Bradford Cox Hates Us
- story THE FADER
We love Bradford Cox. As the FADER staff looks back at the music of their collective early 20s to mid 30s, the music he’s made with Deerhunter and solo, as Atlas Sound, will inevitably stick out as a glaring touchstone. He is Bo Jackson if Bo Jackson also was Carl Lewis and Michael Jordan, plus Rahm Emanuel and Quincy Jones. He is a diversely eloquent prolific wizard from Georgia, writing soft pop of infinite angles all day and night. So we were happy to be able to sit with Cox for a bit during CMJ, bring him to Room 501 at Ace Hotel New York. Unfortunately, we did not vibe. We are not bros, he does not like us. You had a nice shirt and a good handshake and, god, how many times we’ve listened to Microcastle! Forgive us, Bradford!
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posted on Nov 5, 2009 in EVENTS LEVI'S/FADER FORT SHOW, FADER TV, FADER TV MUSIC CHANNEL SPOTLIGHT, MUSIC CHANNEL, MUSIC INTERVIEWS SHOW tags Atlas Sound, Bradford Cox, Deerhunter, FADER TV
Atlas Sound w. Noah Lennox, “Walkabout” MP3
- story Peter Macia
In FADER #49, Bradford Cox aka Atlas Sound told Black Lips’ Cole Alexander:
“It’s not good to be trapped in that same state of mind for your whole life. It’s a sad and difficult thing, actually. It’s like never getting over something and trying to work it out over and over and over again. The sounds may be a little more advanced, but I’m essentially making the same kind of art with the same kind of ideas that I was when I was a kid.”
On “Walkabout,” the first song from his upcoming album Logos (Oct 20, Kranky), Cox sings along with Noah Lennox, What did you want to see/ What did you want to be/ When you grew up, and generally seems to be focused on moving on, becoming an adult, or at least acknowledging that he can’t be a child anymore. The song samples the bubbling keys of “What Am I Going to Do” by the Dovers, as inspired by some tour bus song games between Cox and Animal Collective, and reflects that song’s simple and beautiful pop, with Cox and Lennox’s signature soft layers. If Logos is in any way as good as this song, we will not need much else in the fall.
Download: Atlas Sound w. Noah Lennox, “Walkabout”
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posted on Jul 17, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS, MUSIC tags Animal Collective, Atlas Sound, Bradford Cox, Deerhunter, Noah Lennox, Panda Bear, rock
Freeload: Animal Collective’s Micromixes for Bradford Cox
- story THE FADER
Bradford Cox wrangled his recent tourmates, Animal Collective, to post a few micromixes to the Deerhunter blog this weekend, and though we are all guilty of putting Avey and Panda on a little pedestal when it comes to the Animals, we gotta say it’s Geologist’s micromix that takes the bean burrito this go ’round. Yes, Panda’s and Avey’s give us profound insights into their psyche and creative inspirations, but Geo’s got, how you say, jams? Should we stop saying jams? We say it a lot and some people find it annoying but it’s not like we’re going Oh man, this tuna roll is total jam! We mean a very specific thing by it. Also, his use of Thin Lizzy is probably the most sublime of the three, he named his after something we know is good, and actually uses the word jam in his write up.
Download: Geologist’s Mojito Mix
Download: Avey Tare’s Micromix
Download: Panda Bear’s Bookie Pad Micromix
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posted on Jun 2, 2008 in MP3 / STREAMS tags Animal Collective, Atlas Sound, Bradford Cox, Deerhuner, electronic/dance, experimental, freeload, hip hop, psych/folk, rock
