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By Matthew

Unwound

These guys are pretty cool. While their music was interesting in the early 90's, their best feature at the moment is that they are the only artist I have on my computer that starts with the letter "U"... awesome. They range from shoegazing haze-rock to more crunchy, dissonant zaniness. Sometimes they even have the swagger of something like Primal Scream or the Rolling Stones. I really like their drone... sounds like a bleaker 'My Bloody Valentine' with a touch of fellow early indie band, Slint. Don't know much about the members of the band or anything else having to do with them, but they start with "U"!

Untrue by Burial

Do you ever just get on Metacritic to see what's highlighted on the left bar of the page? Those are the groups with the highest aggregated reviews over the last few months. That's how I found Burial. It's sparse and haunting electronic stuff and won't pick you up on a rainy day, but it might enhance the gloominess. If that sounds appealing, check them out. "Raver" is a favorite. Something about the way the song opens up at the chorus is really satisfying. I always wonder what the story of the song is.

Unknown Album

A quick shout out to all those albums that Microsoft Media Center doesn't recognize. I still believe in you. I still believe that one day MS's database will auto-recognize all the 4 track recordings of my high school musical projects. I still believe that one day I will have the will to manually update all the great music that is sitting in that black hole. I still believe that people with the indecency to upload the music that I download should have the organizational skills to label things appropriately.