Pamela's Favorites
My two Cents.
Pamela's favorites from CDbaby.
ELGIN PARK: Elgin Park
Like an early Costello album that evolves from raw and fierce to lush and beautiful. A new vintage masterpiece from Mike Andrews; The Greyboy Allstars' guitarist and the score composer of Donnie Darko and Me and You and Everyone We Know.
CD price: $13.99
MARGO GURYAN: Take a Picture
Late 60's soft pop with light female vocals and intricate arrangements. A pop masterpiece originally released in 1968.
CD price: $12.00
AUNRAY HOLLYWOOD: Aunray Hollywood
Bangin. creative lyrical artistry, backed with super tight production that takes this rap album to the next level in HIP HOP.
CD price: $6.99 / MP3 price: $6.99
JOHN BRODEUR: Tiger Pop
FEW COPIES LEFT. ORDER NOW. Infectious modern pop music from the leader of THE SUGGESTIONS.
MP3 price: $9.99
FRAGILE JACK: National Bag
American rock - Swingin' shuffles and high-octane bluegrass stomp mixed with blistering rock 'n roll and woven through the words and stories of a wise young barstool poet.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $9.99
BARBAROS ERKOSE ENSEMBLE: Lingo Lingo
An array of Turkish light classical fasil and urban music in the driving and fluid improvisational style found among Roman (Gypsy) urban musicians of Turkey
CD price: $15.00
THE BELLA FAYES: So Much More Than 'Hello'
Pop/rock with lyrics that are as engaging as the music. This CD goes to show that a band with a wide range of influences can be the best kind: they're melodic, but they pack quite a wallop.
MP3 price: $9.99
THE STEPHEN HERO: Permutations Of The Good
Emotive analytical art rock for the space age.
Recommended if you like Radiohead, The Flaming Lips.CD price: $12.00
DIGNEN: dignen
Fugazi meets The Cure, this is band does not fall under typical sterotypes.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $9.99
BIG SIR: Now That's What I Call Big Sir
Reintrepetations of their songs as well as a some new ones. Remixers include Dan the Automator (Gorillaz), Justin Melden-Johanson (Air, Beck), and Mickey P (Eels, Beck).
Recommended if you like Tori Amos, Portishead & Massive Attack.
FRAGILE JACK: Thirsty Work
American rock - Amidst the glut and static of so many "Alt-Country", and Americana style bands, these guys provide that moment of clarity, that flash of T & A on an otherwise scrambled Playboy Channel.- Ever so important and rewarding.
CD price: $7.00 / MP3 price: $7.00
SANFORD ARMS: Too Loud for the Snowman
Dreamy pop with slight twang. For fans of Sparklehorse, Wilco, and Califone.
CD price: $5.99 / MP3 price: $4.99
DEADMAN: Cuatro Canciones
DEADMAN's debut E.P. is the sound of soft yearning, marked in places by plangent guitars that flare like sheet lightning in the darkling gloom of brushed drums and gently rolling bass. Collins' plaintive vocals nestle in a gown of crushed velvet..
MP3 price: $8.99
VA: Ska Vi Flyga
Based in Japan, specializing in Scandinavian and Amercian music, Underground Liberation Force, Inc. brings you a compilation of their very best.
STAN HARRISON: The Ties That Blind
Film-Noir for sax, string quartet and bass from the sax player who has recorded with Radiohead, Bowie, Serge Gainsbourg and others.
CD price: $9.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
LA PIETA: Summer
Catchy songs with honest lyrics that tickle the heart; sweet, well thought out vocal harmonies; and sparse, melodic guitar along with bass and drums sum up our indie-pop sound. We love to write melodic songs about life, love, and walking to the subway.
GRANT-LEE PHILLIPS: Ladies Love Oracle
Grant-Lee Phillips in the raw, in the dark, in the basement. Sometimes a sketch says more than a mural.
CD price: $13.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
SODAJERK: Can't Put You Down
Country with a grain of alt. Imagine the child of Hank Williams Senior and The Replacements, proving that the country sound doesn't have to suck. This is drinking music at it's finest.
DECAF: Stuck in The 90's
Instrumental hip hop. Decaf combines funky and often odd samples on top of relentlessly banging and cracking drum tracks. The title of the project is a reference to an era of Hip-Hop production where sampling classic and obscure records was the standard.
MP3 price: $9.99
CHAO: hits the miss
5{ Captain Audio did psychedelic soft-bombast of the highest order, their chanteuse/mastermind Regina Chellew's seductive solo album as CHAO is sonic genius for the same reasons. Dayglo pop with a more languid, melancholy caress. Her new sound i
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $9.99
VARIOUS ARTISTS: Ashiklar: Folk Music of Turkey
Ashiklar (Those Who Are In Love) is a recording by minstrels, called ashiks, who have been a part of Turkish culture for hundreds of years.
CD price: $15.00
THE PRIDS: Duracraft
A newer wave: Crashing guitar, shrouded in lush synth-string arrangements with lead bass and eclectic dancable beats
JENNIFER TERRAN: Rabbit
Playful and poetic; intense and beautiful; ultra-real and inventive- critically acclaimed singer/songwriter Jennifer Terran is known for her outstanding voice, powerful delivery and distinct ability to send glorious shivers down your spine.
CD price: $13.00 / MP3 price: $9.99
MELOMANE: Resolvo
Chamber pop, art-rock, electro-folk, beautiful melodies, unique arrangements, dark and funny lyrics.
CD price: $10.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
DEADMAN: Paramour
The anticipated full-length debut from Texas artist, DEADMAN. Produced by Mark Howard (U2, Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel, Willie Nelson...) & recorded at the famed Paramour estate in L.A., Ca, this record captures its moments with a profound truth and spirit.
MP3 price: $9.99
ERIN MCKEOWN: Distillation
One of the most distinctive guitar styles around with a voice to match, that bops, strums, swings, rocks, and struts its way through a remarkable collection of songs culled from a rainbow of idioms: pop, blues, jazz, funk, and Tin Pan Alley.
CD price: $13.99 / MP3 price: $9.49
PEDRO THE LION: winners never quit
Singer songwriter from Northwest pop capitol Seattle. Since the debut ep "whole" on tooth & nails, pedro the lion has been a house hold name in the alternative, emo scene. toured with promise ring, jets to brazil, low, elliott smith, etc.
DAN ZANES AND FRIENDS: Rocket Ship Beach
children's music with the raw spontaneity of early rock and roll, the handmade traditions of american folk and the breezy soulfulness of old time west indian music, all on a scale for little and big ears.
CD price: $15.00
MYSTIQUE: Think It Over
Jazzy, soulful, R&B songbird sista thats flows over hip-hop tracks with a Jill Scott / Erykah Badu feel.
Recommended if you like Erykah Badu, Jill Scott.CD price: $8.00
JIMMY CALIRE PIANO TRIO: Spirited Christmas
From straight-ahead, hard swinging jazz to a tough shuffle and back to pretty ballads, this collection covers the moods of the Christmas spirit in a new and yet familiar way.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $9.00
LIOR NAVOK: Meditations Over Shore
Orchestral, Choral, Chamber and solo music of the young and critically acclaimed composer Lior Navok.
CD price: $18.99 / MP3 price: $16.99
ANDALUSIA: Such a Heavenly Eyesore
Ethereal instrumental sounds and rhythms -- a three-piece crowd-pleasing "David Lynchian" sonic assault that brings a human edge to the subtle complexities of the studio recordings, stretching the dynamic of seasick until your thirst is quenched.
CD price: $7.99 / MP3 price: $7.99
MATT MONSOOR: Comfortably Lost in Greenfield
You should listen to this.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $9.99
AMBER DELAURENTIS BAND: By George!
The pounding piano and "soultry" vocals are immediately recognizable. From ballad to bar-room rocker, each song, co-written with lyricist Sarah Blue, will become harder to get out of your head than a migraine.
CD price: $8.00
KING OF SPAIN: Floating on the Bottom
powerful pop-rock band with a psychedelic edge
Recommended if you like Pavement, The Stone Roses, Yo La Tengo, Radiohead, The Beatles, Poster Children, Ride, Swervedriver, Versus, Echo & The Bunnymen, Spiritualized®, The Grifters.CD price: $14.00 / MP3 price: $9.99
STRING QUARTET DIFFERENCE: Take Care Of The Difference
Open your fantasy to new colours. Enter the magic and passion of jazz played by sensual strings.
Recommended if you like Miles Davis and Gil Evans, Balanescu Quartet.CD price: $13.00
BREATH: Slow Down
Chill-out music for people who actually want to chill-out; an ambient/downtempo bachelor-pad soundtrack.
Recommended if you like DJ Cam, St. Germain.MP3 price: $9.99
GOR MKHITARIAN: Yeraz
An impassioned and beautiful Armenian acoustic album featuring a banjo, two guitars, dumbeg, and vox. Authentic and accessible New Armenian Folk Music. "Brilliant record...one of the best I've ever heard."- CD Baby President.
CD price: $13.99 / MP3 price: $9.95
POPE FACTORY: Hibernation Generation
Psychedelic pop songs with hooks that aren't beaten to death
CD price: $10.00
SOUND OF REVERSE: 6 13, 99
Sonic guitar riffs and forceful drums creating an original indy psych sound with an abundance of energy.
CD price: $10.00
SHARKS AND MINNOWS: Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board
This blend between power pop and emo/punk is heavy on passion, energy, angst, and catchy hooks.
CD price: $11.00
HANSI (MEMBER OF "TRUXTON"): townaftertown
Moving alternative acoustic rock
CD price: $8.00 / MP3 price: $8.00
REMINDER: Broken tone
Delicate and moody akustic indiependent pop from Sweden, containing songs ranging from the abrasive to the acoustically sublime.
MP3 price: $9.99
JIM SELF: The Big Stretch
Classical with a jazz and commercial bent. Very creative tuba arrangements, with other sparse instrumentation that's creative enough to keep your attention, and livley enough to get you moving.
CD price: $16.00 / MP3 price: $16.00
ZOE LEWIS: Fishbone, Wishbone, Funnybone.
She's a band in a body. Worldbeat, funky, funny and clever.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
TUNGSTEN74: Await Further Instructions
Echoes, thick walls of sound, evasive rhythms, outdated electronics, brain-marinating drones, feral percussion, race car engines, low-end throbs, obligatory feedback, drum solos, bass solos, guitar solos, plastic flute solos, foreveradio. Yeah.
Recommended if you like Yo La Tengo, Radiohead, Stereolab, Sonic Youth, Mogwai, Hawkwind, Godspeed, Spiritualized®.CD price: $9.00 / MP3 price: $9.00
THE MILWAUKEES: Missile Command
Radio-ready rock. This is the first full-length release from the Milwaukees. Produced by Wayne Dorell
Recommended if you like Foo Fighters.MP3 price: $9.99
THE ROGUES: Live in Canada, Eh?
The Rogues are live in Canada having a hell of a good time with bagpipes, percussion, comedy, dancing and some good friends.
MP3 price: $13.50
FREESTYLE FELLOWSHIP: To whom it may concern...
This 1991 release provided lyrical inspiration for Busta Rhymes, Mystical, Aceyalone, et al...
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THE GALLYGOWS: Give It To Her [japanese import]
spanish guitar pop at its best. from the up and coming pop mecca barcelona, the gallgows will invite you to a party filled melodicies that the beatles might have written if they were born in the'90s and in spain.
Recommended if you like The Beatles, The Posies.
MARK KOZELEK: Rock 'n' Roll Singer
sparse, acoustic, Rock 'n' Roll from Red House Painters' Singer/Songwriter.
CD price: $10.99
THE GREEN AND YELLOW TV: As Performed By...
A brit-pop like experience for fans of supergrass, swervedriver, flaming lips and radiohead.
MP3 price: $9.99
THE ALPHA CONSPIRACY VS LOW TECHNICIANS: Forward Rewinding
IDM vs synthpop vs noise-electro madness, as two powerhouses of the electronica world meet on this limited edition split EP.
CD price: $6.99
VARIOUS ARTISTS: West End Story
A dynamic collection of varied music that offers a selection of tracks ranging from "big band" to to easy listening, all fully orchestrated with the "big movie" sound.
CD price: $14.99
FAY VICTOR: Darker Than Blue
Dark, intense and interactive vocal jazz delivered with elegance and honesty.
SMOKE: Another Reason To Fast
Coronet, cello, guitar and percussion create a backdrop for benjamin to paint his unique style of singing/storytelling
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
DRIVE: Music for Interplanetary Travel
"...Confident, complex songs that skirt around the alt-rock field and into a less crowded territory where art meets music and morphs into an accessible sonic treat." -Richard Martin
Recommended if you like Radiohead, The Cranberries, Foo Fighters, The Cure, Jane's Addiction, Supergrass, The Dandy Warhols, Swervedriver, The Smashing Pumpkins, Death Cab for Cutie, Lush, The Sundays, Deathray, Charmparticles.MP3 price: $9.99
PEDRO THE LION: it's hard to find a friend
Most influential singer songer writer from north west. toured with bands like Death Cab for Cutie and Jets to Brazil.
BARRY BACHMAN: The Lost Tapes Of The Cyclin' Cowboy Surfers
It's 60's surf with a modern twist from the ficticious band created by Barry Bachman.
CD price: $12.00
MOSES MCCARTNEY: Moses McCartney
Sonic, melodic, atmospheric guitar band.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $9.99
WELSH RABBIT: West 11th Love Letters
Influenced by the Beatles, Elvis Costello, Big Star, The Stones, Blur, Weezer and assorted New Wave and Power Pop bands. They wear ties on stage. Dig?
Recommended if you like The Beatles, Blur, Weezer, The Cars, Elvis Costello, Big Star, Teenage Fanclub.MP3 price: $6.99
DAN ZANES AND FRIENDS: Family Dance
Contains the songs "all around the kitchen" and "jump up" as heard on noggin and sesame street.
CD price: $15.00
THE POSIES: in case you didn't feel like plugging in
The power pop legend in the '90s, The Posies are back with 2 frontmen, Ken Stringfellow & Jon Auer. 2 singer songerwriter from this legendary band has toured the states with just 2 acoustic guitars playing their all time favorites.
JOHN MASON AND STEVE MARCHENA: Live In The Fall Of 2000
This cd documents the concerts during the final semester of a performance major at Berklee College of music and includes classical, blues, fingertapping and fusion all performed live solo, in duets, trios and quartets.
CD price: $15.00
CHRISTINE VIVONA: Red Hot and Blue
Acoustic jazz standards and originals performed on solo harp and small ensembles.
CD price: $13.00
JONAH: Save The Swimmer
Guitar-pop with choruses both anthemic and genuinely uplifting. An album with warmth and artily charming pop hooks.
Recommended if you like Radiohead, U2, Talking Heads, Travis, The Smiths, Jeff Buckley, Coldplay, Starsailor.CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $9.00
THE ACT OF BREATHING IN: listen
Rock/pop with a punch, hmmm, AM Classic Melodi-pop/rock, music for music lovers...
MP3 price: $8.00
MARGO GURYAN: 25 Demos
Light, airy '60s pop with female vocals, by a singer/songwriter who has had a vast and long lasting influence on pop music.
CD price: $12.00
MARK KOZELEK: What's Next to the Moon
Acoustic, sparse and mesmerizing. Honey voiced singer/songwriter from Red House Painters.
Recommended if you like Neil Young, Nick Drake.CD price: $12.99
