Flavor: Depressed? Stay Depressed.
Feeling depressed? Seeing the sad side of everything? Feel like staying that way? These CDs will help keep you from getting cheered up. Dive deeper into the dark.
KRISTY KRUGER: Songs From a Dead Man's Couch
Lyrically dark, fusing Americana, jazz, klezmer music and country into a modern setting, Kruger could be compared to the likes of Tom Waits. Some tracks fuse Americana and electronics, a style Kruger has been calling: "Ameritronica."
CD price: $15.00
QUINCY: Engine
Quincy will remind you of Iron & Wine, a rootsy-meloncholy Sebadoh, or an indie-tinged 16 Horsepower w/ a bit of a Nick Drake influence....
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
HAYDEN: Elk-Lake Serenade
Canadian folk rock ala Neil Young, Cat Stevens and Mark Kozelek. Rugged but inviting.
CD price: $12.99
N.LANNON: Chemical Friends
Subdued acoustic strumming flows with glitchy beats and ghostly sound fragments.
CD price: $11.99
VARIOUS ARTISTS: Shanti Project Collection 2
Beautiful, somber songs from 7 female artists.
Recommended if you like Hole, The Spinanes.CD price: $12.99
V/A: Shanti Project Collection 3
A cohesive collection of10 new and rare tracks from The Black Heart Procession, Sigur Ros, Arab Strap, Califone and Kinski. This is a potent blend of music from 5 essential bands. The album plays out as if they the songs were meant to be played side by s
CD price: $9.99
JAMES WILLIAM HINDLE: Prospect Park
Being a hip young English man with a beard, James William Hindle is well aware that this will be the summer to revisit British folk rock of yore. He's not directly miming Mellow Candle guitar leads like Stephen Malkmus, but with members of Ladybug Transis
CD price: $9.99
JASMINE STAR: jasmine star
frighteningly melancholic dream-pop
Recommended if you like Mazzy Star, Opal.CD price: $16.00 / MP3 price: $2.00
CHARMPARTICLES: Sit Down for Staying
Hooks and harmonies spread themselves over warm layers of astral sounds, alternately pillowy and pointed. Though often compared to My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, and Ride, these four keep things focused by taking a pop approach to their songwriting.
Recommended if you like Cocteau Twins, At the Drive-In, Ride, Swervedriver, Catherine Wheel, My Bloody Valentine, Lush, Slowdive.CD price: $7.99
DAUGHTER DARLING: Sweet Shadows
This trip hop release has been described as a more "song oriented Portishead", and "a revelation for 2003." Natalie Walker's voice, which has been compared to Sarah McLachlan's, commands the music which is dark and moody, yet very accessible.
CD price: $14.99 / MP3 price: $14.99
GREG WEEKS: Awake Like Sleep
Minimal psychedelic folk songs with vintage keyboards and soft vocals for fans of Pink Floyd, Nico, Comus, Nick Drake and Leonard Cohen.
THE PHARMACY PROPHETS: Songs of Death and Happiness
Modern classic rock - big chorus, deep lyrics, rock & roll guitars, lots of singing, and guitar solos - that's right, guitar solos.
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
MELINDA BEASI: Dorrie's True Story
Joni Mitchell weeping over her guitar after a bitter breakup with Yo-Yo Ma. It's sad. It's pretty. It's got cello.
MP3 price: $6.00
MOMUS TROMBONE QUARTET: The Lexingport Project
This trombone quartet plays a wide variety of styles, and plays them well. From jazz to classical to baroque to pop, it's a unique compilation of music that everyone can enjoy.
CD price: $12.99 / MP3 price: $7.99
COTTONHEAD: Happy Tree
Alt-country masterpiece of understatement - a charming mixture of sweet singing and roadhouse-bluesy guitars. Sweet and tender, with shocking eruptions of vocal passion and six-string muscle.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
SEAN CROGHAN: From Burnt Orange To Midnight Blue
Crackerbash / Jr.High frontman goes solo. Following national tour with Elliott Smith, this is his debut solo album. A mixture of pop, soul, folk, and rock, Otis Redding and Elvis Costello.
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
CLAIRVOYANTS: Your New Boundaries
With undeniably compelling emotive power, understating the dark, complex shades of narrative that follow, the overall sound is somber and lulling, pensively emotional and haunting.
CD price: $12.00
PLEASANT GROVE: Pleasant Grove
Bedhead meets Pavement meets Big Star. Depressing or hopeful, depending on when you listen.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
RICK LASSITER: Songs for the Unconsoled
This album is for those who find strength in melancholy - sparse arrangements and deep melodies speak of loss and love and whisper in quiet hope and sadness. Guitars, double-bass, violin, and voice paint a delicate sonic landscape. Audiophile Remastered.
Recommended if you like Lori Carson, Aiko Shimada.CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
MARK KOZELEK: What's Next to the Moon
Acoustic, sparse and mesmerizing. Honey voiced singer/songwriter from Red House Painters.
Recommended if you like Neil Young, Nick Drake.CD price: $12.99
DOWNPILOT: Thrive In A Short Season
Moody and melodic songs from the rich Seattle musical landscape.
Recommended if you like Sufjan Stevens, Sun Kil Moon.CD price: $9.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
POPE FACTORY: Hibernation Generation
Psychedelic pop songs with hooks that aren't beaten to death
CD price: $10.00
THE FEEL BADS: Pairing
That fun loud poppy indie alterna stuff. It's as if Beck stayed in college and dated a little more, then decided to put on a play with Jim Henson's demented brother.
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TRESPASSERS WILLIAM: Different Stars [2002]
Dreamy, female fronted, ethereal indie rock with hints of folk and shoegaze; the passionate side of Mazzy Star meets the mellow side Coldplay.
ADRIAN CROWLEY: When You Are Here You Are Family
Disparate songs with a deep, gentle voice and sparse guitar reminiscent of Nick Drake, Red House Painters and Palace. Joined by a drummer and cellist.
Recommended if you like Leonard Cohen, Nick Drake.CD price: $12.00
NATHAN JOHNSON: In Search Of The Flip
"An absolute must listen for fans of Elliott Smith. A unique stripped-down style combining intriguing lyrics with intricate melody patterns, these songs lay out naked emotions and a variety of stories." - CD Baby
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
HOPE IN GHOSTS: e.p.
Indie rock, post-rock, alternative. Think Mogwai and Tortoise.
CD price: $6.99 / MP3 price: $6.99
SMOKE: Another Reason To Fast
Coronet, cello, guitar and percussion create a backdrop for benjamin to paint his unique style of singing/storytelling
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
FLASHING RED AIRPLANE: My Life as a Frog
Over all the music has a very storytelling kind of feel; listening to this release is synonymous to reading a good book; you can get lost in it, yet you never loose your attention.
CD price: $10.00
THE HONORARY TITLE: The Honorary Title
Folk, alt/country, and emo rock combine for a charming and stunning result.
CD price: $8.00
TEARS IN X-RAY EYES: Half-Life
Bittersweet tales of love and loss from a London bedsit - heartfelt and brimming with restless ambition - What's On In London called it "a work of pure genius".
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00