10th February 2010

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Accordion Crimes - Lakota
A Higher Quality Version of This (self-released)

Y’know, I like wimpy music as much as the next guy, and I have and will continue to feature it on this blog, but I’d be lying if I said I wouldn’t be totally fine with listening to angular, noisy math-rock like Accordion Crimes for the rest of my life.  I really dug all five songs on the EP A Higher Quality Version of This, so it was kind of tough to pick one to sample here.  ”Forecast,” probably the most aggressive track on the CD is sure to see a lot of play in my apartment, and if I ever do another rock radio show, I’ll make sure it gets a spin.  But a cut like “Vacations,” with all it’s strumming below the bridge (or above the nut?) is just difficult enough to make it on to my current program.  I think “Lakota” does a good job of splitting the difference, so that’s what you’ll find at the top of this piece.

Make no mistake about it - this is difficult music.  But that’s what rock’s supposed to be.

Hmm… now, who else describes themselves as a minimalist rock trio?

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