what artist/band makes you the proudest mary for hailing from your hometown? anyone in church, at the PTA, by the yard sale, or from granny's old tales whom you especially want to namecheck? i have no real answer to this question myself but, if you asked me in the last thirty three days, i would have said Moscow Olympics.
i found these Pinoy tweegazers on the Internet rather than through the neighbors (i don't actually know my neighbors). (the only other time this happened with me was in the late '90s when i learned online that Pinoy indie band The Pin-up Girls got signed by Sutton Records.)
it would seem the five-piece debuted in December with a 7" (Still/Talk Like This) through Sweden-based Fraction Discs ]www.fractiondiscs.se[ and followed it up with a 7-track EP (Cut the World) out in June via Lavender Recordings ]www.lavender.se[ also based in Sweden. Darla distributes them in the US and Apple Crumble in Japan, among others.
more here:
www.myspace.com/moskva80
www.myspace.com/lavenderrecordings
Still got Moscow Olympics some Internet press (push the red button now, if not already) and the fuller release has been able to sustain Internet-age listeners' attention span.
i heard Sarah Records and The Radio Dept. at first listen, but the more amazing thing was the music eventually brought me back home, to a time and a scene i lived first-hand. late '80s: Manila is having its first taste of (the wide distribution of) CDs. early '90s: Loveless (My Bloody Valentine) and This Buried Life (Medicine) are probably my first imported music ever. almost mid-'90s: Manila is having its first taste of (the wide distribution of) the Internet; i am drooling at the unprecedented sight of CDs of Popsicle, Cinnamon, My Friend The Chocolate Cake, and heaps more on display at record stores, years before Tower Records would institutionalise our music shopping. i heard all those and Dean Wareham, too. (a few more listens and i might've heard my mother's cooking.)
it's always perversely thrilling to see my country be put on the map, with good reason; it rarely happens, on both counts. i liked them first before i discovered they were brown bruthaz and once i did Moscow Olympics made me feel proud in their own little way, just enough to make me want to wear my flag - not in any Amorican way, mind - while being an adopted daughter of Brangelina's adopted son's country.
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farther to the homefront, i am settling nicely in my cheap hotel, which i shouldn't as i'm not supposed to stay here forever. i am still scarce online - sorry, Trusteds, for not checking in on your posts just yet.
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don't really think about bands that way - pride in the hometown - just dig the music or don't... interesting though, let me think about this one...
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What a lovely hometown find for you. Very much enjoyed their sound.
Wichita is not exactly replete with musical talent. Shocking, I know. There have been a couple decent bands out of Lawrence too, but I don't really claim affiliation to them at all. Oh well.
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The Breeders-Last Splash-Cannonball
What nice, dreamy sounds to wake to.
I love apple crumble, now I may have to do some dessert rustling today. The proudest mary of associations were high school buddies in a locally famed band "The White Savage". That song was amongst their many, many fine covers - but no big time implications for these guys. The closest association (i believe i've mentioned previous) The Breeders skin man, Jim Macpherson lives in a house i used to own, and he amazed the local financiers by plopping his cash payment for said dwelling next to his signature.
Of course, on the side of "local boys make good" gazzette are Dayton-hippie-college community Yellow Springs famous sons Guided By Voices. The only college i ever tried to actually work for, but alas; the hallucenogentics had been out of the system far too long for admittance.
Sounds like you are loving the pampered life. enjoy!
Guided By Voices-Sunfish Holy Breakfast-Heavy Metal Country
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Matt Pond PA really make me smile, as do LIVE... Huffamoose would be the other band that deserves more than they get from my hometown...
OOOPS & The Roots, dag - that was a close call !!!
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Bands I know from my area (but aren't necessarily famous, except for a possible blip)
Martins Dam - They were a Jam band named after the swim club we used to belong to. Never heard them though.
The Bloodhound Gang - White suburban kids, rapping silly.
Pink - She's from a town not to far away (okay, just about everyone's heard of her).
That's all I can think of now.
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if we go that direction - we gots to give props to DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince ;)
Don't forget Jill Scott either ;)
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Well, I'm suburban philly, the list would go on if I spread a bit more.
Live (York)
Ween (New Hope/Trenton)
Marah
Roots
Bahamadia
DJ Kool ("Let Me Clear My Throat)
The Goats
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Hey Ilay and friends! Love your hometown sound. That's something to be proud of!
I thought about this a while ago...and so my hometown is in Maryland.
Let me start with Billie Holiday
Tori Amos
Clutch
Jimmie's Chicken Shack
Cass McCombs
David Byrne
And...Tupac
Lovely to see you! ; )
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Thanks to an at times nomadic existance, I can in someway lay claim to these:
Pulp
Arctic Monkeys
Human League
Joe Cocker
Little Man Tate
Richard Hawley
Cabaret Voltaire
The Smiths
Joy Division/New Order
Oasis
Stone Roses
Happy Mondays
The Buzzcocks
And Rick Astley, to name but a few...
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Jox - Are you London or Manchester? Or is this just a broad list?
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Humm...okay then...Joxley's the man with a list like that.
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Contra, I'm Manchester via Sheffield, so I have managed to rack up plenty of musical connections...
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Classic shoegeezer choons ilay. My current hometown doesn't have much in the way of music I can be proud of. But when I lived in Portland, OR up till '95 The Dandy Warhols were beginning to become known & released their first album. I saw them perform 3 times before I moved to CA. They put on a great live show.
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Van, i guess the connection between music and geography is always there, with certain music scenes taking root in certain places - the Delta blues, Madchester, triphop in Liverpool, punk in Sheffield, Canterbury prog, or quite famously, grunge in Seattle.
truth be told, i was thinking of something more superficial when i began this post - just how i would sometimes overhear people say, "Oh, you're from [town], [famous band]'s from there" or "My grandma went to church with Feist's grandma" - some people take it to a real annoying level. (:
Dale, hey i remember you recently posting about a good band that turned out to be from Wichita (which i might be confusing with another post on your good CD finds in a local record store). oh well, your city has as many timeless bands as my country. ;D
Scott, that's funny about Jim Macpherson. i don't want The Breeders girls to be my neighbors, i want them to be my girl friends. i can totally see _us_ just chillin'. ;p GBV can be my neighbors only if they let me hang out in their basement and do cover art for them.
so did The White Savage at least outlast high school? i also have fond memories of being buddies with some locally famed bands. one of my exes used to joke that i don't have high school friends because i spent high school being a groupie, which doesn't count as friendship. probably true to some extent.
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Lizzie, The Roots! - so that's where you get your hallucinogenic psychedelic style of mogging, sistah! i love Matt Pond PA. they gots some mean New Order riffs (like in Grave's Disease). i thought they've disbanded because Matt Pond moved out of PA? okay, i don't know Huffamoose - should i?
Tyler, "The Bloodhound Gang - White suburban kids, rapping silly." - mwahahah, Fire Water Burn is one of those songs with an insidious way of getting stuck in your head. Live - i really liked their debut, Mental Jewelry, a whole lot. and why did i always think Ween are British?? (i think i mistake them with Gene.)
there seem to be very active hiphop scenes in Penn? and are you two neighbors or not exactly?
"Hey Ilay and friends!" - Helen, you crack me up. who knew Billie Holiday and my #1 girl Tori Amos are both from Maryland? so you and Tori are both redheads from Maryland, how cool is that, no wonder we're BFFs! what do you call yourselves - Marylandians? great list, i am still discovering Cass McCombs, thanks to ya!
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Jox. sheesh. you win. you listed down practically everyone i want to meet in this life. so did your granny go to church with any of those people's grannies? ;d if you ever consider adopting from a third world country, remember me.
(however, try not to mention the Rick Astley connection to the ladies.)
Aug, being neighbors with the Dandy Warhols should be a blast. i imagine they throw parties involving colorful punch bowls and candy bowls.
Portland, hello, i can't count the many artists from there. Elliott Smith, The Decemberists, Viva Voce, Quasi, popularly The Shins although originally from Albuquerque. wait, i don't think i know your current hometown...?
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Well, I only made it as far as pretty good lemon meringue pie yesterday, but my mind is still on that apple crumble. The White Savage lasted a number of years after high school, but I had gone off to college so the direct involvement kinda trickled off. I've been framing a post about them, 'cause I've got some decent pictures so - it'll come soon. And, you've set the wheels in motion for a few other posts as well, dear catalyst, the first Kiss tour post is now fermenting.
I'm not sure I'd wanna hang in GBV's basement though, I think that's where they keep the tractor rape chain.
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Love this post, and the song, and the thread of comments. So, thanks for the hattrick!
Born & bred 10 feet from Pantego, Texas. Yes, that's Pan-tego as in Pan-terra. I'll leave it up to you to guess whether or not I have any special affection. :)
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whoa! catching up from the long weekend and have to say that this is pretty dang good music. it's funny you mentioned the radio dept as that is the first thing i thought of as well. great music Ilay. i will seeking this out for sure.
as for my hometown that i grew up in. ...nobody. if you cross the bridge and get into duluth, mn i could claim Low. but i was gone before they ever were a band. (were they a band prior to 1990?)
i am to lazy to list all of the minneapolis bands....because you know them all anyways. ;)
actually a lack of decent live music was one of the reasons i left the small town. what a pain in the ass to have to drive 2.5 hours to go see a concert.
i love the name drop on medicine. the buried life is a classic. the first time i heard that screeching sonic guitar was priceless. great post Ilay!