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A new corollary
I've always said that stuff expands to fill the space available. Well, apparently music expands to fill the iPod space available as well. I thought that 4G sounded like so much when I opened my lovely early birthday surprise, but I'm closing in on 70% filled up already. Ah, the decisions! What do I exclude? What must I have? It's tough I tell ya. Plus, I still need to figure out if there's a way to keep iTunes from downloading everything to the iPod when it synchronizes the folders. Hmmm.
Anyway, I now enlist suggestions from all of you. My musical finds that I've loved in the past few months have been Keane (Hopes and Fears), Frou Frou (Details, my latest love), Rufus Wainwright, and The Postal Service. I know, I'm really behind the times with some of these, but I figure much better late then never right? I'm bound and determined not to be one of those people who ages and refuses to listen to new music and thus gets stuck with a finite pool of listening choices with nothing from past their middle 20's in the queue. So, what five bands/singers would *you* recommend I check out? I'm primarily a British alternativeish kind of gal, but I'm open to all suggestion. A brief description of the singer/group's sound/music would be a great help.
Please, rec away!
Anyway, I now enlist suggestions from all of you. My musical finds that I've loved in the past few months have been Keane (Hopes and Fears), Frou Frou (Details, my latest love), Rufus Wainwright, and The Postal Service. I know, I'm really behind the times with some of these, but I figure much better late then never right? I'm bound and determined not to be one of those people who ages and refuses to listen to new music and thus gets stuck with a finite pool of listening choices with nothing from past their middle 20's in the queue. So, what five bands/singers would *you* recommend I check out? I'm primarily a British alternativeish kind of gal, but I'm open to all suggestion. A brief description of the singer/group's sound/music would be a great help.
Please, rec away!
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Please hold me to my vow. According to my kids I listen to much cooler music than the parents of their friends. Let's hope that I can keep that trend alive. lol I've decided that the WB does provide one public service. If you watch one of their teen shows, you'll know what groups and singers are about to hit it big. Their music staff is very good. But, alas I can't sit through an episode of Smallville and I haven't watched OTH for a long time. Maybe VM can fill that gap. :)
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Anna Nalick is slightly folky singer/songwriter pop-rock. Which means you're all confused now right? LOL. The CD actually reminds me a tad of a mellower Jagged Little Pill (the original; ain't shelling out for the acoustic retread) in that her lyrics are literate with some complex patterns, mostly introspective and/or relationship-oriented with some edge. The melodies are where the pop aspect comes in as they are catchy songs but without the slick pop-type packaging - they have more of a folk sensibility in that respect. And her voice is slightly reminiscent of a more robust Norah Jones, imo. Lovely.
And instead of me blathering further, lol, this is my favourite song off the album: In the Rough by Anna Nalick
Anna's doing some opening acts for Rob Thomas's tour, which reminds me that I saw Beth Hart with him and you might like her as well. She's in the same sort of genre as Anna, folky rock, but she has one of those powerhouse smoker voices. Also, much much more bitter - like more on the You Oughtta Know end, lol. But sometimes that's fun. ;-)