By The Beachwood Music Affairs Desk
A list.
1. Gang of Four/Elemental. Elemental for all current indie.
2. Thin Lizzy/Jailbreak. Template for brash, post-ironic hard rock band.
3. T. Rex/Electric Warrior. Dudes singing touching songs.
4. Steely Dan/Aja. Approaching, appreciating 30.
5. Joy Division/Unknown Pleasures. The alienation that is “hipster.”
6. My Bloody Valentine/Loveless. Drug record for generations.
7. Can/Tago Mago. Don’t listen, don’t understand, but makes me worldly.
8. Slint/Spiderland. Hard guitar not tied to metal or hair.
9. Television/Marquee Moon. A piece of the NYC experience, less the rent.
10. Brian Eno/Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy. Seem smarter for it.
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Comments welcome.
Posted on March 21, 2006