1. One of many groovy Morricone comps…but keyword here is “acid.”

2. The introductory record into “awesome soundtracks…ok films.”

3. One of Morricone’s “understudies”.

Did anyone else see Fleet Foxes perform on Conan O’Brien last night? My keyboardist, Jesse turned me onto their Sun Giant EP and I’ve been hooked ever since. I saw them at my neighborhood club Spaceland here in LA this past summer and the live show was equally as compelling. It also didn’t hurt that before the show they were playing a track from Turkish psychedelic queen Selda. I knew before the show even started that it was going to be good. This is music you can believe in. It’s coming from an honest place and it’s made by people that are fans of music…good music. I was talking to a friend of mine a while back and I was marveling at how young Robin Pecknold is, the lead singer and songwriter of the band (22?) and how impressive it is that such a young guy could come up with such sophisticated melodies. My friend replied and said “it’s not that big of a deal man. Some of the greatest records in the 60′s and 70′s were recorded by people that young…we’re just not as used to that right now. Back then that shit was commonplace.” And he’s right. The Beatles broke up before any of them were 30 years old. James Taylor was 20 when he recorded his debut, Neil Young was 23 when he released his solo debut (and that was AFTER Buffalo Springfield)…and not to mention Stevie Wonder (11?). How much timeless music is being created by people in their teens/early twenties today? Hmmm. Robin Pecknold and the rest of the guys in Fleet Foxes deserve serious props. He’s doing what many people his age can’t. Working hard towards a vision and arming himself with all the right tools…listening to great music.