Artist : Midlake
Album : The Courage of Others
Released : 2010
Label : Bella Union
Style : Folk / Indie / Pop/Rock
From : United States

Tracklist :
01 - Acts of Man
02 - Winter Dies
03 - Small Mountain
04 - Core of Nature
05 - Fortune
06 - Rulers, Ruling All Things
07 - Children of the Grounds
08 - Bring Down
09 - The Horn
10 - The Courage of Others
11 - In the Ground



- "피폭"에서 3.6 받은 앨범. 너무 짠 거 아니냐는…….

Artist : Sam Amidon
Album : I See the Sign
Released : 2010
Label : Bedroom Community
Style : Contemporary Folk / Indie / Country
From : United States
Link : Here

Tracklist :
01 - How Come That Blood
02 - Way Go Lily
03 - You Better Mind
04 - I See the Sign
05 - Johanna the Row-Di
06 - Pretty Fair Damsel
07 - Kedron
08 - Rain And Snow
09 - Climbing High Mountains
10 - Relief
11 - Red

Artist : Holy Fuck
Album : Latin
Released : 2010
Label : Young Turks
Style : Indie / Electronic / Post-Rock / Krautrock
From : Canada

Tracklist :
01 - 1MD
02 - Red Lights
03 - Latin America
04 - Stay Lit
05 - Silva & Grimes
06 - SHT MTN
07 - Stilettos
08 - Lucky
09 - P.I.G.S.



- 전작을 찾아듣게 만든 앨범.

Artist : The National
Album : High Violet
Released : 2010
Label : 4AD
Style : Indie / Chamber / Post-Punk
From : United States

Tracklist :
01 - Terrible Love
02 - Sorrow
03 - Anyone's Ghost
04 - Little Faith
05 - Afraid of Everyone
06 - Bloodbuzz Ohio
07 - Lemonworld
08 - Runaway
09 - Conversation 16
10 - England
11 - Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks



- 그냥 "짱" 이다.

Artist : Spoon
Album : Transference
Release Date : 2010
Style : Indie, Pop/Rock, Alternative
From : United States

Tracklist :
01 - Before Destruction
02 - Is Love Forever?
03 - The Mystery Zone
04 - Who Makes Your Money
05 - Written in Reverse
06 - I Saw the Light
07 - Trouble Comes Running
08 - Goodnight Laura
09 - Out Go the Lights
10 - Got Nuffin
11 - Nobody Gets Me But You



- 얼마 전에 공개된 스푼의 신보 [Transference]에 수록된 곡이다. 개인적으론 [Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga]에 뒤지지 않는 앨범이라 생각한다(뭐 몇 군데 웹진의 평점을 보면 평작 수준으로 보는 듯하지만 말이다).

http://www.fieldrecords.co.kr/product/ ··· x%3D8850

Disc 1
01. Jay Reatard - Pull Down the Shades
02. The Checks - Rebel
03. The Bleeding Allstars - Ain't It Nice
04. Peter Gutteridge - Don't Catch Fire
05. The Chills - Luck Or Loveliness
06. David Kilgour - Nothing's Going to Happen
07. The Crying Wolfs - All My Hollowness to You
08. Stephin Merritt - Beauty
09. Portastatic - Nostalgia's No Excuse
10. The Mint Chicks - Crush
11. Jay & Sam Clarkson - I've Left Memories Behind
12. Sky Green Leopards - Burning Blue
13. Shayne Carter - The Slide
14. Pumice - Grand Mal
15. Hamish Kilgour - Knoxed Out

Disc 2
01. Boh Runga - Not Given Lightly
02. Red & Zeke (Ft. Bill Doss And Neil Cleary) - Bodies
03. Jeff Mangum - Sign the Dotted Line
04. Bill Callahan - Lapse
05. Genghis Smith - Growth Spurt
06. Yo La Tengo - Coloured
07. AC Newman - Dunno Much About Life But I Know How to Breathe
08. Alec Bathgate - Glide
09. Don McGlashan - Inside Story
10. Sean Donnelly - The Outer Skin
11. Lambchop - What Goes Up
12. The Mountain Goats - Brave
13. The Tokey Tones (And Friends) - Round These Walls
14. The Bats - Just Do It
15. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - My Only Friend
16. The Finn Family - It's Love
17. Jordan Luck - Becoming Something Other
18. The Verlaines - Driftwood
19. Lou Barlow - Song of the Tall Poppy
20. The Nothing - Napping Iin Lapland
21. Tall Dwarfs - Sunday Son

- 머지 레코즈에서 2월 23일 발매 예정인, (설명에 의하면) 뉴질랜드의 전설적인 뮤지션 크리스 녹스를 추모하는 앨범이라고 한다. 인디계의 거물이라 할 뮤지션들이 다수 눈에 띈다. 느끼하면서도 담백한 목소리의 빌 칼라한이 부른 <Lapse>.



http://www.mergerecords.com/stroke/

Artist : The Black Atlantic
Album : Reverence for Fallen Trees
Release Date : 2009
Style : Indie, Pop/Rock, Folk, Contemporary Folk
From : Netherlands

Tracklist :
01 - Baiulus
02 - Fragile Meadow
03 - Heirloom
04 - An Ocean And Peril
05 - Old, Dim Light
06 - Walked-On Wood
07 - Dandelion
08 - Madagascar
09 - Reverence for Fallen Trees
10 - I Shall Cross This River



http://lemonjohn.blogspot.com/2009/09/ ··· _02.html

Artist : Owen Pallett
Album : Heartland
Release Date : January 11, 2010
Style : Indie, Baroque Pop, Experimental
From : Canada

Tracklist :
01 - Midnight Directives
02 - Keep the Dog Quiet
03 - Mount Alpentine
04 - Red Sun No. 5
05 - Lewis Takes Action
06 - The Great Elsewhere
07 - Oh Heartland, Up Yours!
08 - Lewis Takes Off His Shirt
09 - Flare Gun
10 - E is for Estranged
11 - Tryst With Mephistopheles
12 - What Do You Think Will Happen Now?



- 위키에서 찾아보니 Jim Guthrie, Arcade Fire, Fucked Up, Beirut, Pet Shop Boys 등 쟁쟁한 뮤지션들의 음반에 스트링, 오케스트라 어레인지로 많은 참여했다.

Artist : Clues
Album : Clues
Release Date : 2009
Style : Indie, Pop/Rock
From : Canada

Tracklist :
01 - Haarp
02 - Remember Severed Head
03 - Approach the Throne
04 - In the Dream
05 - You Have My Eyes Now
06 - Perfect Fit
07 - Elope
08 - Cave Mouth
09 - Crows
10 - Ledmonton
11 - Let's Get Strong



- The Unicorns

- 2010년에 발매될 [Odd Blood]에 담길 곡.

Artist : Molina & Johnson
Album : Molina & Johnson
Release Date : 2009.11.03
Style : Indie, Folk, Alt-Country
From : United States

Tracklist :
01 - Twenty Circles to the Ground
02 - All Falls Together
03 - All Gone, All Gone
04 - Almost Let You in
05 - In the Avalon/Little Killer
06 - Don’t Take My Night from Me
07 - Each Star Marks a Day
08 - Lenore’s Lullaby
09 - The Lily And the Brakeman
10 - Now, Divide
11 - What You Reckon, What You Breathe
12 - For As Long As It Will Matter
13 - 34 Blues
14 - Wooden Heart



- Jason Molina 와 Will Johnson의 콜라보. 완전 기대 앨범.

Official Site

Artist : The XX
Album : XX
Release Date : 2009
Style : Indie, Electronic, Pop, Post-Punk
From : UK

Tracklist :
01 - Intro
02 - VCR
03 - Crystalised
04 - Islands
05 - Heart Skipped a Beat
06 - Fantasy
07 - Shelter
08 - Basic Space
09 - Infinity
10 - Night Time
11 - Stars

Artist : Islands
Album : Vapours
Release Date : 2009
Style : Indie, Pop/Rock
From : Canada

Tracklist :
01 - Switched On
02 - No You Don't
03 - Vapours
04 - Devout
05 - Disarming the Car Bomb
06 - Tender Torture
07 - Shining
08 - On Foreigner
09 - Heartbeat
10 - The Drums
11 - EOL
12 - Everything is Under Control



http://laspikedelycmusic.bloguez.com/l ··· 2009-vbr

Artist : Alberta Cross
Album : Broken Side of Time
Release Date : 2009
Style : Alt-Country, Indie, Blues
From : UK

Tracklist :
01 - Song 3Three Blues
02 - ATX
03 - Taking Control
04 - Old Man Chicago
05 - Broken Side of Time
06 - Rise from the Shadows
07 - City Walls
08 - The Thief & The Heartbreaker
09 - Leave Us And Forgive Us
10 - Ghost of City Life



http://bolachas.org/alberta-cross-brok ··· ato-2009

Artist : A Place to Bury Strangers
Album : Exploding Head
Release Date : 2009
Style : Shoegazing, Post-Punk, Noise, Indie, Psychedelic
From : United States

Tracklist :
01 - It is Nothing
02 - In Your Heart
03 - Lost Feeling
04 - Deadbeat
05 - Keep Slipping Away
06 - Ego Death
07 - Smile When You Smile
08 - Everything Always Goes Wrong
09 - Exploding Head
10 - I Live My Life to Stand in the Shadow of Your Heart



http://www.thesirenssound.com/2009/09/ ··· ngers%2F

Artist : Califone
Album : All My Friends Are Funeral Singers
Release Date : 2009
Style : Alt-Country, Indie, Folk, Experimental
From : United States

Tracklist :
01 - Giving Away the Bride
02 - Polish Girls
03 - 1928
04 - Funeral Singers
05 - Snake's Tooth = Protection Against Fever & Luck in Gambling
06 - Buñuel
07 - Ape-like
08 - A Wish Made While Burning Onions Will Come True
09 - Evidence
10 - Alice Marble Gray
11 - Salt
12 - Krill
13 - Seven, Fourteen, Or Twenty-One Knots
14 - Better Angels

Artist : A Whisper in the Noise
Album : Dry Land
Release Date : 2007
Style : Indie, Slowcore
From : United States

Tracklist :
01 - As We Were
02 - Awaken to Winter
03 - A New Dawn
04 - This Time, It's
05 - In Will
06 - Sons
07 - Armament
08 - You, the Orphan
09 - Beauty's Grace
10 - Go Now
11 - True Love Will Find You in the End



http://weworemasks.blogspot.com/2008/0 ··· 007.html

Artist : Brendan Benson
Album : My Old, Familiar Friend
Release Date : 2009
Style : Indie, Power Pop, Alternative, Pop/Rock
From : United States

Tracklist :
01 - A Whole Lot Better
02 - Eyes On the Horizon
03 - Garbage Day
04 - Gonowhere
05 - Feel Like Taking You Home
06 - You Made a Fool Out of Me
07 - Poised And Ready
08 - Don't Wanna Talk
09 - Misery
10 - Lesson Learned
11 - Borrow

Artist : Lou Barlow
Album : Goodnight Unknown
Release Date : 2009
Style : Indie, Lo-Fi, Singer/Songwriter
From : United States

Tracklist :
01 - Sharing
02 - Goodnight Unknown
03 - Too Much Information
04 - Faith in Your Heartbeat
05 - The One I Call
06 - The Right
07 - Gravitate
08 - I'm Thinking
09 - One Machine, One Long Fight
10 - Praise
11 - Take Advantage
12 - Modesty
13 - Don't Apologize
14 - One Note Tone



http://kickthetragedy.blogspot.com/200 ··· own.html

Artist : Atlas Sound
Album : Logos
Release Date : 2009
Style : Psychedelic, Indie, Shoegazing, Ambient, Pop/Rock
From : United States

Tracklist :
01 - The Light That Failed
02 - An Orchid
03 - Walkabout (Ft. Noah Lennox)
04 - Criminals
05 - Attic Lights
06 - Shelia
07 - Quick Canal (Ft. Lætitia Sadier)
08 - My Halo
09 - Kid Klimax
10 - Washington School
11 - Logos



http://messineto.blogspot.com/2009/09/ ··· 009.html

+ 한 지인은 올해의 앨범 중 한장(상위)으로 꼽기도...

Artist : The Skygreen Leopards
Album : Gorgeous Johnny
Release Date : 2009
Style : Indie, Psychedelic, Folk, Pop/Rock
From : United States

Tracklist :
01 - Johnny's Theme
02 - Margery
03 - Dixie Cups in the Dead Grass
04 - SGL's, Et Al
05 - Can Go Back
06 - Goodnight Anna
07 - Jehova Will Never Come
08 - Gorgeous Johnny
09 - Inland Towns
10 - Nine Car Train for Fremont
11 - Robber's Lace
12 - If Our Love Fails
13 - Paid By the Hour



Website : MySpace

Artist : The Hylozoists
Album : L'ile De Sept Villes
Release Date : 2009
Style : Post-Rock, Indie, Pop/Rock
From : Canada

Tracklist :
01 - The Possibility of An Island
02 - Bras d'Or Lakes
03 - The Island of Seven Cities
04 - Bubbles & Wheezy
05 - Dark Scene Waltz
06 - Your Band Doesn't Have the Legs I Thought It Would
07 - Parents Don't Let Your Children Grow Up to Be Compressed
08 - The French Settle in
09 - Acadia Acadia
10 - Soixante-Sept



Website : MySpace

Traclist :
01 - 1 Samuel 15:23
02 - Psalms 40:2
03 - Genesis 3:23
04 - Philippians 3:20-21
05 - Hebrews 11:40
06 - Genesis 30:3
07 - Romans 10:9
08 - 1 John 4:16
09 - Matthew 25:21
10 - Deuteronomy 2:10
11 - Isaiah 45:23
12 - Ezekiel 7 And the Permanent Efficacy of Grace



Website : MySpace

+ 10월 6일 발매 예정인 [The Life of the World to Come]에서 한 곡이 먼저 공개됐다.

Artist : Múm
Album : Sing Along to Songs You Don't Know
Release Date : 2009
Style : Indie, Electronic, Pop/Rock
From : Iceland

Tracklist :
01 - If I Were a Fish
02 - Sing Along
03 - Prophecies & Reversed Memories
04 - A River Don't Stop to Breathe
05 - The Smell of Today is Sweet Like Breastmilk in the Wind
06 - Show Me
07 - Hullaballabalú
08 - Blow Your Nose
09 - Kay-ray-ku-ku-ko-kex
10 - Last Shapes of Never
11 - Illuminated
12 - Ladies of the New Century



Website : MySpace

+ 아래 포스팅한 <Here to Fall>의 뮤비.

[Tertia] 발매를 앞두고 한 곡이 먼저 공개됐다. 얼마 전부터 인터넷에 앨범이 돌고 있는데, 조악한 수준의 음질이라 제대로 감상하기가 좀 불편하다. 좀 더 기다려 보자.

<Of Foam And Wave>





9월 8일 발매를 앞둔 Yo La Tengo의 [Popular Songs]에 수록된 곡. 뭔 말이 필요한가? 이들은 레전드.

<Here to Fall>

Artist : Mount Eerie
Album : Wind's Poem
Release Date : 2009
Style : Indie, Lo-Fi, Experimental, Singer/Songwriter
From : United States

Tracklist :
01 - Wind's Dark Poem
02 - Through the Trees
03 - My Heart is Not at Peace
04 - The Hidden Stone
05 - Wind Speaks
06 - Summons
07 - The Mouth of Sky
08 - Between Two Mysteries
09 - Ancient Questions
10 - (Something)
11 - Lost Wisdom, Pt. 2
12 - Stone's Ode



Website : MySpace

+ The Microphones의 Phil Elverum의 원맨 밴드 Mount Eerie의 새앨범이 나왔다. <Wind's Dark Poem>의 도입부는 블랙 메탈을 연상하기에 충분하다. 마이크로폰즈 시절부터 로파이한 사운드에 지글거리는 기타 노이즈, 나른한 보컬이 트레이드 마크이기도 했지만, 그때보단 좀 더 거칠다.

+ 무료 다운로드나 데모를 제외한 링크는 당분간 걸지 않을 생각이다. 대부분 구글에서 (블로그) 검색하면 찾을 수 있다.

Artist : De La Mancha
Album : Atlas
Release Date : 2008
Style : Alternative, Post-Rock, Shoegazing, Indie
From : Sweden

Tracklist :
01 - Newfoundland
02 - Release All Light
03 - Lotus Seven
04 - And Rainy Days
05 - The Kimono
06 - Superstoned
07 - So Let's Blow Up Our Heads And Leave
08 - Being a Hero is Easy
09 - Sleep



Website : MySpace

+ 흔히 포스트-록으로 분류되는 음악에 보컬이 들어가는 걸 별로 좋아하질 않는다. 대부분이 잘 어울리지 않는다는 생각이 많이 들기 때문이다. 그래도 이 앨범은 처음엔 좀 자주 듣기도 했었다. 앨범 끝까지 듣기에는 좀 버거운 감이 있기도 하지만, RYM에서 리스너들의 평점 썩 괜찮다.

Artist : The Antlers
Album : Hospice
Release Date : 2009
Style : Indie, Ambient, Slowcore, Post-Rock, Pop/Rock
From : United States

Tracklist :
01 - Prologue
02 - Kettering
03 - Sylvia
04 - Atrophy
05 - Bear
06 - Thirteen
07 - Two
08 - Shiva
09 - Wake
10 - Epilogue



Website : MySpace
Link : The Antlers - Hospice

Artist : Last Harbour
Album : Hold Fast, Pioneer
Release Date : 2005
Style : Indie, Folk, Alternative, Slowcore, Experimental
From : UK

Tracklist :
01 - China White
02 - Circle
03 - We Always Said
04 - I Come for the Unsaved
05 - Corrosives
06 - His Cold Hand
07 - Pt. II
08 - Your Verses
09 - Johnny Row
10 - Serpents
11 - Silver Leaves
12 - The Ties the Bind
13 - The Note



Website : MySpace
Link : Last Harbour - Hold Fast, Pioneer