Popdose: Listening Booth: The Gaslight Anthem, “The ‘59 Sound”
Allen
· 1 year ago
So glad that you are highlighting this record. Among my music friends it is often pointed out that the part of "Indie" that I prefer is that which was descended from Springsteen: The Hold Steady, The Gaslight Anthem. The other side of Indie seems to be more twee oriented. Decemberists, et al. While much of the current scene plays in both hemispheres and there is no real focus for description anymore I am glad that music like this is getting play. I agree with the caller on Sound Opinions that The Hold Steady would have been opening for Foreigner if they had come out 30 years ago (I agree mainly because that caller was me but also because he/I was right) The fact that a record like The Gaslight Anthem is forced to languish in the Indie category points to a big problem that rock has nowadays. How can it connect if it can't even define itself? And, regardless of what anyone thinks, we do need to be able to define the music we love so we can describe it to others. Indie has become a worse cliche than Alternative ever was. And more of a catch all. Wait. What were we talking about again? Get this record. It's damned good.
forwardgirl
· 1 year ago
Nice to see this write-up, I've been really enjoying this CD this week. Relentlessly melodic, and a cool homage to Counting Crows' 'Round Here' on 'High Lonesome'. I work with a Springsteen junkie - I'm going to steer her towards this CD for sure.
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DwDunphy
· 1 year ago
Bribery. It's Vaa-aan-tastic!!
Mike
· 1 year ago
Sounds like the Killers to me and that is not a complement.
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Among my music friends it is often pointed out that the part of "Indie" that I prefer is that which was descended from Springsteen: The Hold Steady, The Gaslight Anthem. The other side of Indie seems to be more twee oriented. Decemberists, et al. While much of the current scene plays in both hemispheres and there is no real focus for description anymore I am glad that music like this is getting play.
I agree with the caller on Sound Opinions that The Hold Steady would have been opening for Foreigner if they had come out 30 years ago (I agree mainly because that caller was me but also because he/I was right)
The fact that a record like The Gaslight Anthem is forced to languish in the Indie category points to a big problem that rock has nowadays. How can it connect if it can't even define itself? And, regardless of what anyone thinks, we do need to be able to define the music we love so we can describe it to others.
Indie has become a worse cliche than Alternative ever was. And more of a catch all.
Wait. What were we talking about again?
Get this record. It's damned good.
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Hi Scott,
On behalf of Exile Productions and Exile Publishing, many thanks for plugging Van Morrison and, for your readers’ info, up-to-the-minute news on Van’s latest album - Keep It Simple - and 2008 shows is, of course, available on www.vanmorrison.com and www.myspace.com/vanmorrison and, for a limited period, you can still see Van's exclusive BBC sessions at http://www.bbc.co.uk/musictv/vanmorrison/video/ . We’re also pleased to announce that an increasing archive of exclusive film footage of Van Morrison performances has now been made available for fans on Exile’s official YouTube channel at http://uk.youtube.com/user/OfficialExileFilms .
Thanks again for your support.
Regards,
WEB SHERIFF