Loading ...Hicksville is hardly the only New York City suburb riding out the dog days of summer with free concerts featuring “big” names: Stamford, Conn., uses its satellite city’s economic base to handily outdo the Long Island town’s Spin Doctors show with a free Boyz II Men concert this Thursday. More »
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Mon Aug 4 2008 by Maura
Hicksville is hardly the only New York City suburb riding out the dog days of summer with free concerts featuring “big” names: Stamford, Conn., uses its satellite city’s economic base to handily outdo the Long Island town’s Spin Doctors show with a free Boyz II Men concert this Thursday. More »
The Two Types Of Bromance: An Investigation
Mon Aug 4 2008 by Maura
Grrrl-rock standard-bearer Carrie Brownstein took to her blog to discuss a phenomena she witnessed at a Fleet Foxes show: the “strangely beautiful” phenomenon of bromance, “where mostly straight men show up to shows in small packs, high-fiving during songs, raising glasses at the band in a show of brotherly love, and shouting ‘I love you!’ toward the stage.” She asks the readers to comment with “bromantic” shows they’ve attended; while the Hold Steady seems to be the consensus pick as far as which band is inspires the most male-on-male admiration, most of the bands mentioned are linked by shared roots in ’70s rock. As a result, I’ve noticed at least two distinct types of “bromance”: for lack of a better nomenclature, I’ll call one folk/country bromance (exemplified, in Brownstein’s post, by the Fleet Foxes crowd) and the other bar-band bromance (seen among Hold Steady fans). This oft-overlooked distinction is important to understanding the phenomenon.
Grizzly Bear Find Their Essence On The Streets Of Paris
Mon Aug 4 2008 by Maura
As longtime readers well know, Idolator has an unrivaled commitment to what’s new in indie rock, which is why I’m here today discussing a two-year-old Grizzly Bear video. I don’t much care for the much-blogged-about band, although for much of 2006 I was convinced Yellow House was a grower and I needed to give it more time to let my appreciation of the album as a whole match that of just Ed Droste’s voice. (What else could explain all the acclaim?) But I adore the above video of the band’s a cappella performance of their single “Knife” on the streets of Paris, mainly because it strips “Knife” down and reveals that it’s in actuality a really great doo-wop song.
