Holland
Holland EP
Label: Pocketclock
Holland is a young female musician hailing from Melbourne, Austrailia. Loops, avant garde blips and obscure patterns greet us at every turn of her debut four track EP.
Man, we just love this Austrailian eclectic stuff. If you liked Pompey (our review and link to download), you’ll love this. If you don’t know […]

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The Oohlas
Best Stop Pop
Label: Stolen Transmission
Release Date: September 26, 2006
Summer pop in September? Whose bright idea was that?
Well the Oohlas –the Los Angeles trio consisting Greg Eklund (Everclear), brother Mark and female vocalist and Ollie Stone, think it’s always the season for shoegazer sunshine pop, –and that’s just what you get with Best Stop […]

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Ladyfinger (ne)
Heavy Hands
Label: Saddle Creek
Release date: September 26, 2006
If your face thrash from Nebraska, Ladyfinger (ne) have are releasing their full-length debut on Saddle Creek next week and touring with Cursive starting this week.
Forced to change their name earlier this summer (must not have Googled for Ladyfinger before picking their name), the band adopted […]

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The Morning Benders
Loose Change
Label: Portia Records
Buy at iTunes Music Store
MP3: “Grain Of Salt” (MP3, 192kbps)

Scream! Hello
The Infinite Son
Label: Red Leader Records
Buy at iTunes Music Store
MP3: “Bears Come Out Tonight” (MP3, 192kbps)

Between The Trees
The Story and The Song
Label: Bonded Records, Inc
Buy at iTunes Music Store
MP3: “White Lines & Red Lights” (MP3, 192kbps)

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The Cardigans
Super Extra Gravity
Label: Nettwerk Records
Release Date: September 19, 2006
While we don’t doubt that Nina Presson and crew will also be cursed in reviews by their ‘96 sugar-pop hit, “Lovefool,” the Swedish group have spent the last 10 years proving they’re anything but cute.
We saw them two years ago at the Fine Line and were […]

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Prophet Omega
Natural World
Label: Astralwerks
Release Date: September 19, 2006
For a DIY musical masterpiece recorded solely at home, programmed beats are the only thing synthetic about Prophet Omega (aka Brooklyn’s Joe Magistro) and his self-produced debut, Natural World.
After some of his homemade tracks were heard and picked up by a Queer Eye for the Straight Guy […]

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The Zutons
Tired of Hanging Around
Red Int / Red Ink
Release date: September 19, 2006 (digital)
Despite delaying the hard copy release of their new album, Tired of Hanging Around, until later this winter, Liverpool’s The Zutons are releasing it digitally starting Sept 19.
While repetitive at times (pick a riff and stick with it mentality), we just […]

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Kristoffer Ragnstam
Sweet Bills
Label: Bluhammock Records
Release date: September 19, 2006
Mixed by Chris Brown (The Beatles, Muse, Radiohead), Kristoffer Ragnstam’s full-length American debut is a Swede pop masterpiece. Although the blogosphere claims Kris got signed based on a demo he made with a Dictaphone and a one string guitar (he can’t play any instruments, you see) we’re […]

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The Whigs,
Give Em All a Big Fat Lip
Label: ATO Records
Release Date: September 19, 2006
The Whigs, hailing from God’s musical paradise=Athens, GA, signed their self-produced college record to ATO Records and are releasing it this week.
It’s pretty straightforward 90s indie rock but it’s Parker Gispert’s raspy, emotive vocals that kill us. From Dave Grohl to […]

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Our review as posted at Filter Magazine:
Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
September 17, 2006
The Entry, Minneapolis, MN
It all started with a dusty slide projector and a sleeve of vacation slides purchased at an estate sale.
With his then 6 year-old daughter playing drums (she’s 12 now), vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Jason Trachtenburg — formerly well known in the Seattle lo-fi scene […]

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