I started making a list (as if I do not have several thousands of those already) of the artists I am enjoying and hoping to hear more about to see if they are truly worth a cd purchase. Here is what I have thus far:1. **Emily Haines & Soft Skeleton
2. Chris Garneau
3. Peter and the Wolf
(sort of creepy, he has played concerts in graveyards and deserted islands...)
4. Okkervil River
5. **Elvis Perkins
NPR sample
6. **M.Ward
7. Sera Cahoone
8. The Cold War Kids
9. **Soaked in Strings
NPR sample
10. Ron Sexsmith
11. **Alexi Murdoch
12. Final Fantasy
(member of arcade fire)
NPR sample
13. Gretchen Parlato
14. Jose Gonzalez
15. The Shins
(any thoughts on their new album!! I think it's pretty swell)
Trivia: what book is being held by the shins on the right hand side of the screen?
16. Joanna Newsom
17. Isobel Campbell
(former Belle and Sebastain singer)
These are NOT in any particular order
** = I really enjoy these ones!
Some of these artist I have already advocated for, but wanted to add them
The links are to the artists site, yet can also be found on NPR's!
If anyone has any thoughts on these artists let me know (like I said, I'm dwelling on these, and not completely sold on all of them). I hope you become as "fascinated" as I have. ENJOY!
9 comments:
shins. i like. introduced to by, of course, Garden State, but did purchase two cd's afterward & enjoyed immensely on their own. as to the new cd, a bit of a different sound, but good. received great reviews. need to listen to more.
I like the new Shins. You can tell they were influenced by the Microphones/Phil Elvrum's recording techinques.
Murdoch and Okkervil River both have great CDs.
I know I've seen the book James Mercer is holding. It looks like either an older edition of Animal Farm or Slaughterhouse Five. Maybe Salinger?
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Jason you are close. SOOO close.
Any other Guesses to the trivia:
What book is James Mercer holding?? check out the Shin's website on the far right hand side of the site.
pretty sure it's salinger, but not positive. am sure that i saw it two weeks ago when i was in the library. but i can't pull the title up...i think i even picked it up. hmm...
you got it joel. I know you know which one, and I know Panella does too. Good job!
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