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Friday, April 11, 2008

GRANDADDY (ABO #048)

GRANDADDY
SUMMER HERE KIDS

Solar-powered space pop combo Grandaddy was formed in Modesto, CA, in 1992 by singer/guitarist/keyboardist Jason Lytle, bassist Kevin Garcia, and drummer Aaron Burtch; although a noisy, lo-fi approach characterized early recordings like 1994's Complex Party Come Along Theories, with the 1995 additions of guitarist Jim Fairchild and keyboardist Tim Dryden the group's sound expanded exponentially over the course of subsequent efforts including the unreleased Don't Sock the Tryer and the 1996 EP A Pretty Mess by This One Band. Originally issued on indie label Will Records, 1997's acclaimed full-length Under the Western Freeway proved Grandaddy's creative breakthrough, and the following year the album was reissued on major-label V2, with "Summer Here Kids" earning Single of the Week honors in the pages of the NME. The Broken Down Comforter Collection, a compilation of singles tracks, preceded the 1999 Signal to Snow Ratio EP, which heralded a movement toward the vintage electronic textures further in evidence on 2000's superb Sophtware Slump. In 2002, the group released another odds-n-sods collection, Concrete Dunes, which paved the way for a busy 2003: that spring, Grandaddy released the Floating Debris EP and their fourth full-length, Sumday, and spent the rest of the year touring, making appearances at festivals such as Glastonbury. In 2005, they resurfaced with the Excerpts from the Diary of Todd Zilla EP and a full-length album (Just Like the Fambly Cat) followed in 2006. (all music guide)

1. Taster
2. Gentle Spike Resort
3. A.M. 180
4. Collective Dreamwish Of Upper Elegance
5. Summer Here Kids

6. Under The Western Freeway
7. He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's The Pilot
8. Hewlett's Daughter
9. The Crystal Lake

10. Underneath The Weeping Willow
11. Miner At Dial-A-View
12. Now It's On
13. El caminos In The West
14. Saddest Vacant Lot In All The World

15. Pull The Curtains
16. At My Post
17. Elevate Myself
18. Summer... It's Gone
19. Shangri-La (outro)

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bonjour BAISTOPHE, j'aimerais savoir ce qu'est le groupe GrandDaddy. Aussi, j'ai lu ton texte sur Jazz à Gogo qui était très bien d'ailleurs, ce serait le fun si des gars comme lui proposait ici des "best of" de jazz en plus de ceux déjà diversifiés dont tu nous propose.

Excellent blog, continu comme ça, c'est super !!!

Anonymous said...

Pour grandaddy, SFP se fera un plaisir de te raconter, c'est lui le spécialiste. Sinon, tu as des extrait que tu peux écouter.

Pour ce qui est de Jazz à Gogo. Il y a des chance en effet qu'il fasse très vite partie de notre équipe !

pavlos said...

excellent travail continue comme ça!!!!!!