Friday, December 9, 2022

Do it Clean

 

Hamish Kilgour, a founding member of New Zealand's The Clean, died this past week at age 65. 

Here's more about the influential (and underappreciated IMO) band via NPR:
The Clean's open, do-it-yourself approach certainly stood the test of time, crystallized in a lyric Kilgour wrote: "Anything could happen and it could be right now / And the choice is yours, so make it worthwhile." That aesthetic heavily impacted later indie rockers such as Pavement, Yo La Tengo and Superchunk. The band's influence extended into numerous scenes around the world, from the Elephant 6 collective in America, to current bands like The Courtneys in Canada and The Beths back in New Zealand. They've all found inspiration in The Clean's impulsive creativity and lack of pretense.

The above video for "Dunes" from 1989 was filmed in NYC... and you'll spot some familiar and long-gone music venues on the Bowery and East Houston and elsewhere.

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6 comments:

  1. JAMESDecember 9, 2022 at 5:17 PM

    Good tune..Sorry never heard of them..RIP!

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  2. AnonymousDecember 9, 2022 at 6:59 PM

    Good headline

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  3. AnonymousDecember 9, 2022 at 8:02 PM

    Maybe THE Flying Nun band

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  4. AnonymousDecember 9, 2022 at 8:42 PM

    I really liked that song Big Cat.

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  5. AnonymousDecember 9, 2022 at 11:15 PM

    He was a super decent person

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  6. AnonymousDecember 10, 2022 at 2:50 PM

    Huge bummer, one of my favorite bands

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