Staff Recommendations: August 12th, 2012
 

"Now, here are some of your no-name bands. Sonic Youth? Nine Inch Nails? Hullabalooza?" - Homer Simpson. We love our no-name bands. We pick 100 you should be familiar with every year.

Adam Pfleider

Watching The Inbetweeners and Fresh Meat and only speaking in British slang afterward. Also Daisy > Your Favorite Weapon. Fight me.

Alex DiVincenzo

Mayhem Festival. Once a maggot, always a maggot.

Ryan Gardner

Relient K and Go Radio

Blake

Breaking Bad and Hop Along for female-fronted emo-indie and Sport for French-accented twinkle.

Jack Appleby

Loyal Wife's Faux Light, Quiett Dog's Rough Drafts (Ryan Hunter's new project), Go Radio's Close The Distance and Moonrise Kingdom.

Kyle Huntington

Anything and everything Brie Larson. In love. Also some music or something (a whole lot of The Cure, getting excited to finally see them in two weeks).

Craig Manning

Yellowcard's Southern Air is hitting me in all the right ways. Also, Glen Hansard's Rhythm & Repose, John Mayer (both Born & Raised and The Complete 2012 Performances Collection), and Matthew Mayfield's A Banquet for Ghosts

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and The Dirty Projectors: Swing Lo Magellan

I used to be with it, until they changed what it was. Now what I am with isn't it and what is it seems outright scary to me. And the same thing is going to happen to you, mark my words!

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New Yellowcard, Jens Lekman, and a little Steel Train.

Yo, the Helio Sequence's Negotiations.

The Juliana Theory - Emotion Is Dead
Jimmy Eat World - Chase This Light
Armor For Sleep - What To Do When You Are Dead
Charlie Simpson - Young Pilgrim

Daisy is a terrible record. YFW all day every day.

I'll second the rec for Hop Along. AOTY contender.

Deffinately digging I The Mighty right now. Also, Daisy is awful.

The Graduate - Only Every Time
The Classic Crime - Pheonix
Days Away - Mapping an Invisible World

Jens Lekman - I Know What Love Isn't
Cat Power - Sun
Yellowcard -Southern Air

Clones of the Queen - Braided: Space Alternative/Electronic.
RIYL: Chromatics (their slower songs), The xx

Your Sister's Canary - Good and Alone
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Reubens Accomplice - Sons of Men
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and Paste's Best 13 Episodes of The Twilight Zone

Bloc Party - Four is a grower
Foals - I have no idea why I put off listening to these guys for so long
Peter Bjorn and John - "Young Folks" is the catchiest song ever recorded ever.
Antony and the Johnsons - Only Antony could make track two of a live album a seven minute speech on feminism and keep the listener interested
Jens Lekman - Can someone please give this guy a hug?
Beachwood Sparks - Perfect Summer music. Country-inspired indie. RIYL Dawes
Halls - Great British composer. RIYL James Blake
Yo La Tengo - Just downloaded their discography and starting to work through it.

Yellowcard - Southern Air
Outline In Color - A Jury of Wolves
Giants At Large - Doubt
Thrift Store Talent - The Water Temple
Thieves - Achiever EP
Let Me Run - Mad/Sad