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It amazes me how many phases of music there were in one decade. We had the tail end of glam rock, grunge, lezbo rock, ska, techno, swing, pop punk/emo punk, rap rock, and we even managed to squeeze in the macarena. How did it all get squeezed into one decade? It’s a mystery we’ll never solve, but I’m just glad I was there. I still think it’s funny how indie rock just didn’t exist when I was in high school and how much fashion has changed in the last ten years. I’m that old proud guy who wishes he could swear his era was the best, and it was in some ways. It got pretty ridiculous, and the crap that we listened to for the most part was pretty bad, but in that full circle kind of way. Only ten years later and indie rock exists, and it feels musicians are trying to make good music again, and the variety of music is wider as a whole. I wish we had the music scene we have now for my youth, but alas, I’ll have to settle with, “We took this trip to Garden Grove, it smelled like Lou Dog inside the van, oh yeah.”
I decided not to count records that I got into after the 90s by bands like Neutral Milk Hotel or Sonic Youth. I was not very with it for the 90s, but I was there blasting KROQ, donned in wife beater, dangling cigarettes from the lips. These have no bearing as far as what one would read in some other schmarm magazine, where one would find either Wowee Zowee or Ok Computer as number one. That being said, below are the records that I just liked at the time in the 90s. All this really does is make me feel old and I am honestly ashamed of some of these. Stop judging me. Don’t look at me!
This is my props to the ladies for some random videos I like. The last video counts due to Elvis’s jacket. My last ”Video For The Vault” post was for best representation of ”Mesculine Sword” videos. I know you’re at home and/or work and have just hit a good wave of You Tube videos, well here are some more.
Feist - My Moon My Man
Last Wednesday, England’s Duke Spirit hit The Echo to a completely sold out crowd. The 5 piece has been around for a couple years and recently is starting to get as much attention as they deserve with their recent album Neptune. Lead singer Leila Moss, who looks like a rock n roll version of a young Deborah Harry, is one of the most captivating performers in music today.
Hate them or love them (I got between both regularly), Pitchfork has undeniable power. This show was book ended by two acts that the ultra-schmarm website helped bring to notoriety. Portland’s Blitzen Trapper and Seattle’s Fleet Foxes. Both have enjoyed some time in their “best new music” section. The former for last year’s amazing Wild Mountain Nation and the latter’s flawless EP last month Sun Giant. Grand Archives were on the bill too with some guy who was in some band called Band of Horses or something like that. Oh and all three bands happen to be on Sub Pop records. No. Big. Deal.