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December 17, 2008

Fleet Foxes Meet Conan O'Brien

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After yesterday, Fleet Foxes can officially add being called "hepcats" by Conan O'Brien to their impressive list of accomplishments in 2008. The band brought their Fleetwood Mac-on-MMJ harmony fest "English House" from the Sun Giant EP to 30 Rock, and apparently requested nothing but red and blue hues from the producers. Shroomy. It makes for a nice backdrop to their pretty and psilocybic Americana, which was well remembered during Gummy voting season. Watch the performance Hulu, and stick to the end for Conan's stamp of approval.

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Anyone have a link to video of this that is not US restricted?

Posted by: dsf at 12/17/08 3:28 PM  | Reply
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Since I know Robin reads these and really cares about what people think, I will say hurry up and record a new album. Don't try to hard, cause you will inevitably have the sophomore slump.

Posted by: Black Jesus at 12/17/08 3:28 PM  | Reply
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And since Robin reads these, hi Robin I saw you on Bedford last night but it was cold and rainy and I didn't want to shade you out in my hoodie while you got money from the ATM. Considerate!

Posted by: amrit profile link at 12/17/08 3:39 PM  | Reply
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could they have picked a more boring song to play on national television? Almost as bad as when Animal Collective decided to play "#1". oh good lord.

Posted by: Evan at 12/17/08 4:30 PM  | Reply
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hate HULU

Posted by: brian at 12/17/08 4:32 PM  | Reply
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hulu is a booloo

is there any other way to see this for people who aren't american

Posted by: bob at 12/17/08 4:52 PM  | Reply
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you underwhelmed me last night. turn the reverb up stupid fuck

Posted by: fuck you bitch at 12/17/08 6:04 PM  | Reply
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These guys are great. That was pretty cool- and trippy. I am glad I even get to hear their music.

Posted by: Eric at 12/17/08 6:45 PM  | Reply
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a) this song is awesome. they deserve every accolade.

b) leave MMJ out of it.

Posted by: grace6697 profile link at 12/17/08 7:09 PM  | Reply
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robin will never ever escape from under the shade of jim jame's vocal stylings, sorry, anyways MMJ is so much more fun and groovy

Posted by: gimme at 12/17/08 7:51 PM  | Reply
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they don't sound alike!

Posted by: grace6697 profile link at 12/17/08 8:13 PM  | Reply
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...but their "vibe" is similar.

The only Fleet Foxes song that makes me go all 'they deserve their hype' is White Winter Hymnal. This song is like Grizzly Bear with less texture or atmosphere.

Posted by: d33r profile link at 12/17/08 8:50 PM  | Reply
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I completely agree. The beginning sounds like a direct rip off of Grizzly Bear's "easier"

Not sure why these guys got so big. It's pretty I guess.

Posted by: Marmalade  in reply to d33r's comment at 12/17/08 8:58 PM  | Reply
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I completely agree. The beginning sounds like a direct rip off of Grizzly Bear's "easier"

Not sure why these guys got so big. It's pretty I guess.

Posted by: Marmalade at 12/17/08 8:58 PM  | Reply
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*smashes head against wall*

Posted by: grace6697 profile link at 12/17/08 10:17 PM  | Reply
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is hepcat some re-work of hip cat?

Posted by: Aaron profile link at 12/17/08 10:51 PM  | Reply
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It was always been "hepcat" and not "hip cat". Dates back to 1930's jazz –

Posted by: MF McNutt  in reply to Aaron's comment at 12/18/08 10:50 AM  | Reply
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haterz go home. robin kiss my mouf i love your band more than life.

Posted by: me at 12/18/08 3:12 AM  | Reply
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I love my life more than this band.

Posted by: Sexual Robotics profile link at 12/18/08 12:08 PM  | Reply
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Great performance.

Posted by: 329 at 12/18/08 3:55 PM  | Reply
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Great performance. There's a lot of magic in the tones. I also think it's time to record again or at least do something to improve upon their last record. Like something visual or an animation. Or perform the whole album in a cave. Or perform to the children of Iraq. Or something cool like that.

Posted by: 123 at 12/18/08 4:00 PM  | Reply
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anyone see them at sxsw last year....so good.

Posted by: betterthanthevan.com at 12/19/08 3:07 PM  | Reply
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Even though the sound production makes it sound like trash, just being reminded of seeing these guys live gives me goosebumps. It was SUCH a good show.

Posted by: Marcus at 12/19/08 9:15 PM  | Reply
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How the fuck can people honestly bash this band...so..soo. good.

Posted by: Chris at 12/20/08 2:00 PM  | Reply
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Cheers guys! Come back home and enjoy the snow! ;)

Posted by: Homie Luv at 12/23/08 3:48 AM  | Reply
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the band is a complete rip off of my morning jacket/band of horses. white winter hymnal is their only good song that i know of. the reason they got popular is because warner bros/sub pop is promoting the crap out of them and people are buying the albums. the guys are young and hopefully they use their talents to craft more interesting songs. someone please tell phil ek to stop stamping the bands he produces with his 'signature reverb mauling'. gross.

Posted by: duder at 09/25/09 1:24 AM  | Reply
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