Inspir.es

foxinstereo:

In no particular order, here are my five favorite songwriters of all-time. I tried to take their whole bodies of work into the equation and heres what came out:

-Ben Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie, The Postal Service)
-Stephen Malkmus (Pavement, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks)
-Justin Pierre (Motion City Soundtrack)
-Frank Black (Pixies, Black Francis, Frank Black)
-James Mercer (The Shins)

I will probably put a few of their best lyrical songs up on my muxtape soon…also feel free to post your own top 5 if you feel so inclined.

Here are my top 5 artists lyrically:

Jens Lekman
Bright Eyes (Conor Oberst)
Rocky Votolato
The Format (Nate Ruess)
The Streets (Mike Skinner)

Honorable Mentions:
Ryan Adams
The Shins (James Mercer)
The Decembrists (Colin Meloy)
Morrissey
Weezer (Pre-1997) (Rivers Cuomo)
Sufjan Stevens
Fall Out Boy (Pete Wentz)
John Vanderslice
Pedro the Lion (David Bazan)

I’ve updated my Muxtape to my favorite songs lyrically…