Gold Leaves

Lydia Loveless

Lydia Loveless :: Hardscrabble Youth :: Paste mPlayer

I like her.

Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside

cute

Live on Radio K: Sallie Ford and The Sound Outside - "Danger" from Radio K on Vimeo.

New from Denmark

Joyce Manor

Dig it.

A Little Bit Country and A Little Bit Rock and Roll

I'm feeling it. Austin Lucas - click here for two song samples and see if you do too.

JENNY O. - WELL OK HONEY

Q-ta.

Strand of Oaks

I like this music and his voice is so sweet. I almost made the drive to Bloomington to see him, I sure hope I get another chance someday.

Explore Music's interview and 2 songs with Strand of Oaks

25 Best Songs of 2011 so far

I enjoyed this list, and agreed with a lot of the picks.

25 Best Songs of 2011 so far by Paste

I especially liked Wye Oak (#12) and The Belle Brigade (#1), the latter I hadn't heard of before.

Dirty Beaches

He's my latest, so maybe that's why it's so exciting to me. I'm really into this fuzzy throwback sound, I am excited to hear more.

James Blake

My ears keep catching on James Blake. I think it's a new sound and apparently a lot of people like it, he's blowing up everywhere. This is an old old favorite of mine, and I love his take on it.

Middle Brother

I bought Deer Tick's The Black Dirt Sessions last year and enjoyed it, so that's all I knew about Middle Brother, that John McCauley III was in it. They're not really breaking new ground for me, but I think their sound is fun and tight.

The War on Drugs

The first song I heard from them and got obsessed with is The History of Plastic, it really rocks. I like the way they sound like a band I already know but I don't.

Damien Jurado

I'm late to hear about Damien Jurado, which happens all the time. He was on a few of the best of 2010 lists I read and I like his sound and want to hear more.

First Quarter Music

Blam, it's the end of March, the end of the first quarter of 2011! With the exception of the last few days, in which time has gone backwards it seems, time has flown. It's slowed down lately because the weather has gone back to Winter, boo!

I decided to post eight of the bands I've recently discovered and listened to this quarter. I think it will be interesting to see if I am still listening to them at the end of the year. Sometimes it's hard to stay with a band these days, because there's no radio play or whatever, so this will remind me to check on them throughout the year.