Dead Confederate - Wrecking Ball

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Genre: Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Southern Grunge

Similar Artist: Hmm...

I don't usually go with this kind of stuff, a bit heavy for my liking. However, I take this as an exception. "The Rat" is the first song that caught my attention. Very cool.

Dead Confederate - Wrecking Ball (2008)

1. Heavy Petting
2. The Rat
3. Goner
4. It Was A Rose
5. Yer Circus
6. All The Angels
7. Start Me Laughing
8. The News Underneath
9. Flesh Colored Canvas
10. Wrecking Ball


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Cats and Cats and Cats / This Town Needs Guns - Split EP

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Genre: Math Rock, Indie Rock

Similar Artists: Youthmovies

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Cats and Cats and Cats / This Town Needs Guns - Split EP (2007)

Cats and Cats and Cats

1. Brilliant the Brilli Ant
2. Anchoress
3. Sweet Drunk Everyone
4. Tower Tower


This Town Needs Guns

5. 26 Is Dancier Than 4
6. If I Sit Still Maybe I'll Get Out of Here
7. 1470 Man
8. It's Not True Rufus, Don't Listen to the Hat


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Ólöf Arnalds - Við og Við

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Genre: Acoustic, Folk

Similar Artist: ~

Her voice literally gives me goosebumps. Listen for yourself.


Ólöf Arnalds - Við og Við (2007)

1. Englar Og Dárar
   
2. Í Nýju Húsi
   
3. Klara
   
4. Við Og Við
   
5. Orfeus Og Evridís
   
6. Vittu Af Mér
   
7. Moldin
   
8. Náttsöngur
   
9. Skaldborg
   
10. Ævagömul Orkuþula

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The Karelia - Divorce at High Noon

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Genre: Jazz Rock

Similar Artist: Not sure

Perhaps, the main reason for listening to this album is Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos. Yeah, he's awesome. He has this really sexy voice. The album is a mixed bag of craziness, humor and darker stuff thrown in for good measure.

The Karelia - Divorce at High Noon (1997)

1. Divorce At High Noon
2. Love's A Cliché
3. Say Try
4. To His Coy Dietress
5. Life In A Barrat Garret
6. Crazy Irritation
7. Remorse At High Noon
8. Dancing Along To Nekrotaphion
9. The Devil Rides Hyndland
10. The Infinite Duration
11. Nostalgia
12. Tension
13. Bleach Yours
14. Exaggeration
15. Garavurghty Butes

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Manchester Orchestra - I'm Like A Virgin Losing A Child

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Genre: Indie Rock

Similar Artist: Kevin Devine

I liked "Alice and Interiors" when it was new, but I never got the chance to listen to the album until now. There are lots of songs here better than Alice. Wish I checked it out sooner...

Manchester Orchestra - I'm Like A Virgin Losing A Child (2006)

1. Wolves at Night
   
2. Now That You're Home
   
3. The Neighborhood is Bleeding
   
4. I Can Feel Your Pain
   
5. Where Have You Been?
   
6. I Can Barely Breathe
   
7. Sleeper 1972
   
8. Golden Ticket
   
9. Alice and Interiors
   
10. Don't Let Them See You Cry
    
11. Colly Strings

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This Town Needs Guns - Hippy Jam Fest (The Likes Of Which Has Never Been Seen) Single

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Genre: Math Rock, Indie Rock

Similar Artist: Maps and Atlases, American Football

Highly recommended!


This Town Needs Guns - Hippy Jam Fest (The Likes Of Which Has Never Been Seen)

1. Hippy Jam Fest (The Likes Of Which Has Never Been Seen)
2. Denial Adams
3. Like Romeo and Juliet


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This Town Needs Guns - And I'll Tell You For Why... (Double A Single)

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Genre: Math Rock, Indie Rock

Similar Artist: Maps and Atlases, American Football

Highly recommended!


This Town Needs Guns - And I'll Tell You for Why...

1. And I'll Tell You for Why...
2. Wanna Come Back to My Room and Listen to Some Belle & Sebastian?


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This Town Needs Guns - Animals

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Genre: Math Rock, Indie Rock

Similar Artist: Maps and Atlases, American Football

Pretty much amazing! Sounds like lots of great things are going on in every song. Highly recommended.

This Town Needs Guns - Animals (2008)

1. Chinchilla
   
2. Baboon
   
3. Lemur
   
4. Badger
   
5. Quetzal
   
6. Panda
   
7. Elk
   
8. Pig
   
9. Gibbon
   
10. Dog
    
11. Crocodile
    
12. Rabbit
    
13. Zebra

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The Delgados - Hate

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Genre: Indie Rock

Similar Artist: Emma Pollock, The Reindeer Section

I dig the nice male and female vocals. Provides the right dose of melancholy whenever you feel the need for it.

The Delgados - Hate (2002)

1. The Light Before We Land
2. All you Need Is Hate
3. Woke from Dreaming
4. The Drowning Years
5. Coming In from the Cold
6. Child Killers
7. Favours
8. All Rise
9. Never Look at the Sun
10. If This Is a Plan

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The Mountain Goats - Satanic Messiah EP

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Genre: Indie Rock

Similar Artist: The Decemberists

Lovin' the sound so far.


The Mountain Goats - Satanic Messiah EP

1. Gojam Province 1968
2. Sarcofago Live
3. Satanic Messiah
4. Wizard Buys a Hat


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Teitur - The Singer

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Genre: Pop, Folk, Singer-Songwriter

Similar Artist: Thomas Dybdahl

Easy listenin'. Earnest and unpretentious. Love this one.


Teitur - The Singer (2008)

1. The Singer
   
2. Your Great Book
   
3. Girl I Don't Know
   
4. We Still Drink the Same Water
   
5. Catherine the Waitress
   
6. Legendary Afterparty
   
7. Guilt by Association
   
8. Start Wasting My Time
   
9. Letter from Alex
   
10. Don't Let Me Fall in Love with You
    
11. You Should Have Seen Us

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Shearwater - Rook

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Genre: Indie Folk

Similar Artists: Okkervil River, Fleet Foxes

I must say, this is rather good.


Shearwater - Rook (2008)

1. On the Death of the Waters
   
2. Rooks
   
3. Leviathan, Bound
   
4. Home Life
   
5. Lost Boys
   
6. Century Eyes
   
7. I Was a Cloud
   
8. South Col
   
9. The Snow Leopard
   
10. The Hunter's Star

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Siberian - With Me

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Genre: Indie Rock

Similar Artist: Band of Horses

I don't know why some promising new bands break up. Listening to that one album of a band that could have been great is frustrating. There are no follow-ups. Sigh.

Siberian - With Me (2007)

1. Belgian Beer and Catholic Girls
2. Paper Birds
3. Indoor Eyes
4. Wolf and Crane
5. Tiny Ships Brave Tiny Seas
6. Airship
7. Futuristic Kids
8. O Orien
9. Georg Bendemann
10. Tightropes
11. Islands Forever


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Milla - The Divine Comedy

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Genre: Acoustic, Indie Folk

The Scarlett Johansson post wasn't so great after all. Now this, is much better.

Milla Jovovich is my favorite actress. She kicks everyone's ass, literally, and figuratively, which makes her so awesome. But I didn't know she could sing, and beautifully at that. She has a good voice. She writes her own songs. And considering that The Divine Comedy was released in 1994, I still think it's relevant. It's worth a listen. One of my favorites is "In A Glade", a Ukranian folk song.

Milla - The Divine Comedy (1994)

1. The Alien Song (For Those Who Listen)
   
2. Gentleman Who Fell
   
3. It's Your Life
   
4. Reaching From Nowhere
   
5. Charlie
   
6. Ruby Lane
   
7. Bang Your Head
   
8. Clock
   
9. Don't Fade Away
   
10. You Did It All Before
    
11. In a Glade
    

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VA - Dexter - Music from the Showtime Original Series

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Soundtrack from the TV show about America's serial killer of choice.

VA - Dexter - Music from the Showtime Original Series (OST) (2007)

1. Rolfe Kent - Dexter Main Title Theme
2. Michael C. Hall - "Tonight's The Night"
3. Beny More - Conoci La Paz
4. Kinky - Uruapan Breaks
5. Raw Artistic Soul Feat. Rafael Cortez - Flores Para Ti
6. Michael C. Hall - "Blood"
7. Ray Armando - Con Mi Guaguanco
8. Mambo All-Stars - Perfidia
9. Michael C. Hall - "Sometimes I Wonder"
10. Andy Williams - Born Free
11. Kinky - Dexter Main Title Theme
12. Daniel Licht - Escalation
13. Daniel Licht - Shipyard
14. Daniel Licht - Deborah Loves Rudy-The House
15. Daniel Licht - I Can't Kill
16. Daniel Licht - Voodoo Jailtime
17. Daniel Licht - New Legs
18. Daniel Licht - Photo Albums
19. Daniel Licht - Courting The Night
20. Daniel Licht - Hide Your Tears
21. Daniel Licht - Wink
22. Daniel Licht - Astor's Birthday Party
23. Daniel Licht - Epilogue-Bloodroom
24. Daniel Licht - Blood Theme
25. Jon Licht - Die This Way


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Montag - Going Places

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Genre: Electronic

Similar Artists: Caribou

Antoine Bédard's voice reminds me of a melancholic Owen Pallett. The music is sweet. The collaborations here are outstanding-M83, Amy Millan (Stars), Ghislain Poirier, Ida Nilsen, Leah Abramson, Victoria Legrand (Beach House), Au Revoir Simone, and surprise-Final Fantasy!

Montag - Going Places (2007)

1. I Have Sound (with M83)
2. Best Boy Electric
3. Mechanical Kids (with Amy Millan of Stars)
4. Alice (with Ghislain Poirier)
5. 322 Water (with Ida Nilsen)
6. Softness, I forgot Your Name (with Final Fantasy)
7. Safe in Sound (with Amy Millan of Stars)
8. Hi-5 au DJ
9. Hands Off, Creature! (with Leah Abramson)
10. (Plus Grand Que) (with Victoria Legrand of Beach House)
11. No One Else (with Au Revoir Simone)
12. Going Places


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The Killers - Human

Jóhann Jóhannsson - Englabörn

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Genre: Instrumental, Ambient, Classical

Similar Artist: Ólafur Arnalds

Wonderful music.


Jóhann Jóhannsson - Englabörn (2007 Reissue)

1. Odi et Amo
2. Englabörn
3. Jói & Karen
4. þetta gerist a bestu baejum
5. Sálfræthingur
6. "Eg Sleppi þÉr Aldrei"
7. Sálfræthingur Deyr
8. Bað
9. "Eg Heyrði Allt Án þEss Að Hlusta"
10. Karen Býr Til Engil
11. Englabörn - Tilbrigthi
12. "Eg Átti Gráa Æsku"
13. Krókódíll
14. "Ef Ég Hefði Aldrei..."
15. ...Eins Og Venjulegt Fólk
16. Odi et Amo - Bis


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Jóhann Jóhannsson - Fordlandia

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Genre: Instrumental, Ambient, Classical

Similar Artist: Ólafur Arnalds

I must say, this is one compelling, beautiful album.


Jóhann Jóhannsson - Fordlandia (2008)

1. Fordlandia
2. Melodia (i)
3. The Rocket Builder (Io Pan!)
4. Melodia (ii)
5. Fordlandia - Aerial View
6. Melodia (iii)
7. Chimaerica
8. Melodia (iv)
9. The Great God Pan Is Dead
10. Melodia (Guidelines For A Propulsion Device Based On Heim's Quantum Theory)
11. How We Left Fordlandia


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Belasco - Technique

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Genre: Rock, Experimental, Indie Rock

Similar Artists: Slut, Get Well Soon

I almost forgot about this one. I have the CD for a very long time and it's awesome to listen to it again. I ripped this one myself :D

Belasco - Technique (2003)

1. 15 Seconds
2. And As You Are
3. Mask
4. Breathe
5. Adore
6. Plague
7. Proud
8. Old Photograph
9. Waltz For An Injured Man


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Alias - Resurgam

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Genre: Abstract Hip-Hop, Instrumental, Electronic, Ambient, Experimental

Similar Artists: 13 & God, cLOUDDEAD, Why?

This is very good. Watch out for guest vocals from Why?'s Yoni Wolf.

Alias - Resurgam (2008)

1. New to a Few
2. I Heart Drum Machines
3. Well Water Black
4. Oakland Morning
5. M.G. Jack
6. Prelude to a Death Watch
7. Death Watch
8. Place of No More Choices
9. Resurgam
10. Autumnal Ego
11. Weathering
12. Justamachine
13. Oakland in the Rearview


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Eels - Electro-Shock Blues

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Genre: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock

Similar Artists: Sparklehorse, The Flaming Lips

Electro-Shock Blues is perhaps not the most popular Eels album, but certainly is my most favorite. I think this is the most personal, saddest and most honest album that Mr. E has ever made.

Eels - Electro-Shock Blues (1998)

1. Elizabeth on the Bathroom Floor
   
2. Going to Your Funeral, Pt. 1
   
3. Cancer for the Cure
   
4. My Descent Into Madness
   
5. 3 Speed
   
6. Hospital Food
   
7. Electro-Shock Blues
   
8. Efils' God
   
9. Going to Your Funeral, Pt. 2
   
10. Last Stop: This Town
    
11. Baby Genius
    
12. Climbing to the Moon
    
13. Ant Farm
    
14. Dead of Winter
    
15. The Medication Is Wearing Off
    
16. P.S. You Rock My World

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Detektivbyrån - E18 Album

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Genre: Electronica, French Pop, Instrumental, Folk

Similar Artist: Yann Tiersen

Highly recommended!


Detektivbyrån - E18 Album (2008)

1. E18
2. Hemvägen
3. Nattöppet
4. Monster
5. Dansbanan
6. Granmon
7. Vänerhavet
8. Lyckans Undulat
9. Hem ljuva Hem
10. Home Sweet Home
11. Laka-Koffa


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Detektivbyrån - Wermland

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Genre: Electronica, French Pop, Instrumental, Folk

Similar Artist: Yann Tiersen

Wermland is the ultimate comfort music. The band's generosity of giving us soothing tunes comprising of accordion, music box, glockenspiel, and toy piano are simply clever.

Detektivbyrån - Wermland (2008)

1. Om Du Möter Varg
2. Kärlekens Alla Färjor
3. Honky Tonk Of Wermland
4. Rymden I En Låda
5. Generation Celebration
6. Life/Universe
7. Neonland
8. Hus Vid Havet
9. Partyland
10. Camping
11. Sista Tryckaren
12. En Annan Typ Av Disco
13. Dygnet Runt
14. 054

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