the shortcut to indie rock snobbery

miss buenos aires · Post by **miss buenos aires** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 10:21 am

Ooh, I was just browsing at othermusic.com, and for every band, they also list "Ancestors," "Descendants" and "Direct Relations." What a find.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 2:15 pm

Nice idea, but on the bands I looked at, the info was incredibly thin and feeble. Sounds like you had better luck. I tried Yo La Tengo, as if I was you, and that was the richest hit.

Post by **BlueChair** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 2:25 pm

Wilco also managed to show that.

Speaking of Yo La Tengo? Has anybody ever heard that show from 2001 where Yo La Tengo served as Ray Davies' backing band? They played all sorts of obscure Kinks songs like "Animal Farm"

miss buenos aires · Post by **miss buenos aires** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 2:28 pm

Yeah, I got prematurely excited when I looked up the Pastels. It's not as thrilling after that.

tokyo vogue · Post by **tokyo vogue** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 6:38 pm

Well, the JR Ewing review got the context right, anyway.