Charlotte MartinI like to think of myself as someone with a good antenna for crunchy new music. However, great artists and great albums constantly slip by! Here are some personal catches I made in 2009.
Amanda Palmer - Who Killed Amanda Palmer Thanks to last.fm user flissp for introducting me to Amanda Palmer and The Dresden Dolls. So my thing. Cabaret piano rock.
The Dresden Dolls - Yes, Virginia See above. Lyrically they are superb.
Charlotte Martin - On Your Shore How did I miss this album? It's a cross between Little Earthquakes and The Hounds of Love. GET IT if you like those two albums. Plus there's loads of other stuff she has put out. Enough to keep you going for ages.
Foo Fighters - Not one particular album, but the greatest hits their record company put out reminded me how good they are. I went mad and bought all their old albums on ebay.
Sinead O Connor - She Who Dwells... I avoided this at the time because I thought it was going to be a religious album. Ignore the title and the front cover and there is a very solid collection of songs that match much of her greatest. It's patchy, true, but there's enough tracks to skip the ones that aren't to your taste.
Alex Winston - By the Roots My housemate discovered this. It's in the Michelle Branch/early Alanis mould. Spikey guitar pop.
Cyndi Lauper - Bring Ya to the Brink I bought this having seen it on a favourite blogger's end of 2008 list. I'd never been a fan of hers but this is a very fresh, modern dance record.
Tori Amos - Legs and Boots
If you liked Tori's American Doll Posse album, you must treat yourself to one or more of these bootlegs. They're expensive but worth it. I enjoyed Chicago (with Pip) and Detroit (with Santa). The one with Pip is slutty.
Final mentions to September's Dancing Shoes, Bjork's Voltaic boxset (geek heaven), All Saints' Studio One, Delays' You See Colours, Kleerups' Kleerup, Radiohead's boxsets (geek heaven), Sheryl Crow's rather brilliant Christmas album.
There we go.
Amanda Palmer - Who Killed Amanda Palmer Thanks to last.fm user flissp for introducting me to Amanda Palmer and The Dresden Dolls. So my thing. Cabaret piano rock.
The Dresden Dolls - Yes, Virginia See above. Lyrically they are superb.
Charlotte Martin - On Your Shore How did I miss this album? It's a cross between Little Earthquakes and The Hounds of Love. GET IT if you like those two albums. Plus there's loads of other stuff she has put out. Enough to keep you going for ages.
Foo Fighters - Not one particular album, but the greatest hits their record company put out reminded me how good they are. I went mad and bought all their old albums on ebay.
Sinead O Connor - She Who Dwells... I avoided this at the time because I thought it was going to be a religious album. Ignore the title and the front cover and there is a very solid collection of songs that match much of her greatest. It's patchy, true, but there's enough tracks to skip the ones that aren't to your taste.
Alex Winston - By the Roots My housemate discovered this. It's in the Michelle Branch/early Alanis mould. Spikey guitar pop.
Cyndi Lauper - Bring Ya to the Brink I bought this having seen it on a favourite blogger's end of 2008 list. I'd never been a fan of hers but this is a very fresh, modern dance record.
Tori Amos - Legs and Boots
If you liked Tori's American Doll Posse album, you must treat yourself to one or more of these bootlegs. They're expensive but worth it. I enjoyed Chicago (with Pip) and Detroit (with Santa). The one with Pip is slutty.
Final mentions to September's Dancing Shoes, Bjork's Voltaic boxset (geek heaven), All Saints' Studio One, Delays' You See Colours, Kleerups' Kleerup, Radiohead's boxsets (geek heaven), Sheryl Crow's rather brilliant Christmas album.
There we go.
