Posted on 25 June 2009
Tweedy and the gang decided to class themselves up for The Tonight Show last night, dusting off the Nudie Suits they debuted at Lollapalooza last year. The band was making good use of an off-night in between a trio of sold-out shows at the Wiltern, and took the late night opportunity to scold America’s children with Wilco (The Album)’s “You Never Know.” Also, CoCo wants a Wilco suit.
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Posted on 23 June 2009
Rumors have been floating around, but it’s time to blast Diary and have yourself a moment because Jeremy Enigk & those Sunny Day Foo Fighters have set a reunion date. It’s happening 10/16 at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre. Details at 107.7 The End.
Posted on 22 June 2009
Although Trent Reznor’s big-upped Grizzly Bear on his defunct (and now refunct) Twitter, he gave the soothing side of indie rock a big kiss in high profile print recently, telling Newsweek:
I saw Sufjan Stevens last year, and I was like, how is his singing that good? The band Grizzly Bear, I think they’re excellent. There’s a beauty and a musicality there that I wish would have been in vogue in the late ’80s, when I was forming bands. The aesthetic I was tuned into was a more dumbed-down kind of thing. Sometimes listening to stuff like they’re doing makes me feel irrelevant. That’s a nice, healthy kick in the ass. And it’s interesting to see there’s room for that in what’s considered hip these days.
A friend once told me that Trent’s similar tweetment of the Horrors’ new album gave their sales a massive surge; that said, it’s not like you could find an available ticket to the Grizzly Bear/Here We Go Magic L.A. stop even before that Newsweek hit the stands. The slowly-crossing-over Brooklyn outfit is finishing a celebrated cross-country trek tonight in San Francisco, on the heels of last night’s show at the Wiltern, Grizzly Bear’s largest headlining venue yet. Opening was Luke Temple, whose Here We Go Magic is reportedly beginning to coalesce into a live outfit on par with its hypnotic and worthy debut LP. Thanks to photographer Andrew Youssef for bringing back these photos.
