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Noah and the Whale are a folk rock band from Twickenham, London, England formed in 2006. Their name is a marriage of the title of one of the band's favorite films, "The Squid and the Whale," and the name of the director (Noah Baumbach).
The band cite both punk rock and folk as influences.
Their album, "Peaceful, the World Lays me Down" has received positive reviews, and was released on August 11th.
On the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, the album debuted at number 20, selling about 28,000 copies in its first week.[3] This album was #49 on Rolling Stone's list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007. Instrumentation includes plenty of drums and guitars, accordion, bagpipes, mandolin, tin whistle, and bodhrán.
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Juno, the latest hit movie on teen pregnancy, has swept the nation with its witty dialogue and touching story.
The soundtrack to the award-winning movie is just as interesting as the dialogue of the movie. The movie has a strange range of artists from Kimya Dawson with an instrumental piece, Buddy Holly with his Elvis-like swooning and Cat Power with a beautiful tune that would sound similar to if Dido and Enya did a piece together.
The album starts out with the same song that starts the movie out. “All I want is you” from Barry Louis Polisar has a folksy sound to it but is catchy with a side of cheesy lovey-dovey. What makes the album for me is the song “Anyone Else But You” from The Moldy Peaches. The lyrics are goofy with a hint of romantic and you can’t help but want to sing along. Ellen Page and Michael Cera also sing their own rendition of the song. Other contributing artists include The Velvet Underground, Antsy Pants, and The Kinks. The movie captured my heart and the soundtrack captured my ears.I can’t stop listening to the whole album, through and through. Enjoy!
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The Gaslight Anthem is one of those bands. Avoiding any one genre, the music they play is best described as heartfelt. Call it rock, punk, blues, folk, whatever, they do it well. They are easily and favorably compared with Against Me! and, at least for me, brought The Lawrence Arms to mind. Though 'Blue Jeans & White T-Shirts' reflects some definite John Mellencamp influences. Señor and the Queen brings four songs that don't sound similar, but somehow manage to convey a common theme. Raw, powerful, and brutally honest, the buzz building around this band is well deserved.
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The Color Fred is the side project of former Taking Back Sunday guitarist and backup singer Fred Mascherino. With this release, it is clear that Macherino played a major role in the writing of Taking Back Sunday's material, as his side project shares many similarities. The biggest differences are a more acoustic sound, and the predominance of Fred's voice (whereas he provided backing vocals in TBS). The album focuses a fair bit on the turmoil caused by Mascherino's retraction from TBS. His lyrics are honest and personal. Here's an excerpt from track 5, 'Hate To See You Go':
Many are the hours I lie awakeThe Color Fred will be supporting Angels & Airwaves on their 2008 tour. Other supporting acts on the tour include Meg & Dia, and Ace Enders.
Trash the room in vain
Try to waste the energy I never spend on you
Lying on this bed, never touch, not right now
If I'm over this by morning
That's a future I can't see
Well I'm gonna hate to see you go
But I've been impossible, I know
Yeah I'm gonna hate to see you go
But I know you're just waiting
