an anti-nostalgia podcast about the indie music of the 00’s, the influential music website Pitchfork Media, and growing up as a child of the internet. co-hosted by writer/musicians Max Cohen (@lastyears_model) and Liz Ryerson (@ellaguro)
#23 - Why Can't We Ever Win? (The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat)
Kitschfork is back and in full form in yet another classic episode! this time it's to talk about one of the important cult indie bands of the 2000's and the Pitchfork 9.6 that caused a great stir in the world of indie music in 2004 - it's Blueberry Boat by The Fiery Furnaces, of course.
Max and Liz unpack why The Fiery Furnaces were indeed an essential musical force to be reckoned with of the era, even accounting for some of their infamous musical overindulgences, via breaking down their most well-known album. they also make a plea for the kids of today to dig into the Fiery Furnaces discography more - it very much holds up!
buy Blueberry Boat album on bandcamp:
https://thefieryfurnaces.bandcamp.com/album/blueberry-boat
songs featured in the episode (not including the ones on Blueberry Boat):
the fiery furnaces - chris michaels (live)mercury rev - blue and blackrogue wave - be kind & remindmen at work - land down undercrowded house - don't dream (it's over)yeasayer - 2080matthew friedberger - wisconsin river blueship tanaka & keiichi suzuki - hospital (from Earthbound)hip tanaka & keiichi suzuki - fourside (from Earthbound)the velvet underground - european sononeida - ceasar's columnthe fiery furnaces - slavin' away (live)
28 Aug 2024
#22 - Under a Anvil Tree (Fog - Ether Teeth)
Max and Liz finally return for their first full episode recording in over a year. they catch up about Pitchfork layoffs, dead music websites of old, the sorry state of culture criticism in general... and the recent death of a very important musical figure.
they then turn to talk about one of 2000's indie's great "What If's", Minneapolis-based Andrew Broder aka Fog, a hip-hop DJ turned multi genre wonder ahead of his time who never really hit the zeitgeist but nonetheless did score a Pitchfork Best New Music with his melancholy 2003 experimental ambient folk album "Ether Teeth". Max and Liz speculate on why he never really seemed to hit as an artist, and why "Ether Teeth" holds up in unexpected and surprising ways.
Andrew Broder/Yoni Wolf podcast interview from 2013 mentioned in the episode: https://soundcloud.com/thewanderingwolf/episode-3-andrew-broder
Fog/Andrew Broder performance and interview clips from 2003: https://www.youtube.com/@work-kh2bo
Andrew Broder's solo bandcamp:
https://andrewbroder.bandcamp.com/
song list:
Cockeyed Cookie PusherPneumoniaCheck FraudA Word of Advice"Fuel" - IdahoPlumb DumbWhat a Day DaySee It? See It?The Girl from the Gum CommercialCheerUpCheerilyUnder a Anvil TreeNo Boys AllowedApologizing to MysteryI Call This Song Old Tyme DudesWall Paper Sink or SwimJust a Kid Growing Up
4 Aug 2024
#21 - The Flan in the Face (Radiohead - Hail to the Thief)
in the second of two previously unreleased episodes recorded in mid-2023, Max and Liz finally talk about Radiohead via perhaps their hardest album to pin down, 2003's Hail to the Thief.
new kitschfork will be coming soon!
liz's bandcamp: https://ellaguro.bandcamp.com/ and soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ella-guro
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