early bets for 2003 (top 5, 10, 10, whatever...)

1. TED LEO, "hearts of oak" (by a long
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2. Midnight Choir - "waiting for the bricks to fall" (apparently they are from Norway. a Nick Cave-Lenoard Cohen-Tom Waits mixture)

3. The New Pornographers, "electric version"

4. Devics, "the stars at Saint Andrea"

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Also:

there is this band called "the hold steady" (from what I've heard they seem pretty amazing. I still have to work through the new American Analog Set, Arab Strap, Mogwai, ...)

I'm eagerly waiting for the new Explosions in the sky and The Rapture...