8/3/07 by Endorse
Behind the fairly straightforward pop rock of Radio LXMBRG, there's a meticulous care given to the keys and samples which really flavors these tunes. They list their influences as "bombastic movie soundtracks, French sixties music, UK eighties music and German kraut rock," and normally I pass on genre-shifting chameleons (unless we're talking about Derek Trucks - he can record polka and I'll buy it), but these Swedes could become your guilty pleasure, too.
http://www.myspace.com/radiolxmbrgband 
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8/2/07 by Endorse
Key ingredients to making a tolerable roots-rock-blues band:
1. Steel-plate F-hole acoustic guitar (probably dented, scratched)
2. Bass drum, snare drum, maybe a maraca?
3. Washboard (the portable laundromat) player named Breezy
4. Vocals of a tripped-out hick
5. Cool beard
I dig it.
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by Endorse
This guy from Cincinnati - he's barely 23 (and studied classical violin for 20 of those), writes sweet, multilayered pop songs, produced and recorded his entire first album, and he doesn't have a record deal? The Internet-age makes finding a savant like this easy, but damn it's kind of unfair. If anyone deserves a major marketing campaign, it's Peter Adams. The melodies and phrasing of Jeff Buckley come to mind. This orchestral production is mellow and flawless.
From his site:
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by Endorse
If you're going to identify as a "collective" rather than a band, AND include "Hell" in your name, I expect scary epics in minor keys. The 10 folks comprising Flowers of Hell agree. The long drone jams rise and fall with trumpets, violas, and theremin (check out "Compound Fractures"), and there's plenty of ways to interpret the sounds they create. I'd say "mournful." They are, of course, British.
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8/1/07 by Endorse
That's how the Finnish group Valojuopot describes itself. Not far off, either. They've obviously taken a few cues from Robert Fripp, but in these erratic, psychedelic noise tunes, the samples cover world music instruments, strange chanting, and perhaps even human screams. Play nice, kids.
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by Endorse
Italian brothers write earnest ballads with slight 70s nostalgia. Mostly acoustic and crooned, but there's some haunting melodies here and there. Restrained but smooth and relaxing vocals. One album, "Silver Rain," available on
Shelflife.
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Behind the fairly straightforward pop rock of Radio LXMBRG, there's a meticulous care given to the keys and samples which really flavors these tunes. They list their influences as "bombastic movie soundtracks, French sixties music, UK eighties music and German kraut rock," and normally I pass on genre-shifting chameleons (unless we're talking about Derek Trucks - he can record polka and I'll buy it), but these Swedes could become your guilty pleasure, too.
