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posted by [identity profile] secrethappiness.livejournal.com at 03:06am on 18/12/2008
Min, I was just reading my del.icio.us and saw your comment re: Bon Iver. I got so excited because I haven't met anyone else who doesn't enjoy him either. I felt all alone in the hipster music crowd but not now.

Relatedly, Brother Pinn asked for music recs for Christmas and I was thinking about telling him about DBT because he enjoys that kind of music but I don't know which album to recommend. Hints, please?
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posted by [identity profile] minervacat.livejournal.com at 03:36am on 18/12/2008
the only reason i haven't written bon iver off completely is that some dudes we know in a band down here used to play in a band with him back in wisconsin, and they swear he is a very nice dude. i'm sure he is! i just find his music totally boring. (his ex bandmates, on the other hand, make excellent music.) and you are totally not alone.


i think that the most accessible and best DBT album is 2003's decoration day, followed pretty closely by the dirty south and brighter than creation's dark, the latter of which is their newest album. (if he gets into them, the rest of the albums are all really great, but also more complex or weirder or both.) you might also consider jason isbell's first solo album, sirens of the ditch? it's not quite the same sound as the truckers, because jason left the band because his sound was changing, but it's similar enough and it's really spectacular.
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