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+1Posted on Jun 21st, 2010 | re: Op-Ed: An Artists' Dialogue On CocoRosie's Grey Oceans (86 comments)
this band is great. i’ve always been surprised by the lack of response by many to them but at the same time not really. challenging music is almost never championed in this pitchfork world. now that indie music has crossed over, the music getting big reception is just the pop equivalent in that realm. basically party music. not that party music doesnt have any merit.. but often the experimental seems to get pushed aside. however, if a band like cocorosie was playing the size of venues they are now but in the 90s they would have been probably considered to be a ‘big’ indie band back then.
in terms of ‘famous musician’ fans, i believe i’ve read interviews a few years back with omar from atdi/mars volta where he talked about cocorosie.
just to add one more thing.. when i was a freshman in college i would play ‘noahs ark’ by cocorosie in my dorm room and my suburban, third eye blind/mainstream music roommate would love it. their music is very weird yet accessible at the same time (the anco parallel by antony is very apt).
i was pleasantly surprised though to see you guys make this ‘op-ed.’ i think stereogum could make more of an effort to break/cover more experimental acts and not just NYC based bands you’re friends with and ‘best new music’ bands. i know that is a generalization but there is an obvious nyc bias to the bands you cover and you could do a lot to try to promote more interesting music also.