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Quinn's Top Bands to Watch for in 2006

Music Picks January 20-27

19 Jan 2006, TheTyee.ca

SomeoneStillLovesYou

Love conquers all: Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin sings out the cuddliness in all of us.

Has the direction of new independent music taken a hairpin turn from the glitz of postpunk/dancehall to a pared-down, lovestruck woods-and-wine aesthetic? You be the judge as Vancouver music blogger Quinn Omori of From Blown Speakers pulls a handful of firestarters expected to make big waves this year.  [Tyee]

Band:

Ladyhawk

Song:

Sad Eyes/Blue Eyes

Description:

You'll have to wait ‘til May for the album, but you can check out this track from the best thing east of Granville Street right now. Fans of the likes of Crazy Horse, Magnolia Electric Co., and Black Mountain, take note!

Album:

forthcoming

Label:

Storyboard Records

Notes:

Ladyhawk plays at Vancouver's Bloodstone Press on Saturday, February 21st with Pride Tiger.

Band:

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

Song:

House Fire

Description:

Not only do they have one of the best post-Soviet Russian politics-inspired names ever, but their self-released debut, The Broom, is a perfect slice of indie pop.

Album:

Broom

Label:

Indie.

Notes:

SSLYBY needs help booking their West Coast tour in March... somebody find them a place to play in Vancouver!

Band:

Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins

Song:

Melt Your Heart

Description:

The Rilo Kiley frontwoman and sexiest woman in indie rock (according to a Stereogum.com poll) teams up with the harmonizing Watson Twins to deliver a dose of country-tinged perfection.

Album:

Rabbit Fur Coat

Label:

Team Love

Notes:

Jenny and the Watson Twins play Richard's on Richard's, March 7th. Jenny also teams up with Conor "Bright Eyes" Oberst, M. Ward, and Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard for a cover of the Travelling Wilbury's "Handle With Care."

Band:

Jose Gonzalez

Song:

Stay in the Shade

Description:

Other people have already said it, but it’s a pretty apt description: Sweden's answer to Nick Drake.

Album:

Veneer/Stay in the Shade EP

Label:

Parasol

Notes:

"Veneer" is released domestically on January 24th.

Band:

Tapes N Tapes

Song:

Insistor

Description:

They remind me of Wolf Parade. That should be enough convincing for you.

Album:

The Loon

Label:

Ibid Records

Notes:

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