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There's a neat little piece in tomorrow's Arts & Leisure section of the New York Times where Tweedy talks briefly about what he's been listening to lately and why. I couldn't find it on their website yet, but I'm sure it will be up soon. Just thought I'd pass this on as I stumbled across it while reading the paper this morning. Anyway, the bands he talks briefly about are:

 

Dr. Dog

Grizzly Bear

Battles

A Hawk and a Hacksaw

Panda Bear

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Great stuff, I'm in total agreement with him about the greatness of the Bears Grizzly and Panda and Hack and a Hacksaw. Dr. Dog is pretty solid too, I don't think I've heard the Battles yet.

 

--Mike

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Showing the Philly boys some love!

 

God damnit, why can't the Dr. Dog/Wilco experience come to my town? :(

 

saw dr. dog yesterday for a second time and feel the same way. what a great band they are....would love to see them open for wilco.

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Wow; that's awesome that Tweedy likes Grizzly Bear. I don't know... "Yellow House" has something very special to it. Just as evocative as AGiB.

 

I'm pretty sure I tried to like Grizzly Bear, but fell asleep during the first song I heard.

 

Maybe it's worth another shot...

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i checked out all the bands he recommended. From the descriptions I figured I would like Battles the least but I'm really excited about them. I encourage anyone to check out clips on youtube because their live clips are ridiculous. It's like tortoise on speed. Well that doesn't do it justice. just check it out.

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I'm pretty sure I tried to like Grizzly Bear, but fell asleep during the first song I heard.

 

Maybe it's worth another shot...

 

'Yellow House' is definitely one of those "give it about fifty listens" albums... the first few skimmings, it was the most awful stuff I ever heard. It's a very intricate, rewarding album, but then again, I don't condone esoteric, inaccessible albums that have to be listened fifty times either.

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I knew just by the title of this thread that I wouldn't know any of the bands listed. Tweedy and esoteric/obscure music are like hand & glove.

 

Dude, check in the Someone Else's Song section more often, we'll hit you with the straight dope about aforementioned jams. Dr. Dog, Grizzly Bear, Panda Bear, and Battles have been pimped pretty often by VC members. I was shocked how closely Jeff's list resembles a series of posts in the Now Playing sticky.

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I went to hear a bit all of these recommendations and I was *really* impressed with every one of them, with the exception of Panda Bear. Next time I look for new great music to hear, I'll ask Jeff Tweedy.

 

You know, that doesn't happen that often, to agree with one's every recommendation.

 

So I purchased all that (but replace Panda Bear with the first Dr Dog record - possibly the band that impressed me the most in the bunch, so I bought their two CDs)

 

For the Hawk and a Hacksaw, I chose another one (the Way the Wind Blows) - from what I've read everywhere else, it's their best.

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