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" I STILL DON&amp;#039;T HAVE A MYSPACE.COM PROFILE. But damned if it doesn&amp;#039;t seem like I spend half my day on MySpace anyway, listening to music I couldn&amp;#039;t have possibly known was out there. Nothing&amp;#039;s made it easier for music fans to discover the unsigned and unsung. Start with your favorite band&amp;#039;s page and you&amp;#039;re never less than a friend of that band&amp;#039;s friend away from finding something new. Here are five promising young acts I found in just under an hour.  1) THE MERCERS:  MySpace friends of Nada Surf and Dr. Dog, these Austin misfits claim to be influenced by &amp;quot;cheap beer, big dreams; sad, sarcastic pop bursts.&amp;quot; Who isn&amp;#039;t? The band&amp;#039;s best MySpace MP3, &amp;quot;Sexy Youth,&amp;quot; sits at the shady crossroads of swagger and sensitivity; one day this one&amp;#039;s gonna be an excellent soundtrack to a show-closing montage on Grey&amp;#039;s Anatomy.Find it at: myspace.com/themercers.  2) COLD WAR KIDS: After I sampled exactly two tunes, this Fullerton, California, band&amp;#039;s Nathan Willet became one of my favorite new voices since Ray LaMontagne. His penetrating yelp splits the difference between Jack White and Thom Yorke. The experts agree: Rumor has it a huge record deal is imminent, so check this band out now for bragging rights. Find it at: myspace.com/coldwarkids.  3) MURDERBY DEATH: A lot of MySpace&amp;#039;s most popular bands sound like something you&amp;#039;d hear at Hot Topic. These Hoosiers make music perfect for a cool antique store. This band&amp;#039;s been spitting out folk and fury for five years, but it took clicking on friends of the Gourds and Calexico for me to stumble upon it. Both bands--along with Pixies and Ralph Stanley--make excellent reference points for a group hell-bent on defying genres. Find it at: myspace.com/murderbydeath.  4) MONSTER BUCK: At press time, Monster Buck, from Upper Jay, New York, had a measly 21 MySpace friends. But what it lacks in networking skills it more than makes up for with songwriting. The gorgeous melodies and sharp wit on the band&amp;#039;s four freebies ought to be more than enough to leave fans of the Postal Service and Soul Coughing dazzled. Find it at: myspace.com/monsterbuck66.  5) KATE YORK: Kathleen Edwards&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;Back to Me&amp;quot; is my favorite song on the radio not from Gnarls Barkley. From her page I found Kate York, a lusciously voiced Nashville singer-songwriter who Edwards says &amp;quot;doesn&amp;#039;t write flowery chick songs.&amp;quot; But there&amp;#039;s no shortage of loneliness on her self-released Sadlylove, a heartbreaker flush with memorable tunes and raw talent. Find her at: myspace.com/kateyork. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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