Stuðkveðja, Maggi

Þetta hressa band frá Bandaríkjunum er þekktast fyrir smellinn "Popsongs your new boyfriend's too stupid to know about".

Hérna segir Adrá frá því hvernig þetta atvikaðist:

“I’ve been listening to indie-pop since I was 13 or 14, and I started listening by coincidence: I read an article about independent cinema in the magazine Fotogramas and, since I didn’t really know what indie meant, I Googled it. One of the first groups I found was CAMERA OBSCURA, and that was really important for me: thanks to them I discovered other groups on the Elefant label and when CAMERA OBSCURA played in Mallorca in 2006, that was the first concert I went to without my parents. I think it was one of the concerts I’ve enjoyed most in my life. Since then my musical taste has gone on evolving and I’ve discovered twee pop, which is what I listen to most. Apart from that, I listen to (and am influenced by) other styles like riot grrrl, punk pop and yé-yé. Here on the island there weren’t any other teenagers who were listening to what I was (or at least none that I knew of), but I kept giving my friends music to listen to and now all of the people I hang out with listen to the same kind of stuff.”

Kíkið á myndbandið við hið ÓMÓTSTÆÐILEGA lag "Oso Panda". Varúð, það inniheldur talsverðar blóðsúthellingar:

Ennfremur segir Adriá, og þetta lýsir skemmtilega því hvað Twee poppið gengur út á:

“I’m a rebellious teenager and I like pop. I spend my time with toy instruments that I collect (and some are things I held onto from my childhood), writing and recording silly songs that make me momentarily happy. I’m a defender of DIY and the lo-fi sound. My songs are usually about: corny love and stories about animals.

Hérna er svo annað lag sem er mikið hressara og pönkaðra. Ég mæli alveg hrikalega með báðum þessum lögum, þetta band á eftir að ná langt.

Hérna er mynd af Guilala:

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Þetta band þeirra Ivans og Evu er sannarlega að slá í gegn þunglyndislegu rifnum-gítara dans-indiepoppi. Hérna er mjög gott tóndæmi. Frábært stöff í alla staði.

Ef þetta blæs ekki sokkana af ykkur, hlustið þá á lagið "A veces sí, a veces no" (hvað svo sem það nú þýðir). Eins og sönnum indiepoppurum sæmir þá er auðvitað kjánalegt orgel undir öllum látunum.  

Fyrir fróðleiksþyrsta þá er hérna texti af wikipedia:

The Like Young were an indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois.

The Like Young were Amanda and Joe Ziemba, married in 2002 and playing music together in various bands since 1997 (most notably Wolfie and Busytoby). The couple formed the band in the spring of 2002 and went on to release their first album, a five-track EP entitled Looked Up Plus Four that same year on Kittridge Records. In the spring of 2003, they released their first full-length album, Art Contest, to mixed but overall not great reviews. Not to be discouraged, Amanda and Joe put their heads together and created So Serious, which was released in the summer of 2004 to very good reviews. In reviewing the album, Tim Sendra of AMG [1] said The Like Young "are [a] lyrically imaginative and vocally powerful indie rock band[.]" These first two full-length albums were released on Parasol Records. Their final album, Last Secrets, was released in 2006 on both CD and vinyl by Polyvinyl Record Co.

In The Like Young, Amanda played the drums and Joe played the guitar, bass, and occasionally keyboard and both do vocals. Most of the songs were written by Joe.

On August 27th 2006, The Like Young announced their retirement citing the need to move on and make smart decisions. In the announcement Joe mentioned that the decision was a happy one. However, Joe soon returned to music and released Love at 30 in 2008 as Beaujolais; this record apparently addresses the end of the Ziembas' marriage.

Hlustið eftir skemmtilegum bakröddum.

At the height of Britpop
I found myself in France
I went to an Indie Disco
There to dance
The French were enthusiastic
They served the beer in pints
But they partied like it was
1959
They frugged and strutted like
Un jardin du poulets
I said Regardez
Ecoutez et repetez

Hands behind your back
And bounce your hips
Move your feet around
And do the Indie Kid

At weddings that I go to
The first hour of the DJ's set
Is when they play the songs that
The groom requests
At Mileage's reception
There was a small dancing hardcore
Of old schoolfriends until
My parents took to the floor
They started twisting to The Pixies
I could have died
I said Mother, if you must
Please do it right

Hands behind your back
And bounce your hips
Move your feet around
And do the Indie Kid

I was chatting to a colleague
About LINUX for PCs
And spent the next five hundred
Years asleep
When I woke the world had altered
Especially for The Kids
In that the radio
Played songs that went like this

(AVANT JAZZ FREAKOUT)

They leapt around like
Milkmen on a motorway
They needed someone hep
To show the way
So I said 'Hey!'

Hands behind your back
And bounce your hips
Move your feet around
And do the Indie Kid

Ekki er þó allt búið, heldur var opinbera skýringin sú að krakkarnir sem áður þóttust spila séu vélmenni, og myndu framvegis vera einskonar props á tónleikum. Árið 2008 sló svo La Casa Azul rækilega í gegn þegar Guille sendi lagið "La Revolucion Sexual" í Eurovision forkeppnina spænsku. Lagið lenti þar í þriðja sæti. Hér sjáum við manninn á bakvið bandið, heyrum þetta frábæra lag með viðlagi sem minnir mig töluvert á Unun, og vélmennin með tannburstabrosið eru ekki langt undan.

Eitthvað virðist manni að Guille sé að draga unglingana út úr myndinni núna, og leyfa sér að hafa þetta sem sitt sóló verkefni útaf fyrir sig, enda er það tóm vitleysa að vera með einhver vélmenni í eftirdragi. Á seinasta ári vann hann til virta verðlauna fyrir titillagið úr kvikmyndinni Yo Tambien, sem er hjartnæm ástarsaga þar sem annar aðilinn er með Down heilkenni. Þetta er flott lag líka, enda klikkar aldrei að smyrja vel með tambúrínu.

Ég hef alltaf haft dálæti á myndböndum þar sem hljóðfærin eru augljóslega ekki í sambandi við neitt, og jafnvel má draga í efa að fólkið kunni að spila á þau yfirleitt. Litagleðin er líka framúrskarandi stórkostleg, og blöðrurnar klikka ekki. Eina sem klikkar er helvítis Vocoder-inn, en það apparat fer iðullega í mínar fínustu.

En það er ekki allt sem sýnist. Eftir nokkurra ára sigurgöngu þar sem hljómsveitin hafði reyndar aldrei komið fram á tónleikum, þá opinberast það mörgum aðdáendum til sárra vonbrigða að tannkremskrakkarnir eru bara plat. Þau spila ekki á hljóðfærin og hjartaknúsarinn Óscar syngur ekki sjálfur. Það sem meira er, þau eru öll vélmenni! Meira um það á morgun ef veður leyfir.

http://mp3.blog.is/blog/mp3/entry/277431/

En hérna er smellurinn "Lets' get out of this country", sérdeilis velheppnuð ballaða sem inniheldur meðal annars frasann "bees knees" sem er ábyggilega ekki staðalbúnaður í dægurlagatextum.

Let's get out of this country
I'll admit I am bored with me
I drowned my sorrows and slept around
When not in body at least in mind
We'll find a cathedral city
You can convince me I am pretty

We'll pick berries and recline
Let's hit the road dear friend of mine
Wave goodbye to our thankless jobs
We'll drive for miles maybe never turn off
We'll find a cathedral city you can be handsome I'll be pretty

What does this city have to offer me
Everyone else thinks it's the bee's knees
What does this city have to offer me?
I just can't see
I just can't see

Let's get out of this country
I have been so unhappy
Smell the Jasmine my head was turned
I feel like getting confessional
We'll find a cathedral city you can convince me I am pretty

What does this city have to offer me
Everyone else thinks it's the bee's knees
What does this city have to offer me
I just can't see
I just can't see

Þetta band gefur út hjá Elefant á spáni líka, eins og The School í gær, og líklegt er að Elefant verði áberandi í umræðunni hér á næstunni. Njótið vel!

Cola Jet Set á Myspace:

http://www.myspace.com/colajetset