Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights (2002)

Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights (2002)

01 Untitled
02 Obstacle 1
03 NYC
04 PDA
05 Say Hello to the Angels
06 Hands Away
07 Obstacle 2
08 Stella was a Diver and She was Always Down
09 Roland
10 The New
11 Leif Erikson


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Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer

Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer (2009)

1. Silver Moons

2. Idiot Heart

3. Apollo and the Buffalo and Anna Anna Anna Oh!

4. Black Swan

5. Paper Lace

6. You Go On Ahead (Trumpet Trumpet II)

7. Nightingale / December Song

8. Dragon's Lair

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Fear of Flying

One of the things that everyone must have known already is that White Lies emerged from the ashes of an obscure band named Fear of Flying, back in 2006.

While we seem to love White Lies' signature "dark sound," some might still find interest in the earlier works of this band under a different name and style, which are more upbeat and ridiculously catchy.

Forget-me-nots
Routemaster
Three's a Crowd


(photo by Justine Trickett)

stellastarr* - Harmonies for the Haunted

stellastarr* - Harmonies for the Haunted (2005)

1. Lost in Time
2. Damn this Foolish Heart
3. The Diver
4. Sweet Troubled Soul
5. Born in a Fleamarket
6. On My Own
7. When I Disappear
8. Love and Longing
9. Stay Entertained
10. Island Lost at Sea


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stellastarr* - stellastarr*

stellastarr* - stellastarr* (2003)

1. In the Walls
2. Jenny
3. A Million Reasons
4. My Coco
5. No Weather
6. Moongirl
7. Somewhere Across Forever
8. Homeland
9. Untitled
10. Pulp Song


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De Rosa - Appendices

De Rosa - Appendices (2008)

1. Appendix #1 - It Lives in Parks
2. Appendix #2 - Ore
3. Appendix #3 - Blisters (Dirty Version)
4. Appendix #4 - One Sixtieth of a Second/Too Late
5. Appendix #5 - The Sea Cup
6. Appendix #6 - Falling Water
7. Appendix #7 - Out to Play
8. Appendix #8 - Robin Song
9. Appendix #9 - Joyless
10. Appendix #10 - A Prelude to Entropic Doom
11. Appendix #11 - Community
12. Appendix #12 - To Early Days of Home


Recommended by a last.fm user. I'm liking the sound so far. Reminds me a bit of Delgados. Nice Scottish accent.

The Kills - No Wow

The Kills - No Wow (2005)

1. No Wow
2. Love is a Deserter
3. Dead Road 7
4. The Good Ones
5. I Hate the Way You Love
6. I Hate the Way You Love, Pt. 2
7. At the Back of the Shell
8. Sweet Cloud
9. Rodeo Town
10. Murdermile
11. Ticket Man

I love this band's style. The video for Black Balloon from "Midnight Boom" really gets me. However, "No Wow" is the album that made a Kills fan.


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Wolf Parade - Live at CBC Radio 3 (Bootleg)

Wolf Parade - Live at CBC Radio 3 (2004)

1. Lousy Pictures
2. I'll Believe in Anything
3. Same Ghost Every Night
4. You are a Runner and I am My Father's Son
5. Shine a Light

Good stuff.

The Rakes - Capture / Release

The Rakes - Capture / Release (2005)

1. Strasbourg
2. Retreat
3. 22 Grand Job
4. Open Book
5. The Guilt
6. Binary Love
7. We Are All Animals
8. Violent
9. T-Bone
10. Terror
11. Work, Work, Work (Pub, Club, Sleep)

One of my favorites.


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Magic Weapon - Residue Hymns EP

Magic Weapon - Residue Hymns (2007)

1. Pipe Dreams
2. Charles (The Red One)
3. Residue Hymns
4. Blood Songs
5. The Movie's Dream
6. Sandstorms


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Sunset Rubdown - Snake's Got A Leg

Sunset Rubdown - Snake's Got A Leg (2005)

1. The Dust You Kick Up is Too Fine
2. Snake's Got A Leg
3. I'll Believe in Anything, You'll Believe in Anything
4. Hey You, Handsome Vulture
5. Hope You Don't Stoop to Dirty Words
6. Hope You Don't Stoop to Dirty Words II
7. Cecil's Bells
8. I Know the Weight of Your Throat
9. Sol's Song
10. Stadiums and Shrines
11. Snake's Got A Leg II
12. Portrait of A Shiny Metal Boy


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Anathallo - Floating World

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Genre: Indie Rock, Indie Folk

Similar Artist: Sufjan Stevens?

Love this one. Very interesting as the band uses a wide variety of instruments such as horns, guitars, drums, piano, bells, and even unconventional objects like chains, velcro strips, stomp boxes, and pipes.

Anathallo - Floating World (2006)

1. Ame
   
2. Genessaret (Going Out Over 30,000 Fathoms of Water)
   
3. Hoodwink
   
4. By Number
   
5. Dokkoise House (With Face Covered)
   
6. Hanasakajijii (Four: A Great Wind, More Ash)
   
7. Hanasakajijii (One: The Angry Neighbor)
   
8. Inu (Howling)
   
9. Hanasakajijii (Two: Floating World)
   
10. The Bruised Reed
    
11. Yuki! Yuki! Yuki!
    
12. Hanasakajijii (Three: The Man Who Made Dead Trees Bloom)
    
13. Cuckoo Spitting Blood
    
14. Kasa No Hone (The Umbrella's Bones)
    

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Eels - With Strings: Live at Town Hall

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Genre: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock

Similar Artists: Sparklehorse, The Flaming Lips

Brilliant! A great live show for sure.


Eels - With Strings: Live at Town Hall (2006)

1. Blinking Lights (For Me)
2. Bride Of Theme From Blinking Lights
3. Bus Stop Boxer
4. Dirty Girl
5. Trouble With Dreams
6. The Only Thing I Care About
7. My Beloved Monster
8. Pretty Ballerina
9. It's A Motherfucker
10. Flyswatter
11. Novocaine For The Soul
12. Girl From The North Country
13. Railroad Man
14. I Like Birds
15. If You See Natalie
16. Poor Side Of Town
17. Spunky
18. I'm Going To Stop Pretending That I Didn't Break Your Heart
19. Suicide Life
20. Losing Streak
21. Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)
22. Things The Grandchildren Should Know


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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

:D


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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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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