Beirut – Nantes

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21 year old Santa Fe New Mexico native Zach Condon otherwise known as Beirut release a beautiful album this year entitled, “The Flying Club Cup”, which is named after a “hot air ballon festival in Paris”. This track combines elements such as Eastern Euro and folk sounds with playfulness and heart.

[audio:http://www.audiodrums.com/audio/02_-_Nantes.mp3]

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Parrondo – Bolas Bug

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Parrondo, aka Jose Parrondo primarily known as a Belgian book author of  children’s books, released an album in 2004 from which this track is found.    
Parrondo travels in the same vein as Cocorosie, with its whimsical sounds and toy instruments.  

[audio:http://highrize.wordpress.com/files/2007/10/parrondo-01-bolas-bug.mp3]

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The Morning Benders – Damn it Anna

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Nice Indie Pop from the   northern California pop quintet.  Found these two songs for download from The Morning Benders website here.

Damn it Anna: [audio:http://highrize.wordpress.com/files/2007/10/the-morning-benders-damnit-anna.mp3]

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Grain of Salt:   [audio:http://highrize.wordpress.com/files/2007/10/the-morning-benders-grain-of-salt.mp3]

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