This Week's Soundtrack

 

Akron/Family, Set 'em Wild, Set 'em Free (5)
Hüsker Dü, Candy Apple Grey
Echo & the Bunnymen, Songs to Learn & Sing (2)
Morrissey, Bona Drag (2)
Patti Smith, Horses
The Grateful Dead, Workingman's Dead (2)
Fugazi, 13 Songs
Scott Walker, Scott 2 (2) and Sings Jacques Brel
The Breeders, Pod
Pavement, Slanted & Enchanted
Dinosaur Jr., s/t
Big Black, Bulldozer and Racer-X
Fennesz, Endless Summer
Peter Bjorn & John, Living Thing (2)
Neko Case, Middle Cyclone
Palace Music, Viva Last Blues
Talking Heads, More Songs about Buildings and Food

After a nice little haul last week I've got a whole bunch of somewhat new albums to listen to. Some (like Fugazi, Pavement, Palace, and a few others) are not new to me, but are entering my digital collection for the first time. Still: Fugazi! I've always had it in my head that 13 Songs is somewhere in the middle of the pack as far as favorite Fugazi albums go, but boy was I reminded that that is not actually the case. "Suggestion" somehow hit me this week as if I'd never heard it before.

Meanwhile, this is my third Dinosaur Jr. album in less than a year, after going my whole life being pretty uninterested in them. I think I can safely make it official: I was right not to be interested in them. Across the board I find their stuff average at best. I'd ask one of you to explain their grandeur to me but I'm afraid it won't change anything.

• Fugazi: Suggestion

Comments

[jessica]

holy crap, what is up with this week?

it's like everyone i know (and don't) has picked horsesup off their stack of cds (or mp3s) to listen to again.

including me.

(i am helium raven and this movie is mine.)

[The Warden]

We have very similar tastes musically, which is why I think you should give Dinosaur Jr. another try. "Where you Been" is probably their best overall record. The guitar breaks make it all worthwhile, peals of melodic Neil Young mind blowing goodness. If you don't like that one, then okay that band is just not for you and we all move on with our lives.

[Richard]

I've been fairly indifferent towards Dinosaur Jr., pretty much always. I have three cds, all post-Barlow, none of which have ever grabbed me. Now, when a song comes on shuffle, at first I'm bored. BUT: I have noticed, with Where You Been at least, that if I'm not paying attention, the "Neil Young mind blowing goodness" does emerge from the mix, so that I'm at least happy enough to hear them in that context...

[fds]

Looks good to me.
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