I Need Some New Music

18 gigs of iPod will only get you so far before you're ready for some new stuff.  I was hoping that the new Ani DiFranco album would help me, but it looks substandard, at best.  (And anyway, I'm not a really big fan of Ani alone on stage.  She's great, I know, but to my mind, she needs a band behind her.)  The last album I really got into was Sufjan Steven's Illinoise (Come on Feel the), and before that it was Ben Folds' Songs for Silverman.  Right now, I'm listening to the Jayhawks' Rainy Day Music, which is really good.  So good that I forget about it for years (or was immune to its charms, having listened to it far too many times while working at the bookstore; I've destroyed plenty of albums that way.), and only put it on as a last resort. 

I'll probably buy the new Dixie Chicks album when it comes out, and I'd really like it if there was a new Keane album at some point.  But other than that, I'm not too excited about anything that's coming out.  I don't care about the new PJ album (uh-oh, now S will break up with me) and I'm not at all looking forward to a new RHCP album.  I really don't think anyone else that I love is coming out with anything. 

I think I'll go home and ask S to make me some burned copies of stuff he's been trying to push on me for months (I wasn't ready, then.  I'm ready now.  Everything music-wise in its own time.), so I can figure out if I like any of it, and then iPod it if I do like it.  I'm not sure S can provide more than one or two albums, at this point, so here's where you all come in.  Recommend something.  Tell me to love the music you love.  Just remember, my tastes are rather pedestrian.  I do like Sufjan, right, but I also listen to Kelly Clarkson.  And I don't like anything overly loud or punky.  I'm not a hard rock fan.

Should be interesting....

To frog:  Yes, I do have the Postal Service album and like it very much.  I adore Ben Gibbard, and he's the mastermind behind that and Death Cab.  I don't love Dressy Bessy (I have one of their CD's) or Carrie Newcomer, but I will definitely look into the other suggestions you gave.  I think I've heard of that Mindy person, and I think I remember liking a song that got played on the radio a bit here.  I'll check it out.

Comments

[frog]

Try Say Hi To Your Mom--they have a few tracks that you can stream (and possibly download). You might also like freezepop, Dressy Bessy and the Postal Service.

[frog]

Oh, and also, you might like Mindy Smith (since you like the Dixie Chicks) and Carrie Newcomer.