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Follow my music recommendations on twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/timberford

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Power Of Not Knowing by Kings Of Convenience Listen on Posterous

Kings Of Convenience are one of my favourite bands, their latest album
is just pure acoustic goodness.

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Drown by Silje Nes Listen on Posterous

Silje Nes is a norweigen singer / songwriter. Her debut album 'Ames
Room' has an indie folk sound and was entirely home-recorded. It's
perfect to chillout and relax to.

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Rulers, Ruling All Things by Midlake Listen on Posterous

Brand spanking new from Midlake, an American band from Texas. Their
previous album 'The Trials of Van Occupanther' was excellent and this
one maintains the high standard.

They play indie rock with a 60s/70s vibe. This will be one of the
albums of 2010, definitely not to be missed.

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More Of This by Vetiver Listen on Posterous

Vetiver released 'Tight Knit' in 2009. They're an American indie folk band and this is their 4th album.

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The Dreaming Mind (Part 1) by Quantic And His Combo Barbaro Listen on Posterous

Quantic is one of my favourite artists. In 2007 he moved to Columbia,
and this release in 2009 is the culmination of his Combo Bárbaro
(literally translating as ‘group of barbarians or people from outside
Europe’) of top, top quality musicians to perform his funk latin
american sound.

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No Use / Another New Day (Jazzanova) by Sonar Kollektiv Orchester Listen on Posterous

The Sonar Kollektiv Orchestra is a collection of friends and artists
of the Sonar Kollektiv label (owned by Jazzanova).

Their album Guaranteed Niceness is just that and features some fantastic covers.

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Fangela by Here We Go Magic Listen on Posterous

Slightly psychedelic indie folk. The self titled debut album was
easily one of my favourite releases of last year.

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Happiness by Riceboy Sleeps Listen on Posterous

'Riceboy Sleeps' was released July this year, it's easily one of the
best chillout albums of the year. Jónsi happens to be the singer for
Sigur Rós - which explains a lot.

Not to be missed.

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Ski Fly by Lukid Listen on Posterous

North London based produced Lukid released his album 'Foma' early this
year. It's instrumental hip-hop at it's finest, but darker than you
may be expecting. Last.fm cites artists such as Lone and Dimlight as
being similar, I can kind of see what they're getting at.

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Lies by Sin Fang Bous Listen on Posterous

Sin Fang Bous is a relative unknown Icelandic guy called Sindri Már
Sigfússon, he doesn't even have a Wikipedia page as of writing.

His sound is indie folk, quite psychedelic at times. It's kinda like
Panda Bear meets Arcade Fire, but not really. Awesome stuff though.

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The Letter by The Veils Listen on Posterous

The Veil's album 'Sun Gangs' was released just before the summer and I
keep coming back to it. I reckon it's one of the best indy/alt rock
releases this year.

Although The Veils have been around a while I'd not heard of them
before, seems their lineup is ever changing, the original members
split just weeks after their debut release! This album was made in
London and was produced by Graham Sutton - turns out he's worked with
British Sea Power, another band I quite like.

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6Am by Kissey Asplund Listen on Posterous

Swedish neo-soul/hip-hop, she reminds me a bit of Erykah Badu. The
album is really smooth, nice, soulful and an impressive debut.

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Arrival Of The Birds by The Cinematic Orchestra Listen on Posterous

I had the privilege of attending the debut performance of The Crimson
Wing score performed live by The Cinematic Orchestra at the Union
Chapel. It was stunning.

The music is incredible, even without watching the film.

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Black Gold (Prod. Mf Doom) by John Robinson Listen on Posterous

Sample based hip-hop produced by Doom. Need I say any more?

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All The Flowers (Lone Remix) by Bibio Listen on Posterous

Not content with releasing only 2 amazing albums this year, Bibio has
just released 'The Apple And The Tooth'. Granted there are more
remixes than new material on it but it's all top quality.

I was lucky enough to see him play a DJ set live this week just gone,
if you get the chance to see him do not pass it up, he was awesome!

Favourite track of the night was the new Lone mix of 'All The
Flowers'. It's all about the flip near the end.

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Fort Teen by Dorian Concept Listen on Posterous

There is little information to be found on the internets about Dorian Concept. I found him through the magic that is the recommendation system on Last.fm

His sound is difficult to pigeonhole, i'd say it's experimental electronic hip-hop (even if the track i've posted isn't hip-hop).

Either way it's really good.

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Love You Better by The Maccabees Listen on Posterous

Released earlier this year, 'Wall Of Arms' is the 2nd album from
british indie band The Maccabees. The whole album is really strong,
its not just regular old indie as it's got trumpets and horns and all
sorts - it was produced by Markus Dravs who has worked with Bjork and
also with Arcade Fire on their album 'Neon Bible' (which is also
great) and explains a lot.

It's thoroughly worth a listen.

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Airlock by Kona Triangle Listen on Posterous

Kona Triangle are a collaboration of British electronic artists Lone and Keaver & Brause. Their debut album 'Sing a New Sapling Into Existence' has just been released and it's amazing.

It's ambient, has cool beats; a cross between hip-hop and dub-step. Well worth a listen.

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Oooh Baby U by Yahzarah Listen on Posterous

Yahzarah first got her break as a backing vocalist for Erykah Badu on "Mama's Gun" she also features on a couple of the Foreign Exchange albums.

Having said that I didn't realise this before I recently discovered and enjoyed her album 'The Prelude'. Either way it's some good quality neo-soul.

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