a few years ago, i wrote a poem type thing with much of my favorites. since then there is more, like Firekites & Fleet Foxes, among many others, but this is my list from then:
mirah, calvin johnson
deerhoof, daniel johnston
and everything by lou barlow
phil elverum
pinback, mum
cara beth, eels, and wilco
lewis & clarke, essex green
mike doughty, soul coughing
psapp, camera obscura
brendan benson
frida hyvonen
supergrass, beirut, cocosuma
page france, geggy tah
thanksgiving, alaska!
architecture in helsinki
lullatone, calexico
cat power, ebb & flow
death cab for cutie
radiohead, little wings
the decemberists, keane
grizzly bear, the shins
nedelle, hot chip
one song by telepopmusik
and of course belle & sebastian
kilowatthours, the flaming lips
earlier bright eyes, the smiths
menomena, screamin' jay hawkins
simon and garfunkel
(both solo and as a whole)
and jose gonzales
sigur ros, the harlem shakes
owls, ours, nick drake
(if hes live) wolf colonel
supergrass, voxtrot
tinstar, magnet
and secretly midnight oil
jimi hendrix, the beatles, and of course bob dylan
gil scott heron, roy orbinson
lynyrd skynyrd is too obvious
and so is led zeplin
im fucking sick of "free bird" and "stairway to heaven"
and i guess the ocassional elvis
the cure, fleetwood mac
modest mouse, cul de sac
cab calloway, murder by death
the streets
canned heat
neil young, elliot smith
michael leviton
kings of leon
fountain of wayne's "hackensack"
bela fleck, eric clapton
"trouble" by lindsay buckingham
ben harper, onelonglash
adrea bocelli, marshamallow coast
morcheeba if its in a small dose
credence clearwater revival
ben e. king, the drifters
explosions in the sky, the spinners
and very rarely billy idol
