Underrated/underexposed artists to whom everyone should give at least a quick listen:
Belle & Sebastian (start with Expectations or Like Dylan In the Movies)
The Beta Band (start with Dry the Rain or She's the One)
Skillet (start with The Thirst Is Taking Over)
Keller Williams (start with It's A Plant)
Leo Kottke (start with Airproofing)
The Bad Plus (start with Dirty Blonde)
California Guitar Trio (start with Beethoven's 9th)
Col. Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade (start with Up On the Roof)
Dizzee Rascal (start with I Luv U)
G. Love and the Special Sauce (start with Free At Last)
Jesse Cook (start with Brio)
Some of these are... weird. Or just different. Or they take time to develope a taste for. But I enjoy them, so I figured I'd give them a plug. Try them out. Especially Belle & Sebastian and the Beta Band.
2 comments:
Belle and Sebastian is excellent. I'm partial to "Beautiful" and "Piazza, New York Catcher" in particular.
I'll try these other ones out. Thanks.
I have not heard Belle and Sebastian but I will give a listen. I've recently acquired some GREAT Beta Band - it is now one of my favorite albums and it's an older one called 'Hot Shots II.' I've been absorbing so much good music lately I'm dying to share -- Elliott Smith: Figure 8; Travis: The Man Who; Beck: Sea Change; Pinback: Summer in Abbadon.
And I fall in love with everything in the most peaceful way when I listen to Bad Plus doing Aphex Twin's "Flim."
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