#highly reccomend

[terracyte]

inside the steam

from chapter 8 of my heart is the worst kind of weapon !!

[oh-no-its-bird]

Fan art for @hashiramashonkers 's very awesome fic that everyone should go and read, Sugar Pill

[softiesooshiscribbles]

Playing dressup with her ladyship again 💛

[lucishell]

the three genders: catgirl, whore and they

[stranded-ziggy]

Charlie Cale || Poker Face (2023)

[oasisofgalaxies]

Just finished Amber Skies by @cryptotheism and GAH. I WISH I HAD WORDS RN BC IT WAS BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN

[desire-mona]

so, i want to get into nickel creek, where do i start?

a comprehensive guide / masterlist by desire mona :-)

so ive gotten like. probably 3 or so asks about this + i need a pinned post for the nickel creek community so im making this. keep in mind that i am still a relatively new fan so i definitely dont have the seasoned advice that someone who's been listening for a while would have.

more info under cut!

lets start with the basics -

who is nickel creek?

nickel creek is a 3 piece bluegrass band from california made up of chris thile on mandolin, sara watkins on fiddle, and sean watkins on guitar. all 3 members are vocalists and sing lead vocals on various songs, but youll most likely hear chris on main vocals in a majority of their songs. though they are categorised as bluegrass / folk, their music delves into sounds from a variety of different genres, so a general acoustic label would probably be more fitting. they were originally known as "the nickel creek band" starting in 1989, but they dropped the "the" and "band" in uhhhhhhhh... some time before 2000.

what should i listen to first?

thats honestly up to you, i think anywhere is a good place to start since literally everything they make is good, but i can give u some kick off points so u can know whether or not u like them the quickest i suppose. i was introduced to them at a pretty young age, and the 2 songs that i remembered after years of not hearing them were the lighthouse's tale and this side.

lighthouse's tale - youtube, spotify, apple music

this side - youtube, spotify, apple music

after deciding that i should fully commit to the creek, i started with the tiny desk. i was BLOWN away by how kickass their live vocals were. i went thru and i listened to their albums one by one after that, but i'll have a list of all the albums later on.

"ummmm mona that's too many fucking buttons!!"

ok FINE here's two much easier ways but i think the way i did it was best. whatever.

both my father and my fellow creeker coworker discovered them from their best of album released just after they began their hiatus from 2007-2014. that was a good starting point to go through and listen to the rest, but beware that there are two (very good) albums that came out after this was released.

reasons why: the very best - youtube, spotify, apple music

OR i'll be extra nice and make a spotify playlist for you that i'll eventually make a youtube playlist as well (but not apple music im not paying for that shit <3)

(DO NOT LISTEN ON SHUFFLE - IT IS IN INTENDED ORDER)

every nickel creek album (even the baby ones)

*im doing my best to link physical copies from their official merch site, but some vinyls havent been reissued. if theyre not sold then ive linked the amazon page, but if theyre just sold out then ive linked the merch page anyway. physical copies linked are cds and vinyls respectively, sorry tape users.

little cowpoke (1993) - internet archive, cd

here to there (1997) - youtube and theres a cd but its over $100 so

nickel creek (2000) - youtube, spotify, apple music, physical copies (cd on official merch site is sold out as of 10/2/24)

this side (2002) - youtube, spotify, apple music, physical copies

why should the fire die? (2005) - youtube, spotify, apple music, physical copies

a dotted line (2014) - youtube, spotify, apple music, physical copies (no dotted line physical copies on the merch site, sorry!!)

celebrants (2023) - youtube, spotify, apple music, physical copies

ok fine i like these guys, what can i watch?

OH IM SO GLAD YOU ASKED!! here are my favs, you can do some exploring on your own as well!

their music videos

celebrants music videos (these are live performances)

2002 live @ aol sessions

2000 acoustic innovators documentary

toxic cover

studio session @ the current + interview

cmt's on the verge

new haven 2024 concert

kill bill cover w/ kacey musgraves

ok but what else have they done?

well all 3 members have their own solo careers, as well as separate bands and projects that theyve done. i wont be linking anything for this section, so you're just gonna have to do some digging for yourself.

chris thile:

solo career

unbelievable amounts of collaborations, too many to list

punch brothers

mutual admiration society

live from here

probably other shit, chris is kinda everywhere

sara watkins:

solo career

watkins family hour

im with her

mutual admiration society

sean watkins:

solo career

watkins family hour

fiction family

works progress administration

mutual admiration society

in conclusion + notes

listen to nickel creek or i will kill you with hammers. if you have any more resources youd like me to add to this post, let me know and i absolutely will!! i do plan on making some fandom-y stuff, such as blinkies and dividers. if youd like to check out all of *my* nickel creek posts, you can visit my #certified creeker tag, or if youd like to see all my posts about chris thile, you can visit my #dangly mandolin boy you will be mine tag. i apologise about the name i just. i like him.

thank u for reading!! feel free to send to anyone you want to annoy the shit out of <3

[hallowshumour]

Aww freak out 🖥⚡️

[imglowing-pink-inthenight]

just finished rereading Yuuei Survival Guide by LowlyWriter on ao3 will forever glaze their works because ive read this fic 4 times already and it keeps getting better

[i-may-be-an-emu]

if you didn’t already know shoot from the hip has a spotify with most of their plays (I don’t think their most recent ones been uploaded yet) and it’s great cause you can exit the app and it does that little video playing in the corner of the screen thing 👍

[sharonisthebettercarter]

rewatchin' archer is seriously blowin' mah mind wut the fuck~

my brain of course:

homelander = sterling, but worse

billy butcher = lana, but worse

[kelpiekidd]

Haven't been posting much because I've been bingewatching house md. why are his tits straining that shirt anyways hope you guys are having a good night

<3

[charlie-artlie]

A family can be three dads, a pet pig, and an omnipresent matriarchal god in the attic

[wizardyuri]

Watching my yuri street cred fall away as I accept that I really like their dynamic

[quitetheopposite]

Its massive, we ALL know it. 🕷️

[bionicle-ramblings]

Alright:

Confession time

I've been reading and rereading Through Eyes of Fire by Axalas on Deviantart, because the art is well done and the story is very intriguing

Sadly, Through Eyes of Fire is discontinued, but I've been thinking about where the story could go and what would happen

Not saying anything official about how I'd take the story, but just having considerations