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| From | Stewart Mason <flamingo@theworld.com> |
| Subject | Re: the "Am I Indie Enough For You Yet?" List For Half of 2003 |
| Date | Tue, 15 Jul 2003 02:09:52 -0400 |
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At 09:15 AM 7/14/2003 -0600, Not Lame wrote:
>So, in final, as much as personally (and professionally) enjoy so many great
>major label bands, for this list, it would be great to see more talk of
>great indie/DIY music and openess to checking some of them out and post the
>good 'n bad about them.
There are those of us here who talk about indie music until our wrists give
out from repetitive motion injuries. Regardless, a vague ranking of what's
floated my boat so far this year. I can't help but notice that 12 of the
top 20 albums are debuts, three others are second albums, and there's all
of two artists (Richard Thompson and Dom Mariani) who were making albums 10
years ago. Oh, and let's see, how many of them came out on major
labels...hmm, one. Considering all of the frequent whining about how there
are no decent indie artists anymore and the whole music industry is
circling the drain, it seems odd that nobody's yet told all of these
artists to pack it in and apply for that job that just opened up at Starbucks:
THE EAVES--The Eaves
PERMISSION TO BUILD--Waltham
IT'S THE ONES WHO'VE CRACKED THAT THE LIGHT SHINES THROUGH--Jeffrey Lewis
FROM THE ATTIC--Damone
THROUGH THE FOG, THROUGH THE PINES--Bronwyn
NELLIE McKAY--Nellie McKay
THE OLD KIT BAG--Richard Thompson
STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL--Club 8
SUMMER CITY--Danny McDonald
A NEW DEVOTION--The High Dials
DENGUE FEVER--Dengue Fever
DAME DARCY'S GREATEST HITS--Dame Darcy
VIC CONRAD AND THE FIRST THIRD--Vic Conrad and the First Third
BE WHAT YOU WANT--The Lovetones
UNDERWATER CASINO--Dom Mariani and the Majestic Kelp
ONE STEP MORE AND YOU DIE--Mono
ELECTRIC VERSION--The New Pornographers
WELCOME INTERSTATE MANAGERS--Fountains of Wayne
HONEYSPOT--The Asteroid No. 4
WOMAN ON THE MOUNTAIN--Violeta de Outono
21 through 40, as long as I'm here:
THE STARS OF ST. ANDREA--Devics
CAREER OBJECTIVE--The Methadones
HOLD ON TIGHT--The Rumblers
REDHEAD--Bleu
THE CINCH--The Cinch
39 MINUTES OF BLISS (IN AN OTHERWISE MEANINGLESS WORLD)--Caesars
LIZ PHAIR--Liz Phair
RINGS--Absinthe Blind
WHAT'S MEANT TO BE--Benna
REPORT CARD--R. Stevie Moore
LOG 22--Bettie Serveert
YOU CAN MAKE IT IF YOU BOOGIE--James Kirk
HAPPY TO BE HERE--Andrew
SUPERFINE--Jad Fair and Jason Willett
THE MILLION DOLLAR MILKSHAKE--Mark Bacino
PACIFIC OCEAN BLUES--The Gigolo Aunts
WIRELESS DAYS--The Contrast
DON QUIXOTE DE SUBURBIA--Ethan Daniel Davidson
EVOLVE--Ani Difranco
THE IMPOSSIBLE LEAP IN 100 SIMPLE STEPS--From Monument To Masses
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