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JIMMY ROBINSON: Vibrating Strings
New Orleans guitar legend (Woodenhead, Twangorama) debut acoustic solo recording.
Recommended if you like Michael Hedges, Leo Kottke.CD price: $12.97
THE BRIGHT ROOM: Horror Crash Puzzle
mean little mean tunes somewhere around where radiohead collides with tom waits. they’re harsh like a 3-penny opera trolly car rattling down tracks laid by a blair witch live-feed horror show.
MP3 price: $9.99
SO SADLY FUCKED: Self-titled Debut Cd
All my other band names got stolen. So now I'm So Sadly Fucked. Nobody can take that from me. But I got a good job. I work at CD BABY now.
CD price: $14.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
CASTELLA: How Did We Get Here
Epic rock anthems that captivate the heart.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
SIMPL: Simpl
Ex-Pinback drummer Cameron Jones writes songs that have been described as "perfect, gorgeous indiepop that could very easily become the next Death Cab".
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
THE CHARMS: Strange Magic
Produced by Jim Diamond (White Stripes, Von Bondies, Mooney Suzuki). Keyboard Magazine says, "Smart and edgy, punk-ish and endearingly bitchy, Boston-grown garage rockers the Charms craft memorable tunes on Strange Magic."
CD price: $10.99
THE MEN: THE MEN
THE MEN is a MOD outfit from Lund, Sweden. Simple, honest and melodic songs with harmony vocals, guts and love. The ultimate live-band; explosive, stylish, tight, groovy, cool and fun (No shoegazers.) á la spring 1965 in London.
CD price: $10.00
CLASS THREE OVERBITE: Rendezvous
Queen meets The Beatles with a sprinkle of Paul Stanley.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
BIG KID: You Must Be Kidding
Combining the energy of alt. rock with the melodic sensibilities of power pop, Big Kid sets out to do one thing... deliver a driving song.
CD price: $7.99 / MP3 price: $7.99
INTO ARCADIA: Maps For Children
Alternative, Indie, Pop.
Recommended if you like The Walkmen, Interpol.CD price: $5.95
JOYLINER: Not All Is Lost
Is it rock? Is it pop? Call it popcore.
Recommended if you like Pavement.CD price: $8.00 / MP3 price: $8.00
PETE MROZ: Detachment
Passionate, soulful, honest, clear, and never giving up on the hope of love.
Recommended if you like Eric Clapton, John Mayer.CD price: $9.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
VENUS FLYTRAP: Come With Us
Darker and heavier than before: screaming guitars, noise, tight bass and drums, electronic soundscapes. The result is a hypnotic indie ‘wall of sound’ reminding of Motorpsycho, Sonic Youth and dEUS. Come With Venus Flytrap .
MP3 price: $9.99
ABSENT KID: Misadventure
The new album is the bands finest work to date, a classic indie-rock album with a triumphant outlook, brimming with catchy hooks, jerky spazz-rock grooves and punch the air moments.
MP3 price: $10.97
THE BRIGHT ROOM: Horror Crash Puzzle
mean little mean tunes w/ chix reading bible verses somewhere around where radiohead collides w/ tom waits. they’re harsh like a 3-penny opera trolly car rattling down tracks laid by a blair witch live-feed horror show.
CD price: $11.99
VANESSA & THE O'S: La Ballade d'O
A fantastic album of european cool with breathy vocals from french sensation Vanessa Contenay-Quinones in english/french over music evoking Velvet Underground, Serge Gainsbourg or Stereolab, chiming guitars and soaring melodies create a gorgeous new sound
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $10.00
KELLY'S HEELS: Neither Use nor Ornament
Gorgeous melodic guitar pop with an edge from a cool London band
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
SMDGE.: our monster
Flittering, infectiously melodic hushtronica, hued with aching strings, occasional flourishes of jazz brass & plenty of love-lourn piano. Features guest vocals from 'The Go Find', 'I Might Be Wrong', & Noel of 'Jersey'.
CD price: $8.00 / MP3 price: $8.00
DARLING: Welcome the Ghost
Frenetic pop-punk guitars and vocals collide head-on with progressive jazzy overtures of indie rock. Darling likes to keep the audience guessing as to what they have up their sleeves next.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
THE HARD TOMORROWS: Lights Out
"Though The Hard Tomorrows proudly call DC home, we may soon be forced to share them with the rest of the world. From moody atmpospherics to pop gems, Lights Out is a diverse, captivating and damn good album with some fantastic melodies." -On Tap Magazine
CD price: $10.00
JEAN ROCA: Shoot For the Moon
"Shoot For the Moon" is a diverse guitar rock album with electronic production utilizing stacked drums, percussion skin drums, grinding bass synths and ancient antique guitars.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $9.00
KLEVELAND: KLEVELAND
This is Pop rock with alot of teeth, "Kleveland is like early Pretenders with some Blondie mini anthems and a little stoner rock slip showing."
CD price: $13.00 / MP3 price: $13.00
PETER TORK AND SHOE SUEDE BLUES: Saved By The Blues
Take 1 pop icon, 2 of the best sidemen in the business and a top rockabilly drummer, mix well and what do you get.? Peter Tork and Shoe Suede Blues serving up a banquet of original rock and pop - some well selected Monkees’ hits and a dash of the blue
CD price: $14.97
THOUSAND YARD STARE: Stars and Roadmaps
The Phoenix based quartet combines catchy vocal melodies and powerful guitar hooks to create their own blend of inde/alt rock on their 11 song debut full length "Stars and Roadmaps".
CD price: $9.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
LENI STERN: Love Comes Quietly
Down-to-date guitarist/singer/songwriter with a serious groove.
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
SCOTT TAYLOR: I like Elephants
Psycho Pop, this stuff sticks in your head and makes you want to roll around on the floor kicking and screaming then get up and kiss a stranger.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
ANTLERAND: Branches
Antlerand is a rock band at heart with a pop sentiment and symphonic sensibility.
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
TIM FAGAN: Out of the Dark
"Tim Fagan is a winner." - John Mayer (Esquire magazine, January 2006)
MP3 price: $7.77
ROGER MCGUINN: Limited Edition
"Limited Edition" is filled with the jingle-jangle Rickenbacker sound that Roger McGuinn made famous in the BYRDS.
CD price: $17.99
TEN SPEED RACER: Death to Disco (E.P.)
If Queens of the Stone Age joined forces with Spiritualized on an album, this would be it. These 5 Dublin lads (3 of them are brothers) created "A vivacious mix of sonically charged guitars, ethereal melodies & intelligent vocals." VIRTUALLY ALTERNATIVE
CD price: $6.00 / MP3 price: $6.00
RON SEXSMITH: Blue Boy
Sexsmith's songs are often intensely personal, yet his heart-felt delivery gives them a universal resonance.
CD price: $12.00
RON SEXSMITH: Rarities
Sexsmith's songs are often intensely personal, yet his heart-felt delivery gives them a universal resonance.
CD price: $12.00
BLINK: the end is high
A mix of pop, punk and rock - moody and atmospheric in parts, loud and full of energy in parts, lots of catchy tunes
MP3 price: $12.97
MATAHARI: Shrine Of Counterfeits
Female fronted rock band with focus on songs and production. great hooks with a modern sound. a mix of no doubt and garbage.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
ANAGRAM: Songs From Far Away
Sullen lyrics, swirly synths, and reverby drum machines . . . Thoughtful dreamers, you have your new soundtrack.
CD price: $10.97
LENI STERN: Clairvoyant
Down-to-date guitarist/singer/songwriter with a serious groove. "A CD Baby favorite- we shriek with joy when we get her new albums." -CD Baby
MP3 price: $10.00
THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Love Everybody
The new album. Inlcudes "Some Postman" and "Love Everybody"
CD price: $12.97
EDMUND'S CROWN: Collected
rock/indi/alternative. "Ultra-catchy hook-laden music", "A power pop sound that's fresh and engaging", "Smooth melodies and hard rock force."
RUTH RUTH: Right About Now
New York's best kept secret, Ruth Ruth treads new ground mastered by pop legends such as Elvis Costello. Bringing punk antics, genuine lyrics, and colorful brilliance to the power-pop field.
CD price: $10.99 / MP3 price: $10.99
LENI STERN: When Evening Falls
down-to-date guitarist/singer/songwriter with a serious groove.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
THE CONFUSIONS: Trampoline
"A Swedish superdebut", "Smart and glimmering popmelodies", "A band with great potential", Power pop par excellence
CD price: $16.97
JIMMIE K.: Change
A creative debut from a multi-cultural songwriter, a ambitious collection of songs that cover a large range of emotion, The LP Change embraces the rock-n-roll spirit.
CD price: $9.99
SOURPUS: Be Nice
British indie guitar band with high quality songs.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
SAM HARRIS: Free
This album is about freedom of spirit, freedom of truth, political and constitutional freedom, freedom from bondage of others and of self, freedom to express, freedom from relationships - the many meanings of the word in song, most of which Sam wrote.
CD price: $19.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
LITTLE MERCURY: Wazoo
Hook Laden Power Pop/Rock with big guitars and driving bass and drums, and love songs without the sap.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $8.00
GOODNIGHT MONSTERS: Summer Challenge
youthful exuberance and quality pop hooks from a young guitar band out of Finland. Their second album is a bit more refined then the debut, without loosing any inch of the freshness. On the contrary, it's full of super-charming melodies and rhythms.
CD price: $12.97
PEPE GAMBOA: Pepe Gamboa Guitarist
A unique string instrument with three necks. There have been many variations of multi neck stringed instruments, but not like Pepe Gamboa's three neck guitar. The only guitar of its kind in the world.
Recommended if you like Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaría.CD price: $12.97
BETTER THAN ALIENS: EP
better than aliens make their own unique brand of indie rock music with catchy melodies, tasteful harmonies and brief rhythmic explorations. They pack a lot of punch in Beatles length tunes.
CD price: $7.00 / MP3 price: $5.00
YOUNG SPORTSMEN: If You Want It
Rhythmic, melodic, guitar driven post-pop/new wave/garage.
Recommended if you like Cheap Trick, The Fratellis.CD price: $12.00
YOU WERE ALWAYS: Ghost Lanes
Catchy indie rock full of warm electric guitars, analog synths, and soft guy/girl voices with a touch of ambient noise.
CD price: $5.00
PATCHWORK MEDIC: Picture Motion
Catchy and creative indie rock for every listener.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
OSGOODS: Automatic Do-Over
Agitated power pop.
Recommended if you like Barenaked Ladies, R.E.M..CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $8.00
THE WALK ONS: Awkward Brunch
Lower East Side bar crawlers The Walk Ons kick out big, frenetic, hook-riddled rock music that gets stuck in your head for days.
CD price: $6.00 / MP3 price: $5.00
FRANKIE WHYTE AND THE DEAD IDOLS: Hollywood Ending - EP
Pedal to the metal rock 'n' roll.
MP3 price: $3.99
RALF ILLENBERGER: The Kiss
Trance-like musical journey in six movements, richly arranged guitar mastery and very hypnotic grooves.
Recommended if you like Mike Oldfield, Tangerine Dream.CD price: $12.97
RALF ILLENBERGER: The Gateway
Mysterious, energy-driven music, based on acoustic and electric guitars, richly orchestrated with drums and percussion and woodwinds, references to pop, jazz and classical music.
Recommended if you like Mike Oldfield, Pat Metheny.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
HEROES & VILLAINS: What Keeps Us From Sleeping at Night
An eclectic blend of jangle pop and post-punk.
CD price: $10.99
MUSEUMS: Can We Meet In The Middle
Energetic pop punk band from NY and NJ. On tour all year long.
CD price: $12.97
JERRY CORTEZ: The Best of Guitar Favorites
A selection of 15 Classic finger-style guitar pieces and favorite popular songs. Both Traditional and contemporary, with beautiful interpretations by arranger/guitarist Jerry Cortez.
CD price: $12.97
BEHZAD: Strings Of Desire
The mixture of Spanish flamenco guitar music, the Middle Eastern and fusion style
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $9.45
GUMPTION: Ultramaroon
Indie pop produced by Chris Stamey in 1997, featuring Peter Holsapple of REM on keyboards. RIYL Superchunk, Versus, Archers of Loaf, etc.
CD price: $12.97
THE IDLERS: Momentum/Silhouettes
Dance-trendy indie rock with a haunting catchy style. Dark, energetic and extremely enjoyable.
MP3 price: $4.13
PARTICLE ZOO: Recipe For Nothing
This '80s alt-rock and '60s Brit-pop influenced jangly rocker spins the eerie tale of a war-torn, paranoid world without love.
MP3 price: $1.00
DYNAMO 77: and the republic of angels
And the republic of angels is a concept album dealing with love and death, packaged in a wall of sound production influenced by everything from Phil Spector's 60's productions to Radiohead.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.00
CARTOGRAPHER: Cartographer
Melodic power pop, ranging from crunchy rockers to acoustic neo-psychedelia.
CD price: $7.00 / MP3 price: $7.00
CHRIS BENSINGER: Something's Happening
Lyrical tenor sings ultra romantic smooth jazz, pop and standard genres rich with emotion, originality and love.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
CALLING TRINITY: String Theory
Sounds like an angelic choir singing mellifluous harmonies, that soon gets bored, steps from behind their microphones, and smashes you right in the face with big fat guitars.
CD price: $11.50 / MP3 price: $11.50
MATT FISHER: 4 More Songs by Matt Fisher
With an ear for infectious melody and an eye on greener pastures beyond the causeway, Fisher has drawn comparisons to everyone from Elvis Costello to Ben Folds during his band’s ascent up the rungs of the local circuit.
MP3 price: $10.97
ASH AVENUE: And Then We Ignite
With great pop sensibilities and a keen knack for writing catchy melodies, Ash Avenue makes refreshingly original, contemporary pop/rock music with vintage tones and modern hooks.
CD price: $11.00 / MP3 price: $9.99
NEW YORK TO TOKYO: Sunshine Superstar
*DIGITAL ONLY RELEASE * A new US/UK Lo-Fi garage rock band formed in 2007. Debut ep "Sunshine Superstar" was Mixed in Detroit by Jim Diamond (The White Stripes) Recorded by Jim Devito and Produced by Paul Marko.
MP3 price: $5.34
BEHZAD: Luna Y Sol
Contemporary flamenco featuring one of the great flamenco guitarists around the world.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $9.45
NEON MACHINE: How Can Something So Easy Be So Hard?
Energetic and catchy rock-pop with a melancholic touch
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
YOUNG SPORTSMEN: Death to Palaces
Death to Palaces is the first full length album from Young Sportsmen. Drawing influence from bands like Guided by Voices, the Who and Cheap Trick, Young Sportsmen deftly combine melody and volume to create an exciting, hook filled pop rock.
MP3 price: $10.00
MARAVEYAS: Ilegal
Greek songs acoustic electric.
Recommended if you like Manu Chao, Renato Carosone.CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $14.00
HIGHTOWER SMITH: What it did
Dark, 3-piece pop a la Elliott Smith, Spoon and John Lennon
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
ZACH VESTNYS: Carry Me Away
Original tracks reflecting a heart of worship.
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
SILVER NEEDLE: Halo
Power-pop/post-punk influenced indie rock music with impressive hooks.
MP3 price: $12.97
PETE ROTHERA: Funny
Folk/rock with some progressive, striking vocals and catchy, powerful melodies which could well take you on quite an adventure.
CD price: $9.50 / MP3 price: $9.50
THE DEBUT: This Record is About Cars
Energetic power pop with a big heart.
CD price: $10.97 / MP3 price: $10.97
LAPUSH: Modern Blues
"...sounds like Snow Patrol dreamily slow-dancing with Doves, as U2 and the Verve try to cut in..." -Annie Zaleski - Riverfront Times
CD price: $8.00 / MP3 price: $8.00
SCOTT WESLEY: Open Eyes
Young songwriter Scott Wesley combines pop, rock, and reggae in a bright new sound out of Chicago.
CD price: $12.97
MATT WOODS' PLAN A: Caught Up In The Fray
Honest rock'n'roll with a bit of Southern flare. Catchy and melodic with relatable themes of making it day to day.
CD price: $11.99 / MP3 price: $11.99
CHARLZ NEWMAN: Charlz Newman
Armed with an arsenal of undeniably original and catchy songs delivered with powerhouse live performances, Charlz Newman sets out to capture the attention of music enthusiasts around the world.
CD price: $7.99 / MP3 price: $7.99
THE VIOLET ARCHERS: The End Of Part One
First solo album from Rheostatics founding member Tim Vesely.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
CHRISTINE BOUGIE: Hammy's Secret Life
"Christine Bougie is one of the most interesting and versatile guitarists in Canada, and so it comes as no surprise to me that she would make such a wonderfully eclectic album" - Ron Sexsmith
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
MARIO DASILVA: Mario DaSilva Plays the Beatles for Everyone
"Snippets of music played backwards and collaged around"? You know it. (No subliminal messages here, unless you're able to read through it) After huge popular demand for an all Beatles CD, this is Mario DaSilva's best album yet.
CD price: $17.00 / MP3 price: $17.00
BEN WARREN: Dead At Disneyland
Incendiary, compulsive, over the top, insane, slick, jagged, rock from the mountaintop. Pop too.
CD price: $9.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
GOD'S LIGHT: You Must Be Baptized
Music that will stir your imagination, and bless your soul.
Recommended if you like Earth, Wind & Fire.CD price: $8.97 / MP3 price: $8.97
RUSTY MCCARTHY: Dirty River
pop rockin' and blue, songs that reflect life and love in the big city landscape of the enviroment and the american dream.
Recommended if you like Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
TIME SPENT DRIVING: Just Enough Bright
Melodic Indie Rock
Recommended if you like Sunny Day Real Estate, Jimmy Eat World, The Jealous Sound, Benton Falls, Counterfit.CD price: $13.00 / MP3 price: $13.00
DOUG SNYDER: Bells, Motors, and Doors
This intensely cinematic album moves effortlessly through musical genres from spoken word to latin grooves, to world beat and back again.
CD price: $5.00 / MP3 price: $5.00
LEIF: Twist of Fortune
Based in Manchester 'Leif' produces the ideas and songs of singer/songwriter Jules Leif McCormick. Influenced by 60/70's American and British acoustic songwriters the band concentrates on producing honest emotional songs with intense passion and strong me
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
DÉMON VERLAINE: Antesss
sonic rock created by three argentine brothers with psychedelic sounds inspired by the beatles, the birds and the beez.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
GOLDEN REEF: mockery moaning
give me rythm, a face kicking riff and good strong shout over it. thats it my dear
Recommended if you like Oasis, Kings of Leon.CD price: $7.50 / MP3 price: $7.50
GOODNIGHT CITY: Better With The Lights Down
Melodic pop rock with catchy & powerful songs and strong melodies. In 2004, GoodNight City was named one of the Top 3 Best Unsigned Bands in America by Playboy Magazine. Seven songs from the debut album You Are Almost There have been featured in TV shows
CD price: $8.99 / MP3 price: $8.99
THE MOOD: Get In
The Mood is an Indie Rock n Roll band from New York City.Their music is high-energy-modern-day-beatle/kinksish-throwback-pop with some real balls, sweet harmony, & chick glockenspiel player. The band features members from all over Florida and NY. The band
CD price: $7.00 / MP3 price: $7.00
VARIOUS ARTISTS: 'Baby Im Yours' a shimmering collection of angelic Independent London Indie)
Baby I’m Yours’ is a shimmering collection of angelic independent London indie that showcases the musings of 17 of the capitals most original and exciting bands.
JUSTIN KING: Fall/ Rise
Dynamic in range, density, and texture, this multimedia EP features everything from driving rock to electronic drum programming to a Quicktime video of Justin's guitar tapping magic on a double neck acoustic.
CD price: $8.00 / MP3 price: $8.00
LORNTELL: Lorntell
"Lorntell's rock constitution lies somewhere between the alt-country angles of Whiskeytown and the power-pop crush of The Replacements." - Boston Metro
Recommended if you like The Replacements, Whiskeytown.MP3 price: $9.00
THE WELLINGTONS: Keeping Up With
Power pop has never sounded as sweet as it does with the Wellingtons. Spending the last 12 months opening up for Tim Rogers and the Temperance Union, The Pictures, The Muffs, Even, Peabody, Lazy Susan, and The Boat People.
CD price: $16.00
SIR HARRISON AND THE BLUES KINGS: Sir Harrison and the Blues Kings
blues, blues rock, R & B, Native American, blues pop
Recommended if you like Robert Cray, Vaughn.CD price: $11.00 / MP3 price: $11.00
GIOVANNI PELOSI: Train-ing
popular songs arranged for solo fingerstyle guitar
Recommended if you like Stefan Grossman, Chet Atkins & Tommy Emmanuel.CD price: $15.00
FRANK LEE SPRAGUE: Merry Merseybeat Christmas
Frank Lee Sprague has been called the "Master of Merseybeat". Now, with the release of his 3rd all Merseybeat album, Frank has achieved a work of all new/original Merseybeat songs devoted to Christmas. "Merry Merseybeat Christmas" is a collection of rocki
CD price: $15.97 / MP3 price: $15.97
VINNIE ZUMMO: Swinging Guitar Sounds of Young America
A highly mixed bag album where a Beatles-like song can be followed by a live Cream-like cut, a Western Swing tune, Chicago Blues, Bluegrass pickin, Jeff Beck like ballad, 80's Pop, Earth Wind & Fire, Fusion, Cool bop etc... All packed with Vinnie Zummo
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
SMASH PALACE: Best Of 99-06
Power Pop/rock ala Beatles, Badfinger,Cheap Trick, Kinks, Fountains of Wayne. A best of collection from Smash Palace that's a great introduction to the band if you've never owned one of their Cd's and even if you own all of them, there are brand new songs
POWDER MILK: IMMACULATE
We want you to listen to our music with the best sound. 70's and 80's music's hybrid, including Hard Rock, Fusion, Beat Pop and especially New Wave.
CD price: $8.00 / MP3 price: $8.00
GREG HOY: Tastemakers & Heartbreakers
Power-pop with big guitar crunch, some real back-beat presence, and encircling guitars, bold melodies and no hint of boyish niceties or polite mannerism - Jack Rabid (The Big Takeover)
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
SYSTEM AND STATION: In the Twilight
Big rock with alot of melody and changing time signatures. Good fun meaningful lyrics
CD price: $12.97
ALUMINUM BABE: Vitrified
"The best new record I've heard in years" Huw Stephens BBC Radio 1
CD price: $12.97
THE BEAUTIFUL LOSERS: Peace, Love , & Xmas
Electro-Acoustic-Indian-Alternative-Rock
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
BLINK: a map of the universe
Pop-rock-punky songs with lots of guitar, dancey, catchy tunes, wonderfully quirky lyrics, loud, bursting with energy
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
TEXTBOOK: The Great Salt Creek
"...aficionados of ringing, indie-guitar rock, fleshed out with a touch of rootsy abandon, will surely appreciate the fact that Textbook are sincerely in it for the tunes". (The Big Takeover #57)
CD price: $7.00 / MP3 price: $7.00
CAPTAIN WILBERFORCE: Mindfilming
Alt-pop embracing Beatles invention, Bowie attitude, Jellyfish Melodies, Guided By Voices mindset, XTC lyricism, Arcade Fire cool and Coldplay potential: And then some.
CD price: $11.00 / MP3 price: $8.00
SCOTT SULLIVAN: The Great Manifestiny
Home grown, starkly honest, fun, textured mix of acoustic/electric rock. In a time of hybrid, derivative, blandness, Sullivan shines as a highly skilled enthusiast with his own unique sound. The songs are complex and dynamic while remaining simple.
CD price: $12.50 / MP3 price: $12.50
LO-TEL: Planet of the Stereos
ARIA Awards Nominees in Australia this rock outfit delivered many Australian hit songs including Teenager of the Year from the Film Looking for Ali Brandi.
CD price: $9.99
SP: Fall And Leave
This New York City rock band blends guitars and melodies so effortlessly, you'll be humming the songs for days to come.
CD price: $9.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
GEOFF FOSTER: Somewhere Inbetween
A conglomerate of blues, rock, and funk, this ablum showcases Geoff's explosive guitar playing, unique songwriting, bold, unmistakable voice, and his undying passion for music. Geoff has forged a sound that is all his own.
CD price: $12.99
PALE: here
The band's 2004 release, Here, features 11 tracks of honest songwriting and perfect chemistry between Stanley and guitarist Robb Moore. Backed by the foundation of Stephen Wesson on bass and Travis Middour on drums, this is a serious rock album.
CD price: $11.99 / MP3 price: $11.99
SOLLY: Get it Wrong, It's Alright
Smart straight ahead hardpop with a heavy swing in a mellow tone
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
HEAP: On The Cheap
HEAP is a Rock 'n Roll band from New York City. Brooklyn, to be specific. They play and sing about what they know best - friends, girlfriends and girls that will never be girlfriends.
CD price: $11.99 / MP3 price: $11.99
KNACKER: picture | show.
An exciting, full-on outpouring of creativity and freewheeling artistry. A release with a sound so modern, it's retro; with a sound so retro, it's positively ahead of its time. File under explosive guitar rock.
CD price: $10.00
PUNCH HAVANA: Airplanes and Rental Cars
This limited edition EP is both ethereal and melodic. A thoughtful blend of fact and fiction; brash and beauty.
CD price: $7.00 / MP3 price: $7.00
CHARLEMAGNE: Charlemagne
fine one-man-band effort bursting at the seams with glowing harmonies and spry pop.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
DON LATARSKI: Fab 4 on 6
The music on this CD is well known to most people already since these are some of the best known songs by the Beatles. They are played on an acoustic baritone guitar without overdubs. (A baritone guitar is one that is tuned much lower than a standard guit
Recommended if you like Leo Kottke, Phil Keaggy.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
STATUESQUE: Choir Above Fire Below
Thirteen new songs from Stephen Manning, the man who "melts the heart of any fan of pure pop hooks" (CMJ New Music Report). "His stuff stands up alongside your favorite Smiths, Morrissey and Radiohead records, while sounding totally unique and individual"
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
YURI: Different
R&B pop crossover with top 40 influence, as well as a palpable sense of self.
CD price: $6.99
THE SOUNDABOUT: The Soundabout
Upbeat guitar driven pop music with a 60's influence.
CD price: $8.00 / MP3 price: $8.00
HOT LITTLE ROCKET: Our Work and Why We Do It
Hot Little Rocket are five years old and finished teething; the best rock band in Calgary and not content. They play post punk to bait hecklers and fire up teenagers; they rock and roll against boredom and standing still.
MP3 price: $12.97
POPIUM: Popium
A perfect pop record with references to 60's and 70's pop (The Beatles and The Kinks as well as Slade and T-Rex), but with a fresh new sound.
CD price: $16.97
SHUTTERSPEED: Custom Made Hit Parade
Inspired, passionate, intelligent rock with a twist of soul, from one of Australia's finest new bands
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GOODWIN: Goodwin
Smart, aggressive pop/rock from Texas. Big guitars, big drums, big voices, big sound. Voted Best Rock Band in 2005 by the Fort Worth Weekly.
MP3 price: $5.00
BUZZ ZEEMER: Delusions of Grandeur
A great batch of effortless, melodic, guitar pop gems. Think along the lines of the Replacements Buffalo Tom, and NRBQ
CD price: $11.99 / MP3 price: $11.99
SAM TURTON: feel
Catchy, acoustic-driven primal Folk/Soul that takes Motown back to New Orleans and Liverpool back to the Mississippi Delta. Think Lyle Lovett singing James Taylor and Eric Clapton - with the guitar of Ry Cooder and the heart of John Lennon.
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JOE DECHENNE: Ride
An amazing first album from this newcomer from Washington. Truly a solo work of art that you must hear.
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THE SLEEPIES: Allegro
Complex but catchy indie rock with serious lyrics, layered guitar and piano and a psychedelic edge.
THE FLASHING LIGHTS: Where The Change Is
Combining the spirit of '60s freak-outs with a devotion to crystal clear melodies, The Flashing Lights have lit the way for many a wayward rock 'n' roll fan with this release of their fantastic debut album.
CD price: $6.99
TRIP: Naked
If Emo, Power Pop, Pop-Punk, and Alternative got into a head-on collision . . . then the aftermath would sound something like 'Trip'.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
ARNOLD: Arnold
Fans of Alan McGee's Creation and Poptones labels are probably already familiar with Arnold's wonderfully symphonic psychedelic pop. If the world were a fair place, their name would be on the tongue tip of every NME reader and Oasis would be begging for a
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
DREAM 6: Dream 6
Dream 6 later changed their name to Concrete Blonde; punky, grungy chick rock with a palatable 80's toss.
Recommended if you like Concrete Blonde.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
SHANE FONTAYNE: What Nature Intended
The guitarist for Springsteen, Maria McKee, Paul Simon, Marc Cohn, and more steps out with driven melodic songs with distinct British overtones. Driving & sardonic, ethereal & lush. For the rock connoisseur.
Recommended if you like Pink Floyd, U2, The Beatles, Daniel Lanois, Bruce Springsteen, Crowded House, Neil Finn, Maria McKee, Lone Justice.CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
KENNY HOWES AND THE YEAH!: Until Dawn
Rockin' Power Pop; snappy, poppy, crackly, and touched by influences like the Beatles and Cheap Trick. may cause unexpected floating.
CD price: $9.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
ROB HORNFECK: The Rob Album
Released in 2001. HOT BACON is on this one. Wicked guitar and cool lyrics on the first solo release from the former guitarist of Babyfat.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $9.00
THE SCOOTERS: I can see your house from here
The second album by the boys from Wales UK, it takes Brit-Rock beyond it's usual constraints while keeping The Scooters sound intact. Nominated for The Short List Music Project 2002 (shortlistofmusic.com) Produced by John Mastro
CD price: $12.99
THE LAMPSHADES: Are Alright
Catchy power pop mixed with heartfelt lighter pop songs and yet still quite epic at times.
CD price: $8.00
THE JIM PULLMAN BAND: The End of the Beginning
No Paper, No Scissors, Just Rock.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
JOHN EPP: Nebulae
Guitar enthusiasts be prepared to be impressed. On the album, “nebulae” by john epp you hear one guitarist, one track recording, one take; no fixes, wow.
Recommended if you like Chet Atkins, Steven King.CD price: $12.97
