I've been listening to Nick Drake, Bon Iver, Stephen Fretwell, Mechanical Birds, Jonquil & Microphones all day. Stuff of the same ilk if you can. Danke.
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Not sure if you have heard it
but Yeasayers album is pretty beautiful.
Yeah, i like that a lot.
hhmhmmmmmm...
The Sleeping Years ?
Songdog ?
I've heard both of those.
Sleeping Years is pretty brilliant. Songdog, well it's not really made a great impression yet, but i'll give it another whirl, only really listened to it twice.
<3 microphones
elliott smith
sufjan
eagleowl
then thickens
And if you like Elliott...
Check out my friend Cosmo. He has some brilliant tracks.
www.myspace.com/cosmojarvis
Phil Campbell
I actually know this guy personally, and his record is amazing... Check him out www.myspace.com/philcampbellmusic
His single Maps is great and the album track "After The Garden" is breath taking.
ooh I love him too
I've been following him for years, since my ex worked at EMI and had stuff to do with him. I still listen to Fresh New Life, its actually one of my favourite albums ever. Its such a shame he seems to teeter on the brink of getting better known.
Tornado Blues
Yah, that's Phil for ya. He actually just gave me a copy of an album he made called Tornado Blues. It is not at all radio friendly, and thus not label friendly, but it is amazing! I am trying to get him to put it up somewhere, like PureVolume...
if you feel like sharing it...
...send me a note :-)
Boards
Of
Canada
of courssseeeee!!!!
Shady Bard
www.shadybard.co.uk they also have a myspace
M83 - Saturdays = Youth
I think thats it s name anyhow.
Gazing out of the aeroplane window and you contemplate your insignificance.
early leonard cohen
amazing
...
Presume you have the first Iron & Wine album?
Got any Fairport Convention - go for 'the history of' - pretty good best of collection.
Sandy Denny - 'Sandy'.
Papa M - Whatever, Mortal. Beautiful, front porch hushed folk/country album.
I too love that Jonquil album. I couldn't get in to The Microphones but it's a few years since I heard them. I'm going to go back and listen to them as I know Jonquil have been likened to them. I'd also say that Grizzly Bear album but I didn't think it was anything special myself. I know it's quite highly thought of in the blogosphere.
yes to
Papa M. Also see Live From A Shark Cage, or whatever its called.
...
Why do you need more of the same crap?
One man's crap...
Is another man's fertilizer.
fuck off, Stealthy.
i'll kick your arse, boy.
...
With your tears?
definitely
"Revenge Songs", by Jacob Golden. I know I can't shut up about him, but seriously. I think you'll love it.
Bill ryder jones
Check out Bill from the Coral.... his solo stuff is stunning.
www.myspace.com/billryderjones
Paris Motel
Their album "In The Salpetriere" is loverly. Imagine classical chamber music with a backbeat and gorgeous wistful vocals and you're halfway there.
Caribou
That's what I've been listening to today.
sufjan stevens fo shizzle
radical face less bizzle
Nina Nastasia
I want to say Holly Miranda as well
but there isn't much to listen to: http://www.myspace.com/hollymirandahollymiranda
And maybe Jason Molina? His stuff is generally more heart-wrenching than beautiful, though.
Actually, please listen to Holly Miranda
All of you. The cover of Elliott Smith's 'Between the Bars' she does with Scott Matthew (not Scott Matthews) is absolutely stunningly beautiful.
Songs: Ohia!
Palace Music
Adrian Orange/Thanksgiving
Songs of Green Pheasant
Could be your cup of tea. Some really nice moments on the album I have by them.
I'd never heard of him,
but after a quick skim read I am looking forward to getting home and hearing it.
Alisdair Roberts
y'all
Off the top of my head
City And Colour's album Sometimes
This Is The Kit http://www.myspace.com/thisisthekit
The Sleepy Jackson - Lovers or Personality... are both sunshiney loveliness
definitely Sleepy Jackson - Lovers
Also
The Kingsbury Manx - Let You Down
Colin Blustone - One Year
Nada Surf - Let Go
Loney, Dear - Loney, Noir
Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs
The New Amsterdams - Kill or Cured
Good call on Deserter's Songs
Rev's All Is Dream is a shout too
if you want sad beauty...
Denison Witmer - safe away
Damien Jurado - on my way to absence/ and now that i'm in your shadow
owen - self titled
very secretary - standing in the shade
rocky votolato - self titled
try that :
http://www.myspace.com/junemadrona
one answer
Marissa Nadler.
or two
Final Fantasy - Has A Good Home
Parsley Sage Rosemary and Thyme
The most quiet, intricate and pretty album I've heard. Simon & Garfunkel btw.
Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D major
As played by the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by von Karajan.
All other versions pale into insignificance.
I used to hurt my ears listening to this on my headphones when I was younger. Flawed logic: turning up volume allows you to hear the bits in the background better.
.
Arthur Russell.
http://www.myspace.com/anotherthought
Mumford and Sons
Yah, so I just made a post about them, but I think you would like... Although they only have 2 songs.
http://www.myspace.com/mumfordandsons
Wintersleep
"Welcome To The Night Sky"?
Boards Of Canada
specifically;
'roygbiv'
'a beautiful place in the country'
'dayvan cowboy'
'tears from the compound eye'
'1969'
'buckie high'
Echos Swing by Fireworks Night....
for sure
Epic45 maybe
Epic45 maybe
Epic45 maybe
Epic45 maybe
Epic45 maybe
Epic45 maybe
Wow.
the shearwater album
called 'rook' is very beautiful
maybe?
Good call though. Also see July Skies if you like that pastoral sound.
I'll second the Songs Of Green Pheasant rec, i think he's awesome, kind of like an abstract, ambient Simon & Garfunkel.
How has no one
said Sigur Ros yet?
() wins this thread.
...
All I can think of at the moment is Eluvium, his stuff is utterly gorgeous. Everything else I would've said has already been suggested.
Kudos for The Microphones though, listen to Mount Eerie as well if you haven't!
Dion
"Born to be With You"
Phil Spector is all over it
Fleet Foxes
I heard this band for the first time on Monday. You should probably listen to them.
Also the new Deerhunter is a dream.
Great Lake Swimmers
ideally the first 2 albums. I can't stress this enough. It's what I default to whenever I'm in a Nick Drakey/Microphoney mood.
Nobody & Mystic Chords of Memory
Tree Colored See album, lovely stuff. Also Ola Podrida, Shearwater, M Ward, Skygreen Leopards, Royal City (1st 2 albums)
John Martyn
Solid Air!!!
Earth 2
Lie down and let the vibrations rumble over you. Beautiful.
ólafur arnalds' album
'eulogy for evolution'
jesus christ this thing breaks my heart every time i hear it...
How about
Jeniferever (although only really From Across The Sea if I'm honest). Also M. Ward, Mechanical Bride.