Edward Droste and Liz Phair

The Quote from Edward Droste, singer for Grizzly Bear: “In high school, I loved (Liz Phair’s) Exile in Guyville…People are always saying (they hear the influence of) Skip Spence. I didn’t grow up on that. I wasn’t that “cool” in high school. Exile in Guyville is one of my favorite albums of all time, even though I don’t even really listen to it anymore.”

The Source: Prefix Magazine, Jan. 2002

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New to Liz Phair? Start here: Droll female singer-songwriters who shock with explicit tales of sex and self destruction are a dime a dozen these days, but it was Liz Phair who perfected the lo-fi Nico-like delivery way back in 1993 and birthed a collection so empowering, poppy, perfect and pure that nobody has come close to replicating it (including Phair herself). On Help Me Mary, the second cut on Exile in Guyville, Phair ponders “…just how wild I would be.” Throughout the album she tells you just enough to tease and make you come back again and again. (Note: the reissued version of the album below has bonus tracks and a DVD that features interviews with John Cusack, Dave Matthews and Steve Albini)

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Exile in Guyville

Grizzly Bear and Radiohead

The Quote from Chris Taylor of Grizzly Bear: ‘”I used to be a real jazz-head and rock just didn’t fascinate me,” adds {Chris} Taylor. “But then Radiohead came along with this really gorgeous music with so many emotional layers. That totally changed my perception. If I hadn’t heard them, I probably wouldn’t be doing this.”

The Source: Interview by The Scotsman – November, 2009

More on: Grizzly Bear | Radiohead

New to Radiohead? Start Here: Before the experimental blips and bleeps of OK Computer took the alternative music world by storm, Radiohead offered up big guitar riffs and falsetto-filled gems on The Bends. There is some atmospheric play here as well, especially on the opening of Planet Telex, but this album is more about longing lyrics and driving drums. It’s a classic that never seems to sound dated.

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