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Indie Rock Chess!!

By Jens Carstensen
Posted on December 12, 2007

chess.jpgMike's recent post covering both Canada's Most Serene Republic and a certain rockin' grad-school chess playing friend of his got my gimmick-loving mind to thinking ... Indie Rock Chess! I'm kind of brainstorming out loud here. Feel free to debate these and suggest alternates; we're still in the "beta-testing" stage of this one. The sides could be US vs. Canada, and would consist of the following pieces ...

U-S-A! U-S-A!

King/Queen: Mates of State
(Kori Gardner/Jason Hammel)
Bishops: Conor Oberst, Sam Beame
Knights: Dave Grohl, Jack White
Rooks: Pitchforks
Pawns: 8 PBR cans

OH, CANADA

King + Queen: Arcade Fire
(Win Butler/Régine Chassagne)
Bishops: Tegan and Sara
Knights: Death From Above 1979
Rooks: The MuchMusic logo
Pawns: 8 Broken Social Scene members

You can tell I'm not that fond of bishops... Still, this is some can't-miss shit. Extra points to whoever can come up with a Swedish team.

Filed under: Rant

Comments

  • E.J. Wolborsky
    E.J. Wolborsky posted on Dec 12 - 2007 01:03:25 PM

    Sweden: King/Queen: The Knife (Karin & Olaf Dreijer) Bishops: Howlin' Pelle Almqvist, Benny Andersson (of ABBA) Knights: Jens Lekman, Jose Gonzalez Rooks: Suburban Kids with Biblical Names (not really a logo, but a great band name, and it's two geeky-looking guys) Pawns: 8 dudes from I'm From Barcelona

  • Jens Carstensen
    Jens Carstensen posted on Dec 12 - 2007 01:14:49 PM

    Nice one!

  • Nathan Lovejoy
    Nathan Lovejoy posted on Dec 12 - 2007 01:52:28 PM

    Japan: King/Queen: Melt Banana (Ichiru Agata/Yasuko Onuki) Bishops: Puffy AmiYumi Knights: Guitar Wolf, Bass Wolf (RIP) Rooks: Peelander Yellow & Red Pawns: Ganguro girls I know, the King/Queen and Rook selections are two folks from trios, but you can't leave Melt Banana out...