Band(s) of the Day(s) 07/08 - Sonic Youth and Three Trapped Tigers

Fuck sake. I'm annoying myself now. Two for the price of one again.

Sonic Youth

Without Sonic Youth, I don't think I'd understand music quite as much as I do now. Even with fifteen studio albums to their name (and that obviously doesn't include any of the SYR recordings - most of which are live anyway - and the Ciccone Youth LP) I still discover new beauty and ugliness in what they do. Yes, there are passages of pure noise but the invention and discovery from the self-titled EP to the melodic heights of Rather Ripped is truly astonishing. Below are several videos, most live, which go from accessible to unlistenable and then, the final one, back to mainstream. This only gives a snippet of what the band have achieved and barely an iota of what has inspired thousands of other bands. Without Sonic Youth, rock music would've died a long time ago.

Teenage Riot



Brave Men Run (In My Family)



Burning Spear (why don't bands do this sort of thing anymore?)



Inhuman (on Brighton Beach!!!!)



The Empty Page



Mixtape:

Spotify Link: http://open.spotify.com/user/artbaretta/playlist/5HRWmAEtvkhPRtggJ8X2Tp

1) Death Valley 69 (from Bad Moon Rising)
2) Dirty Boots (from Goo)
3) Shadow Of A Doubt (from Evol)
4) Sunday (from A Thousand Leaves)
5) The Good and the Bad (from Sonic Youth)
6) Shaking Hell (from Confusion Is Sex)
7) The Sprawl (from Daydream Nation)
8) Plastic Sun (from Murray Street)
9) Stereo Sanctity (from Sister)
10) The Diamond Sea (from Washing Machine)


Three Trapped Tigers

They make me want to scream their name from rooftops. Like swizzle sticks dispersing through molten magma, Three Trapped Tigers magnify the elements of math-rock labelled bands, process it through their own warped inventory and disperse it like thunderous electronic armies. Incredible. No videos, but check out their myspace for evidence of what I'm saying.

http://www.myspace.com/threetrappedtigers