Completely Conspicuous Completely Conspicuous 98: The Decade in Rock, Part 3

Completely Conspicuous Episode 98: The Decade in Rock, Part 3

Part 3 of my conversation with special guest Jay Breitling as we discuss the decade in rock.

Topics:

- Breitling's 2005 picks: A-Sides, Meneguar, The Hold Steady, Wolf Parade, Logh, Mazarin

- Big ups to Philly indie rock 

- Was the Hold Steady influential? 

- Kumar's 2005 picks: Bloc Party, Spoon, New Pornographers, Death From Above 1979

- 2006: Ringtones were big business

- Bands selling out in commercials

- Breitling's 2006 picks: Fields, Snowden, Armalite, Lemonheads, The Hold Steady, Okay Paddy, Up Up Down Down etc., McLusky, Haywood

- Kumar's 2006 picks: Mission of Burma, Drive-By Truckers, Arctic Monkeys, TVOTR, Destroyer, Sloan, Mastodon 

- Bonehead of the Week

Music:

- Wolf Parade - You Are a Runner and I Am My Father's Son

- Bloc Party - Helicopter

- The Lemonheads - No Backbone

- Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start - Janet Bateman 

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The Wolf Parade song is on the 2005 album Apologies to the Queen Mary on Sub Pop Records. Find out more at http://www.myspace.com/wolfparade and download the track at http://www.subpop.com.

The Bloc Party song is on their 2005 debut Silent Alarm on Dim Mak Records. Find out more at http://www.myspace.com/blocparty. The song is courtesy of Mevio's Music Alley; find out more at http://www.musicalley.com.

The Lemonheads song is on their 2006 self-titled album on Vagrant Records; find out more at http://www.myspace.com/thelemonheads. You can download the song at http://www.vagrant.com.

The Up Up Down Down song is on the 2006 self-released EP Girls Names. Find out more and download the song at http://www.worstbandnameever.com.  

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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at http://clickyclickymusic.com and http://www.keepingsomedarksecrets.net. Additional music used in the show is by Me and Boris the Bull, which is the brainchild of the mighty Mark Campbell; find out more at http://www.myspace.com/meandboristhebull. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at http://bobdurling.blogspot.com/.

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