I just posted about this elsewhere before I saw this thread... but, I really think Leonard Cohen fans would like Tom McKean & the Emperors. Check them out here: http://www.theemperors.co.uk Hear them here: http://www.myspace.com/tommckeanandtheemperors They've written a piece about seeing Leonar...

I love this thread! Especially the Telly Savalas bit... I've always thought he looks like a young Dustin Hoffman - ever since my sleeves of Greates Hits and S&G's Graduate Sountrack sat next to each other one day... http://www.pluto.dti.ne.jp/~nobbyy/_src/sc663/Graduate.jpg http://placowkapostep...

They're great - there's an interview/feature in this month's Uncut mag, I think... it seems they hate the Dylan/Basement Tapes comparisons though! I have to say they're fair, personally...

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CJjuXbdPnng/SNISVxlTkqI/AAAAAAAAACg/DFiYXlSjLo0/s1600/slv_emperors.jpg A friend of mine is in a band called Tom McKean & the Emperors, and I've been listening to their debut single a lot (it's on iTunes). They're big fans of Leonard,it seems - there's a lovely piece on...

I wish they'd publish the 2-in-1 in the UK (with that cover)... I guess I could order it from Canada.

There's some stiff competition - only a few days left if you haven't voted!
Shame there isn't an 'event of the year' category - he'd walk that, surely!