2010s Indie Musicians: Millennials Loved This?
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The Hey-Ho Era of 2012 Indie Pop
The panel introduces the specific aesthetic of 2012 'hey-folk' and indie pop, characterized by ukuleles, mismatched socks, and the Obama-era optimism of Los Angeles musicians.
"The Obama administration was in full swing and so were the ukuleles in the hands of many acoustic laid-back somewhat almost Christian-coded people."
Orion Wells and the FedEx Passion Project
Orion Wells discusses his band 'She Died in a Taxi' and his side project 'FedEx,' which consists of himself and 14 DJs who were all former delivery drivers.
"My side project, the FedEx, is a passion project. It's me and 14 DJs, all of which used to be FedEx drivers."
Marissa Moony's Kitchen Utensil Percussion
Marissa Moony explains her YouTube success with 'She Major He Minor,' detailing how they used grated parmesan containers and spatulas to create viral ukulele covers of Kanye West.
"That maraca was a container of grated parmesan, right?"
"I mustache you a question... and I goatee you later."
Canvas Sabrina and The Earth's One-Guitar Gimmick
Canvas Sabrina describes her 9-person band 'The Earth,' where every member plays a different part of a single guitar simultaneously, including a member doing admin work on stage.
"We all play the guitar. The one guitar."
"Scott's behind me while we're performing on the computer doing like marketing and stuff."
The Vowel-Heavy Lyricism of 2012
The artists debate their favorite vowels to use in 'hey-ho' style songs, with Canvas Sabrina demonstrating her 'egg yolk' vocal technique for the letter 'I'.
"I like to take it like it's an egg yolk and you're just cracking it on the skillet."
The Art of the Vowel and the Gun to Your Head Choice
The musicians discuss their favorite vocalizations, including the 'O' umlaut and the 'A' sound. Tony Dunter reveals a traumatic experience where Ryan Seacrest forced him at gunpoint to choose between snaps and claps.
"Ryan Seacrest put a gun to my head and said snaps or claps, you can only do one."
Secretly Christian Cappuccino Anthems
Marissa Moony performs a song about making a cappuccino that is frequently mistaken for a Christian hymn. Orion Wells discusses his 'anti-theist' stance and his wicked relationship with God.
"Cappuccino is a he. So he is the bean."
"I believe in God that he's there and he is evil and I don't like that."
The Medical Necessity of Bangs and the Sun Dentist
Canvas Sabrina reveals she was medically ordered by a dermatologist named Doc Weiler to stop having bangs due to a spot prone to infection. She performs a song about the sun being her dentist.
"The sun is my dentist and the wind is my therapist."
"I medically can't have the bangs anymore."
Commercial Sellouts and Godzilla Music Videos
Tony Dunter explains how his music is specifically designed to be vague enough for bank commercials. He describes a music video where the band members act like Godzillas crushing a tiny town.
"I love how vague your lyrics are and how little lyrics you actually say in order for it to work for commercials."
"It's like we're Godzillas and we're running around and we're crushing stuff."
The Future of Food: Trucks and Twitter
The panel discusses the 'new' phenomenon of food trucks and using Twitter to find them, while the men remain baffled by the concept of a kitchen inside a vehicle.
"Where do they cook the grilled cheese? On the muffler?"
"Must be a chick thing."
Oops I Cupcaked and the Death of EDM
Marissa and Canvas reveal their investment in a cupcake truck called 'Oops I Cupcaked' while the group dismisses EDM and Skrillex as a passing fad.
"I can't imagine how long making music on a computer's going to last."
"Passion Pit, you should change your first name to Arm because you stink."
The Ultimate Indie Band Aesthetic
The group brainstorms a band name and aesthetic involving GoPros, refrigerator lighting, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt before launching into an improvised jam.
"What if it was like the fish, the whale, the dog, and the snail?"
"The mics are Shake Weights."
Improvised Indie Jam: Sorry for Party Rocking
The panel performs a rhythmic, nonsensical indie song featuring lyrics about dead fathers, Cheetos, and a 'secret bridge' that transitions into an LMFAO cover.
"Just like my father, you're dead to me God."
"Sorry for party rocking."