Ernie and the Automatics. Only album by Ernie Boch Jr., a Boston area car dealer who attended Bezerklee School of Music and had enough money to hire musicians from the bands Boston, Beaver Brown, Peter Wolf's House Party and others.
Joanna Newsom, wife of Andy Samberg (SNL) Very unusual voice/phrasing. Reminds me of Kate Bush...with a harp.
Shigeto : a drummer mixing live drums into his techno-lounge experimentations. Very well done. Also, The Samuel Jackson five. Mostly because of their cool name lol
Feeling a bit depressed, are we? I went to a Joy Division/New Order show a couple of months ago. Peter Hook was the only actual member in attendance (for some reason Ian Curtis was nowhere to be found). I thought it was great but there are many that think Peter Hook is a complete tool.
I foogin' love these guys, The Milk Carton Kids. Went up to LA twice this year to see them. Youtube: Milk Carton Kids - Live from the Lincoln Theater.... better yet go see them live, really entertaining fellas. Geetarring, lyrics, harmonies & comedy...really good.