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Sounds like:
Jose Gonzalez,
Broadcast 2000,
Postal Service,
The Books
By
Jess Alatorre
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Nov 23, 2009
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This is a one-man attempt at electronica, and he's nailed it. James Yuill has been on my playlist for months, but, as a sign that he's not a one-week wonder for me, I've taken my time to listen, become accustomed to, and grow to love the sounds of fo...
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Sounds like:
Jurassic 5,
Rakim,
Blue Scholars,
Aceyalone
By
el gringo rico
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Nov 13, 2009
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One guy we gotta make sure to check out before departing the beautiful Pac Northwest is the uber talented Ohmega watts. He's a bit of a tornado in terms of his origins: his parents were Jamaican and he was born and raised in Brooklyn and Queens. He t...
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Sounds like:
Blue Scholars,
Panacea,
Brother Ali
By
el gringo rico
on
Nov 1, 2009
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Our next stop on the tour of the Pacific Northwest is"¦Seattle"¦.again. Here we take a look at Common Market, the other hip hop duo of DJ Sabzi (of label sharing Blue Scholars). In Common Market, Sabzi is paired up with MC RA Scion, who is slightly m...
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4

Sounds like:
The Postal Service
By
Jess Alatorre
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Oct 20, 2009
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Owl City has been setting the web on fire. Adam Young, sole musician of Owl City seems to have successfully appealed to the MySpace world. Comparisons to The Postal Service are everywhere (In fact, I first heard about Owl City when one friend asked a...
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5

Sounds like:
The Decemberists,
Avett Brothers,
The Mountain Goats
By
J Meagher
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Oct 19, 2009
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I'm not sure if I will ever again listen an album as much as Bombadil's debut LP, "A Buzz, A Buzz." I don't know if it was just because of where I was in life personally, or because I stumbled upon them randomly in a bar in Harrisonburg, Virginia, b...
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6

Sounds like:
Noah and the Whale,
Neutral Milk Hotel,
Beirut,
Freelance Whales
By
Jess Alatorre
on
Oct 15, 2009
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I'm in love with this self-released debut album. This is what we've all been looking for: some tapping, some smooth London-boy vocals, poetic lyrics"¦ These songs sound like effort, patience and thoughtfulness, and the results are beautiful. The Lond...
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7

Sounds like:
Anathallo,
The Postal Service,
Sufjan Stevens
By
Jess Alatorre
on
Sep 4, 2009
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Glockenspiel. Drums. Banjo. Cello. Synthesizer. Pay attention to Freelance Whales now. To make comparisons to Sufjan Stevens, Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie may be fair, but Freelance Whales is taking their music to new levels. Their songs of...
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8

Sounds like:
Built to Spill,
Broken Social Scene,
Foals,
Pomegranates,
Pinback
By
Jason Grishkoff
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Aug 25, 2009
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Have you ever turned on a song that you liked so much that you said, 'Jesus Christ, this band rocks!' before getting 20 seconds into the song? A song so good that as the music washed over your body, you felt the waves tingle down your spine? When a b...
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