Viva L'American Death Ray Music - Behold! A Pale Horse EP

This is one strange beast (and yes, it is a beast despite having only 4 tracks). After one listen, I'm very intrigued by this, but also shaking my head in bewilderment. The first track is a fuzzed-out rocker that had my head bopping and wanting more of the same. Then came track 2, which is a psychedelic dub workthrough. And the last two tracks are nothing like either of the first two. Strange stuff, and it's a difficult listen with the differences in genres among tracks, but in a time when I am finding very little music truly enjoyable, it might just hit the spot.

Yeah, these guys just never want to play it straight. IMO their most consistent (and awesome) album is Smash Radio Hits, which consists of 7 great songs mixing VU with Roxy Music and then an 8th that'll make you want to track the band down and slay them on a sidewalk.

steve mason - boys outside

The Mynabirds - What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood
Free Energy - Stuck on Nothing
Band of Horses - Infinite Arms

Mudhoney: Superfuzz Bigmuff and Early Singles

Great nasty dirty rock and roll album. Damn shame they never were able to keep up being this good or getting any better. But this is still the shit I always wanna hear when I think of that grungy whatever ya wanna call it era.