I'm gonna go see Karl play tomorrow night at the final D.O.S. show, and I have seriously been listening to this song over + over the past 24 hours. like, as soon as the video ends on youtube, I hit the "replay" button, and will keep doing that for 40 minutes or so. until I realize that I've been listening to the same song on repeat for the better part of an hour.
there is serious weird stuff with all of these cold-climes (white) Americans adding sounds that are super African to their repertoire. there's the obvious ones (Vampire Weekend, Dirty Projectors- who are maybe less regionally-specific, more the general "Africa" vibe) and the more under-the-radar guys, like Karl Blau and Angelo Spencer, who channel, like, Ali Farka Toure and North African desert blues-type shit.
it feels like the whole "Under My Thumb" phenomenon- the groove is so, so good, but you feel so, so conflicted about enjoying it. but you do enjoy it, you can't pretend you don't. and by "you," I clearly mean "me."
because I, at least, can't stop listening to "Dark Sedan."
(I can't really say the same for VMPR WKND, but it's so trendy to bash those dudes right now that it's kind of dull. somebody's gotta call 'em out, I guess, since they've made themselves such easy targets. though I'd rather tangle with the gnarlier, less cut-and-dried ones, to be honest. something that I can sink my teeth into.)
there is serious weird stuff with all of these cold-climes (white) Americans adding sounds that are super African to their repertoire. there's the obvious ones (Vampire Weekend, Dirty Projectors- who are maybe less regionally-specific, more the general "Africa" vibe) and the more under-the-radar guys, like Karl Blau and Angelo Spencer, who channel, like, Ali Farka Toure and North African desert blues-type shit.
it feels like the whole "Under My Thumb" phenomenon- the groove is so, so good, but you feel so, so conflicted about enjoying it. but you do enjoy it, you can't pretend you don't. and by "you," I clearly mean "me."
because I, at least, can't stop listening to "Dark Sedan."
(I can't really say the same for VMPR WKND, but it's so trendy to bash those dudes right now that it's kind of dull. somebody's gotta call 'em out, I guess, since they've made themselves such easy targets. though I'd rather tangle with the gnarlier, less cut-and-dried ones, to be honest. something that I can sink my teeth into.)
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