One Word For You, Man:

Beirut.

You should check out their latest album: The Flying Club Cup.

It's like Neutral Milk Hotel, Devotchka, Andrew Bird and some one else I'll remember in a little while all got thrown in a room and were told to work something out. Anything. Any little something. But they came out with a big something. An important something. I should really try their first album now.

The Levs

Dude, I don't get it. The Levellers are so freaking awesome. And yet you can't even get mildly excited about them. It drives me up various walls in various venues. I just got Levelling the Land from Lala and it is my Album of the Year for 1992 (check LOWAG, I'll make the announcement). So, why do you hate them? WHY WHY WHY?

Plural of Serum

That Plural of Serum Cahoone is really great. That Couch Song, especially when done live on KEXP, is a real hearttugger. I recommend her highly. The Call Stamp of Approval. Too bad's she's from 2006. It would be nice to include her on the best of 2007 list. Alas.

5 men whose voices I would rob

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Copy Cat

If you were in a band would you deliberately put things in your songs that corresponded to or resembled songs or parts of songs from artists you like?

I totally would!