Sir, Handsome Records - Coming clean

Coming clean

Posted by Colin on Friday November 21, 2008 6 Comments

The following is an abridged listing of all the artists I’ve blatantly ripped off over the years, organized by album (artists listed in no particular order).

The Arriere Garde EP (2002)	Grandaddy, Radar Bros., Sloan, The Inbreds, Pavement, Quasi, The White Stripes, Weezer, DJ Shadow, Dntel
One For None (2003)	Aphex Twin, Fennesz, Grandaddy, Yo La Tengo, Sparklehorse, Will Oldham, The Inbreds, Ekkehard Ehlers, Fog, Stockhausen, Jim O’Rourke, Hrvatzki, Iran, Quasi, Summer Hymns, DJ Shadow, Godspeed You Black Emperor
Root Hug (2004)	Grandaddy, Sparklehorse, The RZA, Fennesz, Jim O’Rourke, Holzkopf, Yo La Tengo, The Flaming Lips, Radiohead, Kraftwerk, Will Oldham, George Jones, Kris Kristofferson, The Handsome Family, Mum, Schneider TM, Aphex Twin, The Books, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Magnetic Fields
Second Best Death (2006)	Radar Bros., Polmo Polpo, Calexico, Neko Case, Royal City, Yo La Tengo, The Sadies, The Books, Neil Young, The Byrds, Howe Gelb, Lullatone, Kris Kristofferson, Trush Hermit, Fennesz, Grandaddy, Smog, Will Oldham, Songs:Ohia, Ekkehard Ehlers, Mum, Ennio Morricone, Do Make Say Think, My Bloody Valentine
Animals & Architects (2007)	The Beach Boys, The Kinks, The Flaming Lips, Grandaddy, Yo La Tengo, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, George Harrison, Belle & Sebastian, Calexico, Wilco, Simon & Garfunkel, Beulah, The Bicycles, Pink Mountaintops, Carbon Dating Service, The Deadly Snakes, The Shins, The Ronettes, The Crystals, The Shirelles
Snowmen & Scientists EP (2007)	The Ronettes, The Crystals, The Shirelles, Stockhausen
Another Murder in the Morning (2009)	Gary Lewis, Jerry Ganey, Leslie Gore, New Order, Bill Callahan, Animal Collective, The Righteous Brothers, The Drifters, Roy Orbison, Harry Nilsson, The Flaming Lips, Ride, Spiritualized, Les Savy Fav, Paul Simon, My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth, The Raveonettes, Sunset Rubdown, Derek Bailey, M83

Looking at it now, I seem to be most indebted to Grandaddy, Yo La Tengo, The Flaming Lips, and Fennesz. Thanks, guys. I owe you.

Love,
Colin

Comments

Brian
Nov 28, 10:38 AM

You forgot Stars. You sound just like Torq from Stars.

Colin
Nov 28, 10:46 AM

Really? Because I always thought I sounded more like Amy Millan. Either way, I’ve never purposely ripped them off, so no dice.

Joel
Feb 6, 02:29 AM

‘Trush Hermit’?

Colin
Feb 6, 08:56 AM

@Joel, yes, Trush Hermit. They were a mid-nineties rock band from the Canadian East Coast led by Joel Paskeet. You may remember their song “From the front of the theatre” and their album “Clayton, Shark!”

dean
Apr 15, 04:42 PM