Artist: Rafter
Release: Animal Feelings
Type: Album
Year: 2010
Origin: San Diego
Label: Asthmatic Kitty
Bitrate: VBR ~256
Tracks: 11
Style: Experimental, Electropop
Websites: Official, Myspace
Examples: Paper and Fruit on Myspace page
Review: asthmatickitty.com

Artist: Love Is All
Release: Two Thousand And Ten Injuries
Type: Album
Year: 2010
Origin: Sweden
Label: Polyvinyl
Bitrate: VBR ~256
Tracks: 12
Style: Indie Pop
Websites: Official, Myspace
Examples: Kungen
Review: tinymixtapes.com
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Artist: Sourpatch
Release: Crushin'
Type: Album
Year: 2010
Origin: San Jose
Label: HHBTM
Bitrate: VBR ~256
Tracks: 13
Style: Indie-Pop, Retro Pop
Websites: Myspace
Examples: I Want You Either Way
Review: russellsmusicreviews
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Artist: The Medusa Snare
Release: Cinderella
Type: Album
Year: 2009
Origin: Leeds
Label: Squirrel Records
Bitrate: 320
Tracks: 10
Style: Lo-fi, Noise pop
Websites: Myspace
Examples: Last.fm
Review: drownedinsound.com
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Artist: Thrushes
Release: Night Falls
Type: Album
Year: 2010
Origin: Baltimore
Label: Birdnote
Bitrate: VBR ~
Tracks: 10
Style: Shoegaze
Websites: Official, Myspace
Examples: Skywave, Trees
Interview: auralstates.com
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Artist: The Radio Dept.
Release: Clinging To A Scheme
Type: Album
Year: 2010
Origin: Sweden
Label: Labrador
Bitrate: 256
Tracks: 10
Style: Dreampop, Ethereal, Synth-Pop
Websites: Official, Myspace
Examples: Heaven's On Fire, David
Review: prefixmag.com
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Artist: Myelin Sheaths
Release: Do The Mental Twist
Type: 7"
Year: 2009
Origin: Alberta, Canada
Label: HoZac
Bitrate: VBR ~256
Tracks: 3
Style: Garage Rock, Noise Pop
Websites: Myspace
Examples: Do The Mental Twist and Drugstore/Pharmacy on Myspace page
Review: insound.com
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Artist: Joel Alme
Release: Waiting For The Bells
Type: Album
Year: 2010
Origin: Sweden
Label: Razzia
Bitrate: VBR ~256
Tracks: 11
Style: Pop, Motown, Gospel
Websites: Myspace
Examples: Full album on Last.fm
Review: thelineofbestfit.com
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Artist: Parts & Labor
Release: Mapmaker
Type: Album
Year: 2007
Origin: Brooklyn
Label: Jagjaguwar
Bitrate: 320
Tracks: 12
Style: Noise Rock, Electronica
Websites: Official, Myspace
Examples: The Gold We're Digging, Fractured Skies
Review: stylusmagazine.com
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Artist: Parts & Labor
Release: Receivers
Type: Album
Year: 2008
Origin: Brooklyn
Label: Jagjaguwar
Bitrate: 320
Tracks: 8
Style: Noise Rock, Electronica
Websites: Official, Myspace
Examples: Nowhere's Nigh
Review: popmatters.com
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Artist: Pit Er Pat
Release: Flexible Entertainer
Type: Album
Year: 2010
Origin: Chicago
Label: Thrill Jockey
Bitrate: 320
Tracks: 8
Style: Experimental, Progressive
Websites: Myspace, Wikipedia
Examples: Water, Godspot on Myspace page
Review: bbc.co.uk
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Artist: January
Release: Careful What You Tell The Sky
Type: Album
Year: 2010
Origin: USA
Label: Quango
Bitrate: 320
Tracks: 10
Style: Acoustic, Trip-Hop, Electronica
Websites: Myspace
Examples: Careful What You Tell The Sky, Also see Myspace page
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Artist: Electric President
Release: The Violent Blue
Type: Album
Year: 2010
Origin: Florida
Label: Fake Four Inc.
Bitrate: VBR ~256
Tracks: 10
Style: Indie, Electronica
Websites: Official, Myspace
Examples: The Violent Blue, Feathers, Mr Gone
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