Music you would like to turn someone on to.

Currently in the Rock/Pop Genre its The Shins. Chutes Too Narrow is a great CD. Smart lyrics and very easy to listen to.

Basic Channel: BCD

Burial Mix: Rhythm & Sound

Chain Reaction:

Matrix-Various Films
Hallucinator-Landlocked
Fluxion-Vibrant Forms
Fluxion-Vibrant Forms II
Monolake-Hong Kong
Vainqueur- Elevation Porter Ricks-Biokinetics

Maurizio: MCD

Rhythm & Sound: CD

Round One to Round Five: 1993-1999

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Mojave 3-Ask Me Tommorow

His Name is Alive-Livonia

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Secret Machines, Kings Of Covenience

TOM OVANS
Like a cross between Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, and Dylan in terms of quality lyrics and, ummm, unconventional voice...he's frikkin' amazing

CARLA BRUNI
Yes, THE Carla Bruni, the French model, escort to the stars, now turned chanteuse. What a great writer and singer. Kind of breathy voice, in a sense, and very much like a latter day Edith Piaf.

Foster the People album Torches. The best album in 2 decades. I get their music. I get their hooks. It took a while but then I realized this is great stuff!!! Ok the lyrics on one of their best songs "Pumped up Kicks" was weird to have on the airwaves before Sandy Hook.
  Every song on that album is a gem. I feel like 1/2 of them should have been in the top 10. I feel like they should have been one of the biggest bands in the world if they had kept up their momentum. The 2nd album was a major disappointment. Oh well.