Fontaines DC + The Defining Indie Artists Of "Obamacore"
Indiecast
Amazon Music
4.6 • 621 Ratings
🗓️ 23 August 2024
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Steven and Ian open this week's episode by talking about pontoon boats -- Steven was on one this week, and he listened to Steve Winwood's "Back In The High Life Again" on a loop. Ian shares his own pontoon story about someone named Uncle Zippy (2:05). After a brief look at the Fantasy Albums Draft (5:05) -- Steven has records from Sabrina Carpenter, The Spirit Of The Beehive, and Illuminati Hotties out this week -- they talk about a recent article charting the pop culture events of the Obamacore era. Steven asks Ian for his take on artists like Tune-Yards, Chance The Rapper, and Run The Jewels -- are they Obamacore? What is Obamacore, anyway (14:47)?
After that, they talk about Romance, the new album from Irish rock band Fontaines DC. Is this the record that finally gets the guys on board with a band they are otherwise indifferent about? (It is for one of them!) (36:10). In the mailbag, a listener corrects some misinformation about a recent Ween concert (46:35). Steven and Ian also answer an email about driving long distances to concerts when you live in a small town. (They also discover the Canadian hardcore band Dayglo Abortions, for better or worse.) (48:39)
In Recommendation Corner, Ian talks about the latest from Magdalena Bay while Steven stumps for BBsitters Club (56:38).
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| 0:00.0 | Indycast is presented by Uprox's Indie Mix tape. |
| 0:13.8 | Hello everyone and welcome to Indycasts. |
| 0:16.2 | On this show we talk about the biggest indie news of the week week. We review albums and we hash out trends. |
| 0:22.1 | In this episode, we talk about Obamacore and Fontaine's DC. |
| 0:26.9 | Not necessarily the same thing there. |
| 0:29.8 | My name is Stephen Hayden, and I'm joined by my friend and co-host. |
| 0:32.7 | I wonder when he last hung out on a pontoon boat? |
| 0:36.1 | Ian Cohen. |
| 0:37.1 | Ian, how are you? Yeah, just for our listeners to know, we're going to spend the rest of the summer talking about various watercraft and which music fits on either one of them. You know, we're going to talk about pontoons. We're maybe going to talk about canoes, kayaks. Yes. And jet skis, right? You've been jet skiing lately? Not in the past few, |
| 0:57.8 | not in the past few years, but recently. Since I've been in San Diego, um, jet skis are, |
| 1:02.8 | I used to always say like when I was like in my 20s that I'd much rather have a jet ski than a kid |
| 1:08.6 | and I still stuck to that. |
| 1:28.5 | I don't have either right now, but I can rent a jet ski, which I do because I've dated people in the past who have like heard that I like jet skis and like they've to a person that's like a white trash thing. I'm like no you've never been on a jet ski and jet ski's fucking rule my wife is pro jet ski see I've never |
| 1:33.5 | been on a jet ski I was just thinking about this jet ski or kid's scenario and the downside of that |
| 1:38.9 | is that a jet ski won't take care of you when you're old however a, a jet ski also won't talk back to you. |
| 1:46.7 | So the jet ski will take care of you, like when you're in assisted living at the end of your life, |
| 1:52.7 | like they'll just prop you up on a jet ski that'll keep you young at that age. |
| 1:56.6 | Is that what you're saying? |
| 1:57.8 | Yes, and I will be taking no, I'll be taking no follow-up questions on this. |
| 2:03.3 | Okay, all right. |
| 2:05.4 | I was on a pontoon boat this week. |
| 2:07.3 | I was in lovely Wisconsin Dells for a family vacation. |
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