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Slug's Revenge
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One-man folk/punk with a strong bluegrass influence. Unlike most of the shitty acts infesting this genre, this guy can fucking play. Check out "The Jail Song" and "Notes on Military Recruitment". Originally from South Carolina, now residing in Baltimore.

Bodies of Water
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This is what a friend wrote about them on a message board: "I don't know that Bodies of Water is all that original. You can here their influences here pretty clearly (Danielson, Pink Floyd, Arcade Fire, Os Mutantes, Polyphonic Spree), but they somehow manage to completely transcend their influences, sounding more honest and alive than the latter two, braiding gospel harmonies with proggy freakouts and pop purity. They remind me of Danielson in their total disregard for the whole "Christian indie rock/Christians in indie rock" paradigm. Their self-released s/t debut is probably one of the top 5 albums of the year for me (Someone sign these dudes!). Wonderfully life-affirming."

Vorkuta (fka Fjord)
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Hungarian black metal band that said they formed because they wanted to "...[overcome] the many shitty acts that infected the scene today". And in my opinion, they accomplished what they set out to do. Named after a village in Siberia, "close to where a communist lager was located. It is said that during WW II, more people died there than in all the death camps, much more than Auschwitz/Birkenau. Our choice does not have any political meaning," - from an interview in a recent Metal Maniacs. In that interview, when asked about Christianity, they said, "I believe churches cannot be perfect, as they were all established by human beings. Like Nietzsche once wrote, 'there are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths, only interpretations.'" Regarding their lyrics, they "...mainly depict dark things. They're about the agony of souls, about our inner fears, which are usually expressed allegorically. Besides all of these, nature especially our homeland Gocsej, is also highly inspiring...". They have a number of splits out and a full-length on Paragon Records.