VIDEO: Surfer Blood covers Neutral Milk Hotel

THROWBACK THURSDAY: Indie Classix Edition

[Pavement]

These are just some of the many many songs I listened to back in high school and beyond. So nostalgic

MP3 :: Architecture In Helsinki - Kindling from Fingers Crossed
MP3 :: Pavement - Gold Soundz from Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
MP3 :: Built To Spill - Center Of The Universe from Keep It Like A Secret
MP3 :: Bright Eyes - Haligh, Haligh, A Lie, Haligh from Fevers And Mirrors
MP3 :: Neutral Milk Hotel - Two Headed Boy from In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
MP3 :: Pinback - Loro from Pinback
MP3 :: Modest Mouse - Gravity Rides Everything from Moon In Antarctica
MP3 :: Death Cab For Cutie - Sound Of Settling from Transatlanticism
MP3 :: Jets To Brazil - Lemon Yellow Black from Orange Rhyming Dictionary
MP3 :: The Gloria Record - A Lull In Traffic from A Lull In Traffic

[MP3] Robin Pecknold - Two Headed Boy [NMH cover]

At a benefit concert in Seattle, Robing Pecknold [of everyone's fave band - Fleet Foxes] performed a cover of Neutral Milk Hotel's "Two Headed Boy." Kind of really wish I were there. If you wish the same, you can live vicariously through the MP3

MP3 :: Robin Pecknold - Two Headed Boy [NMH cover]

[via The Fader]

Throwback Thursday [Acoustics Edition]

It's Thursday. Time for some throwbacks. Acoustic style. Enjoy:

Van Morrison - Sweet Thing
Bright Eyes - Haligh, Haligh, A Lie, Haligh
Jane's Addiction - Jane Says [Acoustc]
Neutral Milk Hotel - Two Headed Boy
Sufjan Stevens - Decatur, Or, Round Of Applause For Your Stepmother!
Nirvana - Dumb [unplugged]

[playlist] Throwback Thursdays!

I've been listening to a lot of new music lately. And though it's all brilliant and beautiful, it can sometimes be overwhelming. Therefor, I present to you Throwback Thursdays. A compilation of good old tunes that bring back good old memories. Why Thursdays you ask? Because it rhymes DUH. Here we go:

Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
[any indie fan's fav old time mysterio jeff mangum]
Wyclef Jean - Gone Till November
Violent Femmes - Kiss Off
[arcade fire did a cover of this. pretty cool]
Puff Daddy - Mo Money Mo Problems
The Weakerthans - Exiles Among You
Jamiraqui - Virtual Insantiy [don't care if you don't like this song. you can't deny that it's groovin']
The Breeders- Cannonball

There are really so many more, but I'll just leave it at this. Enjoy!

WISHLIST: who would you want to see reunite?

On my way home from work tonight I didn't feel like plugging my iPod into the Aux adapter. So I just listened to whatever I had stuffed in the cd player. It bought back some good memories of when I first starting listening to underground music a ways back. So I thought to myself, MAN, how awesome would it be if they got back together?

Here's my wish list of bands that I would love to see reunite. What are yours?? [click "Holla At Ya Boy" to leave a comment below. Just one rule: everyone in the band has to still be alive]

SHIFT:

Shift were associated with the NYHC [new york hard core] scene in the mid 90's even though they weren't really HARDCORE. They first came on the scene with the release of Pathos in May of 1994 on Equal Vision Records, who at that time were just a little baby record company. In 1995, The band released their second LP, Spacesuit. In 1997, Shift found themselves on major record label, Columbia with the release of Get In. In 1998, the band brokeup.

Their album Spacesuit was the jumping off point for a lot of other bands I found myself crushing over at that time: Converge, Snapcase, BoySetsFire, Shai Hulud, etc etc. Spacesuit was really filled with more rock and roll than anything else though. I wouldn't consider this a hardcore album in the slightest. A must listen for fans of anything rock, alternative, hardcore.

Shift - Pinprick
Shift - Picturesque

What are they doing now?
Samantha: used to play drums for Hole, Motley Crue, Eagles of Death Metal and is currently in the band Peaches.
Josh: formed Big Collapse and released 2 albums. He has new project in the works.
Brandon: don't know, sorry.

REFUSED:

Oh man, I remember when I first saw the video for New Noise. It was dark and heavy and fast and loud. The screaming was so raw and primal. I fucking fell in love. It wasn't until I actually purchased The Shape Of Punk To Come that I really heard what Refused were all about. They pushed boundaries. It wasn't really punk, it wasn't really hardcore, it wasn't just rock and roll. I didn't know what the hell to think. A few years ago I purchased that DVD Refused Are Fucking Dead and I've been craving a reunion show for a long time. It'll never happen.

Refused - New Noise
Refused - Liberation Frequency

What are they doing now?
[from Wikipedia]: Dennis Lyxzén went on to form The (International) Noise Conspiracy while the other members formed the group TEXT.
Dennis Lyxzén and David Sandström also got together with other friends in 2004 to make the self titled The Lost Patrol Band album. As of May, 2008, Dennis Lyxzén and David Sandström have formed a new straight-forward hardcore band under the name AC4.

NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL:

AHH, the mysterious Jeff Mangum. No wishlist is complete with out Neutral Milk Hotel. The simple guitar strumming and the whiny yet articulate vocals make In The Aeroplane Over The Sea an indie must have. This was indie before indie was cool.

Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

What are they doing now?
Jeff Mangum: no idea. probably plays with some peeps some times. Who knows

Honorable Mentions:
Snapcase
Pavement
American Football
Penfold
Bear Vs Shark
I'll also put Glassjaw here just because they never seem to come back when they say they will. Hmph.

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