split 7-inch |
No Dancing |
9/7/08 |
9/7/08 |
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Give Away Your Hearts |
self titled |
self released |
9/7/08 |
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Chris Blake |
Wave |
Cumulo Nimbus |
9/7/08 |
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Jeremy Messersmith |
The Silver City |
Princess |
9/7/08 |
9/7/08 |
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100 Mile Stretch |
Elsmeade |
self release |
9/7/08 |
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The Gluons |
Meet the Gluons |
Squid's Eye |
9/7/08 |
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Matt Pless |
Alarm Clock Time Bomb |
self release |
9/7/08 |
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Punch Sky |
Lifeguard Nights |
Head Shop |
9/7/08 |
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Skybombers |
Take Me to Town |
self release |
9/7/08 |
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Ki and the King |
Punch Your Country |
Evans |
9/7/08 |
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Stone Cooper |
Chronicles of Decay |
Naked Gypsy |
9/7/08 |
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Soft War |
self titled |
self released |
9/7/08 |
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Patchwork |
Take Me Down the Interstate |
Scrabble Champ |
9/7/08 |
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The United |
Blood & Iron |
Maltese |
9/7/08 |
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Jenny Dalton |
Rusalka's Umbrella |
Glossy Shoebox |
9/7/08 |
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Owen Sartori |
Another Beautiful Day in the Cube |
Burst |
9/7/08 |
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Tin Veil |
Hand in the Dark |
self released |
9/7/08 |
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Theresa J |
WarAlarm |
self release |
9/7/08 |
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Black Light Burns |
Cover Your Heart |
Wolfpack |
9/7/08 |
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Alina Simone |
Everyone Is Crying Out to Me, Beware |
54 50 or Fight |
9/7/08 |
9/7/08 |
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The Quantum Explorers |
Hello Dragon |
self release |
9/7/08 |
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Bears in the Yukon |
You May Die in the Desert |
self release |
9/7/08 |
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Sigur Ros |
Huarf/Heim |
XL |
9/7/08 |
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Masks Phantoms |
And All the Rest Into a Sulphurous Horror |
self release |
9/7/08 |
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This Is Radio Freedom |
self titled |
self release |
9/7/08 |
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Jumping Ship |
(and other stories) |
self release |
9/7/08 |
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The United |
DEM EP |
self release |
9/7/08 |
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Only Makebelieve |
Message from a Mockingbird |
GreenTree |
9/7/08 |
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Three for Tomorrow |
self titled |
Hopeless |
9/7/08 |
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Brent Gunter |
Andalucia |
Sandia Crest |
9/7/08 |
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Crap Detectors |
#*it Got Too Deep |
self release |
9/7/08 |
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Dylan Trees |
Charlie Horse EP |
Papercup |
9/7/08 |
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Dawn Chorus |
Florida St. Serenade |
Fractured |
9/7/08 |
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The Rationales |
The Going and the Gone |
self release |
9/7/08 |
9/7/08 |
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Paper Owls |
Myths |
self release |
9/7/08 |
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In Cadeo |
Ghosts EP |
self release |
9/7/08 |
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The Boy Bathing |
A Fire to Make Preparation |
self release |
9/7/08 |
9/7/08 |
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Ratatat |
LP3 |
LX |
6/7/08 |
6/7/08 |
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The Bellrays |
Hard, Sweet and Sticky |
Anodyne |
4/28/08 |
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Schoolyard Heroes |
Abominations |
Stolen Transmission |
4/28/08 |
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|
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various artists |
African Party |
Putumayo |
4/24/08 |
4/24/08 |
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Mostly Bears |
The Ed Mitchell Clinic |
Funzalo |
4/24/08 |
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Everthus the Deadbeats |
John Kill and the Microscopic
Lullaby |
Standard Recording Co. |
4/24/08 |
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Richard Thompson |
Sweet Warrior |
Sony/Wonder |
4/24/08 |
4/24/08 |
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The Long Blondes |
Couples |
Rough Trade |
4/24/08 |
4/24/08 |
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Jeffrey Lewis |
12 Crass Songs |
Rough Trade |
4/24/08 |
4/24/08 |
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Holy Fuck |
self titled |
XL/Beggars |
4/24/08 |
4/24/08 |
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See March
5 interview |
Yes |
The Breeders |
Mountain Battles |
4AD |
4/24/08 |
4/24/08 |
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Black Kids |
Wizard of Ahhhs |
self released |
4/24/08 |
4/24/08 |
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Basia Bulat |
Oh, My Darling |
Rough Trade |
4/24/08 |
4/24/08 |
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Aimee Mann |
@#%&*! Smilers |
SuperEgo |
4/24/08 |
4/24/08 |
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Andor |
Mixed States |
self released |
4/24/08 |
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Bird Names |
Open Relationship |
Unsound |
4/24/08 |
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Joan of Arc |
Boo Human |
Polyvinyl |
4/24/08 |
4/24/08 |
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A 750ml Affair |
self titled |
Kettle Black |
4/24/08 |
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Schaeffer |
Something Worth Fighting For |
self release |
4/24/08 |
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Pro Audio |
Make the Happiness Stop |
Poskey Reunion |
4/24/08 |
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Chris Beirne |
Freezerburn |
Dino Ranch |
4/24/08 |
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Veiled |
Within |
844 |
4/24/08 |
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Daguerreotypes |
Tropical Trust |
Auger Down |
4/24/08 |
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She Swings, She Sways |
self titled |
self release |
4/24/08 |
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Antherius |
2008-03 |
Decursus |
4/24/08 |
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Avenue F |
Tales from the Garage |
self release |
4/24/08 |
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De Novo Dahl |
Move Every Muscle, Make Every
Sound |
Roadrunner |
4/24/08 |
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Denelian |
Gossip with the Devil |
self released |
4/24/08 |
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The Backsliders |
You're Welcome |
self released |
4/24/08 |
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American Princes |
Other People |
Yep Roc |
4/24/08 |
4/24/08 |
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Sad Sailor |
Link to the Outside World |
Eh? |
4/24/08 |
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We Need You |
self titled |
Eh? |
4/24/08 |
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Andreas Brandal |
This Is Not For You |
Eh? |
4/24/08 |
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Analog America |
A Four Course Meal of Found Sound |
Noise Order |
4/24/08 |
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Poland |
Schoolboy Crush on Che Guevara |
Class M |
4/24/08 |
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Girls on Film |
Get Close to Me |
Native Sun |
4/24/08 |
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Lords of the North |
self titled |
self released |
4/24/08 |
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Skybombers |
Sirens |
self released |
4/24/08 |
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Black Keys |
Attack & Release |
Nonesuch |
4/24/08 |
4/24/08 |
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Destroyer |
Trouble in Dreams |
Merge |
4/24/08 |
4/24/08 |
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For Against |
Shade Side Sunny Side |
Words on Music |
4/24/08 |
4/24/08 |
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Alex Gomez |
Outdoor Kitchen |
self released |
4/24/08 |
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Bendicion |
Latin Explosion |
self released |
4/24/08 |
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Siggy |
The Absinthe Effect |
self released |
4/24/08 |
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Everything Gone Green |
Hiding in the Light |
Egg Recordings |
4/24/08 |
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Ladyhawk |
Shots |
Jagjaguwar |
4/24/08 |
4/24/08 |
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Tokyo Police Club |
Elephant Shell |
Saddle Creek |
4/24/08 |
4/24/08 |
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Sean Cox |
Return to Me |
KMG |
4/24/08 |
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Warren Teagarden |
Across the San Joaquin |
self released |
4/24/08 |
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Victoria White |
The Upside |
Kalimba |
4/24/08 |
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Anla Courtis, Seiichi Yamamoto,
Yoshimi |
Live at Kanadian |
Sonic Eyesore |
4/24/08 |
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Jesse Krakow |
World Without Nachos |
Eh? |
4/24/08 |
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brekekekexkoaxkoax |
I Manage to Get Out by a Secret
Door |
Eh? |
4/24/08 |
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The KBD Sonic Cooperative |
Four Plus One |
Eh? |
4/24/08 |
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Diamondhead |
Dirty Realism |
Eh? |
4/24/08 |
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Tim Miller |
Adelaide |
self released |
4/24/08 |
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Howlin Rain |
Magnificent Fiend |
Sony |
4/24/08 |
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MGMT |
Oracular Spectacular |
Sony |
4/24/08 |
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The Teenagers |
Reality Check |
Beggars |
2/22/08 |
2/22/08 |
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Austin Collins |
Roses Are Black |
Fat Caddy |
2/22/08 |
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Mission of Burma |
Vs. (Reissue) |
Matador |
2/21/08 |
2/21/08 |
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Dallas Orbiter |
Motorcycle Diagrams |
Princess |
2/21/08 |
2/21/08 |
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Cryptacize |
Dig That Treasure |
Asthmatic Kitty |
2/10/08 |
2/10/08 |
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Sons and Daughters |
This Gift |
Domino |
2/10/08 |
2/10/08 |
2/14/08 |
A kinder gentler version of Metric?
Probably just frontwoman Adele Bethel's vocals, which are
loose and groovy on music that's trying to be harder than
it should (could) be. (2/14/08) |
Yes |
Flowers Forever |
self titled |
Team Love |
2/10/08 |
2/10/08 |
2/14/08 |
Derek Pressnall may be the grooviest
guy in Nebr-indie music, from his role in Tilly and the Wall
to his role in Goo, but that doesn't mean he has anything
relevant to say. Or maybe he does. Depends on whether or not
you buy his "Change better come / We're not fucking
around no more" millennial reach-around -- an approach
whose sincerity is believable when it comes from the tap dancing
band. When it comes from Vincent Gallo fronting a heavier
version of Bright Eyes, it sounds less like a rallying cry
than a threat that no one could possibly take seriously. (2/14/08) |
No |
Nik Freitas |
Sun Down |
Team Love |
2/10/08 |
2/10/08 |
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Dead Meadows |
Old Growth |
Matador |
2/10/08 |
2/10/08 |
2/14/08 |
Since when does Matador sell stoner
rock? More like stoner rock lite. These hippy fuzz-blues songs
are saved by their brevity (and guitar work). (2/14/08) |
Yes |
Devastations |
Yes, U |
Beggars Banquet |
2/10/08 |
2/10/08 |
2/14/08 |
A moody uptick of Roxy Music with
kinda, sorta Nick Drake darkness thrown into the mix. As deep
and lush as it is, it suffers from a case of the samies.(2/14/08) |
No |
various artists |
Euro Groove |
Putumayo |
2/10/08 |
2/10/08 |
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The Dig |
Full Service |
self released |
2/10/08 |
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soundtrack |
Far from Haggersville |
Trinema |
2/10/08 |
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Dan Wilson |
Free Life |
American |
2/10/08 |
2/10/08 |
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A Tomato A Day |
box set |
self released |
2/10/08 |
2/10/08 |
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The Dig |
Good Luck and Games |
self released |
2/10/08 |
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The Attorneys |
Sterocracy |
self released |
2/10/08 |
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Dereck Higgins |
3 |
self released |
2/10/08 |
2/10/08 |
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The Wagner Logic |
Easiest to Grab |
Wilderhood |
2/10/08 |
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various artists |
Tango Around the World |
Putumayo |
2/10/08 |
2/10/08 |
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various artists |
Latin Jazz |
Putumayo |
2/10/08 |
2/10/08 |
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Undersea Explosion |
This Is Undersea Explosion |
LSD 25 |
2/10/08 |
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Invention |
Parable of the Survivors |
self released |
2/10/08 |
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Burgandy Brown |
My Lucky 13 |
Sapphirerose |
2/10/08 |
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Damien Rice |
Live at Fingerprints |
Heffa |
2/10/08 |
2/10/08 |
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Shelf Life |
Rheuma |
Eh? |
2/10/08 |
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Marina Hardy |
Pink Violin |
Eh? |
2/10/08 |
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Dynamic Brown Hips |
Wave the Old Wave |
Eh? |
2/10/08 |
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Bob Marsh |
Viovox |
Public Eyesore |
2/10/08 |
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The Boneless Chicken Foundation |
Stars For Anyone |
self released |
2/10/08 |
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Springfactory |
self titled |
Series Two |
2/10/08 |
2/10/08 |
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The Exit Strategy |
City of the Microphones |
One Percent Press |
2/10/08 |
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|
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A Beautiful Noise |
Electric Soul |
self released |
2/10/08 |
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Times New Viking |
Rip It Off |
Matador |
2/10/08 |
2/10/08 |
2/14/08 |
Call it hi-fi low-fi or arty low-fi
or loud low-fi or technically perfect low-fi, but straight-up
low-fi it ain't. And for me, that's a plus. Cut through the
sizzle static buzzsaw and you'll find plenty of tunes. Songs,
too. This generation's Slanted-era Pavement? If so, it's apt
that they're on Matador. And it's only a matter of time (and
releases) until the static fades, replaced by perfect sound
forever. (2/14/08) |
Yes |
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks |
Real Emotional Trash |
Matador |
2/10/08 |
2/10/08 |
2/14/08 |
Former Pavement frontman swerves
dangerously close to jam-band territory, or does he? You might
think so after the 10-plus minute head trip (the title track,
his first ever) or the blues jam noodler "Hopscotch Willie,"
but really, it's the same old Malkmus, that songster with
the adolescent Peter Brady meets Lou Reed mew, the king of
indie-slacker melodicism, the last man standing from the '90s
that still makes good music. Compared to the more tuneful
Face the Truth it's almost a toss-off, but still worth your
time. (2/14/08) |
Yes |
Phosphorescent |
Pride |
Dead Oceans |
2/10/08 |
2/10/08 |
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Peasant |
On the Ground |
Paper Garden |
2/10/08 |
2/10/08 |
2/14/08 |
The only way it'll work is if
you can get past Damien DeRose' obvious love (or mimicry?)
of Elliot Smith, to which his melodies (if not his voice)
is just shy of dead ringer. Get beyond it, and you'll discover
sweet coffee shop acoustic folk that would fit right in on
the latest indie movie soundtrack. More likely, though, it'll
make you stumble through your bookcase looking for your copy
of XO. (2/14/08) |
Yes |
Panther |
14Kt God |
Kill Rock Stars |
2/10/08 |
2/10/08 |
2/14/08 |
After the genius of bottle-tapping
single "How Well Can You Swim" I so wanted this
to be great. And it comes close on the Byrne-meets-Fripp "Beautiful
Condo" and stuttering funk of "Pueto Rican Jukebox."
But that's about it. Buy the singles. (2/14/08) |
No |
Neva Dinova |
You May Already Be Dreaming |
Saddle Creek |
2/10/08 |
2/10/08 |
2/14/08 |
Lyrically, Jake Bellows is Omaha's
version of Paul Westerberg. Clever, maybe too clever for his
own good (but not for ours). Those clever words of love and
loss and the joys of Tryptophan are apt to shimmer somewhere
in a dream fog of a melody (fueled by Bellows' bright croon)
rather than a country backbeat ("She's a Ghost")
or an electric rumble ("Cloud"). When they do rock
(the skittery "What You Want") it's more of a fluke
than a trend, short-lived until you can return to the usual
slow and drowsy and buttery stuff. Those who can keep from
nodding off will be grandly rewarded. (2/14/08) |
Yes |
The Moutain Goats |
Heretic Pride |
4AD |
2/10/08 |
2/10/08 |
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The Most Serene Republic |
Population |
Arts & Crafts |
2/10/08 |
2/10/08 |
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Lightspeed Champion |
Falling Off the Lavendar Bridge |
Domino |
2/10/08 |
2/10/08 |
2/14/08 |
What happens when you uproot a
Brit and plant him in Omaha's ARC studios with Mike Mogis
behind the board surrounded by all the local talent that Saddle
Creek can throw at him. The result is a smarter, older, more
tuneful version of Tilly and the Wall (sans tap dancing) meets
mild-swing Morrissey and Nate Walcott-arranged strings. Pleasant
and fun (if you don't take it too seriously). (2/14/08) |
Yes |
Head of Femur |
Great Plains |
Greyday |
2/10/08 |
2/10/08 |
2/14/08 |
I was too quick to discard this
as more bland indie pabulum on first listen (maybe I was in
a bad mood?), but further listens revealed a soul cast in
King Crimson and golden light, especially once you find centerpiece
"Covered Wagons" with its lush strings and very
real piano and more sincerity than you'll likely hear anywhere
else in indie land. The Femurs have become true balladeers
since those Ringodom or Proctor days, which is another
way of saying they've all growed up. (2/14/08) |
Yes |
Cat Power |
Jukebox |
Matador |
2/10/08 |
2/10/08 |
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Carbon/Silicon |
The Last Post |
self released |
2/10/08 |
2/10/08 |
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French Horn Rebellion |
self titled |
self released |
2/10/08 |
2/10/08 |
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The Meadows |
First Nervous Breakdown |
Single |
2/10/08 |
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Bo Deans |
Still |
He & He |
2/10/08 |
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Sean Madigan |
The Liquor Witch |
Greyday |
2/10/08 |
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Kevin Devine |
Put Your Ghost to Rest |
Capitol |
2/10/08 |
2/10/08 |
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Father Bloopy |
Ginger, Baby |
Dippy |
2/10/08 |
2/10/08 |
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Evangelicals |
The Evening Descends |
Dead Oceans |
2/10/08 |
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Ideal Cleaners |
Muchacho |
Speed! Nebraska |
2/10/08 |
2/10/08 |
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The Pendrakes |
Sunday Punch |
self released |
2/17/08 |
2/17/08 |
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The Cops |
Free Electricity |
Mt. Fuji |
2/10/08 |
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various artist |
Latin Reggae |
Putumayo |
2/10/08 |
2/10/08 |
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Shauna Burns |
Moon and the Fire Circle |
Red Rock |
2/10/08 |
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Electric Needle Room |
Too Much Information Age |
self released |
2/10/08 |
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Greg Roth |
Caught Looking |
self released |
2/10/08 |
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The Wholes |
Bella Vita |
self released |
2/10/08 |
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Eat Sugar |
self titled |
self released |
2/10/08 |
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Kate Nash |
Made of Bricks |
Fiction |
2/10/08 |
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Richard D. Shark |
A Single Step |
self released |
2/10/08 |
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Ian Axel |
I'm On To You |
self released |
2/10/08 |
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2/14/08 |
Whenever you hear a piano-driven
artist you kinda/sorta have to compare them to another piano-driven
artist. Such is the case with Ian Axel, who sounds whole heckuva
lot like Dan Wilson, who isn't really a piano-driven artist.
He certainly doesn't sound like Ben Folds or Billy Joel, though
his music is as sweetly precocious as those guys' stuff. Nothing
earth shaking, certainly not indie, and dangerously close
to "Adult Alternative." Generally well done. I'm
surprised that one of the big swingers hasn't scooped him
up
yet. Maybe they never will, and Mr. Axel will instead
wind up writing musicals on Broadway. You could do worse,
Ian
(2/17/08) |
Yes |
Atris |
Of the Commons |
self released |
2/10/08 |
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Rock Paper Dynamite |
self titled |
self released |
2/10/08 |
2/10/08 |
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Boy/Girl |
Secret Secret Secret Singles |
307 Knox |
2/10/08 |
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Fizzle Like a Flood |
The Love LP |
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2/10/08 |
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Absentstar |
self titled |
self release |
2/10/08 |
2/10/08 |
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The Primidonnatives |
Go |
Vague Moon |
2/10/08 |
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Over Sea, Under Stone |
Five Songs Are Not Enough |
SMI |
2/10/08 |
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Scattered Trees |
Song for my Grandfather |
self released |
2/10/08 |
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Darla Farmer |
Rewiring The Electric Forest |
Paper Garden |
2/10/08 |
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2/14/08 |
They need to come up with a name
for this style of multi-instrumental (as in there's brass)
back-beat indie calliope that was so popular a few years ago.
Clown car music? Spazz baroque? Indie cabaret? Good for theatrics
and a crowded stage (and angry sound guys) but not so much
for listening to in your car, where the guy who sounds like
a girl (or a muppet) gets lost in the cacophony and the road
noise. (2/14/08) |
No |
Cloning Einstein |
self titled |
Invention Music Group |
2/10/08 |
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Wensday |
Torch Rock |
Desert Dreams |
2/10/08 |
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Rogue Heroes |
The King Is Dead |
self released |
2/10/08 |
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Natalie Illeana |
Unbalanced |
Trax Studio |
2/10/08 |
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Ken Hyland |
Self Portrait |
self released |
2/10/08 |
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The Kim Philbys |
Whir Whir Whir |
Evangeline |
2/10/08 |
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Death to Anders |
Fictitious Business |
self released |
2/10/08 |
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Tom Fuller Band |
Abstract Man |
Mesa |
2/10/08 |
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Fabonacci |
The Boundaries |
self released |
2/10/08 |
2/10/08 |
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Hairy Ghost |
Pipefish |
Noise Order |
2/10/08 |
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Ground Up 2 |
Release the Cheerfulness, China |
Noise Order |
2/10/08 |
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Life in Bed |
Passed and Presents |
Polar |
2/10/08 |
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For Science |
Tomorrow's Just Another Day |
Insubordination |
2/10/08 |
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Division Day |
Beartrap Island |
Eenie Meenie |
2/10/08 |
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Glorious Monster |
Adventures on Earth |
Skeptic |
2/10/08 |
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Olivea Watson |
Way Down Deep |
Ramblin' Rose |
2/10/08 |
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Feeding 5000 |
The Books We Read |
self released |
2/10/08 |
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Loom |
Angler |
Exigent |
2/10/08 |
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Tie These Hands |
We Work Out |
Workers Unite! |
2/10/08 |
2/10/08 |
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Fathers Against Parades |
The Heat |
self released |
2/10/08 |
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