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Ida Maria / Fortress Round My Heart (2008)

As requested..the Norwegian indie/pop singer...



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Subtle / ExitingARM (2008)

Experimental Hip-hop/indie-pop (supposedly genre-less) collab make a pretty good album that is all over the place. The band has had some tough luck in the past with tour van crashes, injuries, and stolen equipment, so out of sympathy this might be a record to buy. ExitingARM is also the last in the Hour Hero Yes trilogy, a character that narrates his own rise and fall. Recommended for listeners of the anticon collective.



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The Tallest Man on Earth / Shallow Graves (2008)

Dylan-esque campfire songs from Sweden...




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The Twilight Sad / Here, It Never Snowed. Afterwards It Did EP (2008)

EP of mostly reworked songs from a Scottish band who you should be familiar with by now. If you don't have their debut, Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters, get it. It was one of my favorite releases of last year.


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Strandbeest

One of my favorite videos on youtube.

Scarlett Johansson / Anywhere I Lay My Head (2008)

Impressive kinda. You can tell its produced by David Sitek.



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Dosh / Wolves and Wishes (2008)

I haven't been able to post seeing as this week is finals. The only music I've been listening to is Miles Davis while studying. I've listened to this album once, and I liked it so I thought I would post it.


It makes me kind of mad that I worked kind of hard to find this album, and turns out if you search for Dosh on google, a mediafire file of the album comes up in the first three entries.


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Wolf Parade / At Mount Zoomer (2008)

Thought I post this quickly as not many places have it up, but this means I myself haven't listened to it yet. Tell me what it's like...



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Sigur Ros / Hlemmur Sountrack (2007)

This may be for serious Sigur Ros fans only, but maybe I'm wrong. "It is an instrumental electronic score to the Icelandic documentary Hlemmur, which is named after Reykjavík's main bus terminal. It was first sold to the public in the spring 2003 European and American tours. It is composed of 19 tracks, some of which are variations of the same theme." (tip: listen with headphones)




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Where the Wild Things Are Clip

This is a clip that has been removed from most sites so here it is while it lasts. It looks awesome to me but a lot of people seem to be having a hard time with its supposed dark content as it is intended to be a children's film. It is also scored by Karen O and Bradford Cox...probably not intended for children then...?



After further investigation this clip is probably nothing like the actual movie seeing that the little boy is not actually the right actor! I mean the sound quality isn't great but if this is just a test, think about how good the actual movie will be! Don't re-shoot!

Backstage Sessions : Fleet Foxes - Innocent Son from Hard to Find a Friend on Vimeo.

Also check out the cover of "Katie Cruel" on the Backstage Sessions. Robin Pecknold's voice is flawless.

Born Ruffians / Red Yellow & Blue (2008)

Pure indie-rock and a purely lovable and fun album. Toronto-based Born Ruffians' debut packs woozy singing and yelps and chants on a platter of guitarpeggio and foot-stompin', rolling toms.



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Mewithoutyou / Brother, Sister (2006)

Way underrated album by an awesome band. The album never received the attention it deserves, so I hoping you at least give it a chance. I am having a hard time trying to pinpoint their sound with descriptive words. I think the best I can do is spoken-word/yelled with a slight and simple melody backed by post-hardcore guitars. Don't judge them by this description though. Mewithoutyou gets thrown into the emo scene for some reason I can't think of, so don't judge them by the bands they usually tour with either. And the lyrics are incredible. Give it a chance- it will grow on you. And see them live if you can!



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Drummer steals the show