BEST of the REST

These are the new bands I listened to that were OK but didn't get the full post treatment.

BATTLES: If you watch LOST, I would say this the music they are playing when Sawyer and Kate found that guy in the brain washing room. Off the wall, non-stop, noise. Sometimes ambient, sometimes driving, sometimes loopy as hell.
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COCO ROSIE: More rainbow colored sprinkles by the way of Animal Collective-ish weirdness, this time, more centered by the 'rap' stylings of the ladies. A nice mix of Bjork and Antony and the Johnsons.
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MIKE: Is it hetero to listen to a conglomeration of Freddie Mercury and the Scissor Sisters? As much as I enjoy the good qualities of those artists (seen in his track, 'Grace Kelly'), I get a bit skeeved listening to MIKA's voice never leave the helium-induced atmosphere as on 'Relax, Take It Easy'.