DINOSAUR JR, JR “It’s quite nice, the bands that we’re compared to are good and stuff,” says Yuck’s Daniel Blumberg. “I love those bands.” |
I interviewed Daniel out of Yuck in this week's Phoenix. Go check it out there. It wasn't the easiest interview I've ever done trying to get him to be forthcoming, but fuck it, as long as dude can bring the guitar heat on Monday when they play here I don't really care. "Get Away" is still at the top of my list for song of the year. Check out the video for it after the jump if you haven't seen it already.
Somewhere along the line in the history of music journalism, writing about the way a record sounds turned into drawing up a laundry list of predecessor comparisons. Roughly around the time the second rock and roll record was made, I'd guess. It's a problem that's become further convoluted in recent years as the vast well of influence-bait has grown deeper, and we've entrenched ourselves in a postmodern retro morass of referential one-upmanship. The ever-shortening recovery period between the reemergence of music past has led to hash-tag (and headline) criticism. Yuck: LOL via @DinoJr #grunge
That might not be fair. The extremely young, extremely hyped UK indie guitar band Yuck aren't merely grunge revivalists after all. They also seem like they're into shoegaze too...
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Yuck is not as good live as they are on their album. Their album is real good though.
awww nuts, really?
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