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Brooklyn's Fort Ancient have come a long way since their humble days when there were only two members, and humble nights of playing Brooklyn rooftop parties. The band is now five members strong, originating in Kentucky, Wisconsin, Illinois and Texas. An engagement and two weddings later (two of the band members are married to each other), the Fort Ancient family is releasing its third EP, , mixed by Thom Monahan of the Pernice Bros. The band participated in last month's NEMO Music Festival in Boston, and have been deemed playlist-worthy by East Village Radio (New York), Radio Indie Pop (New York), KEXP (Seattle), Indie 103 (Los Angeles), and Friuli Radio (Italy).

New York has a well-earned reputation: bright lights, honking cars, late nights, frantic energy, non-stop. All this constant motion necessitates downtime: an aimless stroll, sifting through the Sunday , an afternoon nap, a hot bath. Brooklyn's Argentine makes music that goes hand-in-hand with a somber mood or rainy day. An antidote to a more common musical typology (four boys in suits and haircuts playing something loud and fast and fleeting), Argentine's slowcore sound swells with drunken guitar laced with viola, drawing comparisons to Low, with strains of Galaxie 500, Mazzy Star, early Radiohead and Yo La Tengo. The quintet consists of Ian Carpenter (vocals, guitars), Nat Guy (guitar, bass), Timothy Quigley (percussion), Marcus Smith (bass, keyboard, guitar) and Chris Curtis (viola). Vocalist Carpenter gives us his two cents on life in the city.

Once upon a time, in a college town in the Pacific Northwest, four young men formed a band. They chose a name (the title of a Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band song that appeared in the Beatles' compilation.

Before twentysomething Glaswegian art rock quartets were bestowed all the credit for generating the highest level of audience excitement and participation since the mosh pit craze of the early nineties, Ted Leo taught the indie kids how to dance. Churning out high energy punk-pop, the ever-enthusiastic and hardworking Leo tours relentlessly (even during massive blackouts and severe thunderstorms), and has been described as the Chevy trucks of indie rock. He lives and breathes rock 'n' roll... Gothamist witnessed him putting every available dollar bill into the jukebox at his very own listening party back in August. We have also been helplessly, spastically rocking out to the latest album, , which shakes the streets next Tuesday, October 19.

The Naysayer is Brooklynite Anna Padgett, alt-country storyteller who weaves descriptive narratives of seemingly mundane people, places and things, delivering curt punchlines in deliciously laconic fashion. A native Houstonian, Padgett lingered in Louisville, Kentucky before settling in New York. Southern sensibilities seem to ground the narrator in Padgett's songs, who doesn't mince words, recounting with a healthy thread of skepticism, observations of life in the Big City and other tales.

Neo-eighties melancholic synth-pop outfit My Favorite filtered through the suburbs of Long Island, converging on their inevitable epicenter with distilled inclinations toward the stylish new wave music of their youth. My Favorite are a quintet comprised of Michael Grace, Jr. (vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizers), Andrea Vaughn (vocals, melodica, synthesizers), Darren Amadio (guitar), Gil Abad (bass) and the so-called Todbot (drums). Making the move to more-than-just-friends in 1999, they settled on a sneaky name for the band that effectively declares the band Winner every time they are announced on stage or on air. Characterizations of the band elicit references to the Cure, Echo and the Bunnymen, Joy Division and Saint Etienne, an infinite stream of comparisons to the Smiths and even more to New Order. My Favorite figurehead, songwriter and historian (See? We fell for it, too.) Michael Grace, Jr. crafts responses to our inquiry.

, has yet to be released. For now, their live show, and the lone MP3 on their website, is all the Elkland you can get.

We should mention here that this band can also kick your bands ass when it comes to style. They know how to dress, they know how to get you to dance (or at the very least sway rhythmically) and they are playing tomorrow night at Rothko (details below), so get there and check them out.

The Low Flying Jets are one of the most enthusiastic live shows around, don't believe me? Check them out yourselves this Friday @ Pianos (details below). Described as "punk & roll" their sound makes even want to jump up on stage and fling around instruments. It's that electricity we feel that keeps us dancing in a crowded hot club for as long as the music goes on. Beyond all this chaotic sound that amps us up there is a beauty in what we are hearing too, its as if the chaos and the noise are in direct competition with the beauty of the music itself. We like what we hear, is all we're sayin'.

New York's Sea Ray have been around since the late nineties, becoming increasingly popular in recent years, finding success by complimenting layers of lush guitar with rich cello. This chamber-pop sextet have shared the stage with a wide range of great bands, including a North American tour with indie godfathers, The Church. Sea Ray are Anne Brewster (cello), Colin Brooks (drums), I-Huei Go (bass), Jeff Sheinkopf (keyboards), Jordan Warner (vocals, guitar) and Greg Zinman (guitar). Gothamist has a few questions for keyboardist - and mini-brass section - Sheinkopf and captivating cellist Brewster.