Cleaning out the attic.

Today, rather than give you one semi-detailed entry for an album, I thought I'd give you some quick thoughts on music I've been listening to lately.

Be Your Own Pet: Be Your Own Pet - This seems to be like Goldfinger if they were a little more punk and had a rowdy female singer. It might not ever be my favorite, but I like it for what it is. Plus it's great workout music.

Slint: Spiderland - This is very interesting. I wasn't really able to form an impression of it because I was running all over the place at work and listened to it in pieces, but it seems to be good early post-rock. Probably warrants a more in-depth entry in the future.

The Beatles: Rubber Soul - This is a really good album, a number of wonderful songs appear here. If you were to pit it against other Beatles albums, I don't know if it would beat out Revolver, but it certainly would push Sgt. Pepper's. I like how simple so many of the songs are; they're clever but don't clutter the air too much, so you get to enjoy everything that happens. This is probably the greatest step forward for the Beatles in terms of songwriting, the album that really made them a band.

Pink Floyd: Atom Heart Mother - fun, interesting early Floyd. Sort of pretentious, but without the alienation and despair that would define the later and greater Waters-heavy Floyd works. I can't say I prefer it over the better-known Floyd albums but it's certainly worth a listen.

In other news:

I bought a car today. Straight cash, homey.