2 with ten – the letter g
ok, before we start i think a quick recap of the 2 with ten rules is in order. in a perfect world i would like u to post no more than 2 artists from the letter in question. ideally these bands are found within your own personal itunes library. i would prefer more recent artists but again that’s tough given the limits of the library in question. (if there isnt much to choose from in your library this might be a reminder to stay current and not get complacent with your music.). now post one song link from each artist be it a youtube or myspace link. that’s it. pretty simple. if you want to list just one band/link and ask a question then do that as it will take this blog to even stranger places.
grizzly bear. gb is an indie band from ny that debuted in 04. they are my first g but it’s not because of their most recent and popular record veckatimest that everyone seems to think is so amazing. it’s actually because of their second record yellow house which i think is much better. yellow house came out on warp records in 06. i think that as a whole, from start to finish, it’s a very complete record – it flows extremely well with warm, dreamy, psychedelic, folky, unique and timeless elements to all of it. i don’t even remember how i got this record but i think i got it from amy. the track i picked was called knife.
gabin. this was an easy choice for a few reasons. i discovered gabin when we were signed to astralwerks as they were fellow labelmates…but from italy. gabin is the electro lounge duo of fillippo cary and max bottini. they are both great musicians with a defined style- bottini happens to be a well known jazz bassist in his own right. so here’s the story, before i took a trip to rome in 04 i had my a&r guy get me in touch with their manager. i set up a time to meet with them at their studio and played them our then unreleased debut cd off of a little digital camera that i had it on. they immediately took a liking to the song hollywood and eventually remixed the track. to date it’s one of the most radically interpreted remixes we have ever had made. this track still gets played on chillout stations and appears on our first remix ep which is actually tough to find in print.
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1. The Glove “Like an Animal” also “Punish Me With Kisses”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRsCj0YeJr4
Link is to a rare demo of R. Smith singing instead of Jeanette Landray
2. I am going to cheat and move Serge Gainsbourg up to the “G” section. My “S’s” are overrun. “Bonnie and Clyde” with Brigitte Bardot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxggQMBNQso
Oops! Goldfrapp was mentioned a couple of times already wasn’t it! Well then there now! Instead let’s throw up a ….
GRAVITY KILLS – Guilty
http://blip.fm/~j4q38
An American industrial rock forsome that formed in 1994 out of St. Louis (Jefferson City), Missouri with a sound similar to the likes of NIN (maybe too similar). “Guilty” is off their self titled 1996 debut.
PS. I don’t believe anyone has mentioned “Gorillaz” and maybe that’s because they’re more well known to most and not as much of a discovery! But I just wanted to give them a well deserved shout because they are with out a doubt one of my most favorite G’z and take up a bulk of my G listings in my iTunes! 🙂
GLISS – Blue Sky
http://blip.fm/~j4mlq
A neo psychodelic indie dream pop trio from L.A. formed in 2006 featuring Iowan: Martin Klingman, fellow Southbayer: David Reiss & Dane: Victoria Cecilia. Blue Sky is off their 2007 album “Love the Virgins”
GOLDFRAPP – All Night Operator, pt 1
http://blip.fm/~j4mu0
A British electronic synthpop duo formed in 1999 featuring Alison Goldfrapp & Will Gregory (Goldfrapp formerly of Orbital and trip hop artist Tricky). A.N.O., pt 1 is a b-side off of the 2005 single “Ooh La La” from the album “Supernature”.
I have no G’s worth mentioning…… but I loooooooooooove both of your choices, especially grizzly bear. Hate the name, but love the sound. makes my insides move. Some bands just have really dumb names.