Indiecency: Series 1 - Yellow Fever

Posted about 1 year ago

Artist:

Yellow Fever
Album:

Cats And Rats
Track:
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Hellfire

[Yellow Fever - Hellfire / 3:22]

Indiecency (also indie-cency):
Behaviour displayed by hipsters who keep telling you about such and such bands/artists you should have heard about aeons ago but which for some reasons (MySpace does not exist in your world) still sound like they could be Chinese to you. The obscenity lies in the name dropping (the more obscure, the more arousing) which has our hipsters literally frothing.

In this series my attitude will be that precisely. I'm going to be indiecent and obnoxious.

The first time I heard about Yellow Fever was through my budding interest for Voxtrot in which Jennifer Moore was singing backing vocals and playing the tambourine. (Note the name dropping already!)

Further investigation (mainly Googling) allowed me to discover a sympathetic trio whose music is somewhere between ingenious lo-fi rock and minimalist punk. What inoculated the Yellow Fever virus in me was their quirky and nonchalant vocals, the deft harmonising of Jennifer and Isabel Martin. The heartfelt riffs also played their parts.

The band has released a couple of EPs since their inception in 2006. Above is an excerpt of their second one "Cats and Rats" in reference to Syd Barrett's "Rats."—It seems that the trio is now a duo. Still I shall keep them on my radar.

More info here and here.

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Bartleby says Here's a second serving. I have a fondness for the wistful lovelorn tone of the first track below. I hope you'll also enjoy the second one. [Yellow Fever - Culver City / 3:10]
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[Yellow Fever - Joe Brown / 3:03]
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deadmandeadman says My heart goes out to the poor hipster, always on the lookout for the next big thing. Her/his need to be ??so?? avant, so ??outre?? is so overpowering they'll listen to any old crap as long as A) no one else has heard of them, or B) Everyone else think they suck. This is not aimed at you, my most steamy, I mean, esteemed compadre. Your recommendations are usually very good, and this one is no exception. But you have no idea how much I envy you guys that have endless hours to play on the internet while beautiful women squish grapes for you and fan you with giant palm fronds. Some of we poor slobs must pay bills. that involves a ritual called "work". But enough of that. So yeah, you get to look all over the place, gallivanting the virtual universe, all your earthly needs cared for by willing sycophants and we get to hear the music you find. I can live with that.

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Augusts1 says Haha Deadman love your comment! Michael, liking this. I'm a real slacker when it comes to 'the next big thing'. It takes me awhile to get into the latest 'it' band so much so that it's usually years later that I do so. I t wasn't until The Strokes third album(the one that was universally panned) that I finally got into them. But I love that album. But I usually dig in my heals against the latest 'fashion music' trends

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Marigold says I have a bit of hipster blood that runs through my veins but it is nothing one of my reggae induced rasta blood transfusions can't cure. I love these tracks. There is a lot of what you and Jeff described as the reasons I like the band Electrelane. It is so honest and rough it is enduring and fresh at the same time. Great selection Micahel. You got my ears piqued....you hipster you.

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lilja88 says So you have a little hipster in you after all...'tis nothing to be ashamed of, especially when you get to be crowned Official EMCD :) These guys sound good!

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bloodtea says bq. You're in big trouble, young man! I like this hipster side of yours; is there "Series 2"?? :)

Permalink posted 04/30/2008
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Bartleby says *DMDM*: I couldn't have said it better. Thank you for pointing out the miserable life of the poor ole hipster. -- My main grudge with hipsters is their obsession with novelty almost to the point of ignoring talent and/or quality. The other tale-tell sign of the hipster-syndrome is the fact they care more about bragging than sharing. I hope I belong to the sharing kind :) *Augusts1*: I'm with you on the lag thing, Aug. Usually, I tend to stick to my old music and would gladly dismiss anyone coming up with "the next big thing" as philistines. I even say: "Forgive them, Music Gods for they know not better." In this instance, there was something really touching about the humble attitude of YF which drew me to their music. Anyhow, I'm glad I could share this with you. *Marigold*: Well, you know me. I'm trying my best to be as hip as possible. 'Cause you know: Chicks dig hip ;) Honest and rough is certainly the way I feel YF's music. Glad you enjoyed the snippets of YF I had on offer. *Lilja*: I'm not ashamed of my hip-ness because I'm still pretty luke-warm compared to the cool kids of MOG ;) -- Thanks for the EMCD thing. In all honesty, I still prefer "communing in music" than getting high on my own. *Bloodtea*: You've got me cornered, sister. I won't surrender though. There'll be "Series 2" if you're kind enough to stick by this band wagon.

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ivylander says Against my better judgment I am liking these cuts a fair bit. Jennifer and Isabel are a little too much like the girls I ached for and never registered with in college.....

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bloodtea says (Shhh, don't tell anyone I'm sneaking my way in here.... so please read this as low as possible...!!) Hah, won't surrender, aye? I'll kick you in the butt and we'll see about that ;) Anyway, I won't promise I will be around to check out that "Series 2" (I'll leave a comment if such happens). Btw, thank you ever so much for that Jacques Brel's song - __mon Dieu, j'aime cette chanson.. Maintenant, je n'ai pas de raisons de te quitter, mon cher!!__ (And yes, I'm aware my French's a bit rusty.)

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scotfree says Only a moment here while the young ladies fetch some fresh fruit and unwilted palm fronds. This is a most melodic offering you ave placed before us Michael. Simply enjoyable songs that exude a simplicity belying the talent to create. Extrodinaire!! Opps, they've retuned...back to the divan.

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Bartleby says *Ivy*: I hear you, good Sir. My philosophy regarding the better sex is: "Life is already too full of regrets to add any more on account on Eve and her daughters." *Bloodtea*: Oh merci, merci infiniment ma très chère soeur. This means that you won't delete your account then? -- I'm so happy you can kick in the butt or in the nuts it won't matter because surrender I will if you leave us. Also your French is too perfect to let it unseen on MOG. *Scot*: Thank you for sparing us some time away from the fanning sylphs. -- Melodic is the word I was looking for. No one but you could have summed up so concisely an inarticulate hipster's rambling.

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deadmandeadman says This thread is so much fun to read. >>>But I gotta go, nose to the grindstone and all that, wot? Eye On The Ball, don't you know? Shoulder to the wheel. Puttin' our backs into it. ??You?? try workin' in ??that?? position.

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Alex P Morrisson says i know its just me, and everyone says im silly when i say this, but the only rock band i like with a female singer is the Yeahyeahyeahs probably cause of her voice. any other voice over heavy guitars just makes me go 'gosh this is bad'. but with acoustic guitars, its probably the other way around. julie doiron's dark horse is lovely.

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Bartleby says Thanks for popping in, Alex. You've reminded me I've neglected to thank DMDM for his incredible wits. Female voice on hefty guitar riffs can be tricky. It needs be quite special and strong to sustain the onslaught as it were. Karen O belongs to that tribe. So do Kim Deal and Kim Gordon just to name two incredible ladies, off the top of my head.

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