The new teenage fanclub is good (but not out yet). John McEntire (tortoise) produced it. I've been listening to their "Songs from Northern Britain" a lot lately.
Also good on Merge is David Kilgour, who was in the Clean. His albums are great...really interestingly produced/recorded (he does it). Not as rocking as the Clean.
I third or fourth spoon. Especially "Kill the Moonlight." Also Mountain Goats "We Shall All Be Healed."
Others (you might have them):
A.C. Newman - The Slow Wonder (Zumpano/New Pornographers)
Lali Puna - Faking the Books (if you like Postal Service)
Kaiser Chiefs - employment (catchy...if you love the '80s)
jeff parker - relatives (jazzy...guitarist from tortoise...reminds me of their TNT album)
graham coxon - happiness in magazines (great pop)
Your original list of bands is all things I've listened to more than once in the last 6 months so I think our tastes overlap a bunch.
Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
Teenage Fanclub's new album is coming out on Merge. But he probably already knew that.
Originally posted by sonickteam2:
Originally posted by Barcelona:
Also, any good band in merge records?
Camera Obscura is good. its good Scotish rock, sorta like Belle and Sebastian. (not like Idlewild or FF) [/b]
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karl hendricks trio. the karl hendricks trio sings about misery and women, some girls like cigarettes, for awhile it was funny [/b]
