The Pixies, Breeders, and Yeah Yeahs are now “dad rock” for this band? Why, it seems like hardly 25 years ago I was writing about these bands for Addicted to Noise. 😎I heard “Cannonball” on the radio the other day and I was excited: “I know this record!” But hadn’t contextualized it as an “oldie but goodie.”
I looked through that Consequence of Sound "Best 75 of the Last 15" list. It was exactly as disappointing as I expected it to be. These kinds of lists must have a very poor satisfaction rate, and yet, I can never resist. It's click bait for music snobs 😉. Some pleasant surprises though: I was glad to see Kaytranada's 99.9% on there.
Exactly! Those sorts of lists usually only to serve to rile people up and are pretty predictable. But there was enough on there to keep my attention and make it interesting.
Not come across Grouper before, but I'm off now to listen to 'Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill', who could resist a record with that title!
Tim
It's intriguing to be sure!
The Pixies, Breeders, and Yeah Yeahs are now “dad rock” for this band? Why, it seems like hardly 25 years ago I was writing about these bands for Addicted to Noise. 😎I heard “Cannonball” on the radio the other day and I was excited: “I know this record!” But hadn’t contextualized it as an “oldie but goodie.”
I’m not gonna lie; it stung a little to get those answers back!
Oh, I get it now: you were surprised as I was that a new band you were talking to cited those influences! 🥳😌😍
I looked through that Consequence of Sound "Best 75 of the Last 15" list. It was exactly as disappointing as I expected it to be. These kinds of lists must have a very poor satisfaction rate, and yet, I can never resist. It's click bait for music snobs 😉. Some pleasant surprises though: I was glad to see Kaytranada's 99.9% on there.
Exactly! Those sorts of lists usually only to serve to rile people up and are pretty predictable. But there was enough on there to keep my attention and make it interesting.