Bostonist: Essential Listens from the Bostonist Staff

Chris

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 15:50:12 -0500

That's easy. David Byrne-ishness mitigates non-Bostonness because because sounding like Byrne is intrinsically good. That's just an opinion, obviously, but to those who share it where Clap Your Hands Say Yeah is from, and for that matter where Byrne buys his kids bikes, is immaterial. At a certain level almost everyone agrees that sufficient quality outweighs the sometimes unfortunate circumstances of geography. In any event, a little New York ribbing isn't too outlandish on a Boston focused website?

Josh

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 15:19:25 -0500

How does David Byrne-ishness mitigate non-Bostonness? He lives in Manhattan (I know it - I saw him one time at the bike shop on Sixth Ave. & 14th street buying a bike for his daughter).

Chris

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:19:38 -0500

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah's self-titled album is on heavy rotation. Sure, they're from Brooklyn. But the lead singer's got a distinctly David Byrne-ish voice (intrinsically good) and "The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth" is addictively easy to listen to.