[rincewind]

Artists I've discovered and gone on to buy/obtain as much of their work as possible, in order of effect on me/how long they were on non-stop repeat, and brackets containing the album I heard first:
- Imogen Heap (Speak For Yourself)
- The Matches (Decomposer)
- Ozric Tentacles (There is Nothing)
- Jade Warrior (Last Autumn's Dream)
- Joe Hisaishi (Princess Mononoke OST)
- Joanna Newsom (Ys)

BTW, you lot make life hard for me - now I have to chase down everyone else's recommendations

 

[CLum]

The National - Boxer
Really sublime

The Bird and the Bee - The Bird and the Bee
Catchy as hell

Radiohead - In Rainbows
Never really liked any of their earlier albums except for a few songs so this one took me by surprise.

Pink Martini -Hey Eugene!
Like traveling the world in the comfort of your own home. Got their previous albums as well which are equal to if not better then "Hey Eugene"

Not that great of a year for hip-hop as it is my genre of choice.

 

[fraseyboy]

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Originally Posted by CLum /img/forum/go_quote.gif Radiohead - In Rainbows Never really liked any of their earlier albums except for a few songs so this one took me by surprise.

I agree. I hated Ok Computer but love In Rainbows.


Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot owns but Wilco - Summerteeth sucks.

Meh.

 

[kalis104]

Symphonic/Melodic and European metal bands
Corporeal myspace

 

[Floodedstatue]

Novembre - The Blue

 

[spickerish]

Fair to Midland - Fables From A Mayfly

 

[festivus528]

Opeth
dredg
Minus the Bear
Protest the Hero
The Mars Volta
The Dear Hunter
Oceansize
Riverside
Earth

So much music!

 

[DLeeWebb]

Man, I think that this was a good year. As far as my favorite "discovery" it would have to be Elbow. A lot of good music, but Elbow was completely new to me...

 

[Calexico]

Hm... Sufjan Stevens or Camille.

I think I'll go with Camille.

Quote:

Originally Posted by hempcamp /img/forum/go_quote.gif Arcade Fire - Neon Bible, I LOVE this!

Funeral is MUCH better. Neon Bible is acceptable. IMO.

 

[nullPointerException]

Streetlight Manifesto - everything goes numb
Streetlight Manifesto - somewhere in the between
The Flatliners - destroy to create
The Planet Smashers - mighty

 

[roebeet]

Fleet Foxes and Shearwater, thanks to this forum!

 

[Nikita]

Jack Johnson !

 

[andyalfa]

Ray Brown – still working through the discography! (courtesy of HeadFi)
The Grid – Doppleganger (courtesy The Word magazine)
Elbow – Seldom Seen Kid (courtesy of a work colleague)

 

[PWilson]

Sadus. I'm in love.

 

[vcoheda]

i really like maria taylor - somewhat recent - and that led me to her former band azure ray, which is just as good.