The Recipe for "She and Him"
Recipe for Indie Rock Success
Take one indie starlit with a goofy name, blue doe-eyes, and nymph-like timber to her voice (i.e. Zooey Deschanel- (her first name means "life" in Greek (Anna correct me if I am wrong), her last name means "Of Channels" in French...if you don't speak drench too good.)Add one young, slightly goofy mollasses-and-cigarette voiced-folk rocker with a talent evocative of Dylan merged with Elliot Smith.....Mix their creative juices together for a couple days in a studio. Infuse some 1950s flavor. Allow only ONE taste before you cook (i.e. one release. see attached. and relish.)Throw in a pout. and reluctance to be interviewed.Add on the budget of a small but well-respected record label (Merge Records).Present ONLY once or twice, for special occasions, on super small stages, in front of only a super-dedicated and super industry-saturated audiences (Noise Pop Festival & SXSW)ET VOILA! You've got Indie Rock GENIUS. People will be licking the plate!or at least I am :)PS please feel free to share any other recipes :)
Take one indie starlit with a goofy name, blue doe-eyes, and nymph-like timber to her voice (i.e. Zooey Deschanel- (her first name means "life" in Greek (Anna correct me if I am wrong), her last name means "Of Channels" in French...if you don't speak drench too good.)Add one young, slightly goofy mollasses-and-cigarette voiced-folk rocker with a talent evocative of Dylan merged with Elliot Smith.....Mix their creative juices together for a couple days in a studio. Infuse some 1950s flavor. Allow only ONE taste before you cook (i.e. one release. see attached. and relish.)Throw in a pout. and reluctance to be interviewed.Add on the budget of a small but well-respected record label (Merge Records).Present ONLY once or twice, for special occasions, on super small stages, in front of only a super-dedicated and super industry-saturated audiences (Noise Pop Festival & SXSW)ET VOILA! You've got Indie Rock GENIUS. People will be licking the plate!or at least I am :)PS please feel free to share any other recipes :)
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Comments (15)
We've been digging this song big time on the air for over a month. Heard a few other samples from the album and it's a winner! Can't wait for the official release.
click here for our brief excitement a few weeks ago at http://mog.com/The_Time_Machine/blog_post/143588.
Love your recipe! Don't know about a reluctance for interviews. They're on the front cover of "Under The Radar". Somewhere in the article it stated the album comes out in September and not March. Oops. Must double check. Remember reading that a month ago and wondering out loud at the Barnes and Nobel magazine stand, "If it comes out in September...why are they on the cover now?" *lol
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