A great new to me find is Nina Nastasia who I recently first heard on her latest album, On Leaving. Reminds me a little of Jolie Holland meets Cat Power or a more mellow Joan As Police Woman (and I love her new album to pieces). Nina's newest is her fourth album so I'm a-huntin' for some back catalogue stuff. If anyone has a recommendation from her previous three releases, I'm all ears.

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Originally posted by crazed:
A great new to me find is Nina Nastasia who I recently first heard on her latest album, On Leaving. Reminds me a little of Jolie Holland meets Cat Power or a more mellow Joan As Police Woman (and I love her new album to pieces). Nina's newest is her fourth album so I'm a-huntin' for some back catalogue stuff. If anyone has a recommendation from her previous three releases, I'm all ears.

Tell me more about your impressions of her, please. I was considering downloading her album, Road to Ruin on eMusic. It's got great reviews, and has an 85 METASCORE. But I've hesitated, for some reason. I'm looking for some additional insight.

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Originally posted by crazed:
A great new to me find is Nina Nastasia who I recently first heard on her latest album, On Leaving. Reminds me a little of Jolie Holland meets Cat Power or a more mellow Joan As Police Woman (and I love her new album to pieces). Nina's newest is her fourth album so I'm a-huntin' for some back catalogue stuff. If anyone has a recommendation from her previous three releases, I'm all ears.

she's great isnt she? i recommand Dogs
but they're all good really cant go wrong with any of her album

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Tell me more about your impressions of her, please. I was considering downloading her album, Road to Ruin on eMusic. It's got great reviews, and has an 85 METASCORE. But I've hesitated, for some reason. I'm looking for some additional insight.

Very simple song arrangements though I felt her voice- soft as it is- made each song seem fuller. Usually I'm weary of minimalist music with sad lyrics but it's her voice that's the draw here. Plus, not a sound is wasted and that, considering the brevity of the album (under 33 minutes I believe), also keeps drawing me back. What I also like about the album is the simple truthfulness of it. It's honest and real.

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she's great isnt she? i recommand Dogs
but they're all good really cant go wrong with any of her album

Thanks for the recommendtion, I'll keep an eye out for that album.

I've been addicted to Iggy Pop's Berlin era lately. More specifically The Idiot and Lust For Life. I never appreciated his delivery and wild flailing and posturing so much as I do now.

Examples:

"Jesus? This is Iggy."
- Turn Blue

"I'm gonna get stoned and.... run around..."
- Funtime

"Here comes my Chinese rug...I'm gonna hop like a frog... I'm gonna go out in the street and do anything I want."
- Success

Probably the biggest discovery for me was the music of Will Johnson, the man behind Centro-matic and South San Gabriel. I pretty much love everything the guys has done now. Oh, also J. Tillman and Elephant Micah. Those 3 guys are so awesome. Anyways, a list, in order of how much I like the artists:

Elephant Micah (Neil Youngish melancholy alt-country, with occasional electric guitar rockers thrown in)
J. Tillman (Slow, minimal, sad folk music)
Centro-matic, South San Gabriel
The National
Hello Saferide (Aweseome Swedish indie-pop)
Rock of Travolta (Unbelievable poppy, post-rock)
Richard Buckner
King Q4 (Poppy electronic music)
Bellwether (Alt-country)
Snowglobe (E6-type indie rock, only not as sloppy)
Unbunny (Neil Youngish alt-country
Kelpe (BOC-ish electronic music)
Philip Price (guy behind Winterpills)
Chris Bathgate (Folk, alt-country with a David Thomas Broughton-like voice)

I'm sure there are some that I forgot. I'll try to put them in later.

Destroyer - Destroyer's rubies
M. Ward - Post-war

yo la tengo... ok not so new to me cause i knew some of their songs but i didnt expect to love them n their albums.that year bought 4 of their lps (in the last 3 months)

I honestly have never been able to get into Bob Dylan all that much until this year. I wouldn't call it "new to you", but 2006 is the first year I've really starting listening to his albums. As everyone has been telling me for years, they're pretty much great.

Lately, I've begun listening to more-and-more turn-of-the century blues, gospel music, and "Old Weird America." I already had American Primitive, Vol. II: Pre-War Revenants (1897 – 1939), on the Revenant Records label, which I love for its eerie sounds and the desperate intensity of the performances. Recently, I picked up Vol. I of the series, which is just as good, as well as Blind Willie Johnson’s Praise God I’m Satisfied (on the Yazoo label), and Old-Time Music of West Virginia, Volume One: Ballads, Blues & Breakdowns (on the County Records label), which are both brilliant.

Are any of you fans of this genre and era of music? If so, what do you recommend and why? Thanks in advance.