2 OF MONTREAL Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? Polyvinyl
3 EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone Temporary Residence
4 PETER BJORN AND JOHN Writer's Block Almost Gold
5 SHINS Wincing The Night Away Sub Pop
6 DAVID VANDERVELDE The Moonstation House Band Secretly Canadian
7 DR. DOG We All Belong Park The Van
8 PETER AND THE WOLF Lightness Worker's Institute
9 APPLES IN STEREO New Magnetic Wonder Yep Roc
10 SHE, SIR Who Can't Say Yes Self-Released
11 ARCADE FIRE "Black Mirror" [Single] Merge
12 MEW Frengers Columbia
13 STEVE LIEBERMAN Melancholoa Falling Self-Released
14 POSTMARKS The Postmarks Unfiltered
15 RAFTER Music For Total Chickens Asthmatic Kitty
16 DEERHOOF Friend Opportunity Kill Rock Stars
17 ELVIS PERKINS Ash Wednesday XL
18 EARLY YEARS The Early Years Beggars Banquet
19 SIX PARTS SEVEN Casually Smashed To Pieces Suicide Squeeze
20 VARIOUS ARTISTS Imagine The Shapes What's Your Rupture?
21 TEDDYBEARS Soft Machine Atlantic / Big Beat
22 JULIE DOIRON Woke Myself Up Jagjaguwar
23 THIS MOMENT IN BLACK HISTORY It Takes A Nation (Of Assholes To Hold Us Back) Cold Sweat
24 BLOC PARTY A Weekend In The City Vice
25 P.G. SIX Slightly Sorry Drag City
26 MENOMENA Friend And Foe Barsuk
27 GOOD, THE BAD AND THE QUEEN The Good, The Bad And The Queen Virgin
28 CLINIC Visitations Domino
29 SONDRE LERCHE Phantom Punch Astralwerks
30 CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH Some Loud Thunder Self-Released
Out of these I'd like to focus on Do Make Say Think whose most recent release "You, You're a History in Rust" shows how one of indie rocks greatest musical fusions has continued to improve while introducing new styles. Known for their post-rock with two drummers and jazz influences (especially in the percussion department), they have added the element of vocals to the mix. While only on a few songs (my personal favorite being "A With Living") use this it is an interesting development for this previously only instrumental band. The most popular track being played at the station is "The Universe!" and with good reason since it start stop intensity and ringing reverb gets it stuck in your head very quickly, which is key for a band that is more tailored to people who listen to music through their headphones more than in their cars. For a list of the Hype Machine's collected Do Make Say Think songs click here.
1 comment:
ben, this is a great example of how the new music industry will work. this week you added a piece of intelligence to your post ... a recommendation, or a note on a new band ... the link doesn't work, by the way. i go looking for it. i want to listen, and maybe buy. it looks promising, as i like all sorts of music. i wish it was on iTunes. ... i know linking and pointing people to iTunes and all can be time consuming, but think about it ... maybe just a note (iTunes) and we can go find it ourselves ... whatever. The new music industry needs you ... Dan.
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