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Theres the "big four"

elliott smith
jeff buckley
bright eyes (that counts, right?)
ryan adams

Elliott smith especially.

then theres tom waits, who's amazing. Rufus wainwright has some good stuff too.

yes_ | 15 Jul '07, 19:37 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Oh yeah

plus, daniel johnston, who is a hero

yes_ | 15 Jul '07, 19:38 | Send note | Report this | Reply

male or female ?

lyle | 15 Jul '07, 19:37 | Send note | Report this | Reply

elliott smith

bright eyes
sufjan stevens
jeremy warmsley
final fantasy
fionn regan
gossamer albatross
jens lekman
the magnetic fields
laura veirs
cat power
regina spektor

loads more.

lgordon | 15 Jul '07, 19:38 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Paul Hawkins is brilliant

(or at least he claims to be - he's probably lying though)
www.myspace.com/tradinginsults

theguywithnousername | 15 Jul '07, 19:39 | Send note | Report this | Reply

PJ Harvey

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Alex-in-Ciderland | 15 Jul '07, 19:43 | Send note | Report this | Reply

He is lying

Absolutely appaling.

Martbowski | 15 Jul '07, 20:06 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Have you ever listened to any of her albums?

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Alex-in-Ciderland | 15 Jul '07, 20:34 | Send note | Report this | Reply

I was talking about Paul Hawkins

I love PJ, 'Stories From The City..', is one of my fav albums ever.

Martbowski | 15 Jul '07, 20:44 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Oh!

Silly me.

:)

Alex-in-Ciderland | 15 Jul '07, 21:37 | Send note | Report this | Reply

*

appealing.

theguywithnousername | 15 Jul '07, 21:53 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Elliott Smith

Andrew Bird
Daniel Johnston
David Thomas Broughton

That's all you need. In order of decreasing importance.

Zapsta | 15 Jul '07, 19:52 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Male

Randy Newman
Tom Waits
The Mountain Goats (/John Darnielle)
Scott Walker

Female

Laura Nyro
Liz Phair
Mary Margaret O'Hara
Judee Sill

Filip | 15 Jul '07, 19:56 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Everyone keeps going on about the mountain goats,

where do i start with them exactly?

lgordon | 15 Jul '07, 19:58 | Send note | Report this | Reply

anywhere really

I just made the best mountain goats compilation ever taking two tracks from every album and there's no week points.

He started off doing really lo-fi stuff just recorded on a tape recorder, the new stuff has more instruments but not as many instantly brilliant lyrics (deeper rather than brilliant one liners).

All Hail West Texas is my favourite but if you can track down protein source of the future now! bitter melon farm or Ghana they're great compilations of his early material.

Most people hear Tallahassee first and it's got 2 of his best songs on there but I think the rest of it is a bit too hard to get at.

So I say All Hail West Texas, one of the compilations or maybe The Sunset Tree for a newer one if you want a cleaner sound.

Filip | 15 Jul '07, 20:03 | Send note | Report this | Reply

4?

Ryan Adams
Micah P Hinson
Sufjan Stevens
Iron and Wine (yes that does count you pedants)

JimmyHuntspill | 15 Jul '07, 20:05 | Send note | Report this | Reply

I really liked Micah at ATP

is there an obvious choice for an album to get?

Filip | 15 Jul '07, 20:07 | Send note | Report this | Reply

and the gospell of progress

although I confess to not knowing hbis latest too well at the mo

JimmyHuntspill | 15 Jul '07, 20:24 | Send note | Report this | Reply

ace, thats what i was after.

I'll go and track some of that down now.
thanks!

lgordon | 15 Jul '07, 20:05 | Send note | Report this | Reply

shocked

Tallahassee is a wonderful wonderful album.

The Mountain Goats are possibly my favorite band in the world.

fullerov | 16 Jul '07, 15:13 | Send note | Report this | Reply

I love her first two albums. She can talk disgusting low life sex in a way most woman (apart from PJ perhaps) just sound lame. Maybe the S-K chicks too, even if they're more lesbo. But yeah, LP used to rule the roost!

oceanRain | 15 Jul '07, 21:37 | Send note | Report this | Reply

ryan adams

Ryan Adams
Ryan Adams
Elliot Smith
Ryan Adams
Josh Ritter
Bright Eyes
Ryan Adams
...should do ya nicely. Enjoy.

cyan_scarab | 15 Jul '07, 20:06 | Send note | Report this | Reply

There are many great choices

It depends on what you are most likely to enjoy. Male or female tend to be completely different and the sound is often influenced by a particular genre.
Richard Hawley is very easy on the ear in a pop fashion
Dan Sartain is rock on the verge of punk
Howie Beck has a country sound but does sing country songs
Tom Brousseau sings wonderfully desolate songs witha voice you may learn to love.

Plu all those previously mentioned.

the_sad_oak_hunt | 15 Jul '07, 20:11 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Howie Beck

has a country sound but does NOT sing country songs.

the_sad_oak_hunt | 15 Jul '07, 20:12 | Send note | Report this | Reply

bf

Gene Clark

grockle | 15 Jul '07, 20:43 | Send note | Report this | Reply

bf

ps...Ryan Adams?!!!! good god!

grockle | 15 Jul '07, 20:47 | Send note | Report this | Reply

jonah matranga

jeremy warmsley
jeffrey lewis
frank turner
elliott smith
iron & wine
regina spektor
ryan adams
jeff buckley
jenny owen youngs
the city on film
owen

soapy | 15 Jul '07, 20:48 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Jordan_229_2 | 15 Jul '07, 21:26 | Send note | Report this | Reply

My Brightest Diamond

if you count Shara Worden without her band... shes amazing!

nobody's mentioned Martha Wainwright?

HolmenatorNo2 | 15 Jul '07, 21:32 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Howling Willy Cunt

...was one of the unsung c(o)untry greats.

For some inexplicable reason he never really troubled the upper reaches of the hit parade and radio airplay was not forthcoming.

Luckily his lost recordings were recently rediscovered...........

http://www.rhapsody.com/howlingwilliecunt

Alex-in-Ciderland | 15 Jul '07, 21:41 | Send note | Report this | Reply

I'm very picky, but I think these two are perfect.

Sibylle Baier and Graham Smith

mhann24 | 16 Jul '07, 09:43 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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guntrip | 16 Jul '07, 09:51 | Send note | Report this | Reply

i really

don't get the fuss about ryan adams. he always seems kind of 'Adult Orientated Rock' to me. i don't dislike him or think he's bad, i just don't get why people seem to rave about him.

restlessboy | 16 Jul '07, 09:55 | Send note | Report this | Reply

'cos they like adult orientated rock?

theguywithnousername | 16 Jul '07, 10:02 | Send note | Report this | Reply

you

might be onto something...

restlessboy | 16 Jul '07, 11:36 | Send note | Report this | Reply

because i'm emo.

guntrip | 16 Jul '07, 10:48 | Send note | Report this | Reply

bf

^this...he is piss poor, all false emotion and irony

grockle | 16 Jul '07, 11:07 | Send note | Report this | Reply

IMO

you're talking bullshit.

fullerov | 17 Jul '07, 00:12 | Send note | Report this | Reply

bf

hehe...fair enough. He's not great though. The only thing he's got over 'the greats' is that he's about now...I think people pay way too much attention to stuff about now just cos the people making it aren't dead!

grockle | 17 Jul '07, 00:15 | Send note | Report this | Reply

How much have you heard?

I'm a big fan and obviously biased in favor of him, but I can see your point in some respects.

He is very very prolific and can pretty much write a song on request. This can be seen as you said 'false emotion and irony'

If you haven't heard it try listening to Dear Chicago or Dance All Night.

We might not agree anyway, cos I love Gram and you....well don't.

x

fullerov | 17 Jul '07, 00:18 | Send note | Report this | Reply

anyone who isn't affected in some way by 'dear chicago'

actually has no soul.

no, really.

cyan_scarab | 17 Jul '07, 23:34 | Send note | Report this | Reply

bf

I haven't heard that, or much by him in fairness, but what I have heard left me cold.

I don't believe him.

grockle | 17 Jul '07, 23:36 | Send note | Report this | Reply

interesting

AOR? I could understand people calling Ryan many things, but not AOR...unless all you've heard is Gold, which would be more understandable (though don't get me wrong, I think it's a great album, but no Heartbreaker or Cold Roses). Hmmm. Takes all sorts eh.

cyan_scarab | 17 Jul '07, 00:11 | Send note | Report this | Reply

bf

well, how do you think he compares with some of the seventies alt country pioneers then. I'm thinking specifically of Gene Clark...its really difficult for me to listen to other alt country stuff because I'm a big fan of his stuff, and its basically a hundred times better than every other alt country singer songwriter I've ever heard.

grockle | 17 Jul '07, 23:49 | Send note | Report this | Reply