Originally Posted by
willywoody
oh yeh! first heard wilco on wxpn when i was living up north in the mid nineties. sky blue sky is good but i don't find myself playing it all too often. it's one of those sunday morning records that is great to sit back and listen to but not so much in the car or on a friday night. i liked a ghost is born a little better. i hope you got to catch them on austin city limits last week. btw, i'm willywoody over on via chicago as well if you ever check out the wilco boards.
another great laid back pop record out this past year in the states is the magic numbers-those the brokes. brother and sister harmonies. kind of like a modern day the mamas and papas.
Have you heard the Magic Numbers' first album (self-titled). I thought it was superior to Those the Brokes - the first two song "Mornings Eleven" and "Forever Lost" are just catchy as all get out.
Glad you mentioned Cease to Begin. People were getting all hot and bothered about Band of Horses after Everything all the Time, and I didn't really see it. Then I heard Cease to Begin, and I was an instant convert - just an excellent album. I'm trying hard to come across tickets to one of two sold out shows they're doing here next week.
Some other recommendations from 2007:
New Pornographers - Challengers
Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (Gimme Fiction from 2005ish is also excellent)
Wincing the Night Away - Shins
Also, this isn't from 2007, but I strongly recommend Regina Spektor's Begin to Hope - catchy tunes, great voice, quirky singer, lots of fun. The chorus of one song ("On the Radio") is an homage to "November Rain."
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