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7/19/2012 New If You Like, Then You'd Like: Bon Iver and Ben Howard


A year or two ago Bon Iver was still the stuff of small clubs and All Songs Considered, skirting mainstream music and shunned by Billboard charts. But after two Grammys and months of buzz you now have no excuse to be ignorant of Justin Vernon’s singular crooning on Skinny Love (I mean, Pitchfork gave their self-titled second album the No. 1 spot on their Best of 2011 list. Come on! Not that it stopped the confused American masses). That’s why the indie folk outfit is the If in this resurrection of If You Like, Then You Like (as a bonus, my money’s on Ed Sheeran for a similar rise to stardom, just saying). The Then this time around is the much smaller and equally talented Ben Howard, English singer-songwriter who’s only just begun to sell out American rooms. His May show at the Bowery was incredible—don’t think twice the next time he’s in town. So there you have it: If you like Bon Iver, then you’d like Ben Howard.

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4/06/2011 If You Like, Then You'd Like: Adele and Paloma Faith

Two gorgeous English redheads, two soul singers with 2011 edge? These ladies are practically screaming for an If You Like, Then You'd Like! Onwards, readers, into another pairing designed to expand your distinctly American horizons, featuring an artist the Brits have been loving since '09. I, your steadfast matchmaker, offer you once more a musical love connection--Here's a  solid and sturdy link among those cocktail party recommendations and blind Pandora guesses that form the fringes of your musical awareness: If you like Adele, then you'd like Paloma Faith.

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3/27/2011 If You Like, Then You'd Like: Mumford & Sons and Admiral Fallow

To the horror of music purists everywhere—hipsters, pull that houndstooth scarf up over your eyes, or something—I’m about to provide the first if you like x, then you’d like y METROPOLIS sound recommendation.  Yes, I’m going to make a demeaning simplification, reducing your complex taste and a band’s complex work to a two-clause byline, and yes, I can’t guarantee that I’ll always speak the truth, but go on and give me the benefit of the doubt.  If you’re the kind of music fan I am, even when you’re burned out on an album, you still want more: kindly accept my silver platter. 

All that said (and I won’t say it next time): If you like Mumford and Sons, then you’d like Admiral Fallow.  

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