Granted, newly-minted Democratic frontrunner (and NLtS co-endorsee) Barack Obama is really pulling in the indie support with endorsements from heavyweights like Win Butler, Conor Oberst, and Jeff Tweedy, but it apppears that John McCain's kids may have some connexions to our precious music community.
For starters, his daughter Meghan has a music/campaign blog up and running at mccainblogette.com with playlists from the blog's contributors and readers. The playlists include cuts like Mark Ronson's "Oh My God" with Lily Allen, which we recently featured here, and from The Smiths, Blur, Elliott Smith, The Velvet Underground, and my personal faves "Weird Fishes/Arpeggi" from Radiohead and "Staring at the Sun" by TV on the Radio. There are also some tired radio-raped singles like "Young Folks" and "Float On", but Meghan does seem to have her head on straight. I probably wouldn't mention it if I didn't have their record on repeat, but she shares her alma mater with the members of Vampire Weekend. That has to count for something, no?
In addition to ear-right Meghan, daughter Sidney works in the record industry, having been on the payroll of Capitol and Richard Branson's V2. While not K or Sub Pop, they two are certainly friendly to forward thinking artists. V2 has held down Bloc Party, Margot and the Nuclear So and So's, and the White Stripes. Capitol currently have their contractual tentacles on recent major label converts (and gush-worthy) The Decemberists and Interpol. Sidney also dwells in Toronto, the hood of Broken Social Scene and Tokyo Police Club.
While Obama does seems to have the indie community's endorsement writ large, we'll reserve our official judgment for weeks to come. It is worth remembering that every copy of The Crane Wife you buy (you know you bought more than one) helps keep John McCain's kid off the street. I may be grasping here.
-RJR
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