Other Mixes By Adam Bristor
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I Just Need a Little Diet Cola, Or Maybe Just a Little Lifter Puller
| Artist | Song | |
| Lifter Puller | Candy's Room | |
| Lifter Puller | Space Humping $19.99 | |
| Lifter Puller | Nice, Nice | |
| Lifter Puller | Nassau Coliseum | |
| Lifter Puller | Secret Santa Cruz | |
| Lifter Puller | Math is Money | |
| Lifter Puller | Manpark | |
| Lifter Puller | Sherman City | |
| Lifter Puller | Katrina and the K-Hole | |
| Lifter Puller | Star Wars Hips | |
| Lifter Puller | 4Dix | |
| Lifter Puller | The Pirate & the Penpal | |
| Lifter Puller | Rock for Lite Brite | |
| Lifter Puller | 11th Ave Freezeout | |
| Lifter Puller | To Live and Die in LBI | |
| Lifter Puller | Lonely in a Limousine | |
| Lifter Puller | Lifter Puller vs. the End of the Evening | |
| Lifter Puller | Let's Get Incredible | |
| Lifter Puller | Mission Viejo | |
| Lifter Puller | The Flex and the Buff Result | |
Comment:
4 reasons you should listen to Lifter Puller:1)They're original, or at least as original a band as you'll come across these days. They mix indie rock with the frenetic wordplay of hip-hop(ew, I sound like a music critic). It's unusual, fucked up, and brilliant.
2.Great lyrics filled with pop-culture references, many of them aimed at the kind of people who frequent this site, from the way they sing the line "fine, fine music" (nodding to VU) to their ode to the love between a girl and her inmate penpal, which includes the line "her favorite song is still 'Forget the Swan'; it gives her hope when those guitars kick in."
3.The band kind of has a plot. About half of their songs deal with the same group of characters (Night Club Dwight, the Eye Patch Guy, Katrina, etc.). I tried to keep the narrative alive in this mix, and it's sorta worked.
4.They're John Darnielle's favorite band. In fact, he opened for them last summer at their reunion show. It was about half an hour's drive from where I live. I couldn't go. Yes, I still have difficulty talking about it. Anyhow, he writes about them here.
The only other thing I want to say is that it was an absolute hell to cut any tracks off Fiestas+Fiascos. But I did it. For you. Whoever you may be.
There. Now I'm going to bed.
Feedback:
Ths is great. I've considered making one of these myself, but then sort of figured I could fit most of their output on one tape anyway.
Nassau Coliseum is one of the best songs ever.
Nassau Coliseum is one of the best songs ever.
Shit - another single artist mix that someone made with so much passion and I have no idea who this band is. The song tiltes look intriguing and your description sounds cool so I tracked down two songs
here to check them out and I'm hooked. Reminds me quite a bit of the Fall. I will definitely be buying something by them right after Christmas.
here to check them out and I'm hooked. Reminds me quite a bit of the Fall. I will definitely be buying something by them right after Christmas.
I'd love to hear this sometime
Haven't a clue 'bout this band Adam.., but I like your excitement over 'em.
Excellent Adam. I love Lifter Puller and have no idea what became of my copy of "Half Dead and Dynamite."
I picked up Fiestas+Fiascos while I was home at Christmas, purely on the basis of reading your comments, and it is brilliant.
I forgot to say thanks for the recommendation.
I'm glad you liked them, Jana! Got to have some love for the MPLS bands. Fiestas+Fiascos is one of my very favorite albums, so I think you made the right choice.
And Curtis, Half Dead and Dynamite comes in just behind F+F in my estimation. It's a pretty great album too. I'm not sure that they've been able to top the 1-2 punch of "Sherman City" and "Nassau Coliseum". Oh, how I love this band.
And Curtis, Half Dead and Dynamite comes in just behind F+F in my estimation. It's a pretty great album too. I'm not sure that they've been able to top the 1-2 punch of "Sherman City" and "Nassau Coliseum". Oh, how I love this band.
lifter puller is great. but the first to songs in the whole story are 'star wars hips' then 'to live and die in lbi'.
I knew "Star Wars Hips" was the first in the narrative, but at the time I made this mix I didn't quite like it enough to lead off the mix with it. I've since changed my tune, and it's now one of my favorite songs. Every time it comes on, I lose my voice singing along.