Dr. Manhattan (2009) - Jam Dreams

sound:indie/funk/rock
length: 12 songs, 13.5 minutes
myspace
1. "Electraumatized" - 2:02
2. "Texas" - 3:06
3. "After All" - 4:09
4. "Mailman" - 4:03
5. "I'm High" - 2:44
6. "Cowgirl" - 2:38
7. "Misses Stewart" - 2:44
8. "Biscuits and Groovy" - 3:22
9. "Listen Up" - 0:41
10. "Man With a Woman's Chest" - 3:02
11. "Hard Time" - 2:53
12. "Camping Ground" - 3:34

Im not really sure how to describe this record,  besides saying it's a great fucking time. Pretty much everything you can think of you'll find on it, steady dance beats, odd cheering, tambourine, random yelling, people singing in strange voices, electro, breaking glass, etc... This might seem like the last thing you want to listen to, but i'm telling you even though it's completely random at times, it manages to have a coherent undertone of foot tappin' indie rock goodness. Honestly if you can listen to the track Biscuits and Groovy and not smile, you might want to see a  fucking therapist. + they got's a sweet comic book name :) and if you didn't know that before last year YOU SUCK.
LET THE WILD RUMPUS BEGIN!!!!

sounds like: So Many Dynamos, Tokyo Police Club, The Grates

boink.

Post War Years - (2009) The Greats and Happenings

sound: Indie/Funk/Poolhall
length: 12 songs, 47.3 minutes
myspace
1 red room
2 death march
3 whole world on its head
4 den
5 white lies
6 red and blue
7 soul owl
8 ghost door
9 false starts
10 latin holiday
11 tubular
12 that's all

So here's another very hip indie/alt. feeling record. Very catchy, but clearly a very talented group of guys. This band is very exciting as a musician to hear, because it reminds you in a land of soundless noise i.e. Metro Station that folks are still trying to put forth something completely authentic. From it's light guitar tapping, to heavy electro lines back into four timed drum beats, it will certainly get you moving around. Take a peak cus honestly Red Room is such a great intro track to this band I don't see how you wont get up and dance.

sounds like: Dartz, Foreign Born, Hot Club de Paris, Tapes 'n Tapes, Tokyo Police Club

Ding!

Tokyo Police Club - (2007) Elephant Shell

Sound: Indie/Funk/Poolhall
Length: 11 songs, 28 minutes
myspace
1. Centennial
2. In a Cave
3. Graves
4. Juno
5. Tessellate
6. Sixties Remake
7. Harrowing Adventures of..., The
8. Nursery, Academy
9. Your English Is Good
10. Listen to the Math
11. Baskervilles, The

So i was absolutely floored about how much i loved this album until i saw they were on MTV. But (thank the gods) all the shitty music loving teeny boppers were bashing them. So my love of them was reaffirmed :). Anyway, think really upbeat and damn catchy and you've got TPC. Normally i would say not my style, but really this record is too short to not enjoy. So if you came across them on MTV and decided against it, i would implore you to take another look.

sounds like: Blood Red Shoes, Foals, Tapes N' Tapes, Ra Ra Riot, Vampire Weekend

Fwoop!