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Ioda Sxsw Opening Day Bash Sampler 2010

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I couldn't sleep so I am listening to this psycho international alternative at 4:09 AM in the morning! This has some really great tunes on it:

Zhong Nan Hai - Car-Sick Cars ***** Post-Punk Chinese band from Bejing, full of energy. These guys should tour the United States! It would be an invasion! I would love to see these guys live. My favorite emerging post-modern rock band from China!

The World is Waiting for the Sunrise **** my heart is calling the sunrise at 4:18 AM! Sounds like a mom and son jamming on the banjo before the sunrise.

Sandstorm Woman ****

Let's Go **** Australian 1960s garage rock alternative band with a lot of energy! Its really too early on Tuesday to listen to however. Not really morning music.

Shy ****

Ride Friendship *** You make my heart explode.

Truck Sweat - Tobacco ***** The lead singer of Black Moth Super Rainbow.

Marching through your head - **** ...are sheep, I am going try to go back to sleep.

This is worth downloading for free.

Yeah! Got the tip on Twitter and glad I did...

Best tracks are right in the heart of the album...like a baseball line-up, 3, 4 and 5 hitters are the strongest.

'Walking Thru Your Head' blends a catchy rhythm with a cheery pop-influenced melody to create a memorable tune that I'll click 'repeat' for...

More driving and edgier sounding, 'Let's Go' still makes you want to find a 60s go-go club to dance the night away. (Is that a Hammond B3 I hear?)

Truck Sweat has a nice techno groove that will make the drive from Houston to Austin a lot smoother...

"Sandstorm Woman" by Sleepy Sun is a keeper in my book. Lethargic, dreamy, spaced-out vocals (female?) and jangling, lazy guitars that go on and on and on. Fuzzed-out guitar freakishness kicks in at about 3:00. Reminds me of Espers for some reason, but more raucous and less ethereal vocals. What the heck, it's a great song, if the sample grabbed you the song extends it. Oh an now there's harmonica about halfway through, this song just keeps getting better. A shift in tempo at about 5:30 brings it closer to a rock-jam than a space-jam. Still great though. Shades of The Stooges in the last couple minutes.

The rest of the sampler is a pretty mixed bag that doesn't much grab me. But a song like this makes it all worthwhile.

Never heard of these people, time to check them out. Thanks Amazon, thanks IODA, whoever you are...