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Your top 5 favorite bands/artists...
Posted: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 11:47
Since I'm new around here, I'd love to get a feel for what everyone listens to. So who are your top 5? Mine, in order (I guess):
1. Wilco
2. Tom Waits
3. Whiskeytown
4. Sun Kil Moon/Red House Painters/Mark Kozelek in general
5. Radiohead
I know the glaring omission is the Avetts. They would be a top 10er for sure (maybe even #6). What say you?
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"Ukulele strings play for his legend, pure magic matador." -- Sun Kil Moon
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1. TAB
2. Ryan Adams
3. The Kings of Leon
4. Ben Folds
5. Band of Horses
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"One little song, give me the strength to leave the sad and the wrong, buried safley in the past where I've been living alive but unforgiving. let me go, let me go, let me go"
1. The Avett Brothers
2. Wilco
3. Tom Waits
4. Regina Spektor
5. Ryan Adams
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"I am a breathing time machine, I'll take you for a ride..."
thats a tough question, but here it is
1. Bob Dylan
2. The Avett Brothers
3. The Beatles
4. Led Zeppelin
5. Tom Petty
1. The Avett Brothers
2. Fleet Foxes (oh the harmonizing!)
3. Taking Back Sunday (still can't get over their lyrics)
4. Band of Horses
5. Snow Patrol (the older stuff is my favorite, but I listen to it all)
If the list were extended Bright Eyes would be in there, along with Eddie Vedder/Pearl Jam and some Poco.
Not sure the order on those three however.
1. Wilco
2. The Avett Brothers
3. Uncle Tupelo
4. The Jayhawks
5. Jackson Browne
Screw it, I'm doing 10...
6. Ryan Adams / Whiskeytown
7. Ray LaMontagne
8. John Prine
9. Son Volt (Would be higher but haven't liked the newer stuff. "Trace" is in my top 3 albums of all time.)
10. Zac Brown Band
Nice to see some other Wilco fans. I knew there was a reason I liked you guys so much.
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ray lamontagne makes me cry, he beautiful.
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"I am a breathing time machine, I'll take you for a ride..."
Reiggin - You're a rebel! Those aren't the rules! Haha... I'm just messing, but here are my top 5:
1. Pearl Jam
2. Joy Division
3. The Who
4. Iron Maiden
5. Bright Eyes
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We are the true believers.
1. TAB
2. Ryan Adams/Whiskeytown
3. Fleet Foxes
4. Bob Dylan
5. Wilco
after the first two it got really tough
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"a woman's heart runs on gasoline"
I can't do them in order, because the order seems to change every few years.
1. Radiohead
2. Matthew Good
3. The Avett Brothers
4. Tom Waits
5. Bob Dylan
I'll settle for top 6.
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"The words you wish your head didn't say are the ones their heart will hold onto the longest." -- Bill Mallonee
These are my top five...today...in no particular order...
1. TAB
2. Wilco
3. Ryan Adams/Whiskeytown
4. Neko Case
5. The Decemberists
gah, this is tough
1. The Avett Brothers
2. Neko Case
3. The Mountain Goats
4. Bowerbirds
The rest is a toss-up between M. Ward, HGTR, Langhorne, Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, and many others, I'm sure. The only one that is completely set in stone is #1!
Also, I can't forget bands that I've seen countless times--lots of my talented friends.
(shameless plug for said talented friends!)
free downloads at:
www.thetundratoes.com (loud and exciting, one of their instruments was a bucket full of porcelain and something to smash it. saw them nearly every weekend for three months and don't regret a thing! my favorite is the song titled "country song.")
www.kitesinspace.com (just really good in general, I promise!)
Also no free download here, but The Red Lions have opened for TAB and are a talented group of fellas. I promise!
They released a lovely album a few months ago. Lots of songs are up here:
myspace.com/theredlions
And that's the end of my shameless plug. More to come, I'm sure!
Today, they are
1. TAB
2. Ryan Adams/Whiskeytown
3. Bon Iver
4. the everybodyfields (R.I.P.)
5. Bright Eyes
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Nothing's good because nothing lasts. And all that comes, it comes here to pass.
I would voice my pain, but the change wouldn't last.
All that comes, it comes here to pass.
Mine are:
1. TAB
2. Yonder Mountain String Band
3. Umphrey's Mcgee
4. The String Cheese Incident
5. Widespread panic
So many others that I did not (could not) list, but these are the current top 5.
today, as it is everchanging.
1. the avett brothers
2. mofro (now known as jj grey and mofro)
3. wilco
4. RHCP
5. william elliot whitmore (local, but soon to be huge)
this is just currently. ill never forget the classics of course.
Good topic. This has been my top five for a good while now. TAB are the undisputed champ.
1 - The Avett Brothers
2 - Cross Canadian Ragweed
3 - Ryan Adams / Whiskeytown
4 - Drive By Truckers
5 - Band of Heathens
On that note, if anyone is going to the Mulberry Fest to see TAB, you should try to catch the Band of Heathens set. It is tonight, but you will not be disappointed.
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"5. william elliot whitmore (local, but soon to be huge)"
I bought his "Hymns for the Hopeless" about 4 years ago and still love it. "Cold and Dead" is just beautifully haunting. He would fit well here in Appalachia. Now I have "Animals in the Dark", "Ashes to Dust", and "Hymns for the Hopeless." I'm hoping he comes to NC sometime.
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"The words you wish your head didn't say are the ones their heart will hold onto the longest." -- Bill Mallonee
Do we have to only pick 5?
1. The Avett Brothers
2. Death Cab for Cutie/Postal Service
3. Tiger Lou
4. The Decemerists
5. Last Days of April
6. Bloc Party
7. Boy Least Likely To
8. Clor
9. Franz Ferdinand
10. Metric
11. She Wants Revenge
12. Shiny Toy Guns
....to just name a few. >.>;;
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Dawn
Avett Brothers
Damien Rice
Reckless Kelly
Social Distortion
Against Me!
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"And I don't know if my soul is safe , Sometimes I use curse words when I pray"
It's interesting what an array of tastes TAB fans. There are certainly acts that are showing up a lot, but there seem to be some pretty distinct tastes that seem to overlap at the Avetts.
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"Ukulele strings play for his legend, pure magic matador." -- Sun Kil Moon
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@ lockwesmonster.....
you definitely need to pick up "song of the blackbird".
also, another favorite i have of his is a duets album with jenny hoyston (of other fame, never listened to her otherwise though).
the album is titled "hallways of always".
@ weightoflies - william elliot whitmore (local, but soon to be huge)
He's playing here in November w/ Hoots & Hellmouth, who have also been recommended by some fellow boarders. Will have to check out that show!
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Will you forget when we have paid our debts,
who did we borrow from, who did borrow from?
you will not be dissapointed!
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Ugh!!
I need to think about this a little more.
This is hard!
In alphabetical order:
1) The Allman Brothers Band (especially the Duane Allman era)
2) The Avett Brothers
3) John Coltrane
4) Miles Davis
5) Mark Heard
The list could be different tomorrow but this would be the desert island list.
reiggin-
ZBB! Yess!!!! I love him, have you ever had the chance to see them live?
..working on my top 5.
1. TAB
2. Whiskeytown/Ryan Adams
3. Jimmy Eat World
4. Death Cab for Cutie
5.Ray LaMontagne
6. OCMS
7. Gillian Welch/David Rawlings
8. The everybodyfields/ Sam Quinn & Japan Ten
9. Family Force 5 (they're my wife's cousins)
10. The Killers
ocms perform the second best show ive been to...TAB are my first placers
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"Hell has no fury like a woman; happy, scorned, or otherwise"
that is tough...
1. The Avett Brothers
2. Bob Dylan
3. Whiskeytown/Ryan Adams
4. The Frames
5. The Band
Like others I could probably keep extending this list even past 10 and some of the lower ones rotate on a day to day basis.
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"Do the best you can and that won't go unseen"
I saw The Swell Season backed by a few members of The Frames last summer. It was one of the best shows I've been to. Glen Hansard really knows how to interact with the audience.
korsasil --
Several years back, a friend of mine from Atlanta sent me two bootleg live recordings in the mail and said, "You just have to check this guy out -- like Jimmy Buffett of the mainlands." I was hooked! I never in my life thought he'd end up so mainstream but I'm really happy for him. He's good people! I missed a chance to catch him live at the Double Door last year in Charlotte before he broke big and I keep kicking myself for it!!! I'm going to try to see him Sept. 26 in Charlotte... can't wait!
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In no particular order: (sorry, can't pick just five...)
Ryan Adams (I only have his Heartbreaker album, but he'd make the list if only for "Oh My Sweet Carolina")
1) Avett Brothers
2) Beatles
3) Bob Dylan
4) Bruce Springsteen
5) Fooled by April
6) Fountains of Wayne
7) Robbie Fulks
Haha, the 8 turns into a smiley face. Oh well.
9) The Go-Betweens
10) Bach (Random? Yes. But his organ music really is genius.)
1.Grateful Dead
2.Phish
3.Sound Tribe Sector 9
4. Telefon Tel Aviv
5.the Disco biscuits
This list exemplifies how I'm feeling today. Next week I'm sure it will be completely different.
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This is our decision to live fast and die young, We've got the vision. Now let's have some fun!-MGMT
1. Avett Brothers
2. Holy Ghost Tent Revival
3. The Flaming Lips
4. Uncle Tupelo
5. Wilco
These are just current based on what I've been listening to. Of all time is way too hard to define until I'm much, much older.
All time ??? jeez i guess...
The Beatles
TAB ...and climbing ..haha
The Who
Yes
Rush
( also love some of the scorpions old stuff ( virgin killer..yellow raven is beautiful)
* special mention for cover band The Nerds
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reiggin-
Yeah, my cousin who lived outside of atl sat me down and played a Zac Brown Album for me back in 06 and I fell in love! He used to go see hZac Brown Band play at this little bar next to the place he worked (if I remember correctly it was a strip mall). I have been lucky enough to see him perform in Chattanooga twice...Haven't made it down to the Atlanta area yet. I knew they were going to get popular because they are SO talented. I have to admit, I was really surprised when they were on the Billboard charts (and apparently all over CMT, but I don't have cable or really watch tv, soo...). Apparently all these bands I like that no one has ever heard of keep blowing up huge!!
At the first show I saw, Zac was standing on the balcony like 3 feet away from me watching the opening band and I was too shy to say anything. But I am looking forward to the next time I get to see them..
Oh and have you ever heard of Corey Smith? He is also from Georgia and a lot of ZBB fans are fans of Corey's music as well (myself included..finally about to post my list of 5)
This is hard...because since I've gotten more and more into The Avett Brothers, I listen less and less to anything else..
1. Avett Brothers
I can't really don't think I can put these in order so I'm just gonna throw out some bands I love
-Zac Brown Band
-Corey Smith
-Old Crow Medicine Show (missed them when they played in my town several months back..got off work just in time to get stuck in traffic as everyone exited the Tivoli)
-Yonder Mtn String Band (the only cd I have is a burned copy of a live show that I accidentally forgot to return to an ex)
-Creedence Clearwater Revival
-Allman Brothers
-Tom Petty
-Stevie Wonder
-Ben Harper
the Southern Girl in me: Hank Williams, (Sr, Jr, III), Drive By Truckers, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Little Big Town
the Hippie Girl in me: Toubab Krewe, Slightly Stoopid, Bela fleck
ack. way more than 5. Sorry! I like too many different things, depending what mood I'm in. I might bust out Dolly Parton, or Prince at random times as well.
Taylor Swift
Lil Wayne
Jonas Brothers
Miley Cyrus
Cold Play
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Go Vols!
1. Dave Matthews Band
2. The Avett Brothers
3. Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds (completely different, but just as amazing as full band Dave)
4. Bon Iver
5. Joshua Radin
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-always remember there was nothing worth sharing like the love that let us share our name-
1. Avett
2. Led Zeppelin
3. Alison Krauss
4. Bon Iver
5. Elvis Presley
almost everyone has wilco, i guess i will be looking into that, never heard of them
id start with yankee hotel foxtrot, but thats just my opinion.
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"Hell has no fury like a woman; happy, scorned, or otherwise"
I *love* that this site is chock full of Wilco fans as well. They were my first musical love and still one of my strongest (if it weren't for TAB, I'd probably only listen to Wilco and Uncle Tupelo on my iPod). Jeff Tweedy is just a musical genius.
Top Five Wilco:
1. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2. Being There
3. Summerteeth
4. Sky Blue Sky
5. A Ghost is Born
Their first album, A.M., kinda picks up where Uncle Tupelo left off but is a great album in it's own right. After that, though, the band really moved in an original direction and they are absolutely one of the finest musical outfits. The new album, Wilco (the album), is growing on me fast but I haven't listened to it enough just yet to be able to rank it.
Also, the stuff they did with Billy Bragg, Mermaid Avenue, Vol. I & II, stands up very well and has some great songs on them. They're all Woody Guthrie lyrics that he never recorded or performed and, since Guthrie couldn't write music, they never had tunes to them.
For those on here that are Fleet Foxes fans as well as Wilco fans, I have an MP3 of the two bands performing "I Shall Be Released" together. It was a free download from Wilco's site a while back. Be glad to share if anyone's interested.
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reiggin - think you can PM me that download info? That would be sweeeeet.
Also, I haven't listened to Wilco(The Album) but once or twice and I like it, but I've been so Avett occupied I'd forgotten I had it.
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"Hell has no fury like a woman; happy, scorned, or otherwise"
Sent you a PM, emma!
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Wilco is awesome. I saw Jeff Tweedy at the NC Museum of Art in Raleigh just a few months before the Avett Brothers sold it out! At that time I did not know about them, unfortunately, but Jeff Tweedy put on an awesome show. My girlfriend and I got into town really early, and her being an art history major, I was suckered in to extensively touring the museum before the Tweedy show. As we walked out I said "I hear Wilco..." , and then as we traversed our way to the stage, we found ourselves lucky enough to witness Jeff doing a soundcheck for about a dozen other people at 3 or 4 in the afternoon. He improved a lot and played a few Uncle Tupelo tunes that got busted out later that night. Once in a lifetime experience.
As of recently my top five would have to be (excluding TAB as an obvious # 1):
1: Frontier Ruckus
2: Good Old War
3: fun.
4: The Dodos
5: Beirut
Other long standing top artist would be Paul Simon, Horse Feathers, Regina Spektor, Ray LaMontagne, Fleet Foxes, and A.A. Bondy.
My last.fm can do a much better job listing than I can:
http://www.last.fm/user/ThePeoplesIdiot
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"Trip on my words; and land on my heart"
@ the peoples idiot.....a.a. bondy is excellent.
@reiggin....i would love to have some more info on that DL.
@ThePeoplesIdiot
+1 of The Dodos. Good stuff.
http://www.myspace.com/thedodos
They will be in Asheville Oct. 8 @ The Grey Eagle.
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"The words you wish your head didn't say are the ones their heart will hold onto the longest." -- Bill Mallonee
1. The Avett Brothers
2. Langhorne Slim
3. Ben Folds
4. Iron and Wine
5. Arcade Fire
6. Bon Iver
7. Fleet Foxes
8. Everybodyfields
9. The Stills
10. The Shins