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For Philly-based Alt-rock outfit June Divided, a chance in the spotlight came quickly and unexpectedly after having formed as a band in early 2010.  Since the release of their EP The Other Side of You in February of last year, the group, composed of guitarist/singer Melissa Menago, guitarist/keyboardist Chris Kissel, drummer Keith Gill, and bassist TBA (bassist Rich Mancinelli having recently split from the band), has made a music video of the song “Bullet”, played on NBC’s The 10 Show... Read Full Story

Seattle-based folk band Ivan and Alyosha have racked up a considerable amount of praise for their 2011 EP Fathers Be Kind .  They played about 150 shows around the US in support of the album, opening for the likes of Brandi Carlile, Aimee Mann, and Hey Rosetta!.  Since the release of their first EP, The Verse, The Chorus in 2009, their sharp rise in notoriety when NPR featured them in their All Songs Considered preview of SXSW 2010, and the success of their second EP, the quartet has started... Read Full Story

Each of our writers who posted this year worked tirelessly to cover bands that normally don’t appear on your FM radio stations, and in the true spirit of the season, here are their lists. All albums are linked to iTunes. To play all Soundcloud clips continuously, click on the play button in the bottom right of the screen. TOP 10 ALBUMS 10. Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes 9. Portugal. The Man – In the Mountain in the Cloud 8. Far-Out Fangtooth – Pure & Disinterested 7. The Horrors – Skying... Read Full Story

Each of our writers who posted this year worked tirelessly to cover bands that normally don’t appear on your FM radio stations, and in the true spirit of the season, here are their lists. All albums are linked to iTunes. To play all Soundcloud clips continuously, click on the play button in the bottom right of the screen. TOP 10 ALBUMS 10. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues 9. Bon Iver – Bon Iver 8. Beirut – The Rip Tide 7. Ellie Goulding – Lights (site) 6. Freedom or Death – EGO... Read Full Story

Each of our writers who posted this year worked tirelessly to cover bands that normally don’t appear on your FM radio stations, and in the true spirit of the season, here are their lists. All albums are linked to iTunes.  To play all Soundcloud clips continuously, click on the play button in the bottom right of the screen. TOP 10 ALBUMS 10. Gold Leaves – The Ornament 9. Smoke Fairies – Through Low Light and Trees 8. Griz – The Secret in the Garden 7. Fitz and the Tantrums – Pickin... Read Full Story

Each of our writers who posted this year worked tirelessly to cover bands that normally don’t appear on your FM radio stations, and in the true spirit of the season, here are their lists. All albums are linked to iTunes. To play all Soundcloud clips continuously, click on the play button in the bottom right of the screen. TOP 10 ALBUMS 10. Mogwai – Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will 9. The Horrors – Skying 8. Radiohead – The King of Limbs 7. Cults – Cults 6. Fleet Foxes... Read Full Story

Each of our writers who posted this year worked tirelessly to cover bands that normally don’t appear on your FM radio stations, and in the true spirit of the season, here are their lists. All albums are linked to iTunes.  To play all Soundcloud clips continuously, click on the play button in the bottom right of the screen. TOP 10 ALBUMS 10. Cut Copy – Zonoscope 9. Braids – Native Speaker 8. Slow Club – Paradise 7. Say Hi – Um, Uh Oh 6. Little Scream – The Golden Record 5. The... Read Full Story

Iceland’s Of Monsters and Men, a six-piece band of the alternative folk persuasion, have made a warm and fuzzy imprint on the American indie-rock circuit in 2011.  Not long after the Icelandic release of their debut album My Head is an Animal , their song “Little Talks” garnered some radio play on Seattle’s KEXP, as well as Philly’s 104.5.  The group’s EP Into the Woods just dropped world-wide on December 20th, and is composed of four tracks from their full-length effort, which will hit US... Read Full Story

You’ve made it – our top 25 songs of 2011 are right here.  We were blown away by the talent here and perhaps some of the way these songs worked out for the respective artists here could either be sheer luck to have a song turn out so favorably or perhaps it came down to just raw talent.  Whatever it is, these songs rocked our day, week, month or heck… even our year.  Enjoy the best of the best with our top 25 songs of 2011! 25. The Remainers – House Nate Bott reminds us of  Brandon Flowers... Read Full Story

As we enter the bottom half of our top 100 songs of 2011, the music sounds even better than you could imagine.  MUF put a lot of work into widdling down these tracks, so we encourage you to look through every one and even look further into the artists behind them.  Here are our 26 through 50 top songs of 2011. 50. The Airborne Toxic Event – Half of Something Else Very similar to 2008′s “Sometime Around Midnight”, TATE is back with a similar formula and not a bad album either.  I guess if... Read Full Story