Thursday Random Eight (04/23/2009)

Marillion - She Chameleon: A slow, organ driven haunting tune from the second full length album of the creepy prog band.

Philemon Arthur & The Dung - Dyngan Rinner I Takt: A cheaply recorded, crazy collection of sounds and weird vocals...in other words, a typical Dung song.

X-Ray Spex - Identity: Good to get some beat into the random eight, waking up the morning with a horn-driven punk song.

Pigalle - La Goutte d'Or: A French punk-ish band brought to my attention as one of the band members was the supporting actor in Cemetery Man (Dellamorte Dellamore).

Those Bastard Souls - What Am I Gonna Do Now: A collection of 90's musicians started as a solo side project by David Shouse of The Grifters. The songs have a certain Beatles feel to them; they released two full length recordings but the first, Twentieth Century Chemical, is by far the most interesting and engaging.

Sonic Youth - Junkie's Promise: From the Washing Machine release which may be the last one I really, really liked. Washing Machine is a great package from beginning to end, but this song, with a typical off-tune, noisy SY feel, also stands well on its own.

Sonic Youth - Chapel Hill: I just realized last night that there are SO MANY Sonic Youth songs on the iPod that it is not even surprising to me that two would play back-to-back on shuffle play. This is from the Dirty release, a much more popish album from the early 90's that, like Goo, takes a lot of criticism. Personally, I like how Sonic Youth has evolved over the years. I haven't always like every CD, but I like that they experiment and expand their sound while keeping a definite edge to their songs.

The Boomtown Rats - Me and Howard Hughes: Closing out another random eight of old music with a fun track from my high school days.