'Curious Bands' Category
Strapping Young Lad
Strapping Young Lad is the—interesting—name of a Canadian metal band. Good driving rhythms and guitar work, with the typical growling vocals. Heard at The Designers Mixtape via web zen via Boing Boing.
Röyksopp
Röyksopp is a pretty cool electronic duo out of Norway. Hear yet again at The Designers Mixtape via web zen via Boing Boing.
Soilwork
Good Swedish metal band. I like, although they seem pretty derivative (i.e., nothing I haven’t heard a few times before). Heard at The Designers Mixtape via web zen via Boing Boing.
Dog Days by Matthew Dear
I like the track Dog Days by Matthew Dear. I got it (for free!) from the 2006 Pitchfork Music Festival Sampler I downloaded from eMusic. See also the album from whence it originated, Leave Luck to Heaven.
Negativland
Negativland is a group at the forefront of the copyfight. I like their stuff. I like these collections of mixed-up sound if only for the message it brings of the commercialization and sexploitation of guns. Sounds like a good album. The tracks that got them into so much trouble.
