http://www.indy.com/posts/5646 en-us audiorecon There's no doubt Anticon has some great talent the new Sole & the Skyrider band is super dope-Some favorite personnel lyrics are from-gotta put the Beatles in here for sure,Flaming Lips,KRS-ONE,Morphine,Mos,Jello Biafra,Dylan,elliot smith,Sage Francis,Leonard Cohen,Bob Marley-locally that guy from the deadbeats, Castle Oldchair,steve janiak, Rusty,TJ Reynolds,Tasha Jones,Ike,sarah grain,emily wells was great,kate lamont,Right on John (who was from here and is now in OR.)Id Obelus has some very inventive lyrics Ya know I heard Jack johnson's new album the other day, never listened to him before-The song Sleep through the Static lyrically deep as hell. Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:26:55 -0400 http://www.indy.com/posts/5646#comment_17457 http://www.indy.com/posts/5646#comment_17457 frogmajik It'd have to be Richie Havens doing Bob. It might also be Jerry doing Bob. Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:50:41 -0400 http://www.indy.com/posts/5646#comment_17178 http://www.indy.com/posts/5646#comment_17178 Ben Neff Great to see a couple of other fans of the Anticon label. I do enjoy Hymie's Basement, Why?, 13 & God, cLOUDDEAD, Atmosphere, Fog, Controller 7, Odd Nosdam, Buck 65, Sage Francis and probably a few others. Not all those musicians are currently on Anticon, but I'm pretty sure all have at least contributed at some point. Sage Francis is definitely one of my favorite artists as far as lyrical content goes. Local musician Scott Matelic, who I'm also a big fan of, has worked with some of those musicians. I also like the poetic lyrics of some of the artists in the so called "modern psych folk" genre such as Joanna Newsom, Devendra Banhart and Cocorosie. As far as music without lyrics, I'm often inspired by electronic musicians with a laid back sound such as Boards of Canada, Air, Kelpe and Röyksopp. Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:23:46 -0400 http://www.indy.com/posts/5646#comment_17173 http://www.indy.com/posts/5646#comment_17173 Shimmercore Anton Newcombe from the Brian Jonestown Massacre writes great lyrics about love, longing, hate, and angst. One of his best song titles off his new album, My Bloody Underground, is called, "Bring me the head of Paul McCartney on Heather Mill's Wooden Peg (Dropping Bombs on the White House)" It's a love song. Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:28:22 -0400 http://www.indy.com/posts/5646#comment_17164 http://www.indy.com/posts/5646#comment_17164 she.does.hair My son's lullaby is "Fix You" by Coldplay. I've sung that to him since he was born. I'd like to think the band wrote that song for their children...anyway, lyrically and musically this band makes me happy. Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:17:37 -0400 http://www.indy.com/posts/5646#comment_17017 http://www.indy.com/posts/5646#comment_17017 StellarSwarm Wow! I've never known a single other soul who knew about the greatness of The Rosebuds. I much prefer their older stuff, "The Rosebuds Make Out" being my favorite. I also never knew anyone who could listen (with enjoyment) to Subtle, or anything else from Anticon. I also really like 13&God from that label. For lyrical content, I don't think anything beats Bright Eyes. From "Bowl of Oranges" And we'll keep working on the problem we know we'll never solve Of Love's uneven remainders, our lives are fractions of a whole. But if the world could remain within a frame, like a painting on a wall. I think we would see the beauty then, we would stand staring in awe at our still lives posed, like a bowl of oranges, like a story told, by the fault lines and the soil. Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:19:13 -0400 http://www.indy.com/posts/5646#comment_16998 http://www.indy.com/posts/5646#comment_16998 Nina Mehta This is annoyingly cliche but I don't think Ani Difranco's lyrics can be topped. Sun, 09 Mar 2008 11:43:08 -0400 http://www.indy.com/posts/5646#comment_16994 http://www.indy.com/posts/5646#comment_16994 Jammy With lyrical content as the number one consideration: Bob Dylan has always been at the top of my very short list of the best singer songwriters of all time. IMHO, his songs will still be relevant in 40 years when most pop artists are forgotten. Blixa Bargeld, no one can touch him for vocal range and general strangeness, can't even come close. He's a vocal anomaly and he keeps getting better with age, he's currently 49. He's also incredibly strange looking. He sings with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and his group Einsturzende Neubuaten. His songs are surreal bits of the human condition with a dose of Dadaism and jazz thrown in for good measure, beautiful work, incredible lyrics. John Lennon, Kurt Cobain, Nivek Ogre are also on my top list. I'm leaving out lots of amazing people like Leonard Cohen, Tori Amos, Lou Reed, Johnny Cash etc... Sun, 09 Mar 2008 04:42:59 -0400 http://www.indy.com/posts/5646#comment_16990 http://www.indy.com/posts/5646#comment_16990 AndrewC What is it in these bands' lyrics that connects with you most? Sat, 08 Mar 2008 09:54:18 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/5646#comment_16962 http://www.indy.com/posts/5646#comment_16962 limits_are_lies there are many more, but at the moment..i'd go with the following: the new pornographers, spoon, destroyer, beach house, subtle, why?, animal collective, andrew bird, and the rosebuds. those are the ones that inspire me on both fronts. Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:53:41 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/5646#comment_16463 http://www.indy.com/posts/5646#comment_16463 Cornelius There are so many bands that are both lyrically and musically satisfying, I think. Blindside, Brave Saint Saturn, Derek Webb, Benjamin Gate, U2, I could go on and on. I love a lot of bands. Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:45:27 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/5646#comment_16370 http://www.indy.com/posts/5646#comment_16370 Allison for the lyrics (at this moment in time): "New Soul" Yael Naim for the music: Stereo Deluxe Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:01:45 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/5646#comment_16364 http://www.indy.com/posts/5646#comment_16364