On stage, Mally Sarle, Alexandra Sauser-Monning and Amelia Meath gather in semi-circle form with little accompaniment other than an acoustic guitar. With hushed surroundings, the bareness of their three voices is completely enthralling. Iit's rare to find music that focuses on the delicate arrangements of voice alone anymore, but the trio from Bennington, Vt., has made a cappella cool again. After the three girls met at Bennington College, they quickly realized how powerful their music was shaping up to be.
It wasn't until Mountain Man posted a few simple recordings on its Myspace page that its popularity spread like wildfire. Before they could even piece together a debut album, the girls played at SXSW, the Glastonbury Festival and even toured the U.K. Mountain Man's debut LP, Made the Harbor, is out now on Partisan Records.
| Fourtet | Joy | Recorded Live for the World Cafe |
| Massive Attack | Unfinished Sympathy | Blue Lines |
| Nortec Collective | Brown Bike | Recorded Live for the World Cafe |
| Caribou | Jamelia | Swim |
| MGMT | Congratulations | Congratulations |
| Mountain Man | How'M I Doin | Recorded Live at Moogfest |
| Mountain Man | Dog Song | Recorded Live at Moogfest |
| Mountain Man | Play it Right | Recorded Live at Moogfest |
| Mountain Man | Holy Father | Recorded Live at Moogfest |
| G Love | Fixin' to Die | Fixin' to Die |
| Jonsi | Go Do | Go |
| Thievery Corporation | The Heart's a Lonely Hunter | The Cosmic Game |
| Emerson, Lake and Palmer | Lucky Man | Best of Emerson, Lake, and Palmer |
| Wendy Carlos | Sinfonia to Cantata No. 29 | Switched to Bach |
| Devo | (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction | Are We Not Men? We Are Devo |
| Gary Numan | Cars | The Pleasure Principle |
| Stereolab | Miss Modular | Dots & Loops |
| Herbie Hancock | Chameleon | Headhunter |
| Stevie Wonder | Higher Ground | Innervisions |
| The Monkees | Daily Nightly | Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, & Jones LTD. |
| Air | Le Femme D'Argent | Moon Safari |
| Tunng | Sashimi | ...And Then We Saw Land |