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Is “gold” the new “wolf?”

By Roni Brunn | October 8, 2008 | Music downloads, News

Remember 2005?  All the indie bands bands with “wolf” in their names?  Crown Dozen has a handy list which includes Wolf Parade, Wolfmother, and a baker’s dozen more.  Oh, and that’s before the comments.  Catbirdseat ran a list naming the top 5  band names containing “wolf” that remain after so many were taken.  The San Francisco Chronicle crowned 2005 the Year of the Wolf.

Safe to say that “wolf” owned a trend if not a mid-naughts blog meme.  Could we be entering a new era?  I’m feeling a little “”"gold rush”"” as we end 2008:

  1. Santogold
  2. Fool’s Gold
  3. Golden Animals
  4. Extra Golden
  5. Gold Streets
  6. Black Gold
  7. Goldcure
  8. The Golden Filter
  9. Solid Gold
  10. Eureka Gold
  11. No Gold
  12. John Moreland & The Black Gold Band

Does Ari Gold count?  Fool’s Gold Records?

Can you get similar results with any word searched through elbo.ws and hypemachine?

You need to check out the lovely Sold Gold:
MP3: Solid Gold – “Who You Gonna Run to”
Via have fun club

Sources: CMJ lineup, elbo.ws, hypem, my own sporadically useful internal catalog.  The loose requirements for bands: formed in the last 5 years or so, blogged about in the last 3 months (hence no Goldie, no Goldfrapp, no Silver, Platinum & Gold, no Golden Smog).

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Comment from HappyParts
October 8, 2008, 4:51 pm

Nice one- I was thinkin’ the same w/ “Black” – Black Kids, Black Lips- you know…
That’s nice to be a part of this list. Thank you. Here’s a Golden video link for you.
Gold is the only thing staying alive in the economy too- timeless- like the band.

http://www.vimeo.com/1844225

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