Hi All, on a slightly different tangent to What are your favorite albums of the year / of the last months? I thought it might be interesting to get people's feedback on who they rate as the best new artists/talent they have discovered so far this century? Say a maximum of 3 artists per person...
My first one that comes to mind is:
A Fine Frenzy (Alison Sudol)
Her first two albums especially are stand outs for me:
One Cell in the Sea (2007)
Bomb in a Birdcage (2009)
It's a pity she has focused more on acting than music (she has only released 3 albums plus a Christmas EP, no new albums since 2012) - people who don't know her may know her from her acting, most recently as Queenie Goldstein in the Harry Potter Universe Fantastic Beasts films (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald).
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2020-01-20, 11:31 #1
Your Best New Artist of the 21st Century To Date (2001-2019)
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2020-01-20, 12:29 #2
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Your Best New Artist of the 21st CenturyTo Date (2001-2019)
One of my favourites of the last years is defenetly the album "The Boy
Who Died Wolf" from "Highly Suspect".
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2020-01-20, 14:52 #5
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Riverside, a Polish progressive rock band. Sadly the original lead guitarist who was obviously a Dave Gilmour fan died a couple of years ago.
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