> Wow, you mean you know who Godspeed You Black Emperor is? Being from
> Montreal, Canada (that's where Godspeed's from), I obviously know of them,
> but I'm surprised to hear that their becoming internationally recognized.
They've got some coverage on the indie rock press over here..
> Personally, I'm not crazy about them, as I feel that what they're doing was
> done by bands like Genesis (Peter Gabriel era), King Crimson and other
> prog-rock bands about 30 years ago, and much better at that. Considering
> that it's rock and that everything's been done a thousand times already, I
> don't feel that GYBE is contributing anything significant or groundbreaking
> to music, and you sure can't dance to it! Just my two bits worth, but I'd
> love to hear from those who disagree with me, as I'd really wanna know what
> the big deal is with these guys. I'm convinced it's just hype.
OK, gotta admit that I know very little about rock music, but I have
this friend who is very deeply involved in that scene and has hyped up
GYBE to me. And what I've heard (especially the Levez vous skinny fists
comme.. etc. album) I've really liked more than anything else in that
genre, about ever. The album also has parts that would fit nice into a
downtempo chillout set, that I could imagine would be off DJ Food's or
even DJ Shadow's record, so that's even bigger plus to me. =)
Of course, if you (or someone else) can point to records in the same
dark, moody instrumental vein but even better, I'd be more than happy to
hear of them. =)
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