Artists To Watch 2013

Band Song Why them
01. Air Traffic Controller Hurry Hurry From Boston, produced by Bleu, totally catchy.
02. Bleu It’s Not Over (‘Til it’s Over And Done) Speaking of Bleu, possible first artist at the Lakeside House Concert.
03. The Rescues Did It Really Even Matter? Love this chorus.
04. Winterpills Rogue Highway Lovely chamber pop.
05. David Wax Museum Born With A Broken Heart Paul Simon-esque.
06. Marina and The Diamonds Primadonna Bold, brassy voice.
07. Great Lake Swimmers Easy Come Easy Go Summer music.
08. Royal Teeth Wild Vampire weekend-esque.
09. The Wellspring Willing To Lose Buckingham-Nicks-esque.
10. Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra Want It Back Great 80s vibe.
11. Alan Doyle I’ve Seen a Little Great Big Sea frontman.
12. Emeli Sandé Next To Me The next Adele?
13. Anthony da Costa St. Therese Fave FRFF alum.
14. Barnaby Bright Made Up Of From our NYC peeps.
15. Nate Ihara Count Me In A song cowritten by Todd Wright.
16. Pesky J. Nixon Talk About Heaven Speaking of FRFF, these guys camp near us.
17. Marie Miller You’re Not Alone Nice voice.
18. Spuyten Duyvil Freight Train Love the groove.
19. Paul Cusick Everything This guy loves Steven Wilson so much, he uses both of his drummers. The feeling is more 90s Rush, though.
20. Matthew Perryman Jones Land Of The Living Starts slow, but it builds.
21. Robby Hecht A Reckoning Of Us Red Molly had him sing this at The Barns, and with good reason.
22. Todd Wright Home He doesn’t sing so much anymore, but when he does it’s a doozy (tough choice between this and this).

Leftovers (in no particular order):
Kate Miller-Heidke – Ride This Feeling
Jack and White – Night After Night
Freelance Whales – Spitting Image
Family Of The Year – Living On Love
Tony Vincent – Starting Over
Alabama Shakes – Hold On
Antje Duvekot – Noah’s Titanic
Ben Arthur – If Anyone Can Save Me
These United States – Born Young
The Adventures Of – Complication
Jesca Hoop – Hospital (Win Your Love)
Jenny Owen Youngs – Born To Lose
Jukebox the Ghost – Oh, Emily
Mika – Love You When I’m Drunk
Of Monsters and Men – Little Talks
Parks – Sweater Weather
Walk Off The Earth – Gang Of Rhythm