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Sounds like:
Fanfarlo,
Noah and the Whales,
Blitzen Trapper
By
Jess Alatorre
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Jan 21, 2010
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I'm a wee bit behind on this one, but all good things come to those who wait. Mumford and Sons sounds like Fanfarlo meeting Blitzen Trapper. Some songs really draw on folk-inspired rock, while other songs have an old-time country influenced twang. Th...
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2

Sounds like:
Jenny Lewis,
Feist
By
Jason Grishkoff
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Jan 17, 2010
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I'll be honest. Over the years my relationship with Metric has been akin to the dorky kid in the chem lab constantly hating on the prom queen or star quarterback in all those 80's movies. Somehow, the fact they are popular meant that supporting the...
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3

Sounds like:
Holly Miranda,
The Antlers
By
thismusicwins
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Dec 21, 2009
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Warpaint are a band whose name is being increasingly dropped around the internet, and upon my first listen through their EP, I decided that it needed to be dropped some more. So here goes: Warpaint are a Los Angeles based psychedelic/shoegaze band fo...
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4

By
Jason Grishkoff
on
Dec 19, 2009
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Maps is a classic. Stripped down it's even more clear. Karen O's pristine vocal shimmers when wrapped in a string arrangement. I consider their last release a pop diversion sorts. But as history reveals "“ if you have the talent you can take many roa...
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5

Sounds like:
Heatmiser,
Bright Eyes,
Nick Drake
By
Jason Grishkoff
on
Dec 17, 2009
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I still remember where I was when I heard that Elliott Smith had died. I had woken up that morning in a bunk bed in a youth hostel in Lausanne, looking out over Lake Geneva, on a cloudy and dark day. I got the news on a communal computer in the loung...
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6

Sounds like:
Kings of Convenience,
Jens Lekman
By
Jess Alatorre
on
Dec 15, 2009
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Here's an instant hook: if you like Kings of Convenience, you're bound to be sold on The Title Sequence. The debut single, Lovers is now available and boy does it bode well for what's to come. Friends since childhood, David Bailey and Nick Crofts, f...
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7

Sounds like:
Fleet Foxes,
A Broken Robot
By
Jason Grishkoff
on
Nov 27, 2009
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Saintseneca is an indie folk band from the Columbus, Ohio music scene. They put out their first album at the beginning of 2009, and a new four track, the self-titled Saintseneca EP, on September 1st. They play fast paced banjo/guitar folk music with ...
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8

By
Jess Alatorre
on
Oct 20, 2009
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This is punchy, sometimes soft and haunting, other times edgy and choral driven, and always beautiful. Port O'Brien's last album, All We Could Do Was Sing, was already high on my list of 2008 albums. Their sophomore studio album is living up to my ex...
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