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The Wooden Birds – False Alarm

It’s Sunday night, I’m tired, and this is just the sort of song to lead me toward bed after a nice afternoon spent in the sun. The Wooden Birds is a new project from American Analog Set songwriter Andrew Kenny, a Texan who has recorded or at least performed with the likes of Broken Social Scene and the Album Leaf, culminating in the recently released Magnolia - an album that strips AmAnSet bare to just the simplest, most melodic components. Continue Reading »

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Benjamin E. Morsberger – Idiot Sleep

Benjamin E. Morsberger is a 20-year-old art student from Brooklyn, classically trained in piano, drums, violin and guitar. His Idiot Sleep EP is a collection of uplifting pop that combines acoustic instruments with a hyperactivity of electro sounds – and he’s dying to release more (so he claims on Twitter in the last few hours, anyway). For the time being you can download the EP for free on his MySpace and hear a new demo or two. Continue Reading »

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Magic Magic – Over Your Heart

Sometimes you need a song that will edge you gently out of a slumbering Sunday morning towards a productive day. ‘Over Your Heart’ makes a good go of balancing the two, with its sleepy, hushed verses linking into the kind of chorus you can get things to do. Magic Magic are an unsigned band from Salem, who keep their sound relatively gentle for a group with two drummers and a handful of comparisons to Arcade Fire. But they don’t like those comparisons, so let that be the last mention of it. Really. Continue Reading »

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Another captivating Fiume Night session from Vincent Moon, sprawling through the streets of Brooklyn with Holly Miranda and accompaniment. Since I last blogged about Holly, it seems she has been to the UK to finalise a deal with XL …and I suspect it’s only a little while long before her name starts blowing across the blogosphere. Continue Reading »

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Bombay Bicycle Club – Always Like This

Four 15-year-olds from North London form an indie pop group, win band competition to open at V music festival, self-release two EPs, wow critics, sign record deal with Island and ready debut album for summer 2009 by playing Glastonbury. Continue Reading »

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