The Fresh and Onlys, “Dude’s Got a Tender Heart” MP3
- story Sam Hockley-Smith
Recently we got into a discussion about The Fresh and Onlys with a friend of ours, and he said he didn’t like them because he didn’t like surf rock. We were all set to launch into this whole thing about how they aren’t actually surf rock, but thought better of it, allowing dude to like what he likes. The funny thing is, The Fresh and Onlys are surf rock, but more drunk, slurring through San Francisco fog to make the perfect soundtrack for those days when you actually do plan on surfing but never quite make it past the 12 pack of tall cans next to your bed. Grey Eyed Girls is out right now on Woodsist.
Download: The Fresh and Onlys, “Dude’s Got a Tender Heart” (via Stereogum)
FADER TV: A Gang of Videos from the Woodsist/Captured Tracks Festival
- story Sam Hockley-Smith
New York labels Woodsist and Captured Tracks release so many songs you could listen exclusively to them for a week and A) not repeat any song once and B) be pretty happy about the whole situation. Variety is the spice of life and all that, but sometimes it’s cool to follow a Woods track with a Ganglians track with a Dum Dum Girls 12-inch with a Mayfair Set 7-inch. Last holiday weekend, this unofficial bond became real as both labels banded together to blow minds in an empty lot underneath the J train—and a whole lot of people showed up.
In between drinking beers, getting dripped on by the subway up above (grossest thing ever) and eating Polish sausage, those people watched almost every band on both labels. A couple highlights: Kurt Vile’s miniature stadium rock punctuated by the tentative pop of the 4th’s first fireworks, and Dee Dee bka Dum Dum Girls appearing live for the first time ever as some sort of gothy dream-like Stevie Nicks, singing beautifully while waving long black fringe. We managed to Flipcam songs from a bunch of the acts, including Vile, Dum Dum Girls, Ganglians, Woods, Fresh and Onlys and Vivian Girls, all of which are below.
Ganglians
Fresh & Onlys
Dum Dum Girls
Woods
Kurt Vile
Vivian Girls
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posted on Jul 7, 2009 in MUSIC LIVE SHOW tags Captured Tracks, Dum Dum Girls, Fresh and Onlys, Ganglians, kurt vile, Vivian Girls, Woods, Woodsist
