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28th January 2012

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Because its easy to like “indie” music like that because it’s all a facade. Getting into real indie rock music is an imposition, not a fashion. You can’t find their albums anywhere. They never tour. They aren’t on Saturday night live or Conan.

Ha ha.  The past few years a lot of new music has felt that fashion/blog hype was higher on the priority list then then the music.  listened to part of an interview with Lana Del Ray-who is one of those commercial mainstream indie artists. She talked about the recording process for her album.  It sounded like her album was made by committee of a few different producers, sound engineers, and beat makers.  She said something along the way of how she flew to New York and told a guy to make her a beat that sounds sounds a certain way and then have another producer clean it all up for her. I could only find a snippet of the interview:

Lana Del Rey on describing her sound:

JENNY ELISCU:  …With other people that you work with, what sort of references do you give them? Sonic references? Visual references?

LANA DEL REY:  I keep it really clear. I talk a lot about Thomas Newman’s score for American Beauty. That was a soundtrack I really was inspired by. Girogio Mirto, I talk about the orchestral work he’s done. Think Thomas Newman score for American Beauty meets early Bruce Springsteen “sex Americana.” And put them together, but place it in Miami and have me singing it. That’s what I tell them.

http://satelliteradioplayground.com/2011/12/07/sirius-xm-radio-nasdaqsiri-lana-del-rey-performs-new-music-on-siriusxmu-sessions/

If I was given a good bank roll and access to top producers, sound engineers, musicians, and beat makers, I could  make some catchy songs too.

On a tangential note, I have heard a couple songs by St. Vincent.  I thought that they were polished and poppy but I didn’t really get into anything that I have heard. Their songs sort of lacked soul.  The other day, I heard a live version of Cruel by St. Vincent on the radio.  St. Vincent’s live sound was great. They had this minimalist early post punk vibe from the late 1970’s i.e. rocky, dirty, and dance orientated.  I would easily listen to an entire album that sounded like that.