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LAVALU: Now
With vocals somewhere between Björk and Ani Difranco and ambitious orchestral pop arrangements, Lavalu’s most recent album is a daring work that is both challenging and full of fun surprises. With jazzy syncopation and trip-hop grooves, these tunes have an infectious rhythmic energy without sacrificing melody. Blurting saxophones, syrupy strings, staccato piano runs, and soulful harmonies blend into a truly unique sound.
CD price: $14.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
KEVIN DEAN: Long Live The Ashes
Fans of the Fray and Coldplay will enjoy this expertly produced collection of modern piano-pop songs. Kevin Dean combines emotive (though not overly-sentimental) ballads with catchy mid-tempo tunes to create a dynamic album that has a quiet and steady momentum. Journey through the highs and lows of “love, loss, and hope” with this promising singer-songwriter who can convey honest emotion without dragging you down.
MP3 price: $9.99
THE CHAMPION AND HIS BURNING FLAME: Song & Film
The band’s press clippings make comparative reference to famous songs like Needle in the Hay, Eleanor Rigby, and Hallelujah. This is certainly a good starting point when describing The Champion and His Burning Flame’s unique baroque-pop sound, a fusion of Elliott Smith’s wistful melodies, Paul McCartney’s ambitious sense of playfulness, and Leonard Cohen’s confident poeticism. The band’s filmic work is filled with sepia-toned nostalgia. Their heartbreaking blend of parlour music, mournful string sections, whisper-toned bedroom folk, and hints of 70’s AM rock is a winning melancholy mix.
MP3 price: $9.99
MARIA TAYLOR: LadyLuck
Though these songs were written just before and after her cross-country move to LA, Maria Taylor’s orchestral pop sound is anything but uncertain. These songs shine in every possible way, whether we’re talking about the lyrics, melody, arrangements, production, feel, or emotional honesty. She balances warm, melancholy strings with shimmering guitar and keyboard tones. Her whisper-close vocals rest perfectly in the mix, though they cut right to the bone. As the artist herself suggests, this is a “headphone album” that doesn’t rely on simple ear candy to sweeten the listening experience.
CD price: $12.99
ADAM MERRIN: Have Another One
As the keyboardist for one of LA’s best and brightest bands, The 88, Adam Merrin has clearly soaked up the sunshine-y goodness of indie pop, that perfect blend of the Beach Boys’ relaxed beauty and the Beatles’ mischievous, melancholy anthems. His solo work will thrill fans of Nada Surf, Death Cab for Cutie, Grandaddy, Elliott Smith, while also having enough universal appeal to justify his music’s placement in a handful of high profile television shows. We can expect more great things from this talented songwriter and instrumentalist, both with The 88 and on his own.
MP3 price: $7.99

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REGINA SPEKTOR: Songs
Magical realism involving pickles, death penalties and hot baths... influenced by the anti folkers, the punkers, tom waits, bjork, mozart, and many others... a secret let loose.
CD price: $14.00
OPERATION ENSURING CHRISTMAS: A lil' Heroes Christmas
Christmas and Patriotic songs featuring 'voices of the children' of Fallen American Troops.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
THE BLANKS: Riding The Wave
A "Barber-NOT Quartet," as seen on NBC's "Scrubs" in the role of Ted's Band, this quirky foursome's debut record features strictly four-part a cappella arrangements in an eclectic mix of styles, talking toys and hidden mic sketches from the Scrubs set.
CD price: $14.97
THE WEEPIES: Happiness
Cool Folky Pop collaboration from singer/songwriters Deb Talan and Steve Tannen
CD price: $11.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
JON BRION: Meaningless
One of America's most talented Singer/Songwriter/Producers. Heard producing Aimee Mann, Fiona Apple, and Paul Thomas Anderson soundtracks. "Jon Brion is a master of pop. There is nothing he can't do." - Beck.
CD price: $14.00
PAT MCGUIRE BAND: Big Brown Sofa
straight ahead guitar sound expanded by gospel harmonies and celtic influences that culminate in a rich, soulful sound that is charged with emotion
CD price: $14.99
GRANT-LEE PHILLIPS: Ladies Love Oracle
Grant-Lee Phillips in the raw, in the dark, in the basement. Sometimes a sketch says more than a mural.
CD price: $13.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
PANCHO'S LAMENT: Pancho's Lament
Uniquely simple accessible music - heard on TV shows Jack and Jill, Dawson's Creek and Party of Five.
CD price: $12.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
INGRID MICHAELSON: Girls and Boys
Featuring "The Way I Am" as heard on an Old Navy commercial and "Breakable" and "Corner of Your Heart" as heard on "Grey's Anatomy." Indie-pop New Yorker Ingrid Michaelson will knock your socks off with her dynamic vocals and deliciously unique lyrics.
CD price: $14.00
VINYL KINGS: A Little Trip
This is about as close to a NEW Beatles CD as you'll ever get.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00

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