.Paak 2 Basics Episode 1: Layin' it .Paak
Tatarsky: Got targeted with this drumstick promo campaign featuring our boy. I knew I was a Paak fan, and I knew I believed in smart ad tech, but gahdamn I’m grateful for both.
Dawes - All Your Favorite Bands
The Prig: This Dawes guy has a bunch of tracks that are easy to enjoy but hard to really care about. This track, however, has heart and I feel like I can care about it.
Mura Masa - I'll Be Alright
Joe Con: Go ahead and add this to your babymakin mix. Has there ever been a bigger leap in character cool factor than Glover's leap from love interest in Girls to Lando Calrissian?
Rhye - Taste
Devo: Just in time for V day.
Prince - 2007 SB Halftime Show
Adrien Brody: Prince's 2007 SB halftime show = best halftime show? NFL Films thinks so. (Sidenote: fuck you, Rex Grossman.)
K-pop: Heard they're trotting out a Prince hologram this year, which sounds exactly like what he would have wanted: "That's the most demonic thing imaginable. Everything is as it is, and it should be. If I was meant to jam with Duke Ellington, we would have lived in the same age. That whole virtual reality thing... it really is demonic. And I am not a demon," he said. "Also, what they did with that Beatles song ["Free As a Bird"], manipulating John Lennon's voice to have him singing from across the grave... that'll never happen to me. To prevent that kind of thing from happening is another reason why I want artistic control."
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Thursday, May 30, 2013
EDM
Bros, this looks sick:
I know I have trashed electronic music in the past, but this looks so awesome. So many 90s babies are gonna be there. It is definitely, as the song says, "what it feels like to be alive." This is like that Electric Carnival you guys talk about, only better cuz it is like the "next step" in the music's progression. EDM will never die.
I know I have trashed electronic music in the past, but this looks so awesome. So many 90s babies are gonna be there. It is definitely, as the song says, "what it feels like to be alive." This is like that Electric Carnival you guys talk about, only better cuz it is like the "next step" in the music's progression. EDM will never die.
Monday, April 29, 2013
When The Prig talks, people listen
A huge hat tip to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs - even though you haven't written a good song since 2006, you're at least keeping it real. Hope the masses continue to purchase your irrelevant music, and that we can all do our part to stop the idiots stop taping. Maybe they will actually start listening.
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
The Prig's Worst of 2012 List
Merry Christmas.
#5 Kendrick Lamar: Good Kid M.A.A.D City
What about this guy matters? Just cuz he gets pseudo weird on a few tracks, all of a sudden this is some Outkast shit? Fuck that. This is a mediocre album from a mediocre rapper. Dre killed him on his own track. He actually put Drake on one of his tracks, which no one from Compton should ever do.
#4 Alt-J: An Awesome Wave
Shitty singing? Check. Is the "band" a bunch of nerds? Check. Repetitive "minimalist" tones that only get "interesting" when the computer noises start? Check. Matilda is grating. Their song MS practically gave me MS. 4 of the 13 tracks were an "Intro" or an "Interlude" - so they are fucking lazy too.
#3 Grimes: Visions
Grimes is what makes me hate contemporary music and internet culture. Knowing little about anything, she uses everyone else's taste to "create" her own. She says things like "One day, I was listening to music and it suddenly made sense to me how it was constructed." This is a girl using computers to disguise her voice and her lack of any musical talent. All tracks sound the same so none jumped out.
#2 The Xx: Coexist
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Sorry about that - just thinking about this shit album put me to sleep. The best words to describe this album are as follows, and I quote, "stink, stank, stunk." Special hat tip to Grantland writer Amos Barshad, who made the daring move of writing, ""Shelter" is catchy as a motherfucker." I disagree Amos, "Shelter" is mostly just some broad mouth breathing into a microphone, while someone else half asses the guitar.
#1A Macklemore & Lewis: The Heist
Someone actually wanted mold themselves in the model of LFO? Frankly, I'd prefer "Summer Girls" to this mess of cliches and overall theft of a culture. I've said it before about other white-washed hip hop culture thieves - luckily none are ever remembered, which is appropriate given all the talk about this being "his moment." His song about shoes especially touched my cold heart - the Nike product placement probably helped fill his wallet. His terrible posturing and posing on that tiny desk show deserves mention as well.
#1B Every shitty electro tune that was pumped out by no talent clowns for a bunch of people on drugs (no offense meant to drugs). I won't even bother to name them because that would insinuate that they actually have characteristics that separate one from another.
Folks that mattered to the Prig this year - Danny Brown, King Tuff, The Moons, Gun Club Cemetery, Frank Ocean, Freddie Gibbs, certain Beach House tracks and some Azealia Banks.
- The Prig
#5 Kendrick Lamar: Good Kid M.A.A.D City
What about this guy matters? Just cuz he gets pseudo weird on a few tracks, all of a sudden this is some Outkast shit? Fuck that. This is a mediocre album from a mediocre rapper. Dre killed him on his own track. He actually put Drake on one of his tracks, which no one from Compton should ever do.
#4 Alt-J: An Awesome Wave
Shitty singing? Check. Is the "band" a bunch of nerds? Check. Repetitive "minimalist" tones that only get "interesting" when the computer noises start? Check. Matilda is grating. Their song MS practically gave me MS. 4 of the 13 tracks were an "Intro" or an "Interlude" - so they are fucking lazy too.
#3 Grimes: Visions
Grimes is what makes me hate contemporary music and internet culture. Knowing little about anything, she uses everyone else's taste to "create" her own. She says things like "One day, I was listening to music and it suddenly made sense to me how it was constructed." This is a girl using computers to disguise her voice and her lack of any musical talent. All tracks sound the same so none jumped out.
#2 The Xx: Coexist
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Sorry about that - just thinking about this shit album put me to sleep. The best words to describe this album are as follows, and I quote, "stink, stank, stunk." Special hat tip to Grantland writer Amos Barshad, who made the daring move of writing, ""Shelter" is catchy as a motherfucker." I disagree Amos, "Shelter" is mostly just some broad mouth breathing into a microphone, while someone else half asses the guitar.
#1A Macklemore & Lewis: The Heist
Someone actually wanted mold themselves in the model of LFO? Frankly, I'd prefer "Summer Girls" to this mess of cliches and overall theft of a culture. I've said it before about other white-washed hip hop culture thieves - luckily none are ever remembered, which is appropriate given all the talk about this being "his moment." His song about shoes especially touched my cold heart - the Nike product placement probably helped fill his wallet. His terrible posturing and posing on that tiny desk show deserves mention as well.
#1B Every shitty electro tune that was pumped out by no talent clowns for a bunch of people on drugs (no offense meant to drugs). I won't even bother to name them because that would insinuate that they actually have characteristics that separate one from another.
Folks that mattered to the Prig this year - Danny Brown, King Tuff, The Moons, Gun Club Cemetery, Frank Ocean, Freddie Gibbs, certain Beach House tracks and some Azealia Banks.
- The Prig
Thursday, January 5, 2012
What is a Rock Star?
The Prig talks about "being a rock star" a lot. But what does that really mean? Quite simply, it means you are giving the public something it yearns for (outside of the music). It's why Badfinger never hit the big time even though Paul McCartney wrote songs for them. It is why Pearl Jam helped define a scene and Mudhoney stayed relatively unknown. It's why people actually think Jim Morrison had talent.
Rock Stardom is a fickle but powerful thing.
But what makes a rock star? Here is a short list of qualifications that I look for. Kindly apply these metrics when you are listening / watching your new favorite indie buzz band and judge (harshly) accordingly.
1) The Look. First and foremost, the band / lead has to have "The Look." There are many forms of the Look: really good looking (Mick Jagger, Blondie), weird looking (Robert Smith, Siouxsie Sioux), bad looking (Iggy Pop, Peaches), ridiculous looking (George Clinton), insane looking (Axl Rose). Whatever it is, it has got to have something. Liam Gallagher's hair spawned like a hundred (albeit mostly shitty) bands - the power of the The Look is undeniable. Without the look, you probably won't last.
Taking your band picture with the Hipstamatic app on your iphone probably won't work.
2) Drugs. Doesn't always apply (see Ian MacKaye), but usually is part of it. Heroin can make and break a band. Drugs can be the difference between this:
and this:
Need I say more?
3) Creativity of Origin. You don't need to be the first mover, but you need to be a creative driver in a scene. The Beatles creating Britpop out of working class Liverpool. R.E.M. out of the indie rock scene of Athens, Georgia. Pearl Jam and Nirvana out of Seattle grunge. The Jam out of the Mod scene. Even Ariel Pink has a story - the guy was a shut who made 500 songs in his house before people took notice.
You're a middle class kid making "beats" on your Mac? Sorry man, not going to work for me.
4) Having Something to Say. The lyrics / music have to resonate with a mass of people. Being a small mass (30 Seconds to Mars) or a large one (Lady Gaga) - having something to say goes a long way to making a rock star.
The National seem to make girls wet just by singing about watching TV. I don't get it, but obviously they're saying something.
5) Swagger. Tough to measure, but absolutely necessary. In a room full of bands, is your band the coolest? It should be. Even to the point of idiocy, I need my rock star to believe that his / her band is the center of the universe. I need my rock star to believe his concert is the highlight of the listener's year.
Without swagger - could we ever have had this?!
All aspiring Rock Stars, please see the above and act accordingly. The Prig doesn't make the rules, he just recognizes them and acts accordingly. So should you.
Rock Stardom is a fickle but powerful thing.
But what makes a rock star? Here is a short list of qualifications that I look for. Kindly apply these metrics when you are listening / watching your new favorite indie buzz band and judge (harshly) accordingly.
1) The Look. First and foremost, the band / lead has to have "The Look." There are many forms of the Look: really good looking (Mick Jagger, Blondie), weird looking (Robert Smith, Siouxsie Sioux), bad looking (Iggy Pop, Peaches), ridiculous looking (George Clinton), insane looking (Axl Rose). Whatever it is, it has got to have something. Liam Gallagher's hair spawned like a hundred (albeit mostly shitty) bands - the power of the The Look is undeniable. Without the look, you probably won't last.
Taking your band picture with the Hipstamatic app on your iphone probably won't work.
2) Drugs. Doesn't always apply (see Ian MacKaye), but usually is part of it. Heroin can make and break a band. Drugs can be the difference between this:
and this:
Need I say more?
3) Creativity of Origin. You don't need to be the first mover, but you need to be a creative driver in a scene. The Beatles creating Britpop out of working class Liverpool. R.E.M. out of the indie rock scene of Athens, Georgia. Pearl Jam and Nirvana out of Seattle grunge. The Jam out of the Mod scene. Even Ariel Pink has a story - the guy was a shut who made 500 songs in his house before people took notice.
You're a middle class kid making "beats" on your Mac? Sorry man, not going to work for me.
4) Having Something to Say. The lyrics / music have to resonate with a mass of people. Being a small mass (30 Seconds to Mars) or a large one (Lady Gaga) - having something to say goes a long way to making a rock star.
The National seem to make girls wet just by singing about watching TV. I don't get it, but obviously they're saying something.
5) Swagger. Tough to measure, but absolutely necessary. In a room full of bands, is your band the coolest? It should be. Even to the point of idiocy, I need my rock star to believe that his / her band is the center of the universe. I need my rock star to believe his concert is the highlight of the listener's year.
Without swagger - could we ever have had this?!
All aspiring Rock Stars, please see the above and act accordingly. The Prig doesn't make the rules, he just recognizes them and acts accordingly. So should you.
Friday, December 30, 2011
The Best of 2011 Part 1.2
“People who say they like all kinds of music actually like no kinds of music” - Chuck Klosterman
Well, 2011 has come and gone. Frankly, the Prig was underwhelmed. The Prig respects his PFOS brethren, but obvious to most, he doesn't share their enthusiasm for what has transpired musically over the last 12 months. Here is a rundown of the small amount of music that came out in 2011 that didn't massively suck, for the rock snob in all of you.
Ryan Adams
The guy has been through a lot. The Prig likes his rockstars to act like rockstars. When he was writing songs at the back of Niagara - ok, dece (cuz it was easy to make out with girls there) but not too NYC hip. Oh wait, then he starts doing some kick ass covers or weird shit? Cool. And then getting real dark with his lyrics? Nice. Then he is doing speedballs with Courtney Love and attacking hecklers who call him Bryan Adams?! Whoa, the Prig takes serious notice. Cleaning himself up and marrying Mandy Moore? Shit, the Prig wants to BE you. Combine that with serious cred when it comes to the music he enjoys and soulful songs like the below? Nice job in 2011 and in life, bro!
Girls
Un-googleable names piss the Prig off...but given the sweet indie pop sounds, from a band that actually plays instruments, Girls get a pass. And Christopher Owens actually seems to have the makings of a rock star. He is interesting. Best of the newish artists out there, bar none.
The Raveonettes
No one talks about them. Seriously, no one. But damnit - they have a formula and it works (and has worked for like 10 years). Rock music baby, sexy fucking rock music.
Watch the Throne
They initially received a lukewarm reception on the PFOS listserve, which obviously made the Prig all the more willing to put his full effort behind the two best rappers alive. I mean, come on, the shit is hot. The video says it all
The Vaccines
Instruments! Lyrics! Swagger! I know - it doesn't make much sense in 2011. Oh well. The Prig remembers.
Uhhhhh.....that's all I got.
Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes and Iron & Wine all put out stuff that didn't totally suck, but didn't overwhelm anyone. I don't particularly like where Iron & Wine are going. Fleet Foxes might get boring soon. Bon Iver showed himself to be a bit of a herb, but the guy parties with Kanye and talks shit about other people selling out for a Grammy. The Prig already wrote about Wu Lyf and Frank Ocean, so please feel free to review those posts again as well.
Bring on 2012 and the eventual death of Skrillex. A snob can dream, can't he?
Well, 2011 has come and gone. Frankly, the Prig was underwhelmed. The Prig respects his PFOS brethren, but obvious to most, he doesn't share their enthusiasm for what has transpired musically over the last 12 months. Here is a rundown of the small amount of music that came out in 2011 that didn't massively suck, for the rock snob in all of you.
Ryan Adams
The guy has been through a lot. The Prig likes his rockstars to act like rockstars. When he was writing songs at the back of Niagara - ok, dece (cuz it was easy to make out with girls there) but not too NYC hip. Oh wait, then he starts doing some kick ass covers or weird shit? Cool. And then getting real dark with his lyrics? Nice. Then he is doing speedballs with Courtney Love and attacking hecklers who call him Bryan Adams?! Whoa, the Prig takes serious notice. Cleaning himself up and marrying Mandy Moore? Shit, the Prig wants to BE you. Combine that with serious cred when it comes to the music he enjoys and soulful songs like the below? Nice job in 2011 and in life, bro!
Girls
Un-googleable names piss the Prig off...but given the sweet indie pop sounds, from a band that actually plays instruments, Girls get a pass. And Christopher Owens actually seems to have the makings of a rock star. He is interesting. Best of the newish artists out there, bar none.
The Raveonettes
No one talks about them. Seriously, no one. But damnit - they have a formula and it works (and has worked for like 10 years). Rock music baby, sexy fucking rock music.
Watch the Throne
They initially received a lukewarm reception on the PFOS listserve, which obviously made the Prig all the more willing to put his full effort behind the two best rappers alive. I mean, come on, the shit is hot. The video says it all
The Vaccines
Instruments! Lyrics! Swagger! I know - it doesn't make much sense in 2011. Oh well. The Prig remembers.
Uhhhhh.....that's all I got.
Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes and Iron & Wine all put out stuff that didn't totally suck, but didn't overwhelm anyone. I don't particularly like where Iron & Wine are going. Fleet Foxes might get boring soon. Bon Iver showed himself to be a bit of a herb, but the guy parties with Kanye and talks shit about other people selling out for a Grammy. The Prig already wrote about Wu Lyf and Frank Ocean, so please feel free to review those posts again as well.
Bring on 2012 and the eventual death of Skrillex. A snob can dream, can't he?
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Friday, November 18, 2011
The Heir to the R&B Throne?
The Prig can't help it - this shit is hot. It brings the Prig back to 1998, when he was using Maxwell and R Kelly to get to third base. And DAMN, this might even be a little cooler.
MIGHT. The Prig will have to wait to hear the full album and Frank's subsequent work. The kid has a dece tumblr that shows a variety of influences if you dig through the randomness. He already postponed a show in NYC and then sold out another. Prig didn't get tickets to either. His backup on Watch the Throne was underwhelming, but fine enough. A creative kid with love for Radiohead, Prince, Pink Floyd and James Brown? It sure sounds right to me. But we'll see...
It isn't Chris Brown or Drake. The Prig thinks that a good thing.
Regardless, this is hot like fire.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
A Public Service Announcement
Last month, the Prig got the chance to see The Smashing Pumpkins in concert (well, Billy Corgan). The Prig considers them a greatly under-appreciated band, whose double album Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness pretty much legitimized "Grunge" in an artistic sense. We can argue about this later.
As you'd imagine, I was having a good time rocking out to the appropriate Prig approved SP tunes (no, not this).
As this song hit, Billy was really shredding. Yet while I should have been seeing this,
all I could see was this:
What
the
fuck.
Listen, I pay good money to see my favorite (and not so favorite) artists. I want to see the f'ing show. I don't want to see it through that little screen on your Apple branded device.
And seriously, what are you going to do with that fucking video? Post it on Youtube? Well, it usually sounds like shit. And you know what? That asshole listening online didn't pay to see the show - you did. If there is some awesome moment happening, why stare into that small ass screen for someone else's benefit? Are you really gonna watch that video ever again? You need to focus on the show bro, not on uploading a blurry picture for your Facebook status.
No one gives a shit. The band you're seeing probably sucks anyways.
Please, for Prig's sake, put down the fucking phone.
As you'd imagine, I was having a good time rocking out to the appropriate Prig approved SP tunes (no, not this).
As this song hit, Billy was really shredding. Yet while I should have been seeing this,
all I could see was this:
the
fuck.
Listen, I pay good money to see my favorite (and not so favorite) artists. I want to see the f'ing show. I don't want to see it through that little screen on your Apple branded device.
And seriously, what are you going to do with that fucking video? Post it on Youtube? Well, it usually sounds like shit. And you know what? That asshole listening online didn't pay to see the show - you did. If there is some awesome moment happening, why stare into that small ass screen for someone else's benefit? Are you really gonna watch that video ever again? You need to focus on the show bro, not on uploading a blurry picture for your Facebook status.
No one gives a shit. The band you're seeing probably sucks anyways.
Please, for Prig's sake, put down the fucking phone.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Re: Wu Lyf; Are they worth it?
Even though the Prig hates most new music, he goes to a lot of shows. Why? I dunno, self hatred?
Regardless, I saw Wu Lyf on Tuesday at an intimate show in Williamsburg (where else?). Some douche taped it instead of enjoying the show (I'll get to that on my next post). Here was my favorite part:
Should I care about Wu Lyf? Let's suss it out:
They have a pretty solid hipster attitude, which in this case actually works for them (it doesn't work for this broad). They're from Manchester, which the Prig loves, and their name is ridiculous enough to work for me. I can't understand a damn word they say, but at least they aren't these pussies. I got nervous when the keyboard was in the forefront, I must admit, but luckily it was an afterthought as far as the sound went.
The kids have got swag - the drummer drummed savagely, the guitarists actually played their instruments with acumen, the singer got points for stage diving without being weak about it, and they all held the crowd's attention throughout.
The album itself is listenable, more-so after seeing them live. The pronunciation issue will be a limiting factor going forward - they'll never write the perfect pop song - but with a chance to grow I think they could be legit.
Should you care?
Prig says...yes. Go download the album (legally if you'd like), see them live and then maybe buy a t-shirt. When I see it on your Apple branded audio devise, The Prig will approve.
Regardless, I saw Wu Lyf on Tuesday at an intimate show in Williamsburg (where else?). Some douche taped it instead of enjoying the show (I'll get to that on my next post). Here was my favorite part:
Should I care about Wu Lyf? Let's suss it out:
They have a pretty solid hipster attitude, which in this case actually works for them (it doesn't work for this broad). They're from Manchester, which the Prig loves, and their name is ridiculous enough to work for me. I can't understand a damn word they say, but at least they aren't these pussies. I got nervous when the keyboard was in the forefront, I must admit, but luckily it was an afterthought as far as the sound went.
The kids have got swag - the drummer drummed savagely, the guitarists actually played their instruments with acumen, the singer got points for stage diving without being weak about it, and they all held the crowd's attention throughout.
The album itself is listenable, more-so after seeing them live. The pronunciation issue will be a limiting factor going forward - they'll never write the perfect pop song - but with a chance to grow I think they could be legit.
Should you care?
Prig says...yes. Go download the album (legally if you'd like), see them live and then maybe buy a t-shirt. When I see it on your Apple branded audio devise, The Prig will approve.
Monday, October 31, 2011
The Happy Mondays
The Band: The Happy Mondays
The Place & Time: Madchester, late-80s to mid-90s
The Sound: While influenced by funk and northern soul, the band actually helped form and popularize the “baggy” rave culture
The Song: Step On
Why Do We Care?
The band helped create a culture that paved the way for a ton of other great bands, including Blur, Oasis, Pulp & Suede. They, in turn, spurred The Libertines, Stereophonics, Super Furry Animals, etc.
I don't know any of those bands.
Ugh. They also influenced The Arctic Monkeys.
Ah! I love the Arctic Monkeys. Why else should I listen to the Mondays?
NME quoted Paul McCartney saying that the Mondays, "reminded [him] of the Beatles in their 'Strawberry Fields' phase. "
They are the most interesting part of one of the most interesting music pseudo documentaries ever 24 Hour Party People, which chronicles the Factory Records story. They were discovered by placing last in a battle of the bands.
The Stone Roses (the best band ever) considered them the best band in Manchester. Ian Brown added, "There's some mental stories going around about them. One story I heard was about the time that they bought a gun from a gun shop sale, took it back to school and sat on the school playing-fields all afternoon playing Russian Roulette with it." They also held the master copies of their upcoming CD for ransom to buy drugs. They are way cooler than that art band you just saw in that loft in Bushwick.
Dude, I Totally Know This Band!
Damon Albarn enlisted Shaun Ryder to play on Gorillaz's "Dare." The Prig saw their Harlem show live - Ryder had his fly down and stared intently at Rosie Wilson's ass the entire song. It was some rock star shit, even though he's mad old.
Dude, I love Gorillaz! Damon Albarn is a genius!
He is a genius, but not because of Gorillaz, ya prat.
The Place & Time: Madchester, late-80s to mid-90s
The Sound: While influenced by funk and northern soul, the band actually helped form and popularize the “baggy” rave culture
The Song: Step On
Why Do We Care?
The band helped create a culture that paved the way for a ton of other great bands, including Blur, Oasis, Pulp & Suede. They, in turn, spurred The Libertines, Stereophonics, Super Furry Animals, etc.
I don't know any of those bands.
Ugh. They also influenced The Arctic Monkeys.
Ah! I love the Arctic Monkeys. Why else should I listen to the Mondays?
NME quoted Paul McCartney saying that the Mondays, "reminded [him] of the Beatles in their 'Strawberry Fields' phase. "
They are the most interesting part of one of the most interesting music pseudo documentaries ever 24 Hour Party People, which chronicles the Factory Records story. They were discovered by placing last in a battle of the bands.
The Stone Roses (the best band ever) considered them the best band in Manchester. Ian Brown added, "There's some mental stories going around about them. One story I heard was about the time that they bought a gun from a gun shop sale, took it back to school and sat on the school playing-fields all afternoon playing Russian Roulette with it." They also held the master copies of their upcoming CD for ransom to buy drugs. They are way cooler than that art band you just saw in that loft in Bushwick.
Dude, I Totally Know This Band!
Damon Albarn enlisted Shaun Ryder to play on Gorillaz's "Dare." The Prig saw their Harlem show live - Ryder had his fly down and stared intently at Rosie Wilson's ass the entire song. It was some rock star shit, even though he's mad old.
Dude, I love Gorillaz! Damon Albarn is a genius!
He is a genius, but not because of Gorillaz, ya prat.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Sweet performance, bro
Dear Grouplove,
Hey guys! Just saw this video and I had to tell you - you guys are really rocking. I dig your scene, for real. Nirvana wanted to sound like the Pixies too, and look at what it did for them!
That alt shirt is so sweet bro - the hole near your nipple shows how punk you are. When you are truly alt, you get dressed up for no one. I really feel your vibe, bro. I would love to know your musical influences. Were you totally into Minor Threat?!
Whoa, did you just throw on a mask girl?! Wow - you guys are true artists. I bet you met while attending an artists' residency on the island of Crete.
How did you guys get Rob Zombie to be your bassist?
Anyways - keep on rocking. Hope you are playing CMJ; I bet you would totally rock the Red Bull tent. Hope to hear from you!
- Prig
Friday, September 16, 2011
The Stone Roses
This is the Prig's first post – lucky you.
Allow me to set the mood for a moment:
- Who is your favorite new band? The last truly great rock / indie rock album came out in June 1997; my soul has been dying slowly ever since
- Why did the art of songwriting suddenly go south? The internet
- Why bother posting on a blog? For the kids. A long time ago, the gift of good music profoundly changed my life; I'm paying it forward
- Don’t you just love the new Cut Copy album? Oh, piss off
There are bands that people listen to their entire lives – these are the bands I bring to you. The music on your Apple branded device will not be there in 3 years. The lack of authenticity in today's music is startling. While you are not spiritually aware enough to recognize this at first listen, your soul knows. I will help you reach enlightenment. And so, for your first lesson:
The Band: The Stone Roses
The Place & Time: Madchester, mid-80s to mid-90s
The Sound: Indie pop, sprinkled with northern soul, Mod and dance music; the band helped form and popularize the “baggy” rave culture
The Band’s Defining Moment: Headlined a concert on Spike Island , May 1990 – dubbed the Woodstock
The Song: She Bangs the Drums
The band took the music of the Beatles to another level and helped create a culture / sound that paved the way for a ton of other great bands, most notably Blur and Oasis. Without The Stone Roses, they likely would never have existed, nor would their haircuts have been as sweet.
Oh, and their self titled album is probably one of the greatest ever created.
Dude, I Totally Know This Band!
You probably don’t. Oh well, maybe you’ve heard Fool’s Gold on a commercial. Or maybe you loved "Green Street Hooligans" – I Wanna Be Adored was in that. Or you saw Ian Brown in a Harry Potter movie.
Dude, I love the Kooks, these guys have a similar sound!
Oh, piss off.
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