The Indie Stars Of Our Next Decade

Indiecast

UPROXX

Music, Indie Music, Music Commentary, Indie Rock

4.8 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

After quarantine set in, it wasn’t long before Adrianne Lenker got to work on some more music, opting for a solo project since she was unable to see her bandmates. While Big Thief apparently were able to reconvene and record a new album over the summer, Lenker has shared the result of her musical exploration at the beginning of quarantine, two new solo LPs titled 'songs' and 'instrumentals.' In this episode, Steven and Ian dig into the lore surrounding Lenker and her band Big Thief, as well as their prolific and acclaimed output over the last few years. The conversation centers around one central question: is Big Thief really a band or is it just a front for Lenker?

The episode’s second half is focused on Fake It Flowers, the debut album from 20-year-old rocker Beabadoobee. With catchy songs and big choruses, Hyden argues that Beabadoobee’s debut album solidifies her role in the modern indie rock canon as Stone Temple Pilots, where Soccer Mommy is Nirvana and Clairo is Pearl Jam.

In this week’s Recommendation Corner, Cohen is looking to the ’90s and plugging Ida’s 1996 album 'I Know About You,' while Hyden is digging 'Optimisme,' the new album from Songhoy Blues.

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0:00.0	Indycast is presented by Uprox's Indy Mix tape.
0:13.0	Hello, everyone, and welcome to Indycast.
0:15.3	On this show, we talked about the biggest indie news of the week.
0:18.0	We review albums.
0:19.1	We hash out trends.
0:20.5	In this episode, we'll be talking about
0:21.9	new albums by Adrian Linker of Big Thief and Bebadooby. My name is Stephen Hayden, and I'm joined by my
0:28.1	friend and co-host, Ian Cohen. Ian, how are you? So, you know the phrase Pride goes before a fall?
0:36.3	I think it's in the Bible, or maybe I heard it on a Pedro the Lion album, you know, either
0:41.7	way.
0:42.7	But, you know, almost immediately after last week's podcast, I felt like we, you know, knocked
0:48.4	that one out of the park.
0:49.7	We got to, you know, hang with our readers and answer their questions.
0:52.9	I go running immediately after that, you know, it's our readers and answer their questions. I go running immediately
0:54.1	after that, you know, it's my morning run. I have a, I have a mix of kind of artsy leaning
1:02.0	new metal on, you know, perfect circles, Meridenoms, White Pony. Oh, man. You could not be more
1:07.5	Ian Cohen than this story. This is the most Ian Cohen story ever.
1:11.5	And I dodge this kindly old, you know, group of individuals who are standing outside their home.
1:18.6	And then I land wrong on my left foot. I have a faux Jones fracture in my left foot.
1:25.1	Now, why am I telling you guys this?
1:28.7	A, because we care about you.
1:30.6	I assume you care about us.
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