I am attaching some comments to the songs this time around. Generally I fall in love with moments in songs and try to explain them to Kate (my wife), but she usually rolls her eyes. I think she’s happy I now have an outlet to get some of this music love out. I’m sure several of these songs are already on people’s radars, but I’m also sure some of them are not.
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The Tallest Man On Earth / The Wild Hunt
A swedish Bob Dylan. Hard to listen to a whole album of this guy, but he is a great "songwriter."
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Kristian Matsson (born 30 April 1983) is a singer-songwriter from Dalarna, Sweden, who performs under the stage name of The Tallest Man on Earth. Matsson grew up in Leksand, and began his solo career in 2006, having previously been the lead singer of the indie band Montezumas. His music has often drawn comparisons to the music of Bob Dylan. Since 2006, Matsson has released four full-length albums and two EPs. He records and produces these in his home, and usually records his voice and guitar together on one track. Read more on Last.fm more...
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The Radio Dept. / Heaven's on Fire
Great nu-disco groove on this one. Their vocals are always kind of hard to understand, but I love this song.
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The Radio Dept. is a Swedish dream pop band signed to Labrador Records. They have released four full length albums, and a series of singles and EPs. The band originated in Lund, Sweden. In 1995, The Radio Dept. was formed by Elin Almered and Johan Duncanson (who were old school friends). The name was taken from a gas station/radio repair shop in Lund, Sweden, which had a large sign with the name Radioavdelningen, ("The Radio Department" in Swedish) hanging outside their shop. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Toro & Moi / Low Shoulder
Stumbled across this guy recently, great producer.
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Toro Y Moi is the stage name used by recording artist Chazwick Bundick. His music has taken on many forms since he began recording, but he is now identified with the chillwave movement of summer 2009. Bundick was born on 7 November 1986, in Columbia, South Carolina, and attended Ridgeview High School where he formed well-known Columbia indie rock band The Heist and the Accomplice with three schoolmates. Bundick graduated from the University of South Carolina in spring of 2009 with a bachelor's degree in graphic design. Read more on Last.fm more...
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The Black Keys / Tighten Up
Saw Dan Auerbach in concert and his performance was the definition of bombast. This latest record from The Black Keys is pretty heavy and awesome. You can't argue with his guitar tone.
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The Black Keys are a two-man blues-rock group from Akron, Ohio, United States which formed in 2001, consisting of singer and guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney. The band name was inspired by a schizophrenic artist and friend in Akron, who used the term "black keys" to describe things he disliked or people he did not trust. The Black Keys have roots in traditional blues and psychedelic rock stylings. They released their first album, The Big Come Up, in 2002, followed by Thickfreakness in 2003, and Rubber Factory in 2004. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Stars / This Charming Man
Smiths cover, puts a smile on my face. "I would go out tonight, but I haven't got a stitch to wear." And that guitar jam!
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There are several artists which use this name: 1. A popular indie pop band from Canada 2. A rock band from the United Kingdom featuring Syd Barrett 3. A rock band from Australia 4. A country rock band from Australia For the Japanese psychedelic group, please see The Stars 1. Stars is a Canadian indie pop band signed to the Arts & Crafts label. Originally formed in Toronto in 1998 by vocalist Torquil Campbell and keyboardist Chris Seligman, the band relocated to New York City and then subsequently to Montreal. Read more on Last.fm more...
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The Rural Alberta Advantage / Don't Haunt This Place
Killer D&B beat, awesome
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Toronto-based trio The Rural Alberta Advantage (Nils Edenloff, Amy Cole, and Paul Banwatt) play indie-rock songs about hometowns and heartbreak, born out of images from growing up in Central and Northern Alberta. They sing about summers in the Rockies and winters on the farm, ice breakups in the spring time and the oil boom’s charm, the mine workers on compressed, the equally depressed, the city’s slow growth and the country’s wild rose, but mostly the songs just try to embrace the advantage of growing up in Alberta. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Great Lake Swimmers / Pulling On A Line
Love the slowdown chorus, the mandolin, that beautiful harmony.
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Great Lake Swimmers is a Canadian indie folk band which formed in 2003 in Wainfleet, Ontario, Canada. The band began with Tony Dekker (vocals, guitar, harmonica), Erik Arneson (banjo, guitar, harmonium), Bret Higgens (bass), Julie Fader (keyboards, vocals) and Greg Millson (drums). Julie Fader subsequently left, and Miranda Mulholland, on violin and backing vocals, joined. Fifty-five years ago, Marilyn Bell took a plunge and traversed Lake Ontario. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Gregory Alan Isakov / That Moon Song
Brandi Carlile makes this one. Beautiful harmonies.
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Gregory Alan Isakov (born in 1979 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a South Africa-born American singer-songwriter. He released his first album, Rust Colored Stones, in 2003. Isakov has been described by Boulder Weekly, "Strong, subtle, a lyrical genius" and has been compared to his influences; Bruce Springsteen, Kelly Joe Phelps, Iron & Wine and Gillian Welch. Isakov's humble presence and his overwhelming voice and guitar style has been treasured by an ever-growing and captivated fan base. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Noah And The Whale / Blue Skies
Could be my favorite from 2009
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Noah and the Whale were an English alternative/folk group formed in Twickenham, London in 2006. Their final line-up consisted of Charlie Fink (vocals, guitar), Tom Hobden (fiddle, keyboards), Matt "Urby Whale" Owens (bass), Fred Abbott (keyboards, guitar) and Matthew Petulla (drums). Former members of the band include Doug Fink (drums), Laura Marling (vocals, guitar) and Jack Hamson (drums). According to Songfacts, the band's name is a combination of the title of one of their favorite films Read more on Last.fm more...
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Yo La Tengo / Little Eyes
Just fell in love with this song all over again.
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Yo La Tengo is an American indie rock band formed in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1984. Since 1992, the lineup has consisted of Ira Kaplan (guitars, vocals), Georgia Hubley (drums, vocals), and James McNew (bass, vocals). Despite achieving limited mainstream success, Yo La Tengo has been called "the quintessential critics' band" and maintain a strong cult following. Additionally, the band is renowned for its encyclopedic repertoire of cover songs both in live performance and on record. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Janelle Monáe / Neon Valley Street
PIPES! Unreal voice, and I love the Digable Planets-style breakdown in the middle, especially when the beat drops back in. The strings mash up the Beatles and Willy Wonka.
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Janelle Monáe (born Janelle Monáe Robinson on December 1, 1985 in Kansas City, Kansas) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, producer, actor and performer. She moved to New York to study theatre at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Her original plan was to pursue a career on Broadway, but she soon changed her mind and returned to music. After moving to Atlanta, Georgia in 2003, Monáe founded the Wondaland Arts Society with like-minded young artists Read more on Last.fm more...
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Broken Social Scene / All To All
Great track off BSS's latest.
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Broken Social Scene is an indie rock group formed in 1999 in Toronto, Canada. The band's core members were Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning. This duo recorded and released the band's ambient debut album Feel Good Lost, in 2001, with contributions from Ohad Benchetrit (also known as Years), Evan Cranley, Leslie Feist, Justin Peroff, Bill Priddle, and Charles Spearin. All of these musicians would emerge as key members of Broken Social Scene in future endeavors. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Metric / Collect Call
Kept hearing this one on Radio Paradise and it worked its way into my head. I haven't really checked out the rest of the album but this song is legit.
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Metric is an indie rock/New Wave band formed in 1998 in Toronto, Canada. The band members are Emily Haines (vocals, synths, guitar, tambourine), James Shaw (guitar, synths, theremin, backing vocals), Josh Winstead (bass, synths, backing vocals) and Joules Scott-Key (drums). The band name was inspired after a sound called "Metric" that was programmed by Shaw on his keyboard. They were based at various times at Toronto, Montreal, London, NYC and LA. Read more on Last.fm more...
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The National / Bloodbuzz Ohio
Great song from their new album.
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The National is a Brooklyn-based indie rock band formed in 1999, by friends from Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. The band's lyrics are written and sung by Matt Berninger in a distinctive, deep baritone. The rest of the band is composed of two pairs of brothers: Aaron Dessner (guitar, bass, keyboards), Bryce Dessner (guitar), Scott Devendorf (bass, guitar) and Bryan Devendorf (drums). Their self-titled debut album"The National" (Brassland 2001) was recorded and released before they had played even a single show. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Frightened Rabbit / Swim Until You Can't See Land
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Frightened Rabbit was an indie rock band which formed in 2003 in Glasgow, Scotland. The band consisted of Scott Hutchison, Billy Kennedy (guitar, keyboards), Grant Hutchison (drums, vocals), and Andy Monaghan (guitar, keyboards). The band has released five albums: "Sing the Greys" (2006), "The Midnight Organ Fight" (2008), "The Winter of Mixed Drinks" (2010), "Pedestrian Verse" (2013) and "Painting of a Panic Attack" (2016). Lead singer Scott Hutchison (b. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Tony Lucca / Devil Town
Heard it on Friday Night Lights, killer Daniel Johnston cover.
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Tony was born in Pontiac, Michigan on January 23, 1976. Raised among a large music making family, he began singing and playing at the age of three. By age eight he began playing and writing with his cousin and life-long musical companion, Cole Garlak. Together they spent the better part of their school years learning classic rock cover tunes performing in garages and school cafeterias throughout Oakland county. At age 15, he moved to Orlando, Florida Read more on Last.fm more...
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Chris and Thomas / Broken Chair
Lovely loping melodies, really dig the separation between the left and right channel, Chris in one, Thomas in the other.
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Chris and Thomas is an American folk duo consisting of Christopher Anderson and Thomas Hien. With sounds gathered from the landscapes of the American Southwest, chris and thomas’ music could just as easily find its home in the rainy hills of the early 1970’s English countryside. Combining American roots instrumentation with soothing vocal harmonies, the duo’s rustic sounds and heartfelt songs are filled with thoughtful lyricism. chris and Read more on Last.fm more...
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Colin Hay / Waiting For My Real Life To Begin
Men at Work refugee, great voice.
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Colin James Hay is a Scottish-born Australian musician and actor who made his mark during the 1980s as lead vocalist of the band Men at Work and subsequently as a solo artist. Singer/Songwriter Colin Hay is the former front-man of the classic Australian band Men at Work. Since the group disbanded he has released several solo albums, including Man at Work, which featured re-recordings of classic Men at Work songs in an acoustic environment. Hay has also been involved with the NBC TV series Scrubs Read more on Last.fm more...
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Mumford & Sons / Timshel
...if you don't like this song, i give up.
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Mumford & Sons are an English folk band from London, formed in 2007. The band consists of Marcus Mumford (lead vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, drums), Ben Lovett (vocals, keyboard, piano, synthesizer), Winston Marshall (vocals, electric guitar, banjo) and Ted Dwane (vocals, bass guitar, double bass). Mumford & Sons have released three studio albums: Sigh No More (2009), Babel (2012) and Wilder Mind (2015). Sigh No More peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart and the Billboard 200 in the US Read more on Last.fm more...
