Riding home from seeing Ned Cannon on Saturday Night, we all tuned in to KRCL, which still has volunteer DJs on the weekend.  I think we lucked out with the guest DJ that night, he played us some psychedelic stuff. Specifically “In the Land of the Few” by Love Sculpture, “Ticket to Ride” by Vanilla Fudge, and “I Wanna Hold Your Hand” by Moving Sidewalks (the latter two being Beatles covers).  I want to share all three with you because they are choice, but the only one I could get my hands on was the Love Sculpture song.  And I’m okay with that.  For a band with relatively no celebration surrounding it, this song sounds way ahead of its time.  At least it did driving back from Provo on Saturday night.  Wikipedia doesn’t even think this song is notable enough to merit an article, but I think it’s excellent.  There are a few moments, such as the opening, which sound like it was definitely recorded in 1970, but most of the song feels no more than fifteen years old.  Like it could’ve been part of a psychedelic revival.  I feel really good sharing this with you, because I don’t expect you to have found it on your own.  No real reason to.  But now it’s here and you can share it with all your friends!!

 Love Sculpture - In the Land of the Few [3:58m]: Play in Popup | Download

Since having the experience of The White Stripes rocking my socks on the last night at Bonnaroo, I've been on a total White Stripes kick. I've fallen in love with Icky Thump, and am working on the rest of their albums. The White Stripes is a band who I always thought seemed pretty interesting, but never got around to making the effort to listen to them. Which is understandable in my case, I think, as I have a stack of music backed up. Yes, I know. I'm horrible. 

The album is totally fun, and so easy to dance to, as well as jump around like an idiot. I do that quite well. My significant other has told me it has some serious British-blues going on, and I think I agree. A little reminiscent of some Zeppelin I've heard. You can definitely hear some Nashville stylin's going on there, too. I'm afraid I'm horribly inarticulate when it comes to bands I'm grooving to and in love with. You'll have to excuse me. 

Some favorite tracks are: Catch Hell Blues, I'm Slowly Turning Into You, A Martyr For My Love For You, Icky Thump, and 300 MPH Torrential Outpour Blues. I'm sure that will change over time, but for now, I'm really digging those.

Basically, it's fun, noisy, bluesy and rocky at the same time, and has a pizzazz that makes it special and different. 

So, here are some select MP3s for you to rock out to. Enjoy.

Catch Hell Blues (MP3)

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300 MPH Torrential Outpour Blues (MP3)

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A Martyr For My Love For You (MP3)

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The White Stripes Official Website // MySpace // Do yourself a favor and buy Icky Thump