Ok here is an album most people have not heard, but should hear. Originally released in 1994 Drive Like Jehu’s Yank Crime is one of the loudest albums I ever heard. Written in the time when the air waves were plagued with grunge impersonators Yank Crime offered an aggressive, powerful, intense change to the typical “grunge” music that was popular at the time. The attitude on the album is very punk, no bullshit, no whining. This is definately one of the last great punk/indie records. A must in the collection.

Drive Like Jehu – Yank Crime

Last week I was able to actually make it out to a show! I headed on over to Spaceland to watch Division Day, and Peter Walker was opening. I’ve given a listen to his album Young Gravity and like it when I’m in the mood for slower music. It’s a very beautiful album indeed. The atmosphere was great while he was playing. Very chill.

I took a couple pics, yet will update later… above is a video clip I took at the show. Another short one here.

Peter Walker: Myspace | Official Website

MP3
3hive has a bunch of good tracks

A slew of things come out today on the scariest release day ever in the history of the world. Kinda crazy to think about it.

SOUND team – Movie Monster *MusicGlob Pick* (get tracks here)

Be Your Own Pet – Be Your Own Pet

Where You Been & Green Mind by Dinosaur Jr.

Dresden Dolls – Yes, Virginia…

Head Automatica – Popaganda

Zero 7 – The Garden

As always, let me know if I’ve missed something good.

By now, if you read blogs or even consider yourself a person who likes Radiohead, you know that Thom Yorke has finished his solo album The Eraser. Pretty much I’ve seen a couple of the usual opinions. It sucks, or it’s okay. [read a bunch here] I’m not here with an opion. UHH, yeah actually I am because I started this blog in the first place… but I like the solo stuff. It’s very experiemental, (Did you expect something else?) and reminds me of Amnesiac. Electronic and brooding at times, and you still can’t really understand the lyrics like I said in my review of Radiohead – OK Computer.

It’s beautiful in the Thom Yorke way. Not the Radiohead way. This is Thom branching out and doing something creative on his own, and from what I’ve heard it inspiring work. I’m terribly fond of “Harrowdown Hill,” and “Black Swan.”

Thom Yorke: Official Website

MP3 (right click save as) – found via other websites
[DMCA takedown. find the files somewhere else. More thoughts on this later]

This just in from the email press releases, new Muse album out July 11, 2006 on Warner Brothers Records. Should be an exciting summer album, I guess everybody will know when the single “Knights of Cydonia” comes out in a week or so. I loved Absolution and every so often listen again. They have a have a unique sound that could only be compared to artists like Radiohead and well any experimental rock with a harder sound.

Read a review of Absolution I wrote here.

Track Listing:
1. Take A Bow
2. Starlight
3. Supermassive Black Hole
4. Map of the Problematique
5. Soldier’s Poem
6. Invincible
7. Assassin
8. Exo-Politics
9. City of Delusion
10. Hoodoo
11. Knights of Cydonia

Muse: Myspace | Official Website

I’ve currently been enjoying the 70’s rock sounds of Under The Influence of Giants. I “dig it” you could say. With a self titled album coming out this summer (August) I forsee these guys as becoming quite the pop hit. One other great thing I’ve found out about them is they are signed by Island, whom I really like. I leave you with a bit from their bio on Myspace.

What do a wizard, a tumble weed and a pair of floaties have in common? Nothing. The genesis of UTIOG was created with three young ex calibers: Aaron Dick Bruno, Jamin John Wilcox and Drew (middle name confidential) Stewart.

I love it when bands have wit and good music to go along with each other; their photos are great too.

Under the Influence Of Giants: Myspace | Official Website

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stream the goods from their myspace for now.