I'm going through a real big stage of listening to chilled out, singer/sognwriter stuff right now. You know, lyric driven, few guitars, and whatnot. Anyone else on the same page?

A few current favourites that I would recommend:

Mark Kozelec
Kimya Dawson
Cailin Callahan
Brendan Canning
Mason Jennings
Fionn Regan
Josh Ritter
Karine Polwart
etc.

It happens to me in waves. Every once in a while I'll just listen to Kings of Convenience for that very reason. It gets old after a while though, to be honest. A little too college angst-y for me.

Besides, I listen to Radiohead the majority of the time and most of their material is lyric driven.

oasis - live forever, wonderwall

i have no clue who any of those people are...i'll do some downloading later.
if i understand you correctly, Secondhand Serenade, maybe...?

Kimya Dawson and Josh Ritter!! <3

Ooh, Rebs! I'm liking Kings of Convenience! The guy's voice is really neat. ADORE The Weight Of My Words.

RockItStudios, I tried Secondhand Serenade, they were OK, a little bit Dashboard for my taste, and a lot poppier than what I was talking about, but still listenable.

"Parrallel Lines" speaks to me on SO many levels.

I shall have to download...

Grr, FAR too many priorites music-wise right now.

Oh, btw, everyone check out Marissa Nadler. She makes me happy.

Secondhand Serenade is pure shit.

"I'd Rather Dance With You" is Kings of Convenience's best song. I like the rest of their stuff (as well as most of Erland Oye's other material), but that's all that really stands out to be.

Have I forced you to listen to Jens Lekman yet (if you haven't discovered him on your own)? Because if I haven't, I am now.

John Mayer, Sara Bareilles, Secondhand Serenade and Natasha Bedingfield would be four of my many favorite singer/songwriters. :]

^ John Mayer.... <3

Justin Nozuka ftw.