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Captain Boring of the S.S. Shut Up
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Nothing in here is at random. They are all expansions of found photographs from the 1950′s, so the video recreates and extends them. It’s a very cool concept, and a gorgeous video. You can watch the making of video on EITS website: http://explosionsinthesky.com/
Wow, only 3 songs off the new album (plus 2 released after) out of 18. Interesting…
Also, as a listener you absolutely don’t “have a responsibility to be concerned over how much was a true artistic expression, and how much was marketing.” That is completely different than being a listener. That’s being a thinker (who is imposing unnecessary constraints on what they are listening to) instead of actually listening to the music for the music. If it’s good, it doesn’t matter if the artist thought of it while taking a dump or when cutting themselves open and making a sacrifice to the art gods in hopes that their songs achieve true artistic greatness.
I think they probably view it more as:
Living as good a life as possible and being able to say I did my best to provide for myself and/or family and being incredibly lucky that the way I get to do that is by being able to artistically express myself > Trying to fit into someone’s insanely unreasonable view of what being a “true artist” is.
Why do musicians have to be martyrs so they can fulfill people’s expectation of what it means to make art…You are literally asking all musicians to live shitty, miserable existences because that somehow justifies their art to you so they should pass over any offer to live a more comfortable life because it’s “selling out”. The singer of Pela went broke because he injured himself playing a show and didn’t have health insurance to pay his hospital bill. But selling your songs for health insurance is too commercial I guess. Maybe all bands should whittle their guitars out of a tree and some horse hair, because if they buy their guitar from a big corporation like Fender, they are selling out.
Why can’t you just enjoy the music for it’s actual quality and not have to view it associated with “the man” or whatever? It seems like someone who feels like they can appreciate “true artistry”, whatever that even means, can probably look deeper than the Nintendo DS association and hear the actual song, and then make a determination of whether they like it or not.
Why wouldn’t bands take advantage of offers to make money? Now that nobody actually buys music and record labels are giving bands big contracts, bands have to find other ways to make a living. Wouldn’t you rather have a band you like contribute to something “commercial” so they can afford to continue making music rather than not and then breaking up because they couldn’t afford to keep going? Or even a band like Arcade Fire, who is probably past that point in their careers, why can’t you just be glad they are releasing a new song even though they don’t have an album coming out soon?
They aren’t a trio, they just only interviewed three of them for the article.
Wow. When I saw the tweet yesterday, I assumed they broke up, but hearing the new stuff, it still kinda feels like they did. This is definitely a different band. Maybe this is stuff Chris threw together on his own, playing around with his affection for cheesy pop music. I guess we’ll see when the new album comes out…
Is this song about trying to eat sixteen saltines in five minutes without water?
Thanks for clarifying! If at first you don’t succeed telling the punchline of a bad joke, try again. That’s how the saying goes, right?
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The Grammy’s don’t get a lot right, but they definitely got this right. Holocene is easily the song of the year. I could listen to that song on a loop forever.
Q already awarded Bon Iver the album of the year: http://jagjaguwar.com/blog/tag/q-magazine/
How does that jibe with this list?
Wow, Other Lives is opening for them. And they got to open for Bon Iver this year too. It’s nice when awesome bands get recognized by bigger acts. They definitely deserve it.
Can we get some Other Lives coverage up in here? They are so good. So is Bon Iver, obviously, and I really wish I lived on the West Coast for this tour.
How many quality bands come out per year that every single blog needs to have completely unique lists? That comment makes absolutely no sense. They are on this list and many others as well because a lot of people think they are among the best new bands.
The Caveman song you linked is called “Decide”, not “Beware”. Saw these guys open for the White Rabbits back in February and was really impressed. Going to see them play this Thurs.
Hahahaha! Holy Moly. The thing about Brooklyn comedy shows is easily the funniest thing I’ve seen all day. I finally get your persona. You are very good at the ironic Brooklyn hipster thing. Let me know the next time you are performing at one of these shows. Do you have a website?
Great performance. I really liked the little added bit at the end.
This has the same feel as a lot of Sigur Ros videos. Same director? Also, this is definitely the song of the year.
Fun song. Wish he still sang in Hebrew though.
Very excited to see them at the Wellmont with The Antlers opening. A lot of epic music in one room.
Thanks for the link. Great performance.
LATFH…The article is not supposed to be a list of obscure bands you can throw around to gain more “indie-cred” (which I’m sure is hugely disappointing). It’s about the music that directly influenced the making of their album.
Nevermind. I’m dumb. The way it’s set up now is fine. Thanks!
If anyone ever puts together a compilation of songs named for years from the first decade of the 20th century, they have 2 pretty good ones so far…