The Day the Music Died

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For a long time now I’ve thought that the current state of music sucked!   Occassionally I’d find some new material that I liked.  It turns out it isn’t music that sucks but rather how I find out about new music that sucks!

I’ve recently been turned on to three different groups/singers:  Bon Iver, Vampire Weekend and Danny Michel.  I heard about each one from a different source.

I found out about Bon Iver in the most traditional of ways – Late Night with David Letterman.  I don’t know who books their bands but they do a good job.  I’ve seen a number of musicians in the last few months that I’ve there were quite good and quite original.  Bon Iver was the first group that actually got me to spend some money and buy a few of their tunes.

During a family visit for Christmas James mentioned that he thought I might like Vampire Weekend.   He was right!  I bought their CD from iTunes and I am totally digging about 3/4 of the songs, not a bad ratio in my estimation.

And finally we get to Danny Michel.  Eve and Kev Software mentioned that she was going to see Danny play at the Starlight in Waterloo.  Tracey loves live music so I thought this would be a great night out for us.  I wasn’t disappointed.  Danny put on an almost 2 hour show at the Starlight to what appeared to be an almost sold out show.  He played three nights and was well received for all of them.  His video for Feather Fur and Fin is not like most videos.   It doesn’t hurt that he’s a Clash fan (but don’t expect him to sound like Rancid he has his own folksy style).

If you like the music I do then I encourage you to check out these musicians.  Come back here and let me know what you think.

  • UkendtBruger

    Hi John,

    Finding good music isn’t always as easy as just turning on the radio. I actually find that if I like a song on the radio, then check out the artist/band’s album, that that was the only song that I liked. So what’s that? 1 out of 10 songs.

    I found Danny Michel’s music in the library when I was just looking through CDs. I borrowed Valhalla and was hooked. I bought all of Danny’s albums in one fell swoop and haven’t been disappointed. I actually like, like really like!, most of the songs on each album. That’s 7+ out of 10 songs on each album he has released that I can listen to again and again.

    Now I just have to wean myself off Danny Michel and listen to different artists…I’ll check out Bon Iver and Vampire Weekend which you mentioned. Might be pleasantly surprised.

    Cheers,

    Ukendt