What The Hell Am I Listening To?!?
2008 leftovers edition. There were three albums on my Top 50 list that I had never talked about prior to being on the list, #13 Wolf Parade‘s At Mount Zoomer, #10 White Denim‘s Exposion, and #48 Flying Lotus‘ Los Angeles. Well, on second thought I did mention the Wolf Parade, but not in a positive fashion. Between many, many Merriweather Post Pavilion listens, I have been jamming these three albums hard. So, here are a few mp3s for anyone who did not listen to these albums last year:
Wolf Parade : California Dreamer
Wolf Parade : Call It A Ritual
White Denim : Don’t Look That Way At It
Flying Lotus : Beginners Falafel
- Posted by Davy Minor on January 15, 2009 at 6:24 am
5 Responses to “What The Hell Am I Listening To?!?”
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Adam Says:
January 15th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
The Nigel Godrich From The Basement for white denim is great.
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Anonymous Says:
January 15th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
Davy, I’m ashamed. You have the nerve to categorize Fleet Foxes as My Morning Jacket ripoffs, but you herald Wolf Parada aka Modest Mouse v 2.0. Come on man.
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Clint Miller Says:
January 16th, 2009 at 11:17 am
Yea dude, somebody could probably start a blog devoted solely to bands influenced by Modest Mouse since they are one of the best bands to emerge from the 90s.
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Davy Minor Says:
January 16th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
I think it is this supposed Modest Mouse ripoff argument that initially turned me off from this band, but At Mount Zoomer is a far cry from being just derivative now that I have actually spent significant time with it. I think the fact that Issac Brock discovered them makes that label stick a bit harder than it should at this point.
Also, on some level you can find influences for any band that exists, but not all borrowing is created equally. Fleet Foxes are completely looking backwards, stealing a little My Morning Jacket, a lot of Neil Young, and creating a patchwork quilt of other people’s sounds. They start with conservative, backwards looking thefts and get even safer and more conservative with them.
Wolf Parade use Modest Mouse as a starting point, a fairly progressive and unique starting point, and traveled away from that influence moving in uncharted territories.
I’m not familiar with Wolf Parade’s first album really because I did not like it, but At Mount Zoomer is a very far distance from just being a Modest Mouse knockoff. If Fleet Foxes next album actually has something unique or exploratory on it, I’ll give them props as well.
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Clint Miller Says:
January 16th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
In less constructive criticism…
Fleet Foxes wishes they were as good as Akron/Family.
Post a comment.
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Adam Says:
January 15th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
The Nigel Godrich From The Basement for white denim is great.
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Anonymous Says:
January 15th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
Davy, I’m ashamed. You have the nerve to categorize Fleet Foxes as My Morning Jacket ripoffs, but you herald Wolf Parada aka Modest Mouse v 2.0. Come on man.
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Clint Miller Says:
January 16th, 2009 at 11:17 am
Yea dude, somebody could probably start a blog devoted solely to bands influenced by Modest Mouse since they are one of the best bands to emerge from the 90s.
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Davy Minor Says:
January 16th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
I think it is this supposed Modest Mouse ripoff argument that initially turned me off from this band, but At Mount Zoomer is a far cry from being just derivative now that I have actually spent significant time with it. I think the fact that Issac Brock discovered them makes that label stick a bit harder than it should at this point.
Also, on some level you can find influences for any band that exists, but not all borrowing is created equally. Fleet Foxes are completely looking backwards, stealing a little My Morning Jacket, a lot of Neil Young, and creating a patchwork quilt of other people’s sounds. They start with conservative, backwards looking thefts and get even safer and more conservative with them.
Wolf Parade use Modest Mouse as a starting point, a fairly progressive and unique starting point, and traveled away from that influence moving in uncharted territories.
I’m not familiar with Wolf Parade’s first album really because I did not like it, but At Mount Zoomer is a very far distance from just being a Modest Mouse knockoff. If Fleet Foxes next album actually has something unique or exploratory on it, I’ll give them props as well.
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Clint Miller Says:
January 16th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
In less constructive criticism…
Fleet Foxes wishes they were as good as Akron/Family.
