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Fred Armisen

Actor & Comedian (SNL · Portlandia) 4 albums picked

Fereydun Robert Armisen is an American comedian, actor, musician, and television writer. With his comedy partner Carrie Brownstein, he co-created and co-starred in the IFC sketch comedy series Portlandia. He also co-created and starred in the mockumentary IFC series Documentary Now! and the Showtime comedy series Moonbase 8.

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Ep #288 ·
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What Fred Armisen said · 4 records

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Hard Bossa
Joyce ·1999
"I don't know enough of her music to pick out anything, and there were so many, I just picked out the two. One seemed kind of current, one seemed kind of from a long time ago. So that's Joyce."
Watch this moment 0:48
America
John Fahey ·1971
"John Fahey, there were so many albums but I thought this one said 1971, and 1971 was such a good year for albums so my assumption is that there's some good stuff on here."
Watch this moment 1:05
Little Robbers
The Motels ·1983
"There's a great song on this, 'Suddenly Last Summer,' The Motels where it's a drum machine but there's a little bit of live drums over it which just sounds nice and it actually reminds me a lot of LA and summertime."
Watch this moment 4:00
Petra Goes to the Movies
Petra Haden ·2013
"One of my favorite artists ever, Petra Haden. She does acapella albums and she's a genius and this just came out. It took me by surprise. I just saw it, I was like, oh my god it's out."
Watch this moment 4:47
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