INDIE ROCK BANDS AND THEIR FOOD ANALOGS

This morning I woke up from a dream in which bands not only produced music, but also food, and you had to consume that food while listening to the music. In my dream I was listening/eating to Why? (oysters) and Deerhunter (steak), but here are some more...

INDIE ROCK BANDS AND THEIR FOOD ANALOGS

1) Yo La Tengo = Mac and Cheese

It's all about comfort (HELLO "Little Eyes"!), and also that I have always thought of Ira Kaplan's guitar distortion as the creamy, cheesy sauce all over the wholesome rawk of YLT.

2) the Magnetic Fields = Bagel with Lox











As far as I know, Stephin Merritt isn't any kind of Jew, but again, distortion = some kind of creamy cheese, and I think everything bagels are the equivalent to the infinite depths of Merritt's voice, while the nice lox topping is sort of like Claudia Gonson's airy soprano.



3) Built to Spill = Hot Dogs on the grill








The delicious all-American fave, but there's just that unalienable predictability about them.



4) the Mountain Goats = Granola with Yogurt










The crunchy guitars, the hard to swallow lyrics, all coated in that sweet, protein-rich 'gurt that makes it go down so nice. Also, hippies love 'em.



5) the Fiery Furnaces = Green Tea ice cream











At first you don't know what the fuck is going on, but after a couple refreshing swallows, you sort of get lost in it.



6) Fleet Foxes = Blueberries











So they have lyrics about strawberries in summertime, but Fleet Foxes are really blueberries, I think because their harmonies have a skin, but are also really juicy, and I have always thought that antioxidants would sound like jangly acoustic guitars.

7) Television = Black Coffee









Not only does it wake you the fuck up, but it's pretty edgy, and I find that both Television and black coffee really impede my fine motor skills.



- a (who is posting on Tuesday instead of Monday, because on Monday she was at her grandparents condo in Florida, where apparently DIAL-UP is the only way to access the internet)