bretrooks
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Joined: 9/27/2009 From: San Luis Obispo, CA Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: Robert Pavlovich Can say I definitely have plenty of overlap on your list Bre, I've listened to more than my fair share of Spoon and Wilco over the last 10 - 15 years, doesn't get much better for the genre. Also, listen to plenty of White Stripes (though De Stijl will probably always be a favorite), Radiohead, M Ward, Modest Mouse, Flaming Lips, and Beck. Never got in to Arcade Fire (but couldn't escape it), Sufjan Stevens, or Bright Eyes (favorite of my wife's). Does that National album "Boxer" have that song they used for "Win Win"? Remember liking that one. -Anyway, why no Pavement? -Robbers on High Street had a good run a while back (check out Tree City or Fine Lines if interested) -Regrets & Brunettes: This was my band - blends indie with classic rock, and singer/songwriter styles. These bands were favorites of a lot of the bands mentioned, great stuff: -Big Star (#1 Record/ Radio City, Third Sister Lovers) -Wire (Pink Flag, Chairs Missing) -The Fall (This Nation's Saving Grace, or 50,000 People Can't Be Wrong) quote:
ORIGINAL: bretrooks Semi-related...has anyone else wasted time lately playing with this? http://peopleslist.pitchfork.com/ I have, and for anyone who's interested, here's my list, although I keep shifting albums around, sometimes by many spaces, especially in the 10-40 range. I guess I have until midnight to mess with it more if I want to. Recent listening: Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself Beck - Mutations Spoon - Kill the Moonlight Smog - A River Ain't Too Much To Love Part of the conceit of the list was that it only goes back as far as Pitchfork does (1996), so I think they only had a couple of albums available for voting. Even so, Pavement is one of those bands I feel like I should like more than I actually do, but I've never been able to get into them...it's always struck me that I was at the wrong stage of life when I finally ran across them. (I feel similarly about Sonic Youth, Animal Collective, and several other indie-favorite bands I just don't quite "get.") I'm Wide Awake It's Morning is the only Bright Eyes album I really like (or maybe one of two), but I do think it has some great songs on it. Definitely need to check Wire out more than I have.
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