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State: Minnesota
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Signup Date: 1/25/2007

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Thursday, August 02, 2007 
I have never blogged on Myspace before. It's not that I don't have fierce opinions about EVERYTHING... because I do. I've just wanted to keep this page straight-forward and music-only. With that in mind, I've decided to finally use my blog... to start a club. It's going to be a myspace blog club. Trust me, you want to join. Yes I am a complete nerd.


As an artist, one of the primary sources of inspiration is experiencing the art of others. However, over the past few years I have become more and more aware of how difficult it is to keep up with all the great music that exists. This is mainly because of my ignorance. There are tons of great albums that I know I need to listen to at some point, but there are probably many more (and equally great) albums that I just plain don't know about. That's what this club is for. Musician friends of mine that I regularly work with are constantly referencing records that I have never heard of, and it's been a great way for me to stay "in the loop" on cool recent music and important-but-somewhat-unknown older records. Basically, I'm using the Myspace phenomenon to start a club that will broaden my radar of important music that I need to purchase or at least listen to. So, here's how it works...


I'm going to post my ten "important-but-maybe-unkown records". These are albums that, to me, are incredibly influential to my development and appreciation of music. The albums might be current, old, rock, not-rock, underground, mainstream... whatever. The only stipulation is that they shouldn't be OBVIOUS. For example, I'm not going to post "Zeppelin 4" or "OK Computer." Everybody knows that those records have been tremendously influential on basically everyone. If you don't know about them then you just haven't been paying attention to the music world. The point of this club is to make us all more aware of great records that ARE NOT widely-acclaimed. We all know about a few "gems" that, every time we mention them to a friend, that friend says... "you know, I've never heard of THAT album." I obviously know that my list will not be ten records that NO ONE has ever heard of. I'm sure many of you will know about some of them. The hope is that there will be at least a FEW that most of you won't know about.


So, like I said, I'm going to post my ten. Then, if you want to join the club, post your own list in as a blog comment. That way, you can just check back every week or so and there will be a centralized list of great records that will hopefully keep growing. Again, I already know that starting this club means that there is no way around the fact that I am a total geek.


A few of my friends will recognize this idea, as I have been operating this club on my own for a while now. I've gathered 5 or 6 lists of "important-but-maybe-unknown records" from these friends and I've REALLY enjoyed listening to this newly-discovered music. I hope those guys who gave me them will join the club and post the lists here... and include any updates if you want. Man, this is really getting nerdy. I don't care.


Here's a few ground rules on the content of your lists...

- It has to be MUSIC, so don't post any books-on-tape or Adam Sandler records.

- It must be REALLY IMPORTANT TO YOU. This is not just a way for you to name-drop records that nobody has ever heard of. There's a good reason why many obscure albums fall into obscurity. I'm looking for the records that you feel like every serious musician should know about. But again, not the obvious ones (Nirvana's "Nevermind").

- Just give me ten. Don't post a list of 50 records.

- include a short description if you can. Just some way for everyone to know if the album is a one-track-long free jazz recording or an indie rock b-sides collection.


PLEASE JOIN THE CLUB! It's going to totally rule. Soon I (and all of you) will have a huge list of records to get, but... I don't really have any money... so that will be interesting. I guess I'll deal with that later. Thanks for reading.



STEVE GOOLD'S TEN IMPORTANT-BUT-MAYBE-UNKNOWN RECORDS

1) Bjork "Homogenic" - great electronics with gorgeous strings and melodies
2) D'Angelo "Voodoo" - hiphop/R&B record with tons of groove (Questlove on drums)
3) Isreal Houghton "Live from Another Level" - totally slamming gospel stuff
4) Peter Gabriel "Secret World Live" - two disc live recording from '93
5) Bill Frisell "Live" - w/ Kermit Driscol + Joey Baron... aggressive contemporary jazz
6) 12 Rods "Lost Time" - final record from this twin-cities rock band... really great
7) Autechre "LP5" - canadian programmer. very cool drum'nbass-ish stuff
8) Rage Against The Machine "Evil Empire" - does everybody know how sick this is?
9) Pedro The Lion "Control" - indie band w/ amazing song-writing... powerful
10) The Posies "Frosting On The Beater" - really rocking mid-90's power pop
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Jason

 
Well, at the risk of having my list scrutinized and shamed, here it is:

1) Venice "Venice"- Early 90's pop/rock with amazingly thick and tight harmonies
2) John Pattitucci "Mistura Fine"- Latin jazz heavy on bass/Chick Corea's bassist
3) Living Colour "Vivid"- Hard rock influenced my funk/punk/jazz, not too well known I hope
4) King's X "Ear Candy"- Raw rock with great harmonies
5) Level 42 "Level Best"- Described as UK pop/funk, Mark King on bass *drool*
6) Michael Manring "Drastic Measures"- Fusion, experimental bass
7) Los Lobotomys "Candyman"- Despite Steve's dislike of Simon Phillips, diverse musical styles from some great musicians
8) Wynton Marsalis Septet "Selections From the Village"-Wynton Marsalis, that about says it all
9) Fred Hammond "Pages of Life"-Until hearing Steve's 3, the pinicle of "slamming gospel" ;)
10) The Players "The Players"- 10 studio muscians each providing a single track
 
Posted by Jason on Friday, August 03, 2007 - 1:18 AM
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Nate

 
Fantastic idea steve...I'm so in on this.

here we go:

1) Broken Social Scene "You Forgot it in people" - Ambient/Spacey Indie Rock...really beautiful stuff on here
2) Sigur Ros "( )" - stunning ambient post-rock from Iceland
3) Fransico Mela "Melao" - new jazz with a latin flavor...some free, some in time, all sick.
4) Love-Cars "Thank you For Telling Me what I already know" - Minneapolis rock group, amazing song writing with drumming that is probably as musical as it comes in such a setting
5) Joanna Newsom "Y's" - The fairy nymph queen of indie folk...who plays a harp. AMAZING lyricist
6) Steve Reich "Music for 18 Musicians" - an hour long contemporary instrumental piece divided into several movements...I've never had my mouth open for an entire hour-long piece before I heard this
7) Mr. Bungle "California" - Mike Patton. need I say more? ok, how about scitzo-surf rock. a total trip, but worth it.
8) Sole (Man's Best Friend) "The New Human Is Illegal" - the future of hip hop...amazing beats with some serious spittin
9) Sufjan Stevens "Illinoise!" - Great songwriting with a really unique sound...large band of musicians
10) DJ Shadow "Endtroducing..." - Killer record of hip hop/elctronic beats and instrumentals


"Secret world Live" would totally have been on my list...you beat me to it, steve. Manu is the man.

I will be back to check up on this. oh, does this club have a name? we should come up with something sweet.
 
Posted by Nate on Friday, August 03, 2007 - 1:22 AM
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Matt Schiebe

 
1) Happy Apple "Please Refrain from Fronting" - sick tunes, lots of energy, amazing
2) Bill Mike Band "Better News" - great song writing, awesome people, catchy
3) John Coltrane "A Love Supreme" - holy emotion batman!
4) Miles Davis - "Miles Smiles" - amazing tunes, innovative, cookin'
5) The Roots- "Illadelph Halftime" - powerful lyrics, phat grooves, organic sounding
6) Fugazi- "End Hits" - groovy, heavy, angry
7) The Flaming Lips - "The Soft Bulletin" no explanation needed
8) Love Cars- "Thanks for Telling Me What I Already Know" perfect rock album
9) Fat Kid Wednesdays- "The Art of Cherry" best jazz trio in Minneapolis, JT is the man
10) Wilco- "Summerteeth" simplicity never sounded so good
 
Posted by Matt Schiebe on Sunday, August 05, 2007 - 2:31 AM
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The IceMan

 
1) The Melvins "A History of Bad Men" - definitive sludge with their signature 4 voice "bad-time" harmony
2) Nonpoint "Rabia" - how I learned spanish.
3) James LaBrie "Undecided" - "hey, you got synth in my metal!" "hey, you got metal in my synth!"
4) Mastodon "Battle at Sea" - redfining what an acoustic guitar can sound like
5) Machinehead "A Thousand Lies" - metal wish fufillment; in that, he says what you really want him to
6) John Cale "Big White Cloud" - you'll feel bad, but in a good way
7) Beck "Emergency Exit" - Mellow alternative with Jesus allusions. in a word: tight
8) Big Business "Easter Romantic" - the reason I went to the Tool concert and didn't ask for my money back
9) Budgie "Guts" - in theory, the riff should get repetitive. but it doesn't. proof of witchcraft.
10) Probot "I am the Warlock" - the song that gave me balls enough to get on stage
 
Posted by The IceMan on Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 6:19 PM
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EvanBB
evan B

 
In no particular order:

1. CAN "Ege Bamyasi" - German prog, super interesting stuff
2. Noggin Toboggan "Snapcase" - Fun Cali-pop punk rock that reminds one of the importance of enjoying what you do
3. Blink 182 "Cheshire Cat" or "Dude Ranch" - Two of their first releases that remind one of the importance of knowing people in the music business no matter how awfully you play your instrument
4. Miles Davis "Seven Steps To Heaven" - One of the first jazz albums I acquired and I still learn something every time I put it on
5. The Octopus Project "One Ten Hundred Thousand Million" - Experimental electronic-based rock
6. Smashing Pumpkins "Siamese Dream" or "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" - Outstanding albums from a great, influential 90's rock band
7. Weezer "Blue Album" - Solid songwriting that's really hard to get sick of
8. DragonForce "Sonic Firestorm" - Norse power metal thats just friggin' sweet from start to Finnish?
9. King Crimson "Beat" - More prog; know and respect your roots
10. Cornershop "When I Was Born for the Seventh Time" - I still can't believe everyone I know forgot about these guys; Brimful of Asha was a huge hit and the rest of the album is super cool
 
Posted by EvanBB on Saturday, August 18, 2007 - 4:52 AM
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Phillip Hicks

 
Some of my favorite, most important artists/records are too well known for the list (the entire Beatles catalog) but I finally picked out a list.
In no order of importance whatsoever,
1) The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle. Incredible british invasion-era band that never saw popular success. By the time this amazing album came out, they'd been broken up for years.
2) Jason Falkner - Presents Author Unknown. One of my biggest musical influences over the years. He plays every instrument on this debut solo record, and produced it himself, which hit me hard as a kid. You'll inevitably move onto his other albums, so they're not on the list.
3) Self - Breakfast with Girls. If you're looking for an eclectic album, this is it. Another guy who plays almost everything on his records. A little bit of everything in this record.
4) Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding. Bob Dylan is obviously well-known (unless you live under a rock) but this album isn't. Very minimal, just drums, bass, acoustic/vocals, with few other instruments. Tight, vibey bass/drums.
5) George Harrison - All Things Must Pass. Again, a well-known artist with a slightly-unknown record. Years worth of songs that were put on the back-burner while the Lennon/McCartney songs took priority (All Things Must pass came out as a triple-LP) Harrison's songwriting and guitar work (particularly slide guitar) are perfect.
6) Jellyfish - Spilt Milk. A short-lived, amazingly tight band from the early 90's. Huge arrangements that they could pull off live without tracks (look them up on youTube) I was really influenced (and still am) by the honky, fat bass parts when I was learning to play.
7) Josh Rouse - Nashville. I love this album. Appropriately, I listened to it non-stop while I was losing my sanity in Nashville. Great songwriting.
8) Suzanne Vega - Nine Objects of Desire. My mom listened to this a lot when I was a kid and I loved it. Pete and Bruce Thomas (from Elvis Costello's Attractions) lay down most of the drums and bass, and it's some awesome stuff. Listen to "Headshots"
9) The Cardigans - Long Gone Before Daylight. I wanted to put a few other Cardigans records in the list because they've changed so much, album-to-album. This is a beautiful record, with some incredible tones.
10) Love as Laughter - Sea to Shining Sea. One of the sloppiest records I own, in a good way. I heard the track "French Heroin" at a record shop and bought the album. This album sounds savage, and the grunginess of all very deliberate.

BOO YAH
 
Posted by Phillip Hicks on Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 7:57 PM
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Risen Drums

 
this has been very difficult...frick. this is NOT in order. I love every single one of these records. Enjoy :)


1. Copeland - ''In Motion''

2. RX Bandits - "The Resignation"

3. Sleeping At Last - "Keep No Score" and "Ghosts"

4. Saves The Day - "Sound The Alarm" - (sick bass lines, great dirty/gritty melodic rock songs)

5. Chris Thile - "Deciever" (unbelievable, seriously)

6. Twothirtyeight - "You should be living"

7. Nickel Creek - "Why Should the Fire Die?"

8. Citizen Cope - "The Clarence Greenwood Recordings"

9. Paulson - "All At Once"

10. Cake - "Comfort Eagle"
 
Posted by Risen Drums on Thursday, August 30, 2007 - 5:55 AM
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Deevo

 
Deevo's entry:

1. Stevie Wonder anything from 1970-1983. As I've gotten older the more I realize I need to make sure AIRBODY and 'de momma is on their Stevie Diet.

2. Chic "C'est CHIC" ....The Source of my rhythm guitar

3. Public Enemy/ "It Takes a Nation of Million to Hold us Back".....once you listen you see and hear why gansta rap is ridiculous

4. Los Lobotomys "Candyman" ......Steve Lukather is SICK, plus check out the cover of "Red House"

5. BT "Emotional Technology".....The Future....possibly

6. Level 42 "A Physical Presence"......This is a Live Album helped get me through college

7. Al Di Meola "Friday Night in San Francisco"......with Paco de Lucia and John McGlaughlin.....friggin SICK!!!!

8. The Isley Brothers "Go For Your Guns".....the source of my lead playin(well this and most anything Lukather does

9. Django Reinhardt "Django 49".....the future source of my playing

10. Parliament "Live: P-Funk Earth Tour".....Don't even try to call yourself funky unless you gettin' a regular dosage of the funk SON!!!
 
Posted by Deevo on Thursday, August 30, 2007 - 6:45 PM
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Cory J Wong

 
hmm....

1. Steely Dan "Live in NYC (2000)" - gaslight abbie solo's
2. Keith Jarrett "Koln Concert" - solo piano. soulful, improvised
3. Soulive "Next" - organ trio. grooves. great ani difranco cover of joyful girl w/ Dave Matthews singing
4. Pat Metheny "The Way Up" - i love antonio sanchez on the drums. incredible arrangements
5. Ralph Towner "Solstice"- changed the way i play and express myself through music
6. John Scofield "Up All Night"
7. Miles Davis "Milestones"- Cannonball Adderly has more lines than a coke dealer.
8. Jaco Pastorius "self titled"- jaco's phrasing is where its at
9. Jeff Beck "Blow by Blow"- early fusion
10. Willy Wonka Soundtrack- a world of pure imagination
 
Posted by Cory J Wong on Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 6:44 PM
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sae

 
Albums/artists that have literally changed my view of music as a whole and are worth a listen for any musician...in no particular order:

1) JON BRION: Anything of which he is a part. Produced Fiona Apple, Aimee Mann, Eternal Sunshine and Huckabees soundtracks...and many, many other wonders. He's a "plays-everything" sort of guy.

2) JONATHA BROOKE & THE STORY, "Plumb": My first real intro to Abe Laboriel, Jr. Earth-shattering grooves and songwriting.

3) CHRIS THILE, "Deceiver": Changed the entirety of the pop paradigm for me.

4) THOMAS DOLBY, "Aliens Ate My Buick": Who knew an obscure British guy with an unknown band could be so funky?

5) XTC, "Oranges and Lemons": Glorious pop.

6) BRIAN BLADE FELLOWSHIP, "Perceptual": Wonderful jazz w/cool folksy vibe. Song writing and arrangements are fantastic.

7) EELS, "Daisies of the Galaxy": Again, pop taken to a cool "if Beck and the Zombies had a baby who listened to Jon Brion" sort of way.

8) BILL FRISELL, "This Land": Joey Baron on drums. Definitely a Frisell record.

9) NRBQ, "Wild Weekend": Really anything by these guys is worth listening to. Their lives shows are something like if Thelonius Monk grew up in Appalachia.

10) RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, "Poses": Lush, lush pop.

(And SO many already mentioned!)
 
Posted by sae on Wednesday, September 05, 2007 - 5:45 PM
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Bill

 
Ok. First off, everyone knows my love/appreciation of Love-cars, 12Rods, Happy Apple, Bad Plus, Hal,Al, etc. In my opinion (and it seems many others who have already posted) those records are mandatory listening...

Here are a few humble recommendations that I feel were hugely influential to me. It was really hard to trim this to 10.

No particular order:
1. Jeep "Jeep" - His self-titled from 2000. Everything on this record is written & played by Jeep MacNichol. Amazing drummer from The Samples who as it turns out had a bunch of the talent in that band.
2. The Samples "Autopilot" - 1994. The overall best balanced album from this band.
3. The Special Goodness "Land, Air, Sea" - Pat Wilson in frontman mode with Atom Willard on drums.
4. Sunnysmack - toss up between "Soundtrack for Sara" and "The Mezzanine Girls" - Local guys who are largely unknown but make amazing self-produced & recorded albums.
5. Arson Welles "Reconstruction" - Local band. Take your pick of either the EP or two full lengths. All their stuff is great.
6. Big Head Todd & The Monsters "Riviera" - Yeah, that "Bittersweet" band, ugh. The Sister Sweetly record is IMHO their worst album. Unfortunately everyone seems to write them off because of it. Everything since then has gotten better and better. BHTM is one of my most consistent bands that always deliver a great record. Riviera from 2002 is one of my favorites.
7. Bob Mould "Last Dog & Pony Show" - 1998. Yes, Husker Du & Sugar everyone knows but this lesser known solo album is solid from start to finish. (except for track 10)
8. Peter Mayer "Bountiful" - 1997. Great folk from a local guy. Produced by Joel Sayles.
9. Willy Porter "Dog Eared Dream" - One of my favorites from college days. Incredible guitar playing (in a non Satriani way).
10. Kevin Bowe & The Okemah Prophets "Restoration" - No frills. Just great songwriting.

There, are you happy now Steve? Can we hang out again now that I'm in the club?

Did you try the Quaker snack mix yet? Hope you didn't gain a lot of weight from that. Sorry.

BR
 
Posted by Bill on Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 5:39 AM
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Matt Call

 
In no real order:

1. Jame's Addiction - "Strays"
2. Dredg - "Catch Without Arms"
3. Tomahawk - "Mit Gas"
4. Blindside - "Silence"
5. Citizen Cope - "The Clarence Greenwood Recordings"
6. Marc Broussard - "Carencro"
7. Missy Higgins - "The Sound of White"
8. Rage Against The Machine - "The Battle of Los Angeles"
9. Travis - "12 Memories"
10. Incubus - "Light Grenades"
 
Posted by Matt Call on Monday, October 08, 2007 - 3:47 AM
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aaron

 
Here is a tweaked version of what I sent you march 13th 2007.

1. andy stochansky- "five star motel"

2. aqualung- "memory man"

3. pete yorn- "music for the morning after"

4. blue merle "burning in the sun"

5. jellyfish- "spilt milk"

6. jason falkner- "can you still feel"
-crown prince of power pop

7. magnet- "the tourniquet"
- taught me a lot about layers, simplicity, and mix with AMAZing songs

8. robin thicke- "beautiful world" (yes, robin thicke)

9. south- "adventures in the underground journey to the stars"

10. travis- "the invisible band"
-if you don't already know them it's brilliant songwriting, killer production.
 
Posted by aaron on Thursday, October 25, 2007 - 3:30 AM
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Paul Mathis (Occupied)

 
This is in alphabetical order not because ofhow good they are but how it was shown on my itunes.

1) Acceptance: Great song writting and catchy tunes. Solid band!
2) Arrested Development: very melodic form of Hip Hop. Great Lyrics and messages. Groove city!

3) Delirious?: Mezzamorphis album. Phenomenial!
4) Digable Planets: Hip hop with a huge Jazz influence. Song writing is great with smooth and laid back grooves

5) Eric Clapton Unplugged: GA!
6) Fiona Apple: Extroadinary Album - Abe drumming!!!
7) Foo Fighters: Any Album!
8) Incubus: Light Grenades!
9) Jeremy Riddle: God Send Album!
10) Raul Midon: State Of Mind Album, Bringing back R'nB to the way it should be!
 
Posted by Paul Mathis (Occupied) on Monday, December 17, 2007 - 4:57 AM
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BJ

 
I will admit, I've waited far too long to add my list. I've tried to include some of my favorites that have not yet been mentioned, but some have. Contrary to Goold's insecurities, it has nothing to do with my being too good for his blog (however debatable that may be). It's all about keepin' it real children...

The list: (in no particular order)

- Michael Jackson - "Billie Jean" - Come on man, this was the stuff when I was a kid.
- Lettuce - "Live in Tokyo" - Sick sick funk. People call everything jazz these days, but this is not your granddaddy's jazz. WAY better than their studio album.
- Common - "Finding Forever" - Tasty intelligent rap. Tight grooves
- Earth, Wind & Fire - "Head to the Sky" - Any EWF will do. I love "Evil"
- Seal - "1991" - Excellent songwriting and production.
- Blackalicious - "The Craft"- Masterful Hip-hop that gets it. Closed-circuit to today's rap "artists": buy this album, master the English language like Chief Exel and The Gift of Gab, rinse, repeat. Check out "Rhythm Sticks".
- Jamiroquai - "The Return of The Space Cowboy" - The goods from back when organic Toby Smith was on keys, and Stuart Zender did damage on bass. I'm still a fan, but they're not the same.
- Trey Anastasio - Self-titled - I am NOT a Phish fan by any means, but this album is a great example of being a versatile musician even when you can't sing. This is - whatever, just buy it...
- Herbie Hancock - "Head Hunters" - I first heard Chameleon when I was 5 andwas the first tune that brought me to the keys.
- Fred Hammond - "Spirit of David" - One of my favorites of "modern" gospel.

of course I have more... You only wanted 10.

be good.
 
Posted by BJ on Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 3:52 AM
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Jordan

 
Here goes...not in any order.

1. Millie Jackson "Caught Up/Still Caught Up" (both albums on one disc). Muscle Shoals guys.
2. Meshell N'degeocello "Peace Beyond Passion" every song is good, memorable melodies, groovy rhythm section.
3. Macy Gray "On How Life Is"
4. Ledisi " Feeling Orange and Sometimes Blue" Jazz standards gone Neo-Soul
5. Lauryn Hill "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" borderline not right for this list...
6. Gillian Welch "Revival" bluegrass, check out Jim Keltner (i think) on "Tear My Stillhouse Down"
7. Chantal Kreviazuk "Colour Moving and Still" sounds a bit like Tori Amos, but Canadian, Matt Chamberlain on drums
8. Norah Jones "Feels Like Home" thats right, Norah Jones. really slow tunes done really well.
9. Sade "Lovers Rock" clever, super sparse grooves, great melodies, good breakup album
10. Rufus "Rufusized" Chaka Khan!!

good idea Steve! still haven't met you though. soon.
 
Posted by Jordan on Saturday, February 16, 2008 - 4:05 AM
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Bill Mike Band

 
Hi Steve..cool idea

Let's see

1.Tin Machine "Tin Machine Live Oy Vey Baby"- get there live recordings only.Who knew David Bowie was in a punk/noise band?

2.Adrian Belew " Lone Rhino"- The Original analog pedal man.He's gotten cheesy & digital in his older years but his old stuff with the Talking Heads and Bowie was pretty cool.He also shredding with King Crimson & Nine Inch Nails.

3.The Edge " Captive Soundtrack"-U2's guro did some soundtrack work to this film.Cool gueetar!

4.The Lounge Lizards " Voice Of Chunk" every vital New York City downtown jazzer is on this record.John Lourie Leads this band and it grooves so hard I can't take it.

5.Robert Plant " Nine Lives" Robert's first solo record with Phil Collins on drums.Phil actually sounds great on this recording.

6.Rush " Permanent Waves" Ok Ok so they write a good song out of every ten and yes the lyrics can be
a bit too sci-fi but this record has some gems!

7.Stevie Ray Vaughan "Couldn't Stand The Weather" All of my rhythms chops came from this record.Rent the DVD "Live at The El Macambo" and if you're a guitar player this will change your life.

8.Sanford & Son T.V. Theme.The funkiest song I'll ever here that was written by Quincy Jones.Makes me want to go and smoke a cig even though I don't smoke.

9.U2 "Wide & Awake In America" The ep that made me want to play music for the right reasons.The live version of "Sort of Homecoming" is beautiful.

10.The Police " Burn for You"- sorry this is Sting's soundtrack single off "Brimstone & Treacle" but this is there best song ever.One of the greatest pop compositions I'll ever hear.Harmonies,groove,texture,hand crafted genius.
 
Posted by Bill Mike Band on Sunday, March 16, 2008 - 1:15 AM
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Once(b)lind

 
I'll do my best here:

1. The Replacements "Tim" - Maybe not super "unknown", but not "Rattle & Hum" by a long stretch. I still and always look at The Replacements as that band that never got the recognition they deserve - but that is probably a good thing.

2. Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach - "Painted From Memory" - this is a beautiful record. No other way to describe it. Elvis Costello really does have an amazing voice, and he and Burt should record more together.

3. "Grease Soundtrack" - C'mon, am I the only one who wanted to be John Travolta when he was 7 years old???? No? me either..... But if I had to be serious here, around this time I was really in to Queen’s “The Game” – and I still love that record.

4. Jeff Buckley "Grace" - I know someone else already posted this. But it's one of them for me as well. Such a haunting, beautiful voice and sound.

5. Wilco "A.M." - I wanted to be Wilco after hearing this record.

6. Husker Du "Candy Apple Grey" - another beautiful record – just a different kind of beautiful. Lot of sadness here….

7. Del Paxton “Time to Breathe” – OK, OK, it’s not a real record. It’s from the Movie “That Thing You Do”. But who doesn’t love that movie? “Del Paxton in the high school band – Dig it…..”
8. Soul Asylum “And The Horse They Rode In On” – The record before the record that put them on the global (or at least national) map.
This record is pure rock and roll brilliance!
9. Tom Petty “Wildflowers” – Yes, yes, another beautiful record. The ballads are anyway. The rockers – they rock. This is a very natural sounding record – no over the top production.

10. Stone Temple Pilots “Tiny Music…Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop” – cool mix of hard and melodic. Plus Scott Weiland is semi-genius.

Probably not really un-obvious selection. Even the Del Paxton record that doesn’t exist – if it did, I’m sure it would have changed my life forever…..
 
Posted by Once(b)lind on Thursday, June 05, 2008 - 3:46 AM
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Joe Son

 
GEEZ....Im really going to have to step in here....I believe your blog wanted MODERN "important-but-maybe-unknown" My list will help you sir......

1.
Andrew Bird "the mysteries production of eggs"- One of most talented singer-songwriters i know
2.
Minus the Bear "planet of Ice"- If you and Jasper Nephew formed a band this is what you would sound like"
3.
Bloc Party "Silent Alarm"- A rock drummer you will appreciate
4.
Band of Horses "everything all the time" -Listen to the track called Funeral
5.
Stars "Sad Robot EP"- A spacey Canadian creative electric pop group
6. Passion Pit "Chunk of Change"- Stretching pop music....Really fun to listen to
7.
William Fitzsimmons "The Sparrow and the Crow"- If you want your wife to have an affair then let her listen to this guy as he wins the soul of every women and i guess man
8.
The Helio Sequence "Keep your eyes ahead"- Another one of Sub-Pop records delights!
9.
Tegan & Sara "the con"- I listen to this album bc the drummer from death cab plays on it and some tracks are just drum-sexy!
10.
Ten doesn't matter when you have a list of a premium of 9 delicious bands!!!!
 
Posted by Joe Son on Wednesday, January 07, 2009 - 7:04 PM
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BEN PLATTES
Benjamin Plattes

 
Storyhill "Storyhill" Acoustic duo, fantastic harmony and melody interplay.
Sigur Ros "Takk" Has been on this list 1001 times. Deserves it. Check out the trailers to Heima, their new film...
3 "The End is Begun" Interesting prog rock, complete with flamenco guitar and aux percussionist.
Marc Cohn "Marc Cohn" Great vocal-piano music, solid drumming, just great stuff. First CD I ever bought.
Apocalyptica "Inquisition Symphony" You never know how really beautiful Metallica songs are until you hear them played by Finnish cellists.
Alexey V "Serbia" Wierd Russian ambient/electronic.
The Hush Sound "Like Vines" Feel-good pop never felt so good.
DJ Tiesto "In Search of Sunrise" Earlier album from essentially the father of modern trance. You either love it or hate it.
SMV "Thunder" It's all in the name: Stanley Clark, Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten.
The Police "Synchronicity" My hand freaks out whenever I play traditional grip. It thinks I'm going to rock as hard as Stewart Copeland.

 
Posted by BEN PLATTES on Tuesday, November 03, 2009 - 6:05 AM
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