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Found in: Music, NewsBand of the Week: Fleet Foxes
A small amount of cognitive dissonance joggles the brain when Fleet Foxes’ pastoral frontman, Robin Pecknold, annotates his childhood in Seattle. “When I was a kid, I had horrible allergies in the spring and the summer. Even if just a window was opened I would inhale... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesFleet Foxes
"I don’t think of us as a rock band, really” Robin Pecknold, the bearded 22-year old frontman of Seattle’s Fleet Foxes says. “If anything, we’re pop.” Still, this is not the candy-coated dance-pop of Hot Chip or even the Kinks-y pop-rock of Fleet Foxes’ Sub Pop labelmates The Shins... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesFleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes draw a line from Crosby, Stills & Nash to Grizzly Bear... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsFleet Foxes reveal debut album details, tour info
Seattle-based five-man tongue twister, Fleet Foxes, have been pretty busy lately. On top of playing at SXSW mere weeks ago, they are also in the middle of touring LIKE CRAZY with fellow Northwesterners, Blitzen Trapper. It must be something in the water up there. The two Sub Pop bands are going all over the place, but don't take our word for it; see below. Summertime highlights include Sasquatch! in their home state and Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago. And just to make sure they wouldn’t get bored, Robin Pecknold and the rest of the gang released the date of their... read more
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