This will be the first of what we hope is many attempts at involving our friends, family and customers to make Ugly Mugs a great coffeehouse. We are beginning to build a music library for the house music and we want your input. Leave us a comment below and let us know one (or more if you'd like) MUST HAVE albums to play at the coffeehouse. We're looking for all kinds of artists, all genres. So thumb through those iPods and let's see what you've got! Have fun and thank you for being part of our dream!
Must have's for the smooth Jazz genre -- by the group "Fourplay" --
Elixir, Fourplay, Yes!, Heartfelt, (any album by this group is awesome)
Also -- Boney James is a great smooth jazz artist -- Seduction, Body Language, Sweet Thing
Posted by: Robert Gross | July 11, 2008 at 08:05 AM
A few local artist: Griffen House, Tlyer James, Paper Route, Peter Barbee (if he will ever put out an EP) The Features, LLC, The Raconteurs, Derek Webb.....well there are many great local artist! I could go on. This is good for now.
Posted by: Manley | July 11, 2008 at 08:15 AM
I agree with everything Manley says...also adding my favorite albums:
The best of Randy Newman, or all his albums
Jeff Buckley, Grace
Rufus Wainwright, Want One
Belle and Sebastian, If you're feeling sinister
David Gray, Life in slow motion
every Beatles album
The soundtrack to Dancer in the Dark by Bjork
anything by sufjan stevens
Also, I think it would be funny if you played Neal Diamond.
Also, you should play some Bob Marley.
Posted by: rebekka | July 11, 2008 at 08:57 AM
I'm loving the new Jason Mraz right now. Also, anything Jack White is associated with. A local flavor, as previously suggested, would be fun.... maybe some old Dolly... and I don't mean me! :)
Posted by: Alison | July 11, 2008 at 09:14 AM
Some of my favorites:
- The Beatles
- The Eagles
- Jack-O-Pierce
- Sinatra
- Phantom of the Opera Soundtrack
...I'll keep thinking...
Posted by: GrimLozier | July 11, 2008 at 09:50 AM
For one, you do have to include local artists like The White Stripes (my favorite), Raconteurs, Jack Johnson is great, but he is also in the "generic" coffe house music genre. John Mayer is cool, maybe some Black Crowes or Counting Crowes. Stones and Beatles definitely will make a positive feel, and another fave of mine, Bob Marley has to be put in somewhere.
Posted by: Jansen | July 11, 2008 at 10:43 AM
Great idea! Here are some great artists (in my opinion) for "ambience". Great sounds w/o being distracting:
-Coldplay (of course :)
-David Spencer (a local flavor)
-Sufjan Stevens
-Zero 7
-Dean & Britta
-Death Cab for Cutie
-Feist
-Gomez
-Iron & Wine
-The Shins
-Andrew Bird
-Sigor Ros
-Nick Drake
Posted by: Jess Smith | July 11, 2008 at 11:45 AM
John Mayer,
KT Tunstall,
Colbie Calliat,
Amy Winehouse,
Sara Barielles
Posted by: LB | July 11, 2008 at 11:56 AM
Patty Griffin.:)
Posted by: Sarah Moseley | July 11, 2008 at 02:24 PM
Maybe a little classic jazz:
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
John Coltrane - Love Supreme
Jim Hall - Concierto
And some rock and pop favs:
David Mead - Indiana
The National - Boxer
Aimee Mann - Lost in Space
Future of Foresty - Twilight
Radiohead - Ok Computer
Posted by: Whit | July 11, 2008 at 02:41 PM
John Legend- once again
Jamie Cullum- Catching Tales, TwentySomething
Stevie Wonder- Definitive Collection
Michael Jackson- Number Ones
Journey- Journey: Greatest Hits
John Mayer- Room for Squares, Continuum
Kenny Chesney- Be As You Are
Matt Wertz- Everything In Between
Dierks Bently- Long Trip Alone
Switchfoot- The Beautiful Letdown, Nothing is Sound
Mae- The Everglow
The Frey- How to Save a Life
Jack Johnson- any album
Marc Broussard- Carencro
Mute Math- all ablums and EPs
Nora Jones- Come Away with Me
Anthony Hamilton- Comin' From Where I'm From
Marques Houston- Veteran
Lupe Fiasco- Lupe Fiasco's The Cool
Lil' Wayne- Carter III (Clean Version)
Trip Lee- If They Only New, 20/20
Tedashii- The Answer
Kanye West- Graduation
Monk & Neagle- The Twenty-First Time
(I'd put more but I have to go)
Posted by: Lee Turley | July 11, 2008 at 03:31 PM
Whoa! Great taste! This place is going to have some good sound vibes!
Posted by: Manley | July 11, 2008 at 03:33 PM
I agree with most of Lee's picks; I would add:
Adele - 19
Matthew Perryman Jones - Throwing Punches in the Dark
Melody Gardot - Worrisome Heart
Alison Krauss and Robert Plant - Raising Sand
Matchbox Twenty - Exile on Mainstream
Marc Broussard - SOS
House of Heroes - Say No More
Beach Boys - Sounds of Summer
Mat Kearney - Nothing Left to Lose
U2 - Joshua Tree
Jars of Clay - From the Studio, From the Stage
Queen - Greatest Hits
Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself
Nickel Creek - This Side
Seven Day Jesus - Seven Day Jesus
Simon and Garfunkel - The Essential Simon and Garfunkel
Posted by: Mark Ahlberg | July 11, 2008 at 07:09 PM
1. The Postal Service - give up (album)
2. any Pinback cd
3. of course you have to have a Radiohead cd.
4. Coastal
5. Sigur Ros
6. Dustin O' Halloran
7. Frou Frou
8. Dredg - catch without arms or cielo (albums)
9. Naked Man Bridge
Posted by: Jared | July 11, 2008 at 10:23 PM
I'm very excited about this place, and I love your attitude about music. To me, it's an essential part of the coffee house experience.
I agree with (almost) all of the above. I say lots of Ryan Adams, Gillian Welch, Neil Young, and Bob Dylan.
Also, Norah Jones, Nickel Creek, Fionn Regan, Nick Drake, and Jeff Buckley all have a certain sound that goes well with a white mocha :).
It's also cool to switch genres and do some classic jazz and crooners as well.
I could go on about this for days, and with every other person's entry, I think, "I should have said that!" Looking forward to your opening!
Posted by: holly | July 12, 2008 at 10:13 AM
Oh, and I also think the locals are essential--Raconteurs, Mat Kearney, MPJ, Andy Davis, Eric Wilson and Empty Hearts, etc. Supporting local business is directly related to supporting local music.
Posted by: holly | July 12, 2008 at 10:15 AM
Sara Bareilles, Nickel Creek, Jack Johnson, Derek Webb are a few of my faves.
Posted by: Kim Allen | July 12, 2008 at 12:24 PM
John Mayer, David Grey, Jack Johnson....would you like me to add some of my shake shake shake your booty music?! :) hehe!
Also, a friend of ours is a local artist in nashville! Chad and I have 3 of his cd's they are complete ugly mugs style...I can get copies for you or get you in contact with him to perform for live entertainment!!! He is awesome!! He and his wife are in the band together...his name and band is: Drew Holcomb and the neighbors - he has a myspace page too...Yeah! Ugly Mugs!
Posted by: colleen | July 13, 2008 at 09:12 PM
But seriously. I like ya'll so much.
Posted by: rebekka | July 13, 2008 at 09:48 PM
Naked Man Bridge, Live at the Sports Page, the drummer was so hot!
Posted by: Todd Otanicar | July 13, 2008 at 11:41 PM
Local Band named "Safety Suit".. they just got their first record deal and are now signed with Universal. very hip music!
Posted by: Rosa Ruthsatz | July 16, 2008 at 03:38 PM
music suggestions:
caleb stine & the brakemen - all of their albums
m. ward - all of his albums
matthew perryman jones
pinback - blue screen life
royksopp - melody am
medeski martin and wood - shackman
jonathan barnes - medication
raconteurs - consolers of the lonely
beck - sea change
beck - modern guilt
phish - story of the ghost
fleet foxes - fleet foxes
albert hammond, jr. - yours to keep
Posted by: hinterspelunk | July 18, 2008 at 09:27 AM
Adam Watts - Noise Inside
Al Green - Anything from him
Ben Folds - Anything from him
D'Angelo - VooDoo & Brown Sugar
Derek Webb - The Ringing Bell
Duffy - Rockferry
Queen - Greatist hist
Earth Wind and Fire - The Essentials
Zero 7 - When it Falls
Fiona Apple - Tidal, Extraordinary Machine
Fugees - The Score (Clean Version)
Miles Davis -
India Arie - Acoustic Soul
Jamie Cullum - Twentysomething
Jars of Clay - Good Monsters
John Rueben - Word of Mouth
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
N.E.R.D. - Fly or Die (Clean Version)
OneRepublic - Dreaming Out Loud
Prince - Anything
Robert Randolf and the Fam - Colorblind
Thicke - A Beutiful World
Switchfoot - Nothing is Sound
Until June - Until June
Wyclef Jean - The Preachers Son (Clean Version)
4th Avenue Jones - Stereo
Posted by: Jerad | July 18, 2008 at 04:13 PM
* Trent Dabbs
* Gileah & the Ghost Train
* Katie Herzig
* A Fine Frenzy
Posted by: Anna | July 20, 2008 at 09:58 AM
a good funk record
http://www.amazon.com/Thunder-Chicken-Mighty-Imperials/dp/B0002YCUWK/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1216645268&sr=8-1
Posted by: hinterspelunk | July 21, 2008 at 08:02 AM