Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
7″ The Strokes – “Someday” (on yellow vinyl)
As you already know pavement has reunited and will bring their Gold Soundz to the Gorge (and many other venues) this month. I’ve listened to Pavement for years and everyone associates them with the 90′s Slacker sound / movement. I think they were one of the original indie rock bands and Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain today sounds like a album that could have came out a few years ago not in 1994. This album has their biggest hit “Cut Your Hair”, my favorite song “Gold Soundz”, a jazz tribute “5-4=Unity” and “Range Life” makes fun of The Smashing Pumpkins and Stone Temple Pilots in the same verse. It’s a core album for every record collection that reminds me of summer vacation when I was in High School.
The 7″ I picked today is “Someday” by The Strokes. I had to meet Jason at the Nickelback show a few days ago to drop something off and ran into a friend that asked me why I’m not going to the show. I said I was not a fan and it made me think of a period of time when I quit listening to that style of rock music. It was the early 2000′s when bands like The White Stripes, The Hives and especially The Strokes put out albums that were so different and so great I have never listened to active rock or a radio rock station again. “Someday” is a fantastic song as is every song on Is This It. When I listen to “Someday” it’s a song that gets stuck in my head for days. The B side features Home Recordings of “Is This It” and “Alone Together” that are cool to listen to; a little rough but overall good demos of the two songs.
Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (Track Listings)
Side 1
1. Silent Kit
2. Elevate Me Later
3. Stop Breathin
4. Cut Your Hair
5. Newark Wilder
6. Unfair
Side 2
1. Gold Soundz
2. 5-4=Unity
3. Range Life
4. Heaven is a Truck
5. Hit The Plane Down
6. Fillmore Jive
