Jan 9, 2009
Recommend some music we’ve probably never heard.
Like this post?
We’ve done books, blogs, and food.
Now tell us…
1) …some good music,
2) a link to it,
3) and someone famous it’s similar to.
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Oh, and self-promotion is welcomed.
Over The Rhine -
so much better than Nora Jones
http://www.overtherhine.com/
Hanneke Cassel
er…Natalie Macmaster? she rocks the fiddle.
http://www.hannekecassel.com/
http://www.myspace.com/jjhellermusic
http://www.myspace.com/brookefraser
http://www.myspace.com/andrewbird
http://www.myspace.com/fleetfoxes
1. Act of Congress
2. http://www.myspace.com/actofcongress
3. Nickel Creek
1. Josh Garrels
2. http://joshgarrels.com/
3. No idea, but might describe it as mellow hip-hop yodeling.
I was going to say Over The Rhine but now I’ll say
The Weepies
http://www.theweepies.com/
its similar to over the rhine
I could probably make 10 more posts on this subject but won’t
Townes Van Zandt is someone some people will have heard of – but not enough.
And as with all great artists, it’s a little hard to say who he is ‘like.’ As a songwriter, he’s probably most like a country leaning Dylan.
Here is his last.fm station.
And here is my favorite song of his, “She Came and She Touched Me.”
OK, and I’m throwing on my second favorite, though the YouTube video is terrible. Close your eyes and listen to the music: “None but the Rain.”
Well, given explicit permission for self-promotion:
Constant Recourse
http://www.sonicbids.com/constantrecourse
Switchfoot meets Shane&Shane meets Ben Folds
We’re releasing our second CD, Remain, on March 6th.
1. Jim Dougherty (he’s a friend of a friend)
2. http://www.myspace.com/jimdougherty
3. Dave Crowder, Mac Powell, Jeremy Camp
And I second JJ Heller and Brooke Fraser. They are authentic, vulnerable and wonderful Indie artists.
I love that The Weepies and Brooke Fraser have already made the list. They’re fantastic.
How about Patty Griffin? Prob not that unknown.
http://www.myspace.com/pattygriffin
She fits in the folk/country/awesome category. Sounds like Emmylou Harris, maybe?
And check out Andrew Osenga at
andyosenga.com
He plays guitar for Caedmon’s Call but his solo stuff is excellent.
Indelible Grace is a favorite of mine. It’s a group that takes old hymns including many I’d never heard before and puts them to new tunes. The styles are varied and the words are food to my soul.
http://www.igracemusic.com/music/index.htm
David Mead
http://www.noisetrade.com/davidmead
Sun Kil Moon
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=276175141&s=143441
Brooke Waggoner
http://www.brookewaggonermusic.com/
Christian Singer/Songwriter/Writer
http://www.ilike.com/artist/Gwen+Smith
or
Gwensmith.net
also on Facebook and Myspace
Red Mountain Church
http://www.redmountainmusic.com
Not really similar to anyone famous, but just think re-vamped hymns.
Elbow: their sound is somewhere between Radiohead and Coldplay. Their kind of the Coldplay you’re allowed to like.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_smRhuJSQpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfVejpYc8Zc
Our whole family dances around the house to
Another favorite indie is Nathan Clark George:
http://www.nathanclarkgeorge.com
Sorry, my html needs work. We dance around to Slugs, Bugs & Lullabies by Randall Goodgame and Andrew Peterson
http://www.randallgoodgame.com/music/slugs-and-bugs/
1.) Joe Purdy
2.) http://joepurdy.com/
3.) A little sad-sack, I suppose, but good nonetheless. He’s close to Josh Ritter.
Port O’Brien – folksy:
http://iLike.com/p/a6jz
Music by Nathan Partain – one of worship songs & one of something else:
http://www.emusic.com/artist/Nathan-Partain-MP3-Download/11679294.html
http://www.bravesaintsaturn.com/
Check out my sister-in-law Miriam Jones (Canadian now living in UK). She;s just got a new EP out and has a couple of other albums out.
http://miriamjones.com/wordpress/
Esp check out her amazing song I AM ONE about which i blogged a couple of years ago:
http://markmeynell.wordpress.com/2007/05/13/i-am-one-being-a-disciple-the-truth-and-the-confidence/
1. Elizabeth Mitchell (kids/baby music)
2. http://www.youaremyflower.org
or check out this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsEX1A_BXNI&feature=related
3. Sounds like: Shawn Colvin, Jill Phillips, etc.
My friend Troy Smith
http://www.troysmith.org/
Sounds like Tim Hughes
Shameless Plug:
http://www.ilike.com/artist/search?artist_qp=aaron+o'harra&x=0&y=0
I’m over here:
http://michaelkrahn.com/
http://www.noisetrade.com/rickhopkins
(You can get his album for free by telling 5 people about it, or you can simply pay what you want.)
For fans of: Shane & Shane, Shawn McDonald, Daughtry, Derek Webb, Watermark
Also…
Straight up rock…Don’t really sound like too many other bands. Just good rock music.
1.The Wood Brothers. Groove-infused delta blues, mostly just stand-up bass and hollow-body guitar. If Van Morrison had grown up in Mississippi. Bass player is from Medeski Martin & Wood, pretty well-known jazz trio.
2.Fletcher McTavish. Kind of similar to above but much more laid-back, more soul-influenced. What you want to hear sitting on the back porch with a pipe and beverage. Also believers who do music very well. Listen to the first tune on their page, “Shoutin’ Out Loud”– very cool love song with nice Scripture allusions.
Yeah, and Fletcher McTavish are good friends and college roommates of mine, just in case this makes them famous.
Sigur Ros
http://www.sigurros.com/
Somewhere between radiohead and a movie score.
Delta Spirit
http://www.deltaspirit.net
Bluesy version of Beatles??
Lately,
I’ve been listening to my friend Blake Hicks’s new album, “Songs of a Pious Heart: A Tribute to the Confessions of St. Augustine.”
(There’s a small player, top-right, where you can listen to the whole thing.)
His tunes are acoustic-pop, and sometimes has a Mayer-ish feel.
OK -
Greg’s stuff at the beatcave is fun.
http://www.beatcave.co.uk/
And a song for the season that’s passed.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4UH88G7NHpc
a psalm from the BBC recording (greg’s the guitarist)
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hw8hmQalHag&feature=related
a rough
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ngrummWd8UE&feature=channel_page
Not sure who it’s similar to. Maybe someone will tell me.
I’ll just list 2. I list tons more in my Music Monday posts.
The Welcome Wagon – produced by and sounds similar to Sufjan Stevens. Great album by a pastor and wife. Test drive at MySpace.
Beirut – First album had a balkan sound, 2nd more french. One of my favorite bands ever, and incredible live. Doesn’t sound much like anything you’ve probably heard, at least not recent stuff. It’s often gorgeous and at times very powerful. Check it at MySpace.
1. Ben Rector
2. http://www.myspace.com/benrector
3. No idea but he has a great voice….maybe kinda John Mayerish but much better.
I’m over here:
http://michaelkrahn.com/
Forgot comparisons…
Blue Rodeo
Bill Mallonee/Vigilantes of Love
Maybe some Dylan
I strongly recommend the podcast “indieFeed” — especially the Blues iteration of such a thing, and the weekly, hour-long podcast “Roadhouse”, hosted by the same fellow.
You have to be a fan of the unpolished indie versions of the genre, but I have been a listener for a while now and it’s far better than the radio if you really love the blues.
Kathleen Edwards–ala Patty Griffin or OTR
http://kathleenedwards.com/
Neko Case–alt. country
http://www.imeem.com/artists/neko_case/
Blackalicious–ala The Roots (hip/hop)
http://www.imeem.com/artists/blackalicious/
Gillian Welch–ala Allison Krauss after a shot of whiskey
http://www.imeem.com/artists/gillian_welch/
ENJOY!
Lacrae:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1–o-LpN7bk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5jsqHSOvWA
I’m a big Over The Rhine fan as well, and I’ll plug my friends’ band, Starlite Radio.
They have an OTR or Aimee Mann sound: http://www.myspace.com/starliteradio
1. Nickel Creek – amazing “newgrass” music
2. Old 97′s/ rhett miller – alt-country or at least austin/ Dallas Country Music
3. ALO – great Jam Rock
4. Wilco – had a great sound
The Allens
http://www.myspace.com/theallensmusic
Acoustic Folk
BLUEGRASS: Monroe Crossing and Sawtooth Bluegrass Band for two really good local bluegrass bands (Sawtooth routinely plays at Dulano’s)
http://www.monroecrossing.com
http://www.sawtoothbluegrass.com
FOLK: Ellis Paul and Josh Rouse for folk music; both are great folk lyricists
http://www.ellispaul.com
http://www.joshrouse.com
ROCK: Walt Mink (now defunct) for one of the best, never-heard-of-rock-bands-from-Minneapolis in the 90s. Sofia Coppola actually directed one of their videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYa9fe_sZn0
the avett brothers.
don’t know what to compare them to.
Nikka Costa.
Her best album “Everybody got Their Something”
A female Lenny Kravitz (except she is a small white girl with red hair)
Fleet Foxes
http://www.myspace.com/fleetfoxes
Neil Young
Wow, Walt Mink! Saw them with Arcwelder in 93 or 94. They were from Macalester and I was from Bethel, so even their professors’ names were cooler…
i can’t compare well to “famous” artists. i’m just bad at it.
-the now-defunct The Format: occasionally countryish, indie pop with peppy melodies and sort-of-depressing lyrics. (*there’s a very occasional swear, fyi.)
-Limbeck: alt-country/rock. they’re easy to listen to.
-The Weakerthans: “Canadian indie rock band that blends punk rock with folk rock.” download some free mp3s.
-The New Frontiers: in that “sincere indie rock” category, but they’re also Christians. i enjoy their slower stuff, like “Who Will Give Us Love?”
-Future of Forestry: in case you hadn’t heard of them, they used to be Something Like Silas and they’re musically excellent, worship-focused guys.
-Leonard Bernstein conducting The New York Philharmonic for Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. download it from iTunes (or wherever).
Kimya Dawson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_UzlL6sTOM
She did the Juno soundtrack… anti-folk is generally how her style is described, brilliant lyricist
Also, Alana Levandoski
http://www.myspace.com/alanalevandoski
Folsky, Weepies-esque… of all the female folk singers i listen to, she may have my favorite voice.
My husband and I stumbled across Jakob Dylan’s album “Seeing Things” this summer. I’ve really enjoyed his music.
Michael Krahn’s stuff *is* pretty good. Sounds a bit bob dylany to me.
A big change of pace for me: Reformed Hip Hop — check out my boys “Old Order Brethren” and their tune Candy Land. The melody is addictive and the lyrics engaging.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=197335649
Tree by Leaf
tblmusic.com
(simple folk)
Miranda Stone
mirandastone.com
(folkish-rock)
Madison Greene
http://www.last.fm/music/Madison+Greene
(tribal sounding Jesus worshipers)
Hope Nunnery. She (they) are like old blues and old gospel (real gospel). http://www.hopenunnery.com/
I’m also just getting into Hayes Carll.
and I will 2nd the Avett Brothers.
Andy Hunter:
http://www.andyhunter.com
Kate Schell
http://www.Myspace.com/KateSchell
http://www.Myspace.com/Fedora
I third the Avett Brothers.
Jeff Buckly
Sufjan Stevens
Chris Trapper
Rosie Thomas
http://www.rosiethomas.com/
in the same genre as Sufjan Stevens. not sure what girl to compare her too. think thoughful lyrics with a Norah Jones esque voice.
Mute Math
http://www.mutemath.com/
also hard to compare. intriguing lyrics, indie rock/alternative sound. Maybe in the realm of Coldplay, Snow Patrol, and Future of Forestry with more umph.
Reilly, formerly known as the John Reilly Band.
Here is the link: http://www.reillytheband.com/nav.html
Their website:
Their blog: http://reillyblog.wordpress.com/
Great symphonic rock…with husband and wife violinists! Wonderful lyrics too.
1. Will Gray
2. http://www.willgraymusic.com; http://www.myspace.com/willgraymusic
3. folk and hip-hop.
Lauyrn Hill, Anthony Hamilton, The Roots
Joel Warren of 40 days. hes from Dallas, TX .
http://www.myspace.com/fortydays
he is an incredible worship leader.
Amy Wadge, she’s a little folksy and fab…..and Welsh, so she has to be good!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsiesFTLuLk
Check out The Welcome Wagon.
http://www.asthmatickitty.com/musicians.php?artistID=22
Sound is similar to Sufjan Stevens (who also is the producer of their album)
Meant to include these too;
Scala are a Belgian girls choir, (so that doesn’t sound too great), but they have some amazing arrangements!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M27IMEjqEgk
MARTY GOETZ
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=97609290
He is a Christian Jewish gospel singer. He sometimes performs at Crystal E Free Church, which is where I saw him and fell in love with his mesmerisingly worshipful music. Some call him a “modern day psalmist” (in a non-God-breathed way but nonetheless, God-used!) He writes a lot of Scripture into his lyrics.
1. Bill Mallonee- Singer/Songwriter/Troubador
http://www.myspace.com/billmallonee
billmallonee.net
1. The Allens
2. https://www.noisetrade.com/theallens
3. Sounds like Caedmon’s Call, Paul Simon.
For more good music you haven’t heard of, and for free, go to http://www.noisetrade.com
hey, Neely – i’m a long time “mink” fan. wow, you think you know someone ;)
specific songs to check out in parenthesis
http://www.myspace.com/boniver (skinny love) – a musical revelation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUf0UNmF0-Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfAS6nwYc9g (live)
http://www.myspace.com/officialsamphillipsmusic (sister rosetta) – old timey, depression era, folk pop
http://www.myspace.com/jeremymessersmith (novocain) – beatles meets elliot smith. great song writing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDdIyRcVzas (live – beautiful song!)
http://www.myspace.com/thenewpornographers (my rights vs. yours) – catchy indie rock
http://www.myspace.com/lucymichell – mountain folk punk with a voice like none other
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2EYqmuSGYU (Matt Pond PA) – smart alt rock/pop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrZkaj37kA0 (ray lamontagne) – throw back to the 70′s. incredible voice.
http://www.myspace.com/lauraveirs (pink light) – singer/songwriter/folk pop
http://www.myspace.com/chriskozaband (redwood skyline) – wilco-esque folk pop. extremely versatile.
http://www.myspace.com/haleybonar – folk rock. great voice.
http://www.myspace.com/duplomacy – mellow, melodic, rock/pop
http://www.myspace.com/dannyjohnston – anti-folk, post punk. there’s a fascinating documentary about his life called “the devil and daniel johnston”
http://www.myspace.com/theblackkeys (“i got mine” best represents. lo-fi, indie, blues rock. like white stripes but grittier.)
interesting how similarly obscure many of us are . . . great suggestions (esp. Gillian Welch – everyone should know her if you don’t already)
I’d add
Bodies of Water – (not sure who they sound like) – http://www.imeem.com/jukeboxmusic9/music/QKM7Rs3O/bodies_of_water_our_friends_appear_like_the_dawn/
Bon Iver
Swan Silvertones – 50s gospel quartet
Soul Stirrers – 50s gospel quartet
1. The Glorious Unseen
2. http://www.myspace.com/thegloriousunseen
listen to “Burn in Me”
3. good guitar parts with vocals similar to coldplay
1. Waterside
2. http://www.myspace.com/waterside
3. Funk-Pop-Rock from some awesome Christian guys that sounds a little like Maroon 5
1. Basia Bulat
2. Basia Bulat’s Myspave Music
3. I would compare her to Feist or Jenny Lewis. Sorry if you don’t know who they are either.
“Little Waltz” is my favorite song. The video for “In the Night” is rather entertaining.
Andrew Peterson
http://andrew-peterson.com/
Andrew Osenga
http://www.andyosenga.com/
Sigur Ros
http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/
Lecrae
http://www.myspace.com/lecrae
Flame
http://www.myspace.com/flame314
Trip Lee
http://www.myspace.com/triplee116
All will be on Don’t Waste Your Life Tour this summer
http://www.reachrecords.com/dwyl
Woven Hand (dark calvinist music FANTASTIC!!)
http://www.myspace.com/wovenhand
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99082535
Shearwater (www.matadorrecords.com)
http://www.myspace.com/shearwater
in the mood for indie?
–> priscilla ahn
–> amos lee
–> ingrid michaelson
–> missy higgins
–> josh ritter
I found Joanna Newsom on Pandora and really enjoy her music:
http://www.pandora.com/music/artist/cf7964ac5d2fe3b4
She sings and plays the harp (and other instruments). Great song writing, but don’t let her voice scare you. Give her a try.
I’m doing a bit of recording during break that I’m putting up online soon.
http://www.myspace.com/beauwalsh
There’s only one song up now but check in sometime next week!
1. She & Him
2. http://www.myspace.com/sheandhim or http://www.sheandhim.com
3. Hm, can’t think of any specific band, but the “She” is Zooey Deschanel (Most famous for playing “Jovie” in the movie “Elf” – she sings in that movie as well) & the “Him” is folk singer/songwriter/guitarist extraordinaire M. Ward.
Band of Horses
sort of like Death Cab, only different…
http://www.myspace.com/bandofhorses
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
i have no comparison…
http://www.myspace.com/clapyourhandssayyeah
Masaaki Suzuki and Bach Collegium Japan singing Bach Cantatas (41 CD’s so far, about 9 to go!).
Suzuki is a Japanese Christian who takes pains to explain the meaning of the deeply biblical cantata texts to his all-Japanese choir and orchestra.
http://www.bis.se/index.php?op=people&pID=2396
or
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2006/may/12/classicalmusicandopera
“dark calvinist music FANTASTIC”
I claim this for my next found poem.
Has anyone said CHRIS KOZA?
he’s on myspace, but i don’t do myspace. i do bootlegged cd’s…
find him and love him as i do
chris koza
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjo4slWwaZ8
jeremy messersmith
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymsU8X_IJkE
if it hadn’t been for the up and coming josh misner, i wouldn’t know about these guys (who are local to the twin cities, btw)
Fascination (my efforts): http://www.myspace.com/fascinationsong
Malcolm and Alwyn (amazing Simon and Garfunkle-esque 70s Jesus music):
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=107384712
VAST (haunting melancholy music):
http://www.myspace.com/vast
1. Friction Bailey
2. http://www.myspace.com/frictionbailey
3. Some say Innocence Mission
wild sweet orange. indie rock and roll. check out “night terrors” and “be careful what you want” on itunes. you’ll love them!!
All of the following are people I work with, and highly recommend both as musicians and phenomenally godly people:
Clay Edwards (my worship leader! I play flute on his band but not on his CD). I have heard people compare his musical style to DMB. Mostly accoustic, lyrics full of the Word: http://tinyurl.com/clayedwardsCD
Audra Lynn (friend of mine): Not sure what to call her style… folk-rock? Amazing voice. http://tinyurl.com/audralynncd
Alisha Powell: Great voice; her music tends towards jazzy/Gospel-y/Latin-y styles. http://tinyurl.com/alishapowellCD
Misty Edwards (sister to Clay, above): Tends more towards rock, but writes incredibly powerful worship songs. She’s probably our best-known worship leader: http://tinyurl.com/9pxrtm
All of the above are singer/songwriters and worship leaders. Check them out!
Hooverphonic. Spacy and occasionally edgy trip-hop with female vocals (may change — they’re currently looking for a new vocalist).
http://www.hooverphonic.com/
Not sure who to compare them to; Depeche Mode and Portishead are probably the closest, but I’m not sure that they’re much more well-known.
Also, Justin Durban aka Edgen: http://www.edgen.com
Soundtrack music — his work has been used by a variety of mostly-independent film and computer game projects. Lots of free downloads available.
That was supposed to say “Ben Rector” and hyperlink to http://www.myspace.com/benrector (HTML work in progress)
The Joggers is a great indie/math rock band!
The Red Dawn Rises
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=360484425
It’s heavy metal/screamo. I know Nathan also likes to play all kinds of stuff. But I think what they have on the website is the metal music.
My kids think they sound like August Burns Red.
Sons of Korah
http://www.sonsofkorah.com/
kind of remind me of JacoPierce. ‘folk rock/acoustic’
all their music is taken straight out of the psalms.
they have become one of our favourite groups.
Meiko:
http://www.myspace.com/meiko
I’m not quite sure who to compare her to…
I was going to say “She & Him”…
Anathallo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcmFsQje714&feature=related
they’re so much fun to watch!
like Sufjan Stevens
JJ Heller, an indie artist, is one of my favorites.
website http://www.jjheller.com/music.asp
blog http://thelovelylittlethings.blogspot.com/
JJ’s style is similar to Sara Groves, another of my favorites.
1. Fiction Family
2. http://www.fictionfamily.com
3. Switchfoot meets Nickel Creek… literally!
Album coming out on January 20th!
colin linden, levon helm, matthew ryan, bruce cockburn, julie lee, pierce pettis.
ya’ll can look em up. i trust you will.
Wow I can’t believe Blackalicious is on here!! Their song “Chemical Calisthenics” is probably the one of the coolest things I’ve ever heard! I guess that’s why they call him Gift of Gab…
1. Zoo Animal
2. http://www.zooanimalmusic.com/media.html
3. I don’t have a comparison – they’re just awesome.
1. alec arnold
2. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=98456277
3. ben harper ish
The Album Leaf
http://www.myspace.com/thealbumleaf
If you like anything from Sigur Ros to Phillip Glass to radiohead slowed down, you will like the Album Leaf. Mainly instrumental.
Also, Explosions in the sky, full instrumental, killer post-rock indie stuff.
http://www.myspace.com/explosionsinthesky
Downhere
http://www.myspace.com/downhere
I don’t know who to compare them to but they are Canadian and labeled indie. If you follow the link make sure you listen to “A better way”
Shane & Shane’s Bluegrass Sampler with The Peasall Sisters is really good (if you like that kind of music). http://www.rhapsody.com/shane-shane/bluegrass-sampler
To help my youth group students memorize and share the gospel, I just put Matthias Media’s Two Ways to Live gospel outline to music, with permission.
I recorded the songs and gave the CDs to my students.
I uploaded them for my friends to listen along. You can listen, too:
http://cid-a8e7c04f8bbf2e79.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/twowaysmusic/audio
Oops, I didn’t say what kind of music the Two Ways to Live music CD is.
Influences on the CD range from Chris Tomlin to Santana to Derek Webb to Coldplay.
My pastor’s son & his wife started a band called The Parson Red Heads a few years ago… website / <a href=”http://myspace.com/redheads.
Pretty much everyone says they are reminiscent of The Byrds. I wouldn’t know, having never heard The Byrds; all I know is, they sound great.
Whoops, forgot to close that last tag. Just copy + paste. :)
Recommend A Skillz & Krafty Kuts for old-skool hip hop dance records. Funky good-time beats!
Find A Skillz here:
http://www.myspace.com/djaskillz
Might I suggest
Ron Block
Some bluegrass, some bluesy sounding, rocky sounding
He plays banjo and guitar for Alison Krauss, and much of her band is present on his recordings. All gospel. Worth a listen. Lyrics are great. Mostly/all originals.
Since I saw a couple references to Nickel Creek, but no mention of
Punch Brothers
This is Chris Thile’s, new band. Chris is the former front man and driving force behind Nickel Creek. Their sound is somewhat more grassy than Nickel Creek, and the latest project is classical in nature.
Don’t know what happened to my link to Ron. Here it is again
Ron Block
1. The Gaslight Anthem
2. http://www.myspace.com/thegaslightanthem
3. Sounds like Social Distortion produced by Springsteen doing a soundtrack for the Outsiders with a tip of the hat to The Clash.
Dustin Kensrue
Think Kurt Cobain meets Ryan Adams and they love Jesus.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72D49j0RcPs
http://www.myspace.com/dustinkensrue
“This is War” (on the myspace page) is probably the most original Christmas song I’ve heard in years.
Also:
The Sparrow Quartet
http://www.ilike.com/artist/Abigail+Washburn/album/The+Sparrow+Quartet+-+EP
Especially check out “His Eye Is On The Sparrow”
Not sure who you would compare these guys to – Bela Fleck and Ben Sollee are both in the group, so they pretty much make their own genre.
1) Romantica
2) http://www.romanticamusic.com/
3) Local Minneaplis band getting some national buzz. For fans of Wilco, Spingsteen, Dylan. Americans with a UpperMidwest/Irish perspective
Ancient Faith Radio- Eastern Orthodox Christian hymns and chant.
http://ancientfaith.com/
Pretty sure it isn’t similar to any other famous artists.
Abraham-I wonder if you actually read all of these comments.
1. I didn’t see any metal recommended yet, sadly. Check out one of my fav metal bands Mastodon. Their album Levithan is based on the book Moby Dick.
2. If you want to hear what the end of the world will sound like, check out Neurosis. Very experimental, very dark, been around forever. Latest album Given to the Rising is maybe their best. maybe.
3. And if for some odd reason your looking for the most brutal grindcore out right now. I love Pig Destroyer. Machine gun drums, tsunami guitar, chainsaw vocals. Beautiful.
And…
1. http://www.myspace.com/mastodon
2. http://www.myspace.com/officialneurosis
3.www.myspace.com/therealpigdestroyer
Chasing Jonah
http://www.purevolume.com/chasingjonah
like Jennifer Knapp
1.) I can’t believe that nobody has mentioned Jim Cole.
2) Here’s his website and music samples: http://www.jimcoleonline.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Mrw4bWTkOI
3) Souds alot like James Taylor. Plays acoustic guitar and is mainly Christian folk music. I’ve seen him in concert a few times and he is a fabulous performer and interesting storyteller. Great stuff!
My friend Sam McDermot:
http://uk.youtube.com/user/sambomcd
First, Woven Hand. It’s kind of goth-folk with tons of Christian Images (he’s the son of a preacher).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FEiHQmXzBE
Also, Southeast Engine. There album Wheel Within a Wheel is amazing. Indie Rock, also with tons of biblical imagery.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge8uIylCL20
coheed and cambria – coheedandcambria.com or
check the song here
http://www.apple.com/trailers/focus_features/9/medium.html
Fat Freddy’s Drop
wikipedia says they are a “roots/dub/reggae/jazz/soul” band, whatever that means.
it’s new zealand reggae.
i don’t know who to compare that to…
Check out RFJ at http://www.myspace.com/rfj
This is my husband’s band from college. They don’t play together anymore, but the song “Nuggets of Freedom” is worth checking out. It’s a tribute to Dave Thomas of Wendy’s. :)
I don’t know if you’re an Andrew Peterson fan, but I’ll recommend he and his guitarist Andy Gullahorn (married to Jill Phillips) – and any of the square peg alliance artists.
the image ends (radiohead-ish?)
http://www.myspace.com/theimageends
1. Tim Powell
2. myspace.com/timpowell
3. dave matthews/shane barnard/john mayer?
also, for someone more…successful,
1. Iron and Wine
2. boy with a coin or naked as we came
3. sufjan stevens, the shins
*tears self away from Steely Dan vids on youtube*
Ok, I really only listen to CCM these days and I do have alot more to discover on that front. A few that send me into worship:
Love love love Casting Crowns, but here’s a few other favorite lesser knowns (it seems?) biblically solid and total ear candy:
Todd Agnew (!!) (all kinds of excellent.. beautifully arranged varying mixes covering several genre’s and soooo theologically solid)
Danny Liston (old rocker saved by grace, now playing with an abundance of it. cd: "No Other Name" a God send :)
Glenn Kaiser (glory glory..do tell..I looove the blues)
so Abraham, did you ever check out Go Fish? Here’s one for you and the fam to jam to just before, uh, bedtime haha :)
p.s. – I totaly loved the Get Rights song/video you linked awhile back! – are they the ones you used for the Orrison-backyard-tricycle vid?
Pierce Pettis (in the vein of Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt)
Radical Face (um…kind of like Snow Patrol?)
I was going to recommend Red Mountain Church, they seem to be comforting lately, however I see you already got a post to them. So… I will recommend my husband, He is my favorite ;):
http://theopenlife.blogspot.com/2005/11/free-music-abraham-juliot.html
or His myspace, he doesn’t really use it, but I think some new stuff is up.
myspace.com/abrahammjuliot
Zoo Animal, A Minneapolis Band I play bass in.
I’ll help Katie R out with the ‘sounds like’:
Cat Power, The Velvet Underground, The Talking Heads, Radiohead…
if that doesn’t help:
http://www.myspace.com/zooanimalsound
Wow, a Neurosis recommendation. Now THAT is what I am talking about! I always feel awkward looking at my theology books and then at my CD’s. It is as if I have a split personality.
shai linne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8eJeey4e0M
eminem
David Eugene Edwards from Denver & his two bands, first 16 horsepower and now Wovenhand..
Solo version of a 16 hp song horse head >
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2PX3Ej3fHTI&feature=related
People say he sounds like Nick Cave, but I think hes far better ;-)
hannah dixon….the voyage
My husband!
1. Dan Hartke
2. http://www.myspace.com/danhartke
3. James Taylor, Chris Rice, John Mayer
Gogo:
http://www.myspace.com/gogoworld
Jazmine Sullivan:
http://www.myspace.com/jazminesullivan
Jeremy Casella
http://www.jeremycasella.com
1. Greycoats – awesome, awesome local mpls alt rock band. One member has been coming to the bbc lately. Last night they had a song played on gossip girl! Ha.
2. greycoats.net -and-
myspace.com/greycoats
3. Hard to think of references, but maybe earlier radiohead meets a little bit of jeff buckley?
Stew- You have to check him out. I first heard him while on a mission trip to NYC when I took our group to see his Broadway show “Passing Strange.” Check out the music from the show here: http://www.negroproblem.com/passing/
Listen to Stew here: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=115989407
Abraham-
This is a great post! I was very surprised as I was scrolling through the list to see some of my favorite musicians, that I thought werent as popular as they apparently are!
A local college musician that I enjoy is Breanne Duren, she is very jazzy like Norah Jones. But has a lighter voice.
http://www.myspace.com/breanneduren
aslo make sure to check out, Bon Iver, Joshua Radin, Stars and for all of you Sigur Ros fans, check out Helios. (myspace.com/thesadepicurean)
one more mention of joel warren -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_WOhXu-eWs
This English guy is good – reminds me of James, The Smiths, The Cure and some of the great indie bands of the 80s/90s.
Also reminds me of Brendan Benson in some songs.
Would help if I put his website in the right box:
http://www.heifervescent.com
the sheltered-
http://www.myspace.com/dressdownfight
drop lucy-
http://www.myspace.com/droplucy
trial of errors
http://www.myspace.com/trialoferrors
guarantee you’ve never heard it.
I’m not sure who they sound like, but its raw and full of emotion.
farewellmilwaukee (amazing newish local band.)
http://www.myspace.com/farewellmilwaukee
your welcome.
Clifford T. Ward is a great artist who is probably completely unknown in the States. He was an English singer/songwriter who was active in the 70′s, 80′s and early 90′s, before his death from multiple sclerosis in 1995. Check out some of his songs on YouTube or Grooveshark (Gaye, Home Thoughts From Abroad, The Way Of Love and Wherewithal are some great examples).
Gileah and The Ghost Train
http://www.myspace.com/gileah
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/gileahatgt
Gileah has a soft beautiful voice and, I really like her music.
Her style of music is said to be familiar with Fiona Apple, Regina Spektor, and The Cardigans.
Jonathan Dove
http://www.editionpeters.com/london/modern.php?composer=DOVE&modern=1
If you like film music, you’ll like his music.