So, a while back we did a thing here at “…in case you were wondering.” and it seemed to work pretty well. We all participated in a thing called “Music You’ve Never Heard“.  You know what was awesome about it?  We all got to check out some music we have never heard, and there are still people submitting music that we have never heard.

As soon as I figure out how this will be something way more awesome than comments on my blog, but for now I would like to continue spreading the love  and add to the list.  I have gone through and copied all the links that were submitted and I want to go through those again.  There are a lot of new people here and I want them to be able to check out some of this music and also submit their own.  So here goes.  Round Two of “Music You’ve Never Heard”.  Whatcha’ got?

This Holiday Life 
A New Honour
Above The Blue *
Briertone
John Mark McMillan *
Jamie Barnes *
JayMay 
Josh Ritter
Todd Wright 
Sleeping At Last 
Paige Aufhammer  
Phil Danyew  
The Myriad *
Sarah Macintosh
Shawn McDonald
Edison Glass  *
Daniel Renstrom *
Shelly Moore *
Fordinal 
Dominic Bali
Nathanael Mehrens 
Mono 
Carbon Leaf 
Andria 
Josh Irby Band 
Rova Zetella 
Ours To Alibi 
Brooke Fraser *
Farewell Flight *
Rachel Taylor 
Maeve 
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 
Dave Clo 
Good Tomorrow 
Shane & Shane 
MGMT 
Hot Chip 
Spoon 
Louis XIV 
Weaver At The Loom 
The Most Serene Republic *
Band Of Horses 
Andrew Bird *
Headlights 
Jimmy Robeson 
Richard Butler *
William Fitzsimmons *
Greg Laswell *
Ian Galleghar 
Carney 

So that’s the list so far folks.  Pretty intense huh?  So what do we do with this?  Here’s what I am thinking.  I don’t like the idea of a “voting system” but I would like to see some of the “most recommended” music rise to the top and get more recognition.  I would like to see something like this really turn into something amazing and become a huge resource for music we have never heard.

I have two questions for you today. One:  From this list what sticks out to you the most?  And Two:  In the spirit of adding to this list, what are you listening to that people have never heard?

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I am always looking for new music. I am always looking for something that I haven’t heard and that isn’t being played on whatever “Top 40″ radio stations are still around. I can drive Kristin crazy because I can spend ridiculous amounts of time in record stores looking for something that is the perfect thing I have never heard before. And I do this because it’s fun to “discover”. It’s fun to seek something out that you (personally) have never heard of. It’s your discovery and most likely you love your “discovery” more because of that.

I remember about eight years ago, Kristin and I had just gotten married, getting on some independent bands site and listening to clips for hours and hours. This was before iTunes but still had the same idea. I remember being home alone and finding this album. Sure the cover was a little bright and weird, but the vocals were amazing and the guitar playing was something different. I ordered it right then. A week later when I got it in the mail, this album was all I was talking about. I was showing my friends, playing it over and over, and even forcing others to buy it.

With so many amazing talents out there writing music, everyone and their brother with the ability to record, and the internet, stumbling on to great “unknown” music is more possible than ever. So I wanted to start something where we can all discover “unknown” music together. What do you say? Eventually this will become it’s own thing called “musicyouveneverheard.com”, but for now lets start it here.

Let’s start a list of music that we love that others might not know about. Something “Independent” or something “Local”. Maybe even something that you just don’t think people know enough about. Leave a link to the artists website in the comments, and let’s all discover some new stuff. Sound good?

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