Staff Recommendations (04/22/07)

[Melissa Johnson]

Here's what the staff has been listening to this past week. What have you been listening to?
Jason: Jim Croce, Cary Brothers, Rocky Votolato, and Arctic Monkeys.
Melissa: The British female trifecta: Lily Allen (http://www.myspace.com/lilymusic), Amy Winehouse (http://www.myspace.com/amywinehouse), and Corinne Bailey Rae (http://www.myspace.com/corinnebaileyrae).
Joe: The Dear Hunter (http://www.absolutepunk.net/thedearhunter), Amber Pacific (http://www.absolutepunk.net/amberpacific) and though it's not music, that new TV show Drive (http://www.fox.com/drive/).
Nathan: Straylight Run (http://www.myspace.com/straylightrun), Lorien (http://www.myspace.com/lorienmusic), The Wedding (http://www.myspace.com/thewedding), and Cain And Abel (http://www.myspace.com/cainandabel).
Steve: The Dear Hunter (http://www.absolutepunk.net/thedearhunter)'s Act II and Travis (http://www.myspace.com/travis)'s The Boy With No Name are amazing, and Friday Night Boys (http://www.myspace.com/thefridaynightboys) make some sweet old fashioned sugary pop-punk.
Louise: Phoenix (http://www.myspace.com/wearephoenix), Shitdisco (http://www.myspace.com/shitdisco), and this isn't really a band but DEFINITELY check out the Anberlin (http://www.myspace.com/anberlin)/The Reason (http://myspace.com/thereasonrock) tour currently going across Canada if you get the chance.
Anton: Hanson (http://www.myspace.com/hansonmusic), The Living End (http://www.absolutepunk.net/thelivingend), and Comeback Kid (http://www.absolutepunk.net/comebackkid).
Russ: Stick To Your Guns (http://www.myspace.com/sticktoyourgunsx818x) and Bane (http://www.myspace.com/banecentral).
Tom: Minus The Bear (http://www.myspace.com/minusthebear), Clouds (http://www.myspace.com/cloudsrock) and Hot Fuzz.
Scott W.: Mxpx (http://myspace.com/mxpx)'s Secret Weapon - the band's best album in years.
Scott I.: June of '44 (http://www.myspace.com/giugnodel44) and Rodan (http://www.myspace.com/rodanrusty)
Julia: I saw Brand New (http://www.absolutepunk.net/brandnew) last night, so there's my recommendation.
Jamie: Bright Eyes (http://www.absolutepunk.net/brighteyes)and The Elected (http://myspace.com/theelected)

[IAPAI]

The Good Life (http://myspace.com/thegoodlife)

The National (http://myspace.com/thenational)

[weworemasks]

-cassino (www.myspace.com/cassinoband)
-smokin' aces
-120 days (www.myspace.com/120days)
-half way home on comedy central
-deas vail (www.myspace.com/deasvail)

[nagohmada]

good choice on the lorien those guys are great

[ihavechappedlip]

REO Speedwago
Kaddisfly
Emery
Garth Brooks (he's the man)

[Fishguts]

disturbia. surprisingly good movie.

[lipslkemorphine]

the elation. hi anth! :)

[takingshots]

Voxtrot (http://www.myspace.com/voxtrot)

Phoenix (http://www.myspace.com/wearephoenix)

Red Riders (http://www.myspace.com/redridersmusic)

Voxtrot especially, they are pretty awesome

[newfoundmichael]

Lily Allen makes me want to vomit...

[AP_Punk]

Jawbreaker

[CrazeeJaney]

Lily Allen <3

[thegetupkid21]

Lucero, Lifetime

[fluke182]

Movie: Hot Fuzz
TV: Dexter
Music: Freebird, Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground

[Jawknee]

Melissa is listening to the best stuff.

[Blake Solomon]

James Morrison
Gwen Stefani
Set Your Goals

[jacnrh]

Friday Night Boys is just irresistibly fun. Good pick.

[Louise Heng]

Movie: Hot Fuzz
TV: Dexter
Music: Freebird, Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground
yessssssssss. Hot Fuzz was SO wicked!

[adhd561]

ohhhh yeah

the new hanson record is awesomeeeeee

[Joe DeAndrea]

I second Steve's rec of TFNB. I love'em.

[Steve Henderson]

I second Steve's rec of TFNB. I love'em.
I hereby remove my rec....


JK :) I thought you'd like em...tough not to!

[Throwback]

I love love love Corinne Bailey Rae and to whoever said Deas Vail, I agree with.

[Roboman]

Thrice, Something Corporate, !!! (chk chk chk), Hit the Lights, blah blah blah...

Oh, and I'm really liking Corinne Bailey Rae, thanks Melissa.

[saysmydoctor]

Say Anything
The Format

[karmapolicia]

I recommend new Feist, new Voxtrot and new Aa (Big A Little a).

[Low Level Owl]

Lucero- Tennessee
Whiskeytown- Faithless Street
Kathleen Edwards- Failer
Iron & Wine- The Creek Drank The Cradle
Wilco- AM
Woody Guthrie- Dust Bowl Ballads

and for some good blues check out:
Robert Johnson
Muddy Waters
Leadbelly
Son House

[kruz1023]

the damnwells
mute math
the working title
the weakerthans

[TheHeretic]

The Graduate, hands down the best new band of 2007 in my opinion. I've been listening to the album non-stop and it still amazes me how they manage to find an exquisite and intricate combo between catchy rock and intelligent ambient tunes. I love this band.


Also, Blades of Glory. I didn't have a chance to see Hot Fuzz yet (I heard it was really good), but BOG was a genuinely funny movie. I just plain love Will Ferrell. The man is a comedic genius.

[Co and Ca]

Murder By Death
Minus the Bear
Days Away (for the second week in a row)
Monty Are I

[Blake Solomon]

oh, also, The Twilight Sad

[tbalz]

dear and the headlights, dear and the headlights and dear and the headlights.

[TheBaroness]

Rosetta - great ambient, spacey metal. Listen to their 2 hour-long album The Galilean Satellites. It's an absolute monster.

This Flod Covers the Earth - great hardcore punk band with a serious Gravity records influence. Fans of Life At These Speeds would probably dig

And go see the film Sunshine, especially if you like cool astronaut shit like I do.

[awfmike]

the national. boxer is a damn great album, and alligator surpasses it.

andrew bird
paul duncan
menomena
new feist

[American.Death]

Thrice -- Vheissu
Muse -- Black Holes & Revelations
Bjork -- Greatest Hits
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly -- The Chronicles Of A Bohemian Teenager
Anberlin -- Cities
Jawbreaker -- 24 Hour Revenge Therapy

[bankrom]

terrible twos
(http://www.punknews.org/bands/theterribletwos)everybody else
(http://www.myspace.com/everybodyelse)maxeen
(http://www.purevolume.com/maxeen)mxpx (http://www.myspace.com/mxpx)

[fight4urdemons]

Weezer
Duke Special
Jawbreaker
Jets To Brazil
The Ataris
John Frusciante

[zbrmike79]

i recommend
Man Man
Girl Talk
Aa (Big A Little A)
Sol.illiquists of Sound

[1Roth4]

cheers to Jim Croce

[Sp1tF1r3]

» Rise Against
» The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

[The Revisionist]

Having your dad visit you from out of town.

[triggerthesound]

page france
the chariot
poison the well
protest the hero

[slickwataris]

I49hJBnajXQ



http://croquiscrisis.wordpress.com/

[Dan CiTi]

The Dear Hunter & Minus The Bear FTW!

[gonfreaks]

Bright Eyes, Minus the Bear, Brand New

[SandManTEND13]

Music: New Chiodos Demo, Robbers and Cowards by Cold War Kids, Arctic Monkeys
Movies: Grindhouse and Hot Fuzz

[abbietoeknee]

hells yes to the dear hunter

[funtasticrich]

fleeing from finales (http://www.myspace.com/fleeingfromfinales)
pictures of shanghai (http://www.myspace.com/picturesofshanghai)
The Early November

[lindZ629]

Corrine Bailey Rae and Lily Allen!

[byebyebeautiful]

the dear hunter - i haven't had a chance to hear the new album yet, but there is no doubt in my mind that it will be incredible. they're some of the best musicians i know.
the microphones - the glow, pt. 2 is a production masterpiece.
jason anderson - do yourself a favor and see him play. it will change your life. i realize that that sounds over-enthusiastic, but his shows are an experience like no other.
tiger saw - i had been meaning to listen to these guys for a while, and i finally saw them on wednesday. they're on daytrotter, which i will recommend later.
christians + lions - started with ex-treos, and ending with ex-treos. i found that i kind of fell out of them when casey left. but anyway, ben potrykus knows how to make some damn fine alt-country. the new stuff is very '60s pop. i like it.

www.daytrotter.com - such a good website. i'll keep it mysterious. but suffice it to say that it's an orgasm in internet form.
not northeastern university - 'nuff said.

xoxo conor

[The_New_Cancer]

Jason, you are my hero for recommending Jim Croce. I love him, and have listened to him for as long as I can remember. :)

Everyone should listen to James Morrison, and Paolo Nutini. Both are fantastic singers.

[1Roth4]

Page France - And the Family Telephone (http://www.myspace.com/pagefrance)

This album is awsome.. So much more diverse than Hello Dear Wind.
Michael Nau has a voice that will cheer anyone up.

I know I try and Pimp these guys alot, but trust me; these is nothing about them, NOT to like

[1Roth4]

I hear alot about The Dear Hunter.

Frankly, the name scares me. Compare it to other bands...

[erinmac1982]

Neon Neon-Trick for Treat
Forever The Sickest Kids
Mstrkrft
Peter Toh

[Mitch]

I recommend Omar Rodriguez Lopez's (of The Mars Volta) new album, Se Dice Bisonte, No Bufalo.

I also recommend Daggermouth and The Honorary Title.

Oh yes, and of course, everyone should go watch Pan's Labyrinth somehow.

[FeynmanWannabe]

The Good Life (http://myspace.com/thegoodlife)

The National (http://myspace.com/thenational) Nice rec's, particularly The National

Lucero- Tennessee
Whiskeytown- Faithless Street
Kathleen Edwards- Failer
Iron & Wine- The Creek Drank The Cradle
Wilco- AM
Woody Guthrie- Dust Bowl Ballads

and for some good blues check out:
Robert Johnson
Muddy Waters
Leadbelly
Son House I've been meaning to pick up that Woody Guthrie album for a while now. No one I know has even heard of it. haha

the national. boxer is a damn great album, and alligator surpasses it.

andrew bird
paul duncan
menomena
new feist Paul Duncan? Very nice. Probably only the second time I've seen his name mentioned on here.

Page France - And the Family Telephone (http://www.myspace.com/pagefrance)

This album is awsome.. So much more diverse than Hello Dear Wind.
Michael Nau has a voice that will cheer anyone up.

I know I try and Pimp these guys alot, but trust me; these is nothing about them, NOT to like I can't wait till that album's released.

[Steve Henderson]

I hear alot about The Dear Hunter.

Frankly, the name scares me. Compare it to other bands...
ex-Receiving End of Sirens. Theatrical, cinematic rock that is just as focused on telling a story as it is on pleasing your eardrums. Some of the most creative, eclectic rock you can hear now.

[Joe DeAndrea]

I hear alot about The Dear Hunter.

Frankly, the name scares me. Compare it to other bands...

I didn't start listening to them until this week, but I definitely like them a lot more than I thought I would have. Check out the song on their AP profile.

[nhoium]

arctic monkeys

[xtianheadbanger]

Madina Lake, MxPx

[sweetforever]

not northeastern university - 'nuff said.

xoxo conor

hahah, oh Conor, and you made fun of me for not liking my college (Colin btw).
Anyways, my rec's are

The Graduate - Anhedonia (been spinning it all week)
Dance Gavin Dance - Downtown Battle Mountain (dont know why, but I like this album)
Moving Mountains - Pneuma (fell in love with this album last night)

[hydraulicheart]

the damnwells
mute math
the working title
the weakerthans
If only more people were aware of how amazing they really are.

dear and the headlights, dear and the headlights and dear and the headlights.
One of the few bands I never get sick of - I recommend seeing them live.

New Sullivan
New Paramore
The Graduate
mewithoutYou
The Blood Brothers

[Melissa Johnson]

Jason, you are my hero for recommending Jim Croce. I love him, and have listened to him for as long as I can remember. :)

Everyone should listen to James Morrison, and Paolo Nutini. Both are fantastic singers.
I want to pick up Paolo Nutini's CD. The few songs I've heard here and there were really good.

[IcedOpethBlind]

Ray LaMontagne
M. Ward
Carole King
Joni Mitchell
Nick Drake

[thetimmyk]

Im huge on that Clouds rec, i cant find their stuff anywhere though.

basically stoner rock/ doom metal, (YOB, Sleep, Boris, Kylesa, Kyuss)
and zion i

someone mentioned This Flood Covers the Earth and they're very good.

[Low Level Owl]

I've been meaning to pick up that Woody Guthrie album for a while now. No one I know has even heard of it. haha.
not many people know much about woody guthrie outside of this land is your land or whatever that song is called. dust bowl ballads is definitely worth picking up. you can definitely see where dylan ripped off guthries sound haha.

[rupture&rapture]

Wilco (http://www.myspace.com/wilco)- Sky Blue Sky
The Snake the Cross the Crown- Cotton Teeth
Damien Jurado- Where Shall You Take Me?

Watch the Planet Earth marathon today.

[bradyreier]

Sum 41 - Does This Look Infected?
Morrissey - You Are the Quarry
Saves The Day - Sound the Alarm

[singlexsorrow]

The Friday Night Boys kick ass. thanks for that receommendation.

www.myspace.com/theinternationaldrive
waking ashland - composure
waking ashland - The Well

[Blake Solomon]

A Shitdisco rec. niiiiceeeeee.

[carsancalor1es]

Brand New
kevin devine
manchester orchestra
new paramore
the academy is...
saves the day
say anything

[LPMagic]

I fucking hate Lily Allen. God awful vocals and lyrics.

- Jeff

[Roboman]

Ahhh shit, I forgot about Year Zero in my previous post.

[SungDuck88]

i love jim croce.

[GreenJellyBean]

the almost, 1997, seeing new atlantic and circa survive live.

[FUCKDIRTYWIPES]

arctic monkeys

[McSavah]

A06

[oldwirehands]

The Chemist vs The Computer
www.myspace.com/thechemistvsthecomputer

They've been compared to Circa Survive, Chiodos, and Finch. I don't think they sound like anything but just listen and make your own opinion.

[frommelyty]

Minus the Bear-hey they make beer comericals like this
mewithoutYOU-brother, sister
pinback-summer in abandon

[blimpcityhero11]

Melee, The Academy Is..., and the return of Heroes tomorrow night

[sam42004]

Jim Croce.
hes the fucking god.

[weworemasks]

I fucking hate Lily Allen. God awful vocals and lyrics.

- Jeff

hahaha it's about time someone else thought so. agreed 100%. and she doesn't even have the cute thing going for her.

[Jason Tate]

I want to pick up Paolo Nutini's CD. The few songs I've heard here and there were really good.

I was playing it all the time when I was in St Louis. You probably heard it a few times at my place.

[noodledancer]

i <3 anton. :-)

[stay_18_forever]

the snake the cross the crown - cotton teeth
limbeck - self titled

[i am]

Tyler Read
Manchester Orchestra
Monty Are I
Tokyo Police Club

[Tom Good]

Im huge on that Clouds rec, i cant find their stuff anywhere though.

basically stoner rock/ doom metal, (YOB, Sleep, Boris, Kylesa, Kyuss)
and zion i

someone mentioned This Flood Covers the Earth and they're very good.Check out one of their shows. I'm seeing them on Monday Night. You can find the album at all their shows. It slays too.

[Louise Heng]

I want to pick up Paolo Nutini's CD. The few songs I've heard here and there were really good.
i was obsessed with his CD for a couple weeks a few months ago... paul can attest to it. he is witness to a lot of the creepy things that I do.

[NorthofSD]

www.purevolume.com/gregripko

and the lakes (photographs e.p.)

[Big_Guy]

why would you recommend Mxpx?

[Shatter_Glass]

Radiohead- antology on weed.

[Shatter_Glass]

*anthology

[Intamin]

Definitely Melee, that album rocks.

Jackson Waters (waiting for Maroon5? not waiting for Maroon5? Either way...they're great)
Hanson/The Graduate/Future of Forestry/The Feeling
House of Fools - Live and Learn

The list goes on... :)

[mijakai]

Tate, I freaking love you.
I think it's the only time I've seen Jim Croce mentioned in a post other than my own.

[BlueJackets]

Movie: Smokin' Aces. AMAZING!
Band: MxPx
TV:

[DD21345]

Arctic Monkeys
Kaiser Chiefs
Anberlin
The Prototypes- Kaleidoscope
Waking Ashland
The Fratellis

and Game 7 tonight --- STARS-CANUCKS......Go STARS!!!!!! I will be glued to this game.