Indie rock and car commercials go hand in hand. Just ask Wilco. Tapping into an especially nostalgic playlist in our brain, the new Dodge Journey features Sophtware Slump-ing, keyboard-lined California rock 'n' roll quintet Grandaddy. Yes, Jason Lytle & Co.... CONTINUE READING GRANDADDY'S "A.M. 180" DEFUSES BOMBS, WALKS MARATHONS, SELLS DODGE JOURNEYS»
Posted on April 15, 2008 in , (6 comments)
Tags: Grandaddy
Ex-Grandaddy guitarist Jim Fairchild's forthcoming solo effort is one worth checking out, if only to remind yourself of the depth of talent surrounding Lytle during the sadly defunct band's halcyon days. Last time, we quoted Jim's description of the album:You... CONTINUE READING NEW ALL SMILES VIDEO - "MOTH IN A CLOUD OF SMOKE"»
Posted on April 3, 2007 in (2 comments)
Tags: All Smiles | Grandaddy
We were a little wary of new music from the other guys in Grandaddy, but guitarist Jim Fairchild's solo project All Smiles is grabbing us. Jim says this is a no-budget record: "You can hear the walls, and the floors,... CONTINUE READING ALL SMILES - TEN READINGS OF A WARNING»
Posted on March 8, 2007 in (3 comments)
Tags: All Smiles | Grandaddy
This month saw the release of All Together Now, an album of Beatles covers sung by children and joined by the likes of Grandaddy's Jason Lytle, The Bangles, Rachael Yamagata, and Steve Conte of New York Dolls and The Contes.... CONTINUE READING LITTLE MONSTER & STEVE CONTE COVER THE BEATLES»
Posted on November 21, 2006 in (8 comments)
Tags: Grandaddy | Jason Lytle | New York Dolls | Oasis | The Beatles
It's a sad, sad situation, but Grandaddy's demise is upon us. The band's final album, Just Like The Fambly Cat, is in stores (listen here). To mark the loss of our favorite space rockers' split, Stereogum and V2 wanted to... CONTINUE READING GONE GRANDADDY GONE»
Posted on May 16, 2006 in (13 comments)
Tags: Brian Wilson | Grandaddy | Jason Lytle | The Beach Boys
We're still mourning the death of Grandaddy. So bittersweet 'cause their swan album Just Like The Fambly Cat sounds pretty rad. Stream two tracks on MySpace. Band Members: our band consists of timmy dryden, jimmy fairchild, jason lytle, kevin the... CONTINUE READING NEW GRANDADDY - "JEEZ LOUISE," "REAR VIEW MIRROR"»
Posted on March 9, 2006 (13 comments)
Tags: Grandaddy | Jason Lytle
One of my favorite bands. Just Like the Fambly Cat, out in May, will be their swan song, er album. Pitchfork's Amy Phillips asks Grandaddy's mastermind for an explanation:JASON LYTTLE: We've seen an erosion happening. I use the word 'erosion'... CONTINUE READING RIP GRANDADDY»
Posted on January 27, 2006 (36 comments)
Tags: Grandaddy | Jason Lytle
If you're like me, you stay up at night worrying about Jason Lee's son Pilot Inspektor Riesgraf Lee. How does a child get such a fucked up name? "They just liked the name Pilot, and I believe Inspektor came from... CONTINUE READING PILOT INSPEKTOR NAMED AFTER GRANDADDY SONG»
Posted on August 29, 2005 (22 comments)
Tags: Grandaddy | Jason Lytle
Download the first track from the forthcoming Excerpts From The Diary Of Todd Zilla EP (via Insound). Grandaddy - "Pull The Curtains" (MP3) Previously: Stereogum is wary of Grandaddy EPs, but can't stay mad at Mixmaster Lyttle.... CONTINUE READING NEW GRANDADDY: "PULL THE CURTAINS"»
Posted on August 26, 2005 (23 comments)
Tags: Grandaddy | Jason Lytle
Watch the video for "Nature Anthem" here (and spare us the Furries jokes). Link via Pinchworm. ... CONTINUE READING ANOTHER REASON TO LOVE GRANDADDY»
Posted on February 17, 2005 (14 comments)
Tags: Grandaddy | Jason Lytle
Space-rock god Jason Lytle describes his new hand-picked compilation CD..."After looking back over this list of my favorite songs I've compiled, I can't help but notice how they are not big 'heavy hitters' off of the albums that they came... CONTINUE READING GRANDADDY MIX TAPE»
Posted on October 13, 2004 (12 comments)
Tags: Grandaddy | Jason Lytle
I rarely buy CD singles. These days, you're just gonna get the album cut and four barely distinguishable remixes. However, this week I was willing to make an exception for ... CONTINUE READING I WANT MY $5 BACK, GRANDADDY»
Posted on March 9, 2004 (1 comments)
Tags: Grandaddy | Jason Lytle
