Going back in time here to the year 2000. I first heard the Walkmen on a commercial and subsequently fell in love with their indie brand of rock. This cut is taken from their 2000 debut album, Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me is Gone. The Walkmen are an indie rock band from New York City.
[audio:http://www.audiodrums.com/audio/2008/01/the-walkmen-wake-up.mp3][download]
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This track can be found on the Xiu Xiu’s 2006 release entitled, “The Air Force”. Xiu Xiu (pronounced show-show) are from Oakland, California and this particular track shows the band harnessing more of a 80’s Goth’s feel mixed with a slight EMO edge.
[audio:http://www.audiodrums.com/audio/2008/01/xiu_xiu-save_me.mp3][download]
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Viva Voce from Portland, Oregon have sweet an indie, psychedelic sound. The group formed back in 1998 and recently have placed several of their tunes on national ad campaigns such as All laundry detergent (“Fashionably Lonely”), Microsoft Zune (“Special Thing”), and Motorola (“Lession No. 1”). Apparently they are doing something right.
[audio:http://www.audiodrums.com/audio/2007/12/viva_voce_-business_casual.mp3][download]
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