I guess the dog days of summer came early this year. What a hot ant thick Monday. Yuck. I'm just glad that this isn't the school year because today could have been the Monday to end all Mondays. But it wasn't, and I am glad. I just swung by the library and grabbed a couple of records. I got Daydream Nation and Goo by Sonic Youth, Hardcore Will Never Die But You Will by Mogwai, and Evil Urges by My Morning Jacket. Daydream Nation was surprisingly good. For me, Sonic Youth had this air of indecipherable, avant-garde noise rockers that played their guitars with bits of trash and called it "art." But I was wrong. Daydream Nation's rocked with guitar textures that were deep and vaired. Songs shimmered and glowed and only descended into noisy skronks very few times. It was a compelling listen. Hope to get a more thorough review sometime later.
I'm halfway through Evil Urges and it's just awesome. Somehow, My Morning Jacket avoids making any kind of cookie-cutter music. You can't pigeon hole it. They bounce around from country, to soul, to rock. Jim James and his boys are all over the map. I love it. For some stupid reason, I avoided them in the past because I didn't know exactly what kind of music they were. Now I know.
Have to get back to you on Mogwai. I'm not sure.
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