Things I Listen To and Where They Came From

For no rason other than I am at work, need to pass the time and haven't had quite enough caffeine to begin slogging through more Shakespeare annotations, I will now record for your reading pleasure a random list of the music I rock out to and where said music was discovered:

1. A Fine Frenzy
Sound: laid back female piano rock
Found: in the September issue of Vogue
Key Track: 'Almost Lover'

2. The Weepies
Sound: pretty, layered chill out music; good for driving home at night in a quiet mood
Found: JC Penny Christmas commercial
Key Tracks: 'All That I Want,' 'Slow Pony Home,' 'The World Spins Madly On'

3. Johnny Flynn and the Sussex Wit
Sound: British traditional meets American twang
Found: in the program notes of a production JF was acting in
Key Tracks: 'Brown Trout Blues,' 'The Wrote and the Writ'

4. Frank Turner
Sound: guy-and-a-guitar but with a harder edge and more profanity
Found: by listening to Radio Caroline, a British station broadcast off a boat
Key Tracks: 'St. Christopher is Coming Home,' 'Photosynthesis,' 'Long Live the Queen'

5. Noah and the Whale
Sound: peppy songs of heartbreak with a kind of electronic filter vibe
Found: opening for JF&tSW at the Lock Tavern
Key Track: '2 Atoms in a Molecule'

6. Bob Dylan
Sound: oh, you know
Found: everywhere, but most recently rediscovered on an episode of 'Mad Men'
Key Tracks: 'Don't Think Twice, It's Alright,' 'It Ain't Me, Babe,' 'Simple Twist of Fate'

7. Ingrid Michaelson
Sound: female singer/songwriter; more talented than Jewel, warmer than Ani
Found: opening for Matt Nathanson in CT
Key Tracks: 'The Chain,' 'The Hat,' 'You and I'

8. Jack's Mannequin
Sound: Something Corporate changes it's name and rocks a wee bit harder
Found: through SoCo, which is turn was found through mix cds my friends made me in high school
Key Tracks: 'I'm Ready,' 'Hammers and Strings (A Lullaby),' 'Into the Airwaves'

9. The New Amsterdams
Sound: The Get Up Kids' more melodic and less electronic side project
Found: Vagrant records sampler purchased during my Hot Topic glory days
Key Tracks: 'All our Vice,' 'Spoils of the Spoiled,' 'Turn Out the Light,' 'Idaho'

There should be 10, because that would make it a nice, rounded list. But you know what? Life isn't like that. That, and I'm indecisive.

Coffee has kicked in. Illyria, here I come.