I enjoyed Hanna’s 2006 musical summary, and thought I’d borrow shamelessly from it. So here are some of the bands I started listening to in 2006.
- Beirut
- Camera Obscura
- Cloud Cult
- Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton
- David Bazan
- Headphones
- Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins
- MF Doom
- M. Ward
- Phoenix
- Scourge of the Sea
- Silversun Pickups
- Tapes ‘N Tapes
- The Easy All Stars
- The Mountain Goats
- The Oohlas
Favorites out of that group are Beirut (compared often to Neutral Milk Hotel, but w/ a Gypsyish flair), David Bazan (ex-Pedro the Lion frontman - I’m a big fan), and M. Ward (Tom Waits comparisons are a bit misplaced, IMO). All three of which are available on emusic.com, incidentally.
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I’m a new M. Ward convert, too.
I have never heard of any of these bands… I’m going to need a *big* shovel to dig my head out of the sand at some point.
Geof: i’m a big fan. no idea how i missed him before.
Alex: nah, i think you’ll find same as i have that it’s impossible to keep up w/ everything. i’m hopelessly out of touch, for example, with anything mainstream. haven’t heard any of the new Chili Peppers’ album, as an example.
you might like M. Ward tho. bit more of a songwriter than, say, the Silversun Pickups.
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