joanna newsom

[mike l.]

she is a harp player who plays really wild great songs with elaborate inventive lyrics and intricate gorgeous long songs with complex melodies, timing, and structure. she's a genius and i saw her last night at the troubador and swooned the entire time, it's like the greatest show ive ever seen and ive seen hundreds. she was on jimmy kimmel for some reason but i didnt see that because i was at the show and then hollywood park after that.

anyway she has nothing to do with www.xxx.com (http://www.xxx.com) or how often you beat it or any of the typical oot stuff but i can avoid work by typing out stuff like this so for those who are bored and like great different non-rock music (i love rock btw) go ahead and look her up.

ps: her voice is weird. 95% of you will hate her voice and be scared away because it doesnt sound like alanis or whatever sort of freaky macdonalds brand made shiit you all like.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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it doesnt sound like alanis or whatever sort of freaky macdonalds brand made shiit you all like.

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Okay.

Also, you apparently haven't noticed how many wanna-be hipsters and music snobs we have here.

[mike l.]

"Also, you apparently haven't noticed how many wanna-be hipsters and music snobs we have here."

listening to arcade fire and the smiths doesnt really count as hipster or music snob in the world i came from the past 15 years, but i was heavily involved in microindie labels and obscure current music of all sorts so okay i see what youre saying.

anyway i was just being snide, i only posted because i know there are probably a few people on here who would like this lady's music. soulseek it it's easy to find on there.

[Dynasty]

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anyway she has nothing to do with www.xxx.com (http://www.xxx.com) or how often you beat it or...

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Anyone else think it's funny that mike accidentally linked a real porn website?

[Ulysses]

How come you're not up here this week for noisepop? Still a weekend of shows left...

[mike l.]

i was there last weekend. it was not pop though. it was stoner noise and it was fun. sorry you missed it. we played at the hemlock in the tenderloin.

anyway go see joanna newsom this weekend if you get the chance she's up there this weekend it's well worth it.

[cyberSTACK]

Funny you mention her music. I went to high school with her and her brother (a good friend of mine) and hung out many times over at thier pad. She's a very talented musician, her brother is a kick ass drummer also.

[thatpfunk]

You probably haven't noticed but she usually goes on all my music suggestion lists.

I am also in love with her. And the show was sold out, you are a lucky, lucky man to have seen it.

I have no idea how to describe her music, all I know is, it makes me a happier person to be able to hear her sing. She is amazing.

[Ulysses]

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i was there last weekend. it was not pop though. it was stoner noise and it was fun. sorry you missed it. we played at the hemlock in the tenderloin.

anyway go see joanna newsom this weekend if you get the chance she's up there this weekend it's well worth it.

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I've seen Joanna Newsom a couple of times. She's great. I think she's sold out already this weekend.

I can't believe you played at the Hemlock without telling me, you tool. I love that place.

[mike l.]

i posted about the hemlock show on here. i thought you lived on here and would see it, drat i shouldve pmed you.

that's super you seen her before. i was like stunned i loved it so much. cant wait to check it out again. she played this one new song that was like 15 minutes long and had about 14 parts it was so great.

[mike l.]

cool. is her brother in a band?

[mike l.]

cool another fan. i guess not everyone on here sucks. hey do you like in la area? there were a few people selling tickets out front.. im looking forwrd to seeing her again when she gets backk from europe touring.

[ethan]

Thanks for the tip. Hadn't heard of her before, but I like it. Anything else you like that I might not have heard of? (I'm not picky genre-wise.)

[turnipmonster]

hey mike she is really good, I just picked up her album on itunes. thanks for recommending this. her melodic thing reminds me of joni mitchell a lot.

[daveymck]

Her voice is too childlike/bjork like for me it just grates through me.

But just to show I am not just a heavy metal heathen heres something you might like, bit of chill out electric violin playing from Ed Alleyne-Johnson.

Ultraviolet (http://www.muntfish.com/alleyne-johnson/music/uv.mp3)

A google will find the unofficial website which has more clips on it, best to listen to the ones before his wife started singing on the records though.

He came to my attention playing for New Model Army who are touring the states next month and for fans of decent good guitar based rock music are a must see.

[mike l.]

since you mentioned violin ill mention cellos there's a 3 cello girl band with drummer called rasputina i saw on live from nyc or whatever it's called on pbs and heard on soulseek and they are pretty great i think. anyone else here them?

[daveymck]

Theres also a chello group called apocalyptica (http://www.apocalyptica.com/home/) who are pretty decent rock stuff, came to fame doing metallica covers but have moved on a lot since then.

[gamblore99]

thanks for the tip. I have been listening to Peach, Plum, Pear for about a day straight.

[Ulysses]

Did you see Joanna Newsom w/ Vetiver and/or Devandra Banhart?

I saw Vetiver last night and they were great.

The Golden Apples of the Sun (http://www.arthurmag.com/store/bastet_cds.php) - compilation CD some of you might like (scroll down on that page).

[mike l.]

i saw her with vetiver and yeah they are great. i want to see devandra but he hasnt been down here i dont think.