Old Releases: Some Titles You May Have Missed

Newly released this week is Rex Goudie's Look Closer. But this week we're looking at some titles that you should seek out this Christmas for the indie rock lover in your house.

Topping the list is Rock Plaza Central's Are We Not Horses, which just got itself a fancy label in Outside Music. The concept record about a pack of robotic horses is highly comparable to the works of Will Oldham and will fit comfortably next to your Jon-Rae And The River CDs, if you don't alphabetize.

Next are Halifax's Their Majesties, whose full-length debut, Lands Where Tales Are Tall, is an east coast gem. East coast rock isn't getting a lot of the attention it richly deserves (listen to The Maynards' Break Out The Make Out and become bewildered at why it didn't make more waves), but if the bands keep plugging away, we will keep writing about them.

Another band who flew under the radar despite a high profile tour with Sloan are The Yoko Casionos. They're getting some attention for their somewhat-hyped live shows, and their recent release, These Are The New Old Times, is more than worth the price of admission.

Nassau recently played three CD release shows in Toronto with Uncut and Two Koreas in some of the smallest spaces the city has to offer. The Sparrow, in particular, was the size of a kitchen. Led by Jon McCann, former drummer for Guided By Voices and Tangiers, the quartet prove on their Machines To Paradise debut that they'll be a band to watch as long as people, you know, actually watch them.