{"id":2278,"date":"2011-06-19T00:16:55","date_gmt":"2011-06-19T00:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sunpig.com\/mt-entry-2278.html"},"modified":"2011-06-19T00:36:54","modified_gmt":"2011-06-19T00:36:54","slug":"some-remarkable-albums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/2011\/06\/19\/some-remarkable-albums\/","title":{"rendered":"Some remarkable albums"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After a string of pretty hard-core tech blogging, I feel the need to cleanse my palate with something a bit more lightweight. I don’t want to you get the impression that I’m some kind of geek<\/em> or something. So in the long lead-up to the traditionally<\/a> long-delayed<\/a> Radio Sunpig (2010), here are three albums that I found quite remarkable last year, in the sense that I’m still listening to them over and over again.<\/p>\n

Dananananaykroyd – Hey Everyone<\/h2>\n

Right from the opening licks to the closing stretched out wails of feedback, this whole album is filled with raucous energy. It’s not big on catchy radio-friendly melodies, but the frenetic pounding drums (two drummers!), shifting rhythms, screamed lyrics and gnashing guitars drive it forward with breathless speed. And yet at the same time the songs are not one-trick ponies; they are remarkably complex pieces of work that invite. I’d call it punk, but without the anger; it’s so hard to listen to them without a bobbing head and a manic grin.<\/p>\n

And they’re Scottish, adding weight to my thesis that the best music comes from Scotland and Canada.<\/p>\n