More Music Friday – My friends have way better taste than me, Edition

This past week I’ve been listening to the band Grizzly Bear on repeat while I attempt to wrestle with all the massive deadlines that have creeped up on me while I was on vacation. Something about Grizzly Bear just makes me all happy frappy, and even Lulu has decided that their song Two Weeks is an acceptable replacement for Phoenix’s Lisztomania, which has been seriously overplayed at our house. So when my buddy, Dustin, posted a fan-made video of the song on Twitter, I checked it out and was promptly blown the ‘eff away. Can you believe this was made by a fan?! Not the band, just some amazingly talented guy who really enjoyed the song? Oh, to have marketable talent….

When I responded that I loved the video, and asked him if he recommended their newest album, he sent me the following:

I had not, in fact, heard of Mr. Saadiq before, so I decided to check him out as well. And I was reminded why I need to step out of my alternative music hipster box every now and then and remember there are other types of music out there that are fantastic too. Holy sheez, this guy is incredible.

Apologies if there is an ad at the front of this video, but the You Tube version is copyrighted and can’t be embedded here. Just get past the ad, it will be worth it.

Aaaannnddd…now I need a cold shower. Thanks, Raphael. Thanks a lot.