Aimee Mann is secret goodness that deserves to be better known. You may remember her from her early days as the lead singer for 'Til Tuesday, who had a top 10 hit in the 1980s with "Voices Carry". She also received critical acclaim, and an Oscar nomination, for her work on the soundtrack for the movie Magnolia in 1999. I am currently enamored with ( Read more... )

What the hell, you're all music buffs or you wouldn't be in a musical group on LJ. I'll cross-post this ( Read more... )

Upon skipping through channels, I stopped on an episode of CSI b/c I heard part of "Sky Blue" by Peter Gabriel. What a gorgeous song. No wonder Peter Gabriel is one of my favorite artists.

I think it's stuff going on in my life these days, but one of my favorite songs currently is "My Brilliant Feat." Yes, it's the guy from Men At Work, but he's a good songwriter:

( Lyrics, ignore the stupid non-caps )

I just joined the mp3 revolution and got a 4 GB ipod nano. It's cuddly ( Read more... )

If this is the secret garden of musical delights, then the door to the garden has been locked and the key has been lost, making the garden secret once again....and possibly too dead for any kind of serious return ( Read more... )

I kept meaning to promote Jonathan Coulton but kept forgetting. No more. I was just listening to "I Crush Everything" and couldn't help but wonder at how pretty the song was, despite it being about a lovesick giant squid ( Read more... )

I'd like to take this moment to echo the sentiments of most music critics:
It really is a damn shame about Jeff Buckley.

Regina Spektor -- Finally got her new album for Christmas and I love it. Nice angsty, Jewish girls rock ( Read more... )

Hey kids. Well, my non-posting to my own forum streak continues. I don't know if I'm becoming too lazy or what, but I just haven't been doing this whole LJ thing like I was a mere 5 months ago. Maybe it's that seasonal affectiveness disorder or whatever... I seriously can't handle these harsh Arizona winters. But it's becoming apparant that I ought ( Read more... )