Batman Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 www.myspace.com/blitzentrapper Blitzen Trapper is an band from Portland, Oregon who play indie rock with a very rootsy feel to it. You can tell by listening to their latest album, "Wild Mountain Nation," that they spend a lot of time being hippies out in the wilderness. They've got sort of a retro sound that may remind some listeners of the country-fried rock of the 70's. Reccomended to fans of CCR, Mountain and the like. Also reccomended to fans of Pavement, who may have inspired Blitzen Trapper's messy lo-fi sound. Also reccomended to fans of Beck, who may have inspired their fun eclecticism. Great music to listen to in the summertime, I might add! My song reccomendations would be "Wild Mountain Nation," and "Devil's a Go-Go" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 Flip flappin' MySpace is giving me an error when I try to view the page. } Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted August 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 bah well, try these youtube videos the first video is a better song, but the sound quality is terrible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 oh wow, I KNOW that many SFers would like them (if they bother to open this thread that is ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 Something looks familiar in the first video... is he wearing the same tee-shirt I´m wearing right now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted November 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 I think this band just came out with a new album, I'm excited to hear it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Blitzen Trapper is on tour with Stephen Malkmus right now, and I'm seeing them in Denver on Thursday, so wahoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted November 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 They put on a really good live show when I saw them. It makes sense that they are touring with Malkmus, they definitely borrow a lot of musical ideas from Pavement (and Malkmus solo to a bit lesser extent). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 I'd say that they're more like Malkmus than Pavement, cuz Malkmus focuses on folk and jazz much more precisely than when he was with Pavement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted November 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 yeah true malkmus is more eclectic than pavement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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