Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer

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Genre: Indie Rock

Similar Artists: Sunset Rubdown, Frog Eyes, Handsome Furs

One of this year's best? Most definitely!


Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer (2008)

1. Soldier's Grin
   
2. Call It a Ritual
   
3. Language City
   
4. Bang Your Drum
   
5. California Dreamer
   
6. The Grey Estates
   
7. Fine Young Cannibals
   
8. An Animal in Your Care
   
9. Kissing the Beehive

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Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight

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Genre: Indie Rock

Similar Artist: The Twilight Sad

One of my new favorite bands from Scotland.


Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight (2008)

1. The Modern Leper
   
2. I Feel Better
3. Good Arms vs. Bad Arms
   
4. Fast Blood
   
5. Old Old Fashioned
   
6. The Twist
   
7. Bright Pink Bookmark
8. Heads Roll Off
   
9. My Backwards Walk
   
10. Keep Yourself Warm
    
11. Extrasupervery
    
12. Poke
    
13. Floating in the Forth
    
14. Who'd You Kill Now?
    

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Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up I Am Dreaming

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Genre: Indie Rock

Similar Artists: Wolf Parade, Swan Lake, Frog Eyes

No words.


Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up I Am Dreaming (2006)

1. Stadiums and Shrines II
   
2. They Took a Vote and Said No
   
3. Us Ones in Between
   
4. I'm Sorry I Sang on Your Hands That Must Have Been in the Grave
   
5. Snake's Got a Leg III
   
6. The Empty Threats of Little Lord
   
7. Swimming
   
8. The Men Are Called Horsemen There
   
9. Q-Chord
   
10. Shut Up I Am Dreaming of Places Where Lovers Have Wings

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The Kills - Midnight Boom

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Genre: Post-punk, Indie Rock

Similar Artists: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Raveonettes

Oooh, the chemistry. Enjoy, kids.

The Kills - Midnight Boom (2008)

1. U.R.A. Fever
2. Cheap and Cheerful
3. Tape Song
4. Getting Down
5. Last Day of Magic
6. Hook and Line
7. Black Balloon
8. M.E.X.I.C.O.
9. Sour Cherry
10. Alphabet Pony
11. What New York Used to Be
12. Goodnight Bad Morning

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Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary

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Genre: Indie Rock

Similar Artists: Sunset Rubdown, Frog Eyes, Handsome Furs

Spencer Krug and Dan Boeckner are perhaps today's most popular duo in indie rock. Their combination of distinct musicianship and poignant themes and lyrics made Apologies to the Queen Mary one of 2005's finest.

Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005)

1. You Are a Runner and I Am My Father's Son
   
2. Modern World
   
3. Grounds for Divorce
   
4. We Built Another World
   
5. Fancy Claps
   
6. Same Ghost Every Night
   
7. Shine a Light
   
8. Dear Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts
   
9. I'll Believe in Anything
   
10. It's a Curse
    
11. Dinner Bells
    
12. This Heart's on Fire
    

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Beirut - The Flying Club Cup + 2 EPs

Beirut - The Flying Club Cup (2007)

1. A Call to Arms
   
2. Nantes
   
3. A Sunday Smile
   
4. Guyamas Sonora
   
5. La Banlieue
   
6. Cliquot
   
7. The Penalty
   
8. Forks and Knives (La Fête)
   
9. In the Mausoleum
   
10. Un Dernier Verre (Pour la Route)
    
11. Cherbourg
    
12. St. Apollonia
    
13. The Flying Club Cup
    

Beirut - Elephant Gun EP (2007)

1. Elephant Gun
   
2. Transatlantique
   
3. Le Moribond / My Family's Role in the World Revolution
   

Beirut - Pompeii EP (2007)

1. Fountains and Tramways
   
2. Napoleon on the Bellerophon
   

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Genre: Indie Folk, Eastern European

Similar Artists: A Hawk and a Hacksaw, DeVotchKa

It's hard not to fall in love with Beirut's sound. The Flying Club Cup is easily one of the most talked about albums in 2007. And it didn't disappoint.

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The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters

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Genre: Indie Rock

Similar Artist: Frightened Rabbit

This album leaves a lasting impression. You might have never heard anything like it.

The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters (2007)

1. Cold Days From the Birdhouse
   
2. That Summer, at Home I Had Become the Invisible Boy
   
3. Walking For Two Hours
   
4. Last Year's Rain Didn't Fall Quite So Hard
   
5. Talking with Fireworks/Here, It Never Snowed
   
6. Mapped by What Surrounded Them
   
7. And She Would Darken the Memory
   
8. I'm Taking the Train Home
   
9. Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters

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