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Originally posted by Maximum Jack:

Album: Sing the Hits
Artist: The Put-Outs
Year: 1999
Description: With production credit going to Tommy Stinson and cover art 'borrowd' from the Who's debut LP, this album screams Power Pop! Baltimore's John Shafer and company deliver on the promise and add just enough punk attitude to make it relevant.

Sounds Like: The Replacements, Lookout-era Green Day.

You got me with the Lookout-era Green Day comment. I like their older stuff, especially Kerplunk. Actually, I like most of Green Day's stuff, but that's beside the point. The point is...what was the point again? Oh yeah - I'll be sure to check this out, MJ. Thanks for the recommendation.

I'm in love with everything Kate Bush touches. And yes, while Aerial isn't her best work, I love the second disc, "A Sky Of Honey", as much as her previous work. The Sensual World is also grand

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Originally posted by Sebtron:
I'm in love with everything Kate Bush touches. And yes, while Aerial isn't her best work, I love the second disc, "A Sky Of Honey", as much as her previous work. The Sensual World is also grand

while i've heard a few Bush songs in the past (Woman's Work, Running up the Hill....mostly because i enjoyed Maxwell's and Placebo's covers so much), Aerials is actually the first album i've gotten of hers and really enjoy it. i usually play both discs at a time, without even noticing the end of one and the beginning of the other because the songs flow so well one in the other. from the little i've hear of her past work, it seemed to not have aged very well. but i'll probably give The Dreaming a try one of these days

Album: No Shouts, No Calls
Artist: Electrelane
Year: 2007
Label: Too Pure
Description: These four ladies from Brighton make some of the most mesmerizing, guitar-centric (of course they are not afraid to haul out the farfisa or piano) pop music by an all-women band since the Raincoats.
Sounds Like: Imagine the love child of Sleater-Kinney and Stereolab growing up on a steady diet of Neu! and you might come close to something resembling Electrelane.

Seriously, I can't stop listening to this album. I enjoyed their last two, but nothing prepared me for this. You can check out their myspace here: Electrelane -- Be sure and check out the video for "To the East"!!

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Imagine the love child of Sleater-Kinney and Stereolab growing up on a steady diet of Neu! and you might come close to something resembling Electrelane

Couldn't have said it better myself. Nice description. I was never a big fan either, but this new record has made me into one.

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Originally posted by FragileKidA:

Album: Buena Vista Social Club
Artist: Buena Vista Social Club
Year: 1997
Description: Named after a members-only club, Ry Cooder went to Cuba and found musical giants and geniuses whom had been playing/singing for over fourty years. A beautiful gem that might have been the album of the year if it wasn't for an album by a band named Radiohead, as allmusic states, "If you get one album of Cuban music, this should be the one."
Sounds like: Styles of son, Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz, mambo and many more flourish as they are performed to perfection by Cuba's own musical treasures.

The documentary of the same name is also great. I was fortunate enough to watch it in Spanish class a few years ago. It's great to see how the album came to be along with footage of the artists performing. Anyone who loves the album really owes it to themselves to watch the film too.

You are right, blue, I have seen the film and it is also great, everyone should watch it.

Album:: The Devil You Know
Artist:: Todd Snider
Year:: 2006
Description:Too rock to be country, too country to be folk, too intelligent to be mainstream. Todd Snider is an artist that has build up a very loyal following by putting out intelligent, touching, and often damn funny albums that defy classification. He is particularly good at creating character sketches of down-and-out people. He has an uncanny way of causing you to associate and sing along with people that are just not in your reality. Truly one of the best song-writers around. Highlights are the Rockabilly "If Tomorrow Never Comes" (which intentionally steals the title from the Garth Brooks' hit to pay Garth back for stealing Snider's "B-E-E-R R-U-N"), "Looking for a Job", and the title track.
Sounds like: John Prine, Jimmy Buffet, Billy Joe Shaver, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Lyle Lovett all thrown into a blender.

Album: Pale Folklore
Artist: Agalloch
Genre: Atmospheric Folk Metal
Year: 1999
Description: Quite possibly the best debut album of any metal band. This album starts out with a couple repetitive slow verses and progresses with an amazing intro track that you would not expect from such a boring start. All things considered, this is one of my favorite album and I will often listen to it for weeks, even months without listening to anything else. It perfectly blends metal vocals with a more melodic set of music. It feels to me, and many others who I've introduced it to, a perfect masterpiece crafted from these talented young musicians. If I had to sum this album up in one word it would have to be: epic. Give it a listen.

"Wolves" by My Latest Novel (from 2006). They sound a little like Grizzly Bear to me, but they really have their own sound.

Album: Use your Voice
Artist: Mason Jennings
Year: 2004
Genre: Indie, Singer-Songwriter
How I learned of him: I went to see a concert about 3 or 4 years ago at the Santa Barbara Bowl to see Jack Johnson. I wasn't a huge fan but we were going with girls, having beer, etc. so I figured it would be fun. His warm up act was Mason Jennings and I've been a fan ever sense. I once ordered a CD of his online and they said the high majority of his orders were from Minnesota (where he's from) and Santa Barbara. I guess he made a lot of fans at that concert.
Description: Nothing unexpected. A singer songwriter with a guitar and an occasional harmonica, yet he does it better than almost anyone. His earlier albums I didn't emjoy as much, nor did I his most recent, Boneclouds. But this is an excellent album, I hope everyone gives it a try.
Songs: Obviously, I think the whole album is great, but if you want to try a few songs, I'd say check out Crown, Drinking as Religion, and Ulysses, although truthfully I like every song on the album. Check it out.