Ok, friends. I need your help again.
It is almost that time of year where I will be spending many many hours in my comfy chair knitting hats, bags, scarves, and mittens for Christmas gifts, and I am going to need a LOT of music to get me through it. So I need recommendations. Here are some of my favorites, so you can get an idea of what I’m into:
Defiance, Ohio
The Books
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
Broken Social Scene
The Mountain Goats
Paul Simon
Belle and Sebastian
Wilco
The Replacements
Neutral Milk Hotel
The Boy Least Likely To
The Flaming Lips
Radiohead
The New Pornographers
The Unicorns
Talking Heads
Sufjan Stephens
I’m going to stop there…I like lots of indie crap, you get the idea. But I was raised on Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan and Led Zeppelin and Muddy Waters and so on. My dad likes klezmer and Frank Zappa. I like anything with good piano in it (Ben Folds went to my university! And dropped out! My hero!). I went through a grunge phase and a ska phase and a punk phase during my years in school, so I’m not a complete indie nerd, truly. Oh…I also really like bluegrass. RECOMMEND STUFF TO ME! I WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER AND NAME ALL OF MY CHILDREN AFTER YOU!
