Indie Music

tpp · Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 5:54 am Post subject:

SOULIVE

Reconsiderate · Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 12:17 pm Post subject:

MrsPeabody

Here are a few albums/artists who've greatly enriched my life. I wish more people would listen to them so they would release more stuff so that I could have more of their stuff to listen to (I'm selfish that way)

Sarah Dougher -- rough indie-rock lady with such hits as "Secret Porno Collector" and a cover of "Take it to the Limit" that actually makes that Eagles tune sound good. Cool

Best albums: "The Walls Ablaze" and "Day One".
I haven't heard much out of her in a few years and I've only seen her stuff in stores that sell used CD's, but I'm sure you could find her stuff online. I ordered everything she ever released online a few years ago so you can too!

Unified Theory -- Remember Blind Melon? Well after the lead singer died they got a new singer (who kinda sounds just like the old singer which makes me wonder if he ever really died) and re-grouped to form Unified Theory. While their not exactly a lesson in metaphysics, their music stylings can only be described as tight. Their sound is something close to the euphoria evoked by listening to Radiohead or Pink Floyd with the deep and evocative yet understandable lyrics of Blind Melon.
The only album I know of them releasing is self-titled and I think it came out in 2000. Again this is one that will have to be tracked down online or in used CD stores. Please buy this CD! You won't regret it and maybe it will convince them to release more! I NEED more Unified Theory!!! Crying or Very sad

The Magnetic Fields -- I'd have to say that of my short list, these guys may be the most well known. Their a small group that relies on a piano, an electric cello (and sometimes a regular cello), guitar, mandolin (or some kind of instrument in the lute family), some synthesizers and a voluptuous woman's voice coupled with the deep base tones of a surprisingly small white guy.
Their most famous collection is called 69 Love Songs and it features some songs I couldn't live without like, "Alseep and Dreaming", "Papa Was a Rodeo" and "The Book of Love" (which starts off, "The book of love is long and boring..."). And for those of you who can't stand love songs, have no fear, I can't stand them either but I love these. Where else would you hear about a man who's, "papa was a rodeo [and] mama was a rock-and-roll band" finally finding his true love in a smokey bar and living out his dreams of "wrestlin' gators" with her?

Reconsiderate -- All of my music loyalties lie with this artist. Though I only discovered him about a year and a half ago, I listen to him everyday. If you want something that at first will wash-over you like a cool breeze until it's meaning seeps into your soul and sets you on fire, then he's the artist for you. Check him out right here on MusicForte and spring the $0.50/each for a few of his songs then email him and bug him to send you some of his old stuff (especially the spoken word and beat-boxed tracks). He is very responsive. Check him out, you won't regret it. I particularly enjoy some of his old stuff off of Spring the Bear Trap.

One last note, if any of you who are reading this like musicals, go find a recording of the musical Chess by ABBA (they also wrote Mama Mia) and listen to it until the CD wears out! This music is especially good for women with alto voices looking for a leading-lady's music to practice for auditions (in my humble opinion). I've used it for a few and Florence's (the lead) songs are so touching and emotionally powerful that (when done well) blow people away! With fair warning, this musical is VERY 80's. In fact, if you're a child of the 80's you may remember the hit single One Night in Bankok from it's soundtrack. For me, this musical was the best thing to come out of the entire decade... Laughing

Okay, I'm done for now. Please tell me if you've ever heard any of this music before and if you like/dislike it and why. And, I'd love to hear your picks from music on the fringe whether it be musicals or single singer/songwriters or bands that you thought were dead, but really faked the over-dose...

Next time: the odd similarities between Elliott Smith and Nick Drake... Confused

MrsPeabody

home -- Enya, Watermark
car -- keeps switching back and forth from the Musical Chess and Bad Religion's Empire Strikes First
MP3 Player -- Reconsiderate (everything) and Perfect Circle, Mer de Noms

And some people say I'm not really into music...

Rolling Eyes

Reconsiderate

stacpoolemusic · Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 6:23 pm Post subject: what music am I listening to?

Wing's "Band on the run" .... recently got a copy and had forgotten how great it was.
"Boz Scaggs" and "Chicago Live" ... got from local library yesterday... "25 or 6 to 4" (Chicago) along with the Eagles "hotel California" have the best 2 guitar solos of ALLLLLLL time ... no exceptions.

StellaBuzz · Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 4:23 pm Post subject:

Aloha's new album called some echos has been in my player nonstop since i got it! i love it!
___________________________________________
Listen to Weekend (Album Version) by Aloha : http://www.napster.com/player/tracks/16565608

Reconsiderate · Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 1:57 pm Post subject:

Couple more CDs worth checking out:
Kula Shaker: K Great rock. Impeccable flow, beautiful lyrics.

Frisbie: The Subversive Sounds of Love Rock band out of Chicago. Intelligent structure. Pleasant lyrics.

MrsPeabody · Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 2:35 pm Post subject:

I've been listening to a lot of Reconsiderate lately actually!

I downloaded everything I've ever been able to get my hands on that he's produced and I just listen to it over and over...

StellaBuzz · Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 4:05 pm Post subject:

band of horses, band of horses, band of horses!!! i LOVE them!!! can't stop listening to their album - everything all the time! esp the song the funeral. it's soo goooooddd!!
Listen to The Funeral (Album) by Band Of Horses : http://www.napster.com/player/tracks/16497956

Kotrof_Wizzard · Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 10:51 pm Post subject: your favorite music

I accidentally tripped on an old Tangerine Dream c.d. that I didn`t know even exsisted..."Phaedra" circa 1970,...pretty trippy stuff,...generating that kind of sound wouldn`t be all that hard today,given access to all the available filters,and analog equipment we have today,...but these guys were doing this stuff in 1970,....Geez,..what planet are you from?...lol,...very trippy stuff.........Also,an old bluesician friend of mine, "Gerry Moss",....gave me one of his c.d`s today,..."Nickles & Dimes",....this guy has been doing the Memphis blues scene for years,...pretty cool stuff........peace out....Drop The Sun

Reconsiderate · Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:49 am Post subject:

Have I recommended Tripping Daisy here yet? Man, am I glad I found them. Their Elastic Firecracker CD is so complex & wild that you have to check it out!!

And I definitely mean those two CDs (Kula Shaker & Frisbie) from three or four posts up in this thread! Check 'em out! High recommendations!

cccyle · Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 11:15 am Post subject:

fiona apple, tori amos, DANIELLE EVIN and NYA JADE!!!!!!!

what can i say. i'm a fan of the strong females.

MrsPeabody · Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 11:34 am Post subject:

carestothewind · Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:19 am Post subject:

Garbage - They've always been a band whose full body of work I've loved and respected. But lately I've been putting their stuff back on heavy rotation. They just have such a unique and sexy sound. And I feel like their lyrics are really relatable. I've totally fallen back in love with them.

Oh, and is it ever really a bad time to listen to Prince? I think not.