Chicago: Indie Rock Subject Matter of the Year
[for Matthew:]
What will 2006's be? Why not... Colorado?! We haven't been in the indie rock spotlight since what, "Trucker's Atlas"?
"Finally this year, I could appropriately soundtrack practically all of my commute, riding the faster hammers of the Garfield El, taking my bus route across Common's corners, feeling the Illinois echo of the 1893 World's Fair site a few blocks from my laboratory. So you can forgive me for the hometown hubris of presuming Chicago to be the center of the music universe in 2005. The city wasn't spraying bands across the map like a lawn sprinkler, but Chicago and its flatland surroundings made an impact by being the #1 geographic subject matter of the year, its industrial past and humble present stealing the narrative spotlight from its coastal rivals for a spell." --via Pitchfork
What will 2006's be? Why not... Colorado?! We haven't been in the indie rock spotlight since what, "Trucker's Atlas"?
posted by Paul S. at
5:50 AM
6 Comments:
nice.
several illinois/chicago geocompositions are of course provided by wilco. speaking of which, have you procured a copy of their new live album? incendiary, and so crisply recorded. best to have a working familarity with their last couple studio albums, so that the sometimes subtle, sometimes large-scale alterations they make in the live versions is that much more dramatic. it pays to treat their songs like 'friends'.
also, heard the fiery furnaces. awesome. can't wait to get a copy, and thanks for that tip.
md
doode, why you always on PFork's nuts?
hah
j,
you have hipster clothes and cyncism, i have p'fork. we're even. ;)
m,
you're welcome! wilco slipped my mind, sorry about that. def gonna check that out...
-p
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I don't wear hipster clothes nor am I a cynic. I was just like playing hipsters advocate once and a while.
You know I only give you a rough time of it cause you're a much better writer than I and sometimes all I have is 12yr old jokes to counter with, ;-)
Have a good X-mas bro
Matthew, if you haven't got it already, you should run to the store (or computer) as fast as possible and get Illinois by Sufjan Stevens. It's all geography, and pretty damn good too.
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