#36 Throttlerod – Pig Charmer
I love anything that’s mean and comes from places I wouldn’t dare venture on my own, like a biker bar in the deep south (even with my beard and denim vested-chest puffed out) or a rickety trailer in the deepest, darkest part of the trailer park (even with my beard and denim vested-chest puffed out). I like my rock n’ roll to scare me, and Throttlerod is angry enough to do just that. I won’t repeat everything I said in my recent review (which you can read here), but this is a raging return to form for the ‘Rod and I wouldn’t dare leave them off this list lest I’m walking home from work one day, get knocked out from behind, and wake up in a vat of BBQ sauce with a pitchfork held to my jugular.
Listen to “Where’s Josh?” from Pig Charmer!
#35 Sonic Youth – The Eternal
Sonic Youth will always make any list at any time because they are, as this album suggests, eternal. You gotta believe that hip record store clerks in ratty cardigans, faded cords, and black rimmed glasses will never have to worry about mourning the demise of Sonic Youth because Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon will never grow old and they’ll never die and they’ll never write a bad album. That’s just the way it is. There are two certainties in music: Gene Simmons will do anything for a dollar and Sonic Youth will make any list I put together.
Listen to “Poison Arrow” from The Eternal!
#34 Rumpelstiltskin Grinder – Living for Death, Destroying the Rest
Rumpelstiltskin Grinder might be one of the most ridiculous band names I’ve heard in quite some time, and while all signs pointed to bone crushing, bile drinking metal, I wasn’t sure what to expect given the fairy tale name. To be fair though, the Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale is really about slavery and greed and stealing babies, so I guess it’s not so bad. And lo and behold, this album is full of bone crushing, bile drinking metal. I bought this album on one of my recent trips to Edmonton and cranked it on the ride home. I was so into it that I almost crashed. So I put my foot down and played it again.
Watch the video for “Nothing Defeats the Skull” from Living for Death, Destroying the Rest!
Posted by Jeff on Nov 24 2009 in Rock n' Roll Tags: Kim Gordon, Living for Death Destroying the Rest, Metal, Pig Charmer, Poison Arrow, rock n' roll, Rumpelstiltskin Grinder, Sonic Youth, The Eternal, Throttlerod, Thurston Moore, Where's Josh?
