Friday Early Evening Music Thread

Girls, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, um.

Such as Harnessed in Slums which was/is one of my favorite off-kilter, anthemic rock songs.
And if you ratchet up the ‘off-kilter,’ you get Polvo’s Vibracobra which I could listen to 10 straight times. I’ve done it before.
If you ratchet down the recording quality, but keep the anthemic quality, you get Eric’s Trip and Listen
Or you could listen to pop punk like The Mr. T Experience’s Sackcloth and Ashes (Still waiting for the movie version of Dr. Frank’s book ‘King Dork’ but it’ll probably star Michael Cera, and pdb’s head was explode, so….nevermind).
And, thanks to the Pavement greatest hits collection that just came out (and their reunion tour), er, Gold Soundz

This isn’t the greatest thing ever, but I just heard Detachable Penis again last week. A minor novelty hit in the 1990s.

I love the White Stripes first four albums, but don’t care for their more recent efforts. What’s the balance like on GWNL?

with the Tom Price Desert Classic.

Sure it’s a cliche, but on the other hand, let’s face it: Immigrant Song is totally badass.

My favorite lesser-known Zeppelin song? Probably either Achilles Last Stand or Out on the Tiles.

I’ve been listening to a good bit of Aesop Rock lately. If you can tolerate his voice (Teej can’t), he has great production, writing, and flow. See: Getaway Car. On the local front, RA Scion (of Common Market) is releasing a concept album today called Victor Shade. Victor Shade is the alter-ego of the Marvel superhero The Vision. From what has leaked, it’s absurd. Check out Sway (two streaming links below the flyer). Unbelievable production and exactly what you’d expect from RA Scion with respect to vocal work.

This is because they have one song I really love, and nothing else quite matches it.
That song is this one, “All the Wars.” The opening drum beat/guitar hook beguile me. I have been beguiled.

Anyway, I’ve got a few albums of theirs, but I don’t listen to them much. The new one didn’t hit me with beguilement right off the bat, so perhaps I’m being too harsh.