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(Probably on their honeymoon. Or hunting for berries)1) Dinosaur Feathershttp://www.myspace.com/dinosaurfeathersOh Brooklyn, with your cool pool concerts and neon-themed parties, always bringing fun and exciting bands myway. It surprised me to find out this band is trio in stead of a proper five or six piece. Their sound isn't particularlyexpansive, but there's such energy there that you tend not to find in smaller groups. Also love how they utilize adrum machine in a non-electronic way.2) Post Honeymoonhttp://www.myspace.com/posthoneymoonPost Honeymoon is a married duo from Chicago, and are much more bad-ass than their twee-esque name givesthem credit for. Love the deep tone of Rachel's voice, and their post-punk guitars.3) Gangihttp://www.myspace.com/gangimusicTwitter is quickly becoming the new site for bands to reach out and find new bands (bye bye myspace?) Gangi,thanks for reaching out and touching me. Your picture made me think you were going to be Asher Roth, but lookscan be deceiving. There's a really nice balance of ambient haze and straight-up catchy melodies. Not gonna lie,Matt's voice at first irritated me slightly. But stick with it, by the third song you'll be a fan.4) Sister Suvihttp://www.myspace.com/sistersuviThank you Michael. Whenever I whine to him "I can't find good new bands" he always comes up with the perfectsolution. Once again proving to be one of the most fertile music grounds, Montreal-based Sister Suvi. I think themotto of this music session should be "don't judge a band by its name" because like the bands above, I thoughtthis group was a New Order-ish dice. But they ended up being a solid indie rock slice. I also gotta give it up to the
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