Engineers - self-titled album, released in 2005, on Echo records - Brit. group. You can find it on iTunes (just type in "Engineers") - they were supposed to have a second album come out but it apparently got shelved.

there is absolutely nothing original about the Redwalls, but i guess that's part of their charm. they're basically a tribute to 60's & 70's classic pop/rock. Beatles, Stones, Kinks, you've already heard everything here. but I like it anyway. Chicago band....
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Thomas Dybdahl - Science (2006)




On Science, Norwegian singer/songwriter Thomas Dybdahl sings "all I need is a quiet corner and a conversation," and presents a collection of ghostly and intimate songs suitable to exactly that setting. Dybdahl sounds like he might blow away in a stiff breeze, and the music is delicate almost to a fault--a wisp of piano here, a muttering of acoustic guitar there, melodies half-whispered as if they were afraid to step too much into the light. And though Nick Drake or (more recently) Leslie Feist can turn this approach into a gossamer dream of a song, here the tunes early on Science teeter on the edge of formlessness. Just when you're about to nod off with your headphones on, along comes "U," structured and delivered like a slow-jam Prince B-side (even the title seems like a salute to the Purple One's signature English abridgements), and suddenly Science moves from soporific to sensuous. Let's keep our fingers crossed for future albums that tap more of Thomas Dybdahl's structured side, letting his obvious depth of soul show itself to the world. --Ben Heege



- I highly recommend this guy, and if you dig that album.. grab his debut ..That Great October Sound

he just kindof came out of nowhere with some fucking great music
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Cinnie said:

regcart said:

Cinnie said:

Cinnie said:

I LOVE YOU CINNE!

William Fitzsimmons - Goodnight


beautiful blend of Folk acoustic guitars and minimal electronics (very subtle)




very much like Iron and Wine

The Housemartins: London 0 Hull 4



http://en.wikipedia.org/w...n_0_Hull_4

The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy: Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury



http://en.wikipedia.org/w...Hiphoprisy
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Sdldawn said:

Nice indeed! On first listen I like "it's not true" and "leave me by myself". Thanks.

The album has a Sufjan Stevens vibe to it too.
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possibly my favorite instrumental album i own

The Flashbulb - Soundtrack to a vacant life


As of February 1st, 2008, the album has also been released in MP3 and FLAC formats on several private trackers for free!!

I can't even explain the detail of this album.. just download it..

Kissing the Pink --"Naked" (one of the best New Wave/synthpop albums of the '80s, and almost no one's heard of them)

Too Much Joy -- "Son of Sam I Am" (standouts: "Clowns", "If I Were a Mekon")

Mars23 said:

Hell ya. I became a Franti fan from this cd.

This is another 1 that gets alot of spins.

Stay Human (2001)~ Love the concept of a radio show


Amazon.com
There aren't many hip-hop artists out there today who give a damn about putting positive messages in their music, but Michael Franti is one of them. Ever since his days with seminal group Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, Franti has infused his sounds with insightful and thought-provoking lyricism, and this latest Spearhead joint is no exception. Stay Human tackles, among other things, the subject of capital punishment. Through a make-believe community radio station, Franti tells the tale of Sister Fatima, a healer and activist who is being put to death for a crime that her community believes she didn't commit. The "live" broadcasts act as elaborate skits between Franti's insouciant, soul-rap hybrids and help to expose the arrogant nature of America's judicial system and the brutal finality of the death sentence. Musically, Franti has created a richer, more string-laden backdrop for his tracks, creating some of his best idiosyncratic, feel-good vibes to date. But while the funkadelic edge of "Rock the Nation" and laid-back ballad style of "Do Ya Love" are worthy in their own right, Franti's real genius lies in his ability to weave opinions into compelling narratives so that we don't feel we're being battered over the head with someone else's ideas. Emotive, soulful, and opinionated, Spearhead are almost single-handedly keeping alive a tradition epitomized by Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, and Bill Withers. Don't sleep. --Paul Sullivan

hear snippits here
http://www.amazon.com/Sta...391&sr=1-3
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THE CHEATERS - The Cheaters

Genre - Rock

Standouts - All of the Drugs, Can't Read Your Mind

Examples -

ALL OF THE DRUGS


www.thecheaters.net
www.myspace.com/thecheaters
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THE BROOKLYN FUNK ESSENTIALS-THE MOST CRIMINALLY IGNORED ALBUM....EVER!!!!!

http://www.amazon.com/Coo...073&sr=8-4

'make em like it" is fucking brilliant-6 years ive tried to champion this band on this site.....

good dance album.

good classical album in general