Gaslight Anthem!
We gotta go to the crappy town where I'm the hero!
Wash ,'Jaynestown'
Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Ailleann - Nov 03, 2009 8:38:52 am PST #1828 of 6436
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
DavidS - Nov 03, 2009 8:44:59 am PST #1829 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Flaming Lips just barely make the cut. Both Soft Bulletin and Yoshimi Battles the Robots are necessary, I think.
The first Decembrists album is still my favorite of theirs.
The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America
tommyrot - Nov 03, 2009 8:47:35 am PST #1830 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Some more (less essential, but still awesome):
- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
- Nouvelle Vague
- Deerhunter
- Castanets
- Parts & Labor
- Jennifer Gentle
- Shapes and Sizes
- The Walkmen
- Electrelane
- Of Montreal
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Atropa - Nov 03, 2009 8:58:06 am PST #1831 of 6436
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
What are the things I should totally have listened to in the past 10 years?
Rasputina. My Chemical Romance. Emilie Autumn. Jill Tracy.
Vonnie K - Nov 03, 2009 8:58:19 am PST #1832 of 6436
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Paste just had 50 albums of the last decade list: [link] (link from stereogum 'cause I'm lazy.)
Indie-heavy list, as expected. My fave among those are prolly Arcade Fire, The National, Flaming Lips, The Decemberists, Sigur Ros, and Libertines. Not on the list and (I think totally underrated) are my two favourite Manicunian bands -- Elbow and Doves.
Theodosia - Nov 03, 2009 9:26:57 am PST #1833 of 6436
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Mika, Scissor Sisters, Pink Martini, Travis
javachik - Nov 03, 2009 9:33:05 am PST #1834 of 6436
Our wings are not tired.
Jay-Z
Kanye West (even though Kanye is RIDIC of late)
Green Day
John Legend (uneven but some real gems)
DavidS - Nov 03, 2009 9:34:59 am PST #1835 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
javachik - Nov 03, 2009 9:37:21 am PST #1836 of 6436
Our wings are not tired.
Yup, I love that. In fact, I watched it for the first time with you at megan_walker's!!!
One thing that will change once bf moves is having a lot more music in my life (again). Steve likes very few bands (our entire repertoire of overlap consists of Green Day, Radiohead, Bowie and the Roots), and really doesn't like folk music. He's also more likely to have the tv on than the stereo.
Oh, and how did I forget:
The Roots!
billytea - Nov 03, 2009 9:40:40 am PST #1837 of 6436
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Mika, Scissor Sisters, Pink Martini, Travis
I just got back from driving Wallybee around, and was listening to both Scissor Sisters and Mika over the course of the (half-hour) journey. I was in that kind of mood.
I would personally put Kylie Minogue and Robbie Williams on the list, but I'm not sure if they're as accessible to American audiences.
Edit: Maybe some Goldfrapp too.