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Fanfarlo, the London based indie/ folk pop sextet’s debut album, Resevoir,  sounds a lot like David Byrne meets Arcade Fire. Produced by Peter Katis (The National, Interpol) and lead by Sweedish singer/ songwritter Simon Balthazar, Resevoir is chock full of well-crafted yet simple songs which make heavy use of trumpets, violins, guitars, drums, xylophones, saws (yes, saws) and banjos (yes, banjos). The entire album can be downloaded on iTunes currently for only $5.99 ( a wise investment), and you can also check them out live tonight at the Troubadour.  Even David Bowie claimed Fanfarlo one of his favorite new bands back in March (you realize I just name dropped David Bowie, which is why I’m able to keep this post short and sweet, like a chocolate covered midget).

The song below for “I’m A Pilot” speaks for itself.

More of their videos can be watched here on their website

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With all the originality of Stephen Colbert posing for an endless fire mantle portrait of himself comes…. Paul Banks’, lead singer of Interpol, solo work: Julian Plenti is… Skyscraper. To be honest… it ain’t so bad, just slightly off Interpol’s beaten path. It seems to be a more personal album for Paul err.. Julian. The girls love his voice, the guys love… well shit I’ll say it, his voice. There are some sweet moments on the album with “H” and “Madrid Song” being current favorites of mine. Album was released on August 3rd, 2009 from Matador.

Here’s “Games for Days“…

Must have been taken at the album release party... crickets...crickets...

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Fanfarlo, the London based indie/folk pop sextet has their debut album, Resevoir, out now in the US. Produced by Peter Katis (The National, Interpol), Fanfarlo sounds like David Byrne meets Arcade Fire. Lead Sweedish singer/ songwritter Simon Balthazar creates well-crafted, simple songs which make heavy use of trumpets, violins, guitars, drums, xylophones, saws (yes, saws) and banjos (yes, banjos). The entire album can be downloaded on iTunes currently for only $5.99 (a wise investment), and you can also check them out live at the Troubadour on September 15th. Even David Bowie claimed Fanfarlo one of his favorite new bands back in March (you realize I just name dropped David Bowie, which is why I’m able to keep this post short and sweet, like a chocolate covered midget).

The song below for “I’m A Pilot” speaks for itself.

More of their videos can be watched here on their website

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Yeah... Sub Pop's offering one too. Click the pic to go straight to it.

This is worth sharing with the world: Amazon has about 12 free sampler albums to download, all chock full of indie music. Of course I can’t download any of them right now being that I’m in South America and Amazon will only allow me to download while in the states… But I’ve taken a peek at the bands and they have TINT’s seal of approval.

Here are a few of the artists up for grabs: The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Ra Ra Riot, Death Cab For Cutie, Mates Of State, Fleet Foxes, Blitzen Trapper, Iron & Wine, the Vaselines, Flight of the Conchords, Dr. Dog, Hawthorne Heights, Broken Social Scene, Black Tambourine, Bright Eyes, Rilo Kiley, Tokyo Police Club, Evangelicals, Bon Iver, Okkervil River, Jens Lekman, Neko Case, N.A.S.A.

“Explore the best of indie music and download free samplers from some of our all-time favorite labels. This is the good stuff folks, so don’t miss out–dig through the back catalogs of these top-tier indies, and discover the quality that make these labels stand heads and tails above the rest. Check back in the coming weeks for even more free samplers from some of the greatest indie labels in the world.” – Amazon.

Very cool. Excited to grab all of these when I get home so I can wax rhapsodic about all the sweet indie bands that you’ve never heard of.

DOWNLOAD HERE.

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