Beirut - Gulag Orkestar

One of 2006's most unexpected indie success stories, Beirut (aka New Mexico-born 19-year-old singer/songwriter Zach Condon) combines a wide variety of styles, from pre-rock pop music and Eastern European gypsy styles to the alternately plaintive.
Rating:6.8/10
Modern Music Review
I know readers of MM will be pleased hear about bands like Sunset Rubdown,Neutral Milk Hotel
Gogol Bordello and other folk-indie combined different new well-known bands.Here it comes
another great new music with Beirut debut "Gulag Orkestar" that expand to the world as they deserved.
Like DeVotchKa, Condon is heavily influenced by Eastern European folk music and mostly accordions, horns, and hand percussion stand front of his music.Also I have no word to voice of Zach Condon who really knows how to blend his name with flowing of the music.

"Gulag Orkestar" generally touches some gloomy senses and these senses came out of his shell.
The plaintive music already is a reason to fall in love Beirut but it's obvious lyrics were written too simply and lyrics aren't in same range with heavy dominant exuberant instruments.It happens at every listen,delirium!Impressive thunderous instruments (Prenzlauerberg),colourful good times,aspiration (Postcards from Italy),lyrically weak but it's heartland song of the album (Rhineland (Heartland)),don't surprised if you find yourself singing with him.I noticed that "Gulag Orkestar" had placed in my heart with its melodic indie folk tunes.
MM picks:Prenzlauerberg,Rhineland (Heartland)
Listen:Postcards From Italy,Brandenburg (Beirut live @ Mocking Music)
You may also like:the Magnetic Fields,the Decemberists
Beirut Band Site

Copeland - Eat, Sleep, Repeat

Rating:7/10
Modern Music Review
Copeland is a melodic indie group, originating in the city of Lakeland, Florida. Originally formed in 2000 by singer Aaron Marsh With "Eat, Sleep, Repeat" out October 31 they're shining above stars to take you a journey on musical valleys.Angelic vocals (also sometimes it tastes sweet as sugar), guitar, mellotron, organ, and piano appear on every song and The music is embracing you.

So flying,sometimes velvet and you even don't notice which song you're listening.Your hunger is growing while you're in "Eat, Sleep, Repeat".You'll feel the warmless place (Where's My Head) with its awesome opening, touch a simple beauty (title track), a powerful melody need to control people (Control Freak), their music needs more attention (Careful Now) and this album's best song appears here (Love Affair)."Love Affair" which hold impressive pianos, majestic vocals and sometimes shining violins, horns and its little electronic attractions and i love it.

Near to end of the album there are some weak tunes i know but they're walking faster to get torch of successful!I appreciated their efforts. If you love to listen some improved alternative pop melodies then you should givew a listen!
MM picks:Love Affairs,By My Side
Listen:"Eat, Sleep, Repeat",When You Thought
Copeland Band Site

Best New Music

1.The Decemberists - o Valencia
2.Robyn Hitchcock - Adventure Rocket Ship
3.Lloyd Cole - Travelling Light
4.Grizzly Bear - KnifeLloyd Cole - Travelling Light
5.Supergrass - Moving (Flashback!)
6.Arab Strap - Rocket, Take Your Turn
7.The Walkmen - Many Rivers to Cross
8.Killers - When You Were Young
9.Bluetones - My Neighbour's House
10.The Hold Steady - Chips Ahoy! (...)

And some popular songs here!You should listen the artists in the list and their albums are quite good for having a nice time.Decemberists' new record quite pretty as you know,you can listen it with some The Smiths albums plus The Dears can be an alternative choice to those,also The Pernice Brothers,Billy Bragg...You'll love them all together!

Jet - Shine On

Rating:2.9/10
Modern Music Review
Here is a cranky review, insincere rock n' roll (mostly fake) music will crush your world!
It made me to remember one the biggest name Frank Zappa's "We're Only in It for the Money"
A real rock n' roll soul lies there. But in this record -- A little from there, a little from here, They make me nervous with their new "Shine On" (2006). Is it really cruel to say i hate from their music? I think it's not cruel and better to say "i adore them" even if i hate them. What a tasteless music which hasn't its own soul. It's just playing but i can't dive into. Their previous songs were a holocaust for me like lyrics 'look what you've done make me fool of everyone'? If these lyrics were written by Paris Hilton i would simply give ten point it but they call themselves as a hard rock band?

They've songs like 'yeah' then another 'baby' between every ten seconds shouting 'yeah' (Holiday). I really hate effortless music or i should call it "stolen". 'Oh yeah'--again this sh*t i won't call these as lyric! A little rock n' roll riffs, crying, singing with thin voice (Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is). It didn't finish, we'll listen the most simple song in the world 'bring it on back bring it on back'.Unlikeable. Another headache (That's All Lies), then music turns to another style with "Kings Horses" cleverly because you should put a slow song after all craps. The only good song are "Eleanor", "Shiny Magazine" because of melody (mostly sounds stolen from George Harrison) which you can find similar melodies with Sleepy Jackson. No need to prostrate myself with listening more! Mostly colourless, sounds very pushing.
Other reviewers are more cleverer ,short and to the point! Pitchfork "Shine on" Review
MM picks:...
Listen:Stand Up, Come on Come on
Jet Official Site

Pernice Brothers - Live a Little

Formed after the 1997 breakup of singer/songwriter Joe Pernice's alt-country group the Scud Mountain Boys, the Pernice Brothers did an about-face from the lush '70s country sound of their final album, Massachusetts, and came up with the lush orchestrated pop of 1998's Overcome By Happiness.
Rating:9/10
Modern Music Review
Today i'll write a few words about a really good album.As you remember,i mentioned about that great pop underground bands like Teenage Funclub,Posies and god of them The Big Star.Here is another excellent band The Pernice Brothers.Melody in music is one the important thing,you admire to a song because of its little magicful melody.Pernice Brothers' 2006 release "Live a Little" unblemished voice is the key instrument,limpid pop melodies which are also friend with indie rock tunes.Little bells,little light explodes are really impressive and a permanent listening.The Clear tunes are imposible to forget (Somerville,Zero REffils).Flattering words i know but it isn't a lie to say this record deserves it.

Lyrically, it's another masterpiece but vocals,guitars,compositions..All safe.You can even control the playlist it's playing so softly maybe sometimes cranky and it recalls Morrissey style vocals,Beach Boys style orchestral backround tunes but it really worth to hear these melodies (How Can I Compare).All great,all melodic.
MM picks:Somerville, Zero Refills
Listen:Automaton (...), High As A Kite (...)
Official Pernice Brothers Website
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Badly Drawn Boy - Born In The UK

Rating:7/10
Modern Music Review
Easily the finest Badly Drawn Boy album since 2002's "About A boy" soundtrack, Born In The U.K. finds the British alternative-pop artist (a.k.a. Damon Gough) playing to his strengths after a period of creative stagnation.

Remarkably,"The Hour of Bewilderbeast" ,which is melodic indie pop sprayer,Badly Drawn Boy's the most powerful debut record in which we can't forget hits like Everybody's Stalking,Once Around the Block,Pissing in the Wind.This new record "Born in the U.K." (2006) gives a good taste of music,pointing orchestral pop tunes -- it's blending the colour of indie pop with matt piano tunes(Nothing's Gonna Change Your Mind).It's not totally new to hear these pianos on everysong.Forwhy Damon Gough loves these kind of tunes,sometimes hidden cheerful lyrics and same at lyrics,deep vocals become identical sound of atmosphere.

Guitars,Ambiance,background music are just awesome.It touchs you and steal the place of your mind.'Promise you will rember,A promise should last for ever,Till after the last dying embers.'Lyrics with rhyme fits rising and falling pianos amazingly (Promises).Volatile guitar tastes so dizzy dizzy (The Way Things Used To Be).Pain is read from his mind (Without A Kiss),"Born In The U.K." sounds quite openhearted.

It benefits not only from Gough's renewed focus on crafting compelling pop songs, but from a new creative foil, Lemon Jelly's Nick Franglen, who helped to flesh out the album's arrangements.Any Badly Drawn Boy fan should get this brand new record also it'll lead for new fans.It's one of the best adult music from this year.
MM picks:Promises,The Way Things Used To Be,The Long Way Round
Badly Drawn Boy Website
Listen:Nothing’s Gonna Change Your Mind, The Shining

The Hold Steady - Boys And Girls In America

Rating:8.5/10
Modern Music Review
The thinking man's bar band, the Hold Steady use a thundering classic-rock template--evoking everything from Boston to the Faces--as a base from which lead singer Craig Finn delivers his epic sung-spoken Springsteen-esque narratives of searching for faith and redemption at the bottom of an empty bottle.

First i thought that i was listening an old band from mid-70S.'Boys are back in town boys are back in town' (Thin Lizzy) and i found some similar guitar chords in song
"Hot Soft Light".The result was satisfying.I loved this indie combined rock n' roll roots,also i adore names like New York Dolls,Richard Hell,Replacements.

'The triumph of Boys And Girls is that it's full of the kind of songs that Finn's protagonists would crank up, relishing every power chord.' The Onion (A.V. Club) [9.1/10]

Initial four song (Stuck Between Stations,Chips Ahoy!,Hot Soft Light,Same Kooks) don't apart
the soul of rock n' roll they keep the energy,long and powerful guitars."First Night"
is the slowest and the most emotional song,cute pianos and wry vocals of Craig Finn (mostly Paul Westerberg style)."Party Pit" is witty composition and it proves The Replacements infleunce of Hold Steady."You Can Make Him Like You" sounds a little Bruce Springteen's early works.There are too many nice,restful tunes (Citrus,Chillout Tent) Chillout Tent is the stoundout one just simply you should hear bizarre piano and heavy guitar combinations.You'll want to listen this record again before it finished.

Refreshingly irony-free, the Hold Steady are one of the best reminders of rock & roll's
classic spirit to have emerged in the early years of the new millennium.
Listen:
Hold Steady - Chips Ahoy!
Hold Steady - Citrus (links from?)
MM picks:Chillout Tent
Official Hold Steady Site
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Modern Music Honors:Diamond Songs

Here is 10 amazing melodic hook,definetly you'll fall in love after several spin.The point of preparing this list is all of them is underground,so you can discover new tunes which are just my recommendation.It's hard to find these songs so please give them a listen,so they make you very happy because they need to be discovered.If you love these lists then mention about them to your friends.MM keeps great artists,you just listen their music.It's not a random order so be careful before listening number 1,it's impressive.Also I can recommend all the bands,they're very successful on their works.Oh,don't thank to me(but if do then no problem),thanks to their composer with buying their album.Keep up reading!

1. Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Master & Everyone
2. Mark Lanegan - Hotel
3. Karate - With Age
4. The High Llamas - Nomads
5. The Trash Can Sinatras - Freetime
6. Sunset Rubdown - The Empty Threads of Little Lord
7. Opal - She's a Diamond
8. The Twilight Singers - Powder Burns
   
9. Devotchka - The Enemy Guns
10. Beirut - Scenic World