February 21, 2011
Warm Sunshine On A Cloudy Monday...
Hahaha..that old bird is hammered!
[sidenote: Sweden, is there anything you can't do?]
February 16, 2011
February 04, 2011
The Reunion Game
What the fuck is going on? Why is every old indie rock band getting back together? I'd like to say that I'm ambivalent about these reunions, but the more they happen, it's just starting to bother the shit out of me.
First, it was the Pixies, and that made everybody happy because almost everyone who likes the Pixies now never got to see them when they were around because they were either a) too young at the time, or b) not alive yet. So that seemed pretty cool.
Then Pavement came back and that was, like, astounding, like if The Smiths got back together or something. I didn't go see any of the Pavement reunion shows because, I don't know, these nostalgia tours really bother me, and I hated the idea of Pavement cashing in a la The Eagles or The Police. I guess I also don't like that the bands I loved in college have entered into that pantheon.
But now, holy shit: The Dismemberment Plan, Jawbox, Pulp, Sunny Day Real Estate, Soundgarden, Death From Above 1979, and Sebadoh, among many others, have reformed. Fucking Death From Above 1979? Really? They'd only been dormant since '06, and they have maybe 15 fans. Huh?
I miss the romanticism of the truly amazing indie band, unjustly ignored in their time, still finding an audience because their records are really just that good. When that same band gets back together five or 10 years later, that romantic notion of artistic integrity goes out the window.
Oh well. Anyone want to go see Sebadoh at the Black Cat on March 26? Let's go see how well (or poorly) Lou Barlow has aged.
First, it was the Pixies, and that made everybody happy because almost everyone who likes the Pixies now never got to see them when they were around because they were either a) too young at the time, or b) not alive yet. So that seemed pretty cool.
Then Pavement came back and that was, like, astounding, like if The Smiths got back together or something. I didn't go see any of the Pavement reunion shows because, I don't know, these nostalgia tours really bother me, and I hated the idea of Pavement cashing in a la The Eagles or The Police. I guess I also don't like that the bands I loved in college have entered into that pantheon.
But now, holy shit: The Dismemberment Plan, Jawbox, Pulp, Sunny Day Real Estate, Soundgarden, Death From Above 1979, and Sebadoh, among many others, have reformed. Fucking Death From Above 1979? Really? They'd only been dormant since '06, and they have maybe 15 fans. Huh?
I miss the romanticism of the truly amazing indie band, unjustly ignored in their time, still finding an audience because their records are really just that good. When that same band gets back together five or 10 years later, that romantic notion of artistic integrity goes out the window.
Oh well. Anyone want to go see Sebadoh at the Black Cat on March 26? Let's go see how well (or poorly) Lou Barlow has aged.
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