Posts tagged "fleet foxes"
Albums of the Year, Part 1: Fleet Foxes, "Helplessness Blues"

Albums of the Year, Part 1: Fleet Foxes, “Helplessness Blues”

All My Life I Will Wait To Attain It By Taylor K. Long At some point in our 20s, we inevitably feel what can best be described as a burden of proof. We begin noticing milestones, the age of achievements. How Michelangelo was 29 when he finished “David.” How Franz Liszt was famous and touring...
Taylor on Taylor: The Inaugural Episode

Taylor on Taylor: The Inaugural Episode

What do you do when your name is Taylor and your friend’s name is Taylor and you’re both writers? You make a Podcast, of course! Inspired by our shared names and our mutual interest in dissecting the cultural world around us, Taylor K. Brown, T-Sides contributor, and your Editrix in Chief, Taylor K. Long have...
Fleet Foxes, "Helplessness Blues"

Fleet Foxes, “Helplessness Blues”

If I Had An Orchard, I’d Work ‘Til I’m Raw By Taylor K. Long Sometimes it feels like a song has been written with a piece of you. Like someone invaded your house when you weren’t there, sat on your bed with a cup of tea, and looked at your old photos, read all your...

New Music Videos: Cursive, Department Of Eagles, Fleet Foxes

Cursive: “From The Hips” (download) [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgJfr-195xk[/youtube] “From the Hips” is one of the tracks that most echoes the band’s earliest sentiments on their excellent new album, Mama, I’m Swollen. Opening slow and somber, front man Tim Kasher wearily sings, “I’m at my best when I’m at my worst,” used as a line on a date...

T-Sides’ 2008 in Review: Superlatives

There are a few miscellaneous honors from 2008 that we felt were worth mentioning, so here they are. Enjoy! Best Album Cover: Coldplay, Viva La Vida As much as I hate to award Coldplay for anything, every time I saw the poster of this while walking in the subway, I thought, “That looks AWESOME!” I...

T-Sides’ 2008 in Review: Concerts

As with last year, when it comes to listing amazing concerts, T-Sides refuses to be bound by the number 10. Also, for the sake of fairness, I’ve compounded bands I saw multiple times. 12. The Notwist @ Webster Hall, October 13th Full review here. Excerpt: In their recordings, the Notwist might give off the impression...

T-Sides’ 2008 in Review: Albums

Usually T-Sides is a stickler for not releasing any sort of “Best of the Year” list until the year is actually over. However, because I had to write-up my list earlier than that for Bullz-Eye, and perhaps maybe a little bit because I wanted to be part of the Hype Machine Zeitgeist (yeah, I’ll admit...

Fleet Foxes @ Webster Hall, Sunday, Oct. 6th

It’s easy enough to say that live performance is the true test of a band. But there’s something that goes beyond that. Will a show that’s great once be great 10 times? In a culture prone to fanaticism, there should be things that interest the audience member who’s seen the band on every tour for...

Fleet Foxes @ Bowery Ballroom, Wednesday, July 9th

When the Fleet Foxes performed at Bowery Ballroom last week, frontman Robin Pecknold had a cold. But unlike a downtrodden, silent Frank Sinatra, the audience might have never known it if no one had told us (either the Dutchess or the Duke – the openers – mentioned it in their stage banter, as did Pecknold...

T-Sides Elsewhere, April 20th Edition

Bullz-Eye: I conducted an interview with Jimmy Gnecco of OURS, whose long-awaited album Mercy (Dancing For The Death Of An Imaginary Enemy) is finally out on April 15th. Popdose: I reviewed the Sun Giant EP from Seattle’s Fleet Foxes, who are stirring up the blog hype lately. Portishead: “Wandering Star” (download)