If you mean distinctive, and not ubiquitous, there are a few prolific indie bands that I can always ID by the guitar sound: Greg Sage of The Wipers and Nick Saloman of The Bevis Frond come immediately to mind. Even when Nick helped Mary Lou Lord on her album with Sony, his guitar sound stood out.
I meant distinctive. I re-wrote that statement so many times trying to get what I was saying right that words were muddled.
Sleater-Kinney has a definite guitar and bass sound that signals it's S-K before Carrie and Corin start screeching.
Steely Dan I agree with. REM, not as much. There's some later (post-AFTP) stuff that sounds nothing like what you REM should sound like.
De-lurking to let Bay-istas know that Sonny Rhodes (he of the Firefly theme song) is performing at the Blues Stage of the Art & Soul Festival today at 4p. The Blues Stage is at 12th & Broadway, just outside the 12th St. BART Station.
He might take requests, if you're nice about it.
ETA: that's my feeling, it's not like I know him.
Gary Numan ... one of the most distinctive voices of the last 25 years.
I can't stop listening to Rilo Kiley's "The Frug." It's so freaking catchy and bouncy-without-being-irritating.
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"Bouncy" isn't the right word. Pre-bouncy.
Seriously, I just. keep. playing. it.
An intervention might be required.
(This isn't in reply to the "distinctive sound" question, BTW.)
Apologies to anyone who went to downtown Oakland today -- Sonny Rhodes is playing
tomorrow
(Sunday, the 4th) at 4.
I have other plans, so don't look for me.
And in answer to the "distinctive sound" question: The Cars.
Hey, cool: Kate Bush will release her first album in 12 years in November - a double album entitled Aerial.
Hey, cool: Kate Bush will release her first album in 12 years in November - a double album entitled Aerial.
She's been a bit of a name-dropped artist in the last couple years with even Outakast citing her as an influence (for her production). I've been watching a lot of Kate this year 'cause they toss her old and rawther theatrical videos onto The Alternative with some regularity. I'm a bit regretful that I didn't have Jilli write about
The Dreaming
for the book.
She's been a bit of a name-dropped artist in the last couple years with even Outakast citing her as an influence (for her production).
Petra Haden has been covering "Wuthering Heights" at Decemberists shows.
It's interesting how now Kate Bush's influence is being recognized in a time when her style of art rock is virtually dead.
OK, maybe not dead. But I can't think of any groups who do the sprawling theatrical sort of music she was known for.
