The more into music I get, the more difficult talk of a band “selling out” becomes. There was a time, probably a few years ago when I was about 15, where I could be overwhelmingly confident in declaring a band had sold-out. But as time’s worn on, I’ve come across more and more people who knowingly stroke their attempted beards and say stuff like “well what do you mean by ‘sold out’, young whippersnapper?” And I feel like I should consider that – consider whether I’m in a place to judge. Do I really know what went on? Can I fairly rain down my vicious judgement upon a band I’ve never even met? “Selling out” soon starts to sound like a precarious notion.
But then I realise that all of that’s a load of pretentious arse discharge and that any music fan with two brain cells to spark together can work out that Kings of Leon’s are undoubtedly one of history’s biggest sell outs. They were one of the first bands who really got me into indie music and they remind me of a group of friends who were part of that as well, so the fact that they did the ol’ vanishing act up their rectums and whored themselves all the way up the soggy brown boulevard to stardom still breaks my heart.
For me, the first three KoL albums are a bit of a holy trinity. As far as I’m concerned, there’s not a duff note in there. One of my old school friends also introduced me to their very first EP, Holy Roller Novacaine. Four of the five tracks made it onto their debut, but “Wicker Chair” didn’t – which is a shame as it’s my favourite KoL song. It’s a gloriously ramshackle bar-room ballad, with a stunning chord progression, some breathtaking guitar shredding and a vocal that embodies everything that used to be good about Caleb’s singing. The lyrics are quite moving in a ‘Southern man wearing his heart on his sleeve’ kind of way.
I was blessed enough to get hold of the new red vinyl reissue of the EP released on Record Store Day and it reminded me of how wonderful the song is, so I felt like sharing it with you guys. Above is the only live video in which I think the band ever do the song full justice, but definitely go listen to the recorded version.
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Before we get into my 1000 Minutes for the week, we have an announcement. We’ve been writing this blog for nearly a year, and to celebrate our impending birthday, we’re putting together a concert on at 
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I’m in catch up mode, so I figured now might be the best time to use what duplicates the two of us may have come up with between our two 
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I once read a story about Kings of Leon’s experience opening up for Bob Dylan. Apparently at the end of their run of shows with him, Bob came into their dressing room to tell them how he was depressed that they were getting off the tour, and asked the band what the last song they played was.
