I'll start off with something obvious (for me), Rilo Kiley. Many more to come, obviously:

Jenny Lewis grew up after her career as a child actor, stumbled through a series of unsuccessful relationships, then wrote a bunch of great indie pop songs about them over the last five years, what a sweetheart.

The Good that Won't Come Out
Three Hopeful Thoughts
Go Ahead
Capturing Moods
Portions for Foxes

p.s. if you think a band someone posts mp3s of in here is unappreciated by the somb for a reason, try to keep it to yourself plz. if this turns into a cesspool of guilty pleasures or a collection of mediocre r and b/indie rock/house mp3s, then so be it.

good thread

agreed

Ghostface (Killah)
Kilos (f/ Raekwon)
Biscuits (f/ Trife)
Cherchez LaGhost
One
Run (f/ Jadakiss)[/center]

I can't YSI cuz I'm at work, but 5 more Ghostface tracks:

Winter Warz
Thrilla
The Sun
Holla
Daytona 500

Stellar song.

dj, daytona 500 was going to be up there, but I decided to make room for a new song (Kilo) instead. definitely one of my favorites.

Great idea, pinkerton. I'll post something tonight.

CFTPA's "Baby It's You" totally lives up to the bandname. One of my favorite miserable love songs.

The Wedding Present


Shatner


Anyone Can Make A Mistake


Kennedy


Brassneck


I'm From Further North Than You

Nice pick. Might go check them out live in a few weeks (in Atlanta). LOVE "Bizarro".

nice, mitch.



yeah doc, i can't even bring myself to listen to 'baby it's you' anymore, dredges up some awful memories. ever heard the dfa remix? i know cftpa and dfa sounds like an awful combination, but it might be even better than the original.

these centered posts are blowing my mind

This thread is better than I thought it would be.

Lady Liberty=one of the better scorned lover kiss-off songs in recent memory. These guys will only get bigger and better over the next few years.

yanc, these are just some of my favorites that i don't talk about much/don't think show up enough on the board. some are a little obvious, but i assure you, weezer or pavement or someone equally ridiculous won't be showing up (in any of my posts, at least).

I've been trumpeting Holland's The Gathering for a while now (mostly on the metal thread), but this is a band who not only is tragically overlooked, but one who actually has a very broad appeal. They started as a so-so doom band, and with singer Anneke van Giersbergen they started to transform the melodic goth side (which has since been imitated by Evanescence, Nightwish, Lacuna Coil, etc.), but interestingly, their albums from 1998 to the present refused to stick to the formula set by classic albums as Mandylion and Nighttime Birds, instead drawing from decidedly non-metal bands, such as Slowdive, Dead Can Dance, Portishead, and Radiohead. The music is languid, takes its own time, is graceful yet unafraid to turn the guitars up every once in a while, and features who I think is one of the best singers out there in van Giersbergen.

The zip file I posted focuses on their 1998-present period. "When the Sun Hits" is a faithful, yet gorgeous cover of the classic Slowdive song. Three songs are from the highly underrated 1998 double album How to Measure a Planet?: "Rescue Me" is a personal fave, featuring stunning vocals, and a roaring second half highlighted by theremin (which sounds incredible live), "The Big Sleep" employs more of a trip hop feel, while "Liberty Bell" is more of a straight-ahead rock tune, again dominated by van Giersbergen's layered vocals. "Like Fountains", from 2004's Sleepy Buildings live album, is in my opinion incredible, van Giersbergen shattering the original version (recorded before she joined the band), stripped down to just her, a piano, and waves of feedback. It's a show-stopper.

The band has never had a hit single, yet boasts a strong following worldwide, and while they never top the charts, they consistently garner rave reviews (just look at their AMG page), have sold half a million albums globally, sell out consistently on three continents, own their own record label, and have complete artistic control over their product. Their live shows are warm and inclusive, which is rare for a progressive-minded band, van Giersbergen is one of the most magnetic lead singers I've ever seen, and the music is much, much more than people might assume just because they receive coverage from metal mags and no one else.

So go on, try it out...you might be pleasantly surprised.

Lambchop.

I'd love to post more, but YSI is crapping out on me. I'll try again later.

second half is better.

Wow that sucked. It's like a teenage angst group, but without any killer hooks to back it up. I heard these guys were actually turned down by the producers of Dawson's Creek.

You just described every one of your posts.

oh hear we go.

Music made for pussies. The band looks like a bunch of pussies too. Come on man. This is just any kid in his garage with a guitar and Pro Tools -lite.

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I heard this chick was turned down by the Ally Mcbeal producers. They hired Vonda Shepard instead. Come on man.

This all goes right back to my "a few thoughts about recent threads post". This shit proves my point perfectly.

And people make fun of the Eagles? At least they had some fucking talent for christ's sake!




Gareth Keenan Investigates a temper tantrum....






Now this guy has some talent. He has some excellent lyrical and musical flourishes. To bad his voice sounds like an even more gay version of Michael Stipe.

The idea of this thread is that people are putting up MP3's of bands that don't get mentioned too often on here in the hope that someone will discover a band they've never listened to before.

When you trample in here shitting all over the thread it makes people less likely to post stuff. If you downloaded it and liked it say so, if you didn't why bother?

Do you cross the road to tell someone how ugly they are?



This quote really sums up what an ignorant stick in the mud you really are.

Hey, at least I'm offering some sort of dicsussion. This *discussion forum* is quickly turning into nothing but a YSI dump. If people post music, I'm going to discuss it, wether it's brutally honest in a negative way, or in a positive fashion.

How about you discussing in a manner of someone older than 12 rather than calling it gay?

Good call on Olivia Tremor Control and Danel Johnston, Pinkerton, though OTC hardly seem to want for appreciation around these climes.

For all the non-Arcade Fire freaks out there:

god damn, i love owen pallett. i've been trying to get everyone to get this album but no one listens to me. wonder why. definitely a great choice for this thread.

They had cities built there
Buried deep underground
People had their hearts plugged in
To a giant machine that can circulate blood
Please, please, please
That's all they can say is
Please, please, please

Help us escape
From the blood machine



Chad VanGaalen
(Canadian bedroom pop, debut picked up and re-released by Sub Pop recently)

Clinicly Dead
Somewhere I Know There is Nothing
Blood Machine
1000 Pound Eyelids
Sunshine Snare Hits

gosh darn, this thread is so pretty. Webboard poetry. Wish I had room for all the YSIs, though.

Montana's making more friends!

Let's try again...

Love that song.

2nd that emotion

ss, great call on lambchop, all i had heard previous to this was up with people and steve mcqueen. loving these other tracks.

Montana, I'm just trying to throw up a bunch of mp3s that people *haven't* heard before. Feel free to ysi 5 early Eagles demos or something.

Yikes, there's no way I can keep up at this pace.

i probably won't be doing any more for a few days unless this thing catches on
definitely picked the wrong day to start this

Yeah, it might need a bump after the weekend. Could be slow going.

scratch what i said about not posting anymore. i'm going back on not posting weezer as well.