My driving instructor keeps going on about D2 weirdly.
Bought a Depeche Mode compilation a while back but I couldn't get into it - I thinks its because it was two discs and was a little overwhelming. Same happened with simon and garfunkle. Which songs would you recommend as a starting point?
I'm totally obsessed with Belle & Sebastian, probably even more so than Pulp.
Other than that..well, The Velvet Underground, The Mountain Goats, The Decemberists, Owen Pallet, The Tindersticks, Elvis Costello, Felt, Frankie Vallie & the Four Seasons, Sufjan Stevens, Bill Callahan, The Left Banke.
Also general northern soul/powerpop, main compilations (especially those by Numero Group)
Also been listening to more ambient stuff lately- Tri Angle records stuff like How To Dress Well, Balam Acab, Holy Other, also Mark McGuire's solo stuff and Emeralds, the Darkstar album from last year too.
Very, very lucky to see Metronomy play an intimate homecoming gig at Dartington Hall on Monday. I happened to be there at a conference and had no idea they were playing until saw them wandering around. Luckily there were tickets left and I dragged a whole load of people along who'd never heard of them. I liked them at Wireless but they were amazing this time.
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