manishevitz v. doleful lions

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I've fallen in love with both. Tell me stories about them. Tell me reviews of them. Tell me you love them. Tell me you hate them. I know nothing of them, so please, help.

― robotman, Friday, 24 January 2003 21:30 (twenty-three years ago)

The guy Adam who is Manishevitz was in this band Curious Digit before Mani. (also on Jagjaguwar you should check them out). I think I've pissed him off on more than one occassion because I would get his name confused with a former bestfriend of his that went out with his ex-girlfriend (who I was friend's with and who "Icepick" was written about). Plus my good friend Tyler is the one yelling icepick in the background. It was a small community of people I knew at the time, lots of Jagjaguwar people, some Teenbeat people and then randoms who also lived in Charlottesville. Adam lives in Chicago now, and Jagjaguwar is now in Bloomington.

― Carey (Carey), Saturday, 25 January 2003 02:28 (twenty-three years ago)

nine years pass...

So the Doleful Lions contributed to a tribute album I've been helping put together and I really, really like their contribution:

http://forleejacksoninspace.bandcamp.com/track/combat-shock-its-only-a-matter-of-time

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 5 June 2012 02:11 (fourteen years ago)

Manishevitz vs. Doleful Lions sounds like a Jewish fraternity prank about to go terribly wrong

― this guy's a gangsta? his real name's mittens. (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 5 June 2012 05:09 (fourteen years ago)

Manishevitz was great, anyone who hasn't already should go check out "Rollover" and "City Life", two great records though very different. "Rollover" is kinda downer folk stuff with really pretty finger-picked guitar and lots of great horns and strings on it (at points the great Fred Lonberg-Holm was involved, think he is on Rollover at least), "City Life" is a more upbeat electric record, touching at times on Roxy Music territory (also has lots of strings, horns, and keyboards etc., though done tastefully). I don't know, I was always really surprised that this band wasn't bigger. "Private Lines" from City Life may be my favorite song of theirs, but there is only a couple on Youtube, so here is "Black Hearts and Trombones" from Rollover. Most of their stuff is on Spotify though:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_coCw6VblWA

― grandavis, Tuesday, 5 June 2012 17:25 (fourteen years ago)

Also, Adam from Manishevitz has a new band called Sonoi that is very good. Will follow up at some point, assuming anyone wants to get into how good these records are.

― grandavis, Tuesday, 5 June 2012 17:41 (fourteen years ago)

there's a post-Manishevitz band called Sonoi that's really, really good

ha - hourlong xpost

― decrepit but free (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 5 June 2012 19:20 (fourteen years ago)

Thanks for weighing in Aero. Seemingly Sonoi exists mostly in a vacuum, which is a shame. They are great live too (though I guess the drummer just bowed out). Adam seems to have somehow disappeared from everyone's radar outside of Chicago.

― grandavis, Tuesday, 5 June 2012 19:36 (fourteen years ago)

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