The best indiepop
Just give me some honest catchy personal songs.
Are you as tired as me of the ultra-lush overly advertised fashion obsessed junk on the radio? There is a whole world out the of better-than-that music. Here are just a few examples.
JON BRION: Meaningless
One of America's most talented Singer/Songwriter/Producers. Heard producing Aimee Mann, Fiona Apple, and Paul Thomas Anderson soundtracks. "Jon Brion is a master of pop. There is nothing he can't do." - Beck.
Recommended if you like The Beatles, Fiona Apple, Aimee Mann, Paul McCartney, Brian Wilson, Jellyfish, Michael Penn.CD price: $14.00
VINYL KINGS: A Little Trip
This is about as close to a NEW Beatles CD as you'll ever get.
Recommended if you like The Beatles, XTC.CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
SCHOOL FOR THE DEAD: A Telephone Built For Two
Songs. School for the Dead's Henning Ohlenbusch is a songwriter first and foremost. This collection leads you on a windows-rolled-down car ride through your home town, passing periscopes, journals of lies, and superheros.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $9.99
GRANT-LEE PHILLIPS: Ladies Love Oracle
Grant-Lee Phillips in the raw, in the dark, in the basement. Sometimes a sketch says more than a mural.
CD price: $13.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
REGINA SPEKTOR: 11:11 eleven eleven
THIS CD IS ONLY AVAILABLE ON iTUNES... Little songs...Some crude. Some touching. Stories as seen through the keyholes and windows of New York City by a young red haired singer/pianist... inspired by Mozart, The Beatles, Billie Holiday and Bob Dylan...
MP3 price: $9.99
THE ROSENBERGS: mission:you
A power pop feast for the palate - as crunchy as a Nestle bar on the outside, and as smooth as a Milky Way.
WINTERPILLS: The Light Divides
four weeks of rain, two days of sun, and the voice of someone you thought you had lost forever.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $9.49
BOURGEOIS HEROES: Come Out and Play with Bourgeois Heroes
Fans of 1960's baroque pop and sloppy garage rock will eat up this new EP by New England's favorite and cutest duo, Bourgeois Heroes. It's got everything one needs from tap shoes to a string quartet, recalling the Zombies, the Pastels & Jon Brion.
CD price: $7.00
GOH NAKAMURA: Daylight Savings
Voice, guitar, bittersweet lyrics with a dash of hope.
MP3 price: $9.99
THE INVISIBLE CITIES: Watertown
The Invisible Cities is a San Francisco-based band that make incandescent rough-around-the-edges sometimes-quiet sometimes loud rocknroll pop music with wiry guitars and boy/girl harmonies. Watertown is their first full-length record.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $9.99
THE FAWNS: A Nice Place To Be
Catchy Poppy Pop With Female Vocals and Unforgettable Hooks and Melodies
Recommended if you like Fountains of Wayne.CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $9.99
