as a musical retort to all tha crap about girls being hot so their music not mattering and othersuch disgraceful slurs on this bored, and because the new Sea and Cake album is ruddy lovely, I was thinking what else challenges the Jeniferever (aka the lushest band i ever did hear) mantle?
I'm in the mood for more lovely sounds.
some of robert wyatts stuff
lushamatic
talk talk?
gas
electronic man on kompakt. just gorgeous and yes, lush
sparklehorse
múm
ooh yes /\
Gas is fecking lovely
american football
broken social scene
i'll second jeniferever though
The Doors
Indian Summer.
dead meadow
explosions in the sky
my bloody valentine
howling bells
i second explosions and
my bloody valentine. talking of explosions, anyone else get tickets for koko? i did, this excites me x
I bloody wish
I don't live in/near London anymore :(
Mum
Some Boards of Canada
Bjork
Junkplanet on a good day.
x
Mum definitely
I saw their Don't Look Back show a couple of years back, it was real purty.
múm for sure
it was amazing
i've also seen them in a tiny venue, they are definitely pretty girls too :)
bjork yes!
how could I forget! I just discovered her these past few months....
mmmm
www.johnrogers.co.uk/twinkdemo.MP3
chris has a knack for making beautiful twinkling melodies while playing around on old keyboards. I'm excited about recording more of it and working it up into songs :)
soft circle
serious.
Black dice.
Anmal collective
GGD
Four Tet
Jane
The books
animal collective
are the first to come to mind, wonderful band.
yup definitely
also saloon maybe, and some buckley.
Labradford
get "Mi Media Naranja"
lambsbread
:)
New Do make album
M83.
speaking of Jeniferever
have they confirmed a venue yet for the London April gig???
....
The Boredoms
Brian Eno
boredoms?
really?
pretty?
:|
lolzo
looks like it'll be the Spitz
more news REALLY soon.
Sigur ros
fuk da h8rs.
Sometimes very, very pretty
But often totally overblown and syrupy.
m83
broken social scene
'lovesless'-era mbv
yhf-era wilco
The Shins
Wilco
Low
Peter Bjorn and John
But the Shins win.
Kings Of Convenience
all day long...
aereogramme
last night pretty and powerful all at once, fantabulous.
I don't think
BSS sound pretty - too jarring and soupy
YOU ARE FULL OF SHIT
Shoreline
tired and wet at Green Man, but band blew me away with some of the "prettiest" music I have heard. Their e.p. is equally good.
Yo. La. Tengo.
and Nick Drake
Nick Drake, innit. Lush.
also,
MV & EE
Iron & Wine
BJORK
Akron/Family
Joanna Newsom
Cocorosie
Grizzly Bear
^ this is why we are musically twinned
like they do with towns from different countries.
we should get badges.
^
and me. that is a GOOD list.
cocteau twins?
yes!
if i'd remembered them, they'd be top.
Cocteau Twins are SO much lusher than Jeniferever it hurts
i already have a brainlove badge
want me to make you a Peevee one? :D
...
Under Byen
seconded
also:
Sigur Ros
Okkervil River
Nick Cave's "Into My Arms"
First Breath After Coma
Camera Obscura.
The lyrics and the vocals and the organ are soooooooooo beautiful.
sufjan stevens
jeniferevr
bjork
beck (sea change)
bonnie prince billy's latest one.
Soft as snow but warm inside
You made me realise
ep
any artists on kranky
such as growing :D
bit noisy too mind
mum
delia gonzalez & gavin russom
efterklang
king of convenience
nathan fake
susanna & the magical orchestra
mi & l'au
iron & wine
day for airstrikes
juana molina
i am robot and proud
wut?
i win:
valley of the giants
'westworld'
to be exact
Durutti Column
esp
LC, Return..., and Amigos em Portugal
.
yndi halda
múm
iron and wine
owen
ooh lots of bands
but I think Iron and Wine gets my vote at the moment. I love that one which goes "I want your flowers like babies want God's love".
all already been mentioned but...
explosions in the sky
sigur ros
nick drake (really beautiful)
yndi halda
camera obscura
also, once we were
bf
You are very touchy about music made by girls, though...to the point where I think you believe everyone who doesn't immediately LOVE music made by 'a girl'- such as Emmy The Great ( who I think is OKAY, just not amazing)- is a misogynist, and I'm not, it's just that I've been spoiled by lots of amazing old school music made by women- Catherine Howe, Judee Sill, Wendy and Bonnie...
Rant over ;)
Check out Wendy and Bonnie- lovely, lush album made in '68 by a seventeen year old and thirteen year old pair of sisters- and self written too- its a total GEM.
More lushness- I'd recommend a load of sunshine pop, I think- Harpers Bizarre- 4, anything by The Association, Free Design, Cowsills- I had a bit of a phase lapping up that sorta stuff in the summer, and its just beautiful. But old. So if you were looking for strictly 'now' sounds, don't bother.
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could anybody please direct me towards the "girls being hot so their music not mattering" thread please? i'd be quite interested to read it. thank you.
Asobi Sesku
are pretty pretty.
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Are a really pretty band, they're also on Relapse, which is a bit surprising.
ah yes
they are quite pretty