Comments on: Pitchfork Festival Day 2-Don’t Call it A Comeback, I’ve Been Here For Like A Day

By: Passion of the Weiss » Blog Archive » LA LA: The Top 10 Local Albums of 2008

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:25:55 +0000

[...] brilliance to their ability to seamlessly fuse punk, shoegaze and ambient; their live show is vicsceral and snarling, and their tee-shirt game is vicious. Nouns is a very good record–no doubt. But what’s [...]

By: Passion of the Weiss

Passion of the Weiss — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:36:56 +0000

Yeah basically. I mean, I like and respect Fleet Foxes. They write pretty songs and they harmonize well. Besides, it’s not like My Morning Jacket is still doing the grain-silo reverb thing anymore. But I guess, it’s just a little eerie to me how much Pecknold sounds like early Jim James. They’re nice but not 9.0 nice, that’s all.

By: Benner

Benner — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:30:22 +0000

Using your “Shark N-Words” analogy, I think what you are saying is that Fleet Foxes are to MMJ as the Rady to Die album cover is to the Illmatic album cover.

And I think we all can agree that there wasn’t shit the same about those two covers aside from the fact that they both featured pictures of kids below the age of ten

By: duke

duke — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:41:16 +0000

to say that fleet foxes = my morning jacket is like saying that the hold steady = bryan adams.

By: floodwatch

floodwatch — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:48:25 +0000

“But for a website this focused on originality and progressive sonic ideas…”

There is a thread of thick sarcasm intertwined within that statement, right?

Stay hydrated, Weiss!

By: douglas martin

douglas martin — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:45:56 +0000

+ in addition to being a capital “R” Rock Band, craig finn deserves to be on the top-five “best american lyricists of the past fifteen years,” his work with lifter puller included.

+ being the biggest MMJ fan i’ve ever met, i don’t blame you for thinking that fleet foxes is shamelessly ripping them off. however, i just think they’re borrowing from the same sources, as some of islands’ songs and all of vampire weekend’s sound like graceland outttakes. i don’t think i can say as much for band of horses, though.

+ no age! finally, a band we can agree on.

By: Dudeasincool

Dudeasincool — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:02:20 +0000

What did you think of !!! ? I caught part of their set on Pitchfork’s video player and they sounded pretty good and the crowd was certainly into them.