Song of the Day: Sleater-Kinney - Combat Rock

I never thought of Sleater-Kinney as a political group, but One Beat, released in 2002, engenders very much a political spirit. In particular, check these lyrics from today's song of the day, "Combat Rock":

Where is the questioning where is the protest song?
Since when is skepticism un-American?
Dissent's not treason but they talk like it's the same

And this:

Show you love your country go out and spend some cash
Red white blue hot pants doing it for Uncle Sam

The latter couplet is particularly great, given that the government at the time was pushing that capitalism and blind patriotism would cure all ills (I'm perhaps paraphrasing). That they were able to turn this sentiment into such a spectacular song and album makes me love the band even more.

Song of the Day: Quasi - It's Raining

Last night's Sebadoh show was all I had hoped it would be - almost exclusively tracks from Bakesale, Harmacy and Bubble & Scrape. The bigger surprise was a band I once listened to but had more or less forgotten about - Quasi, who opened the show. While never a huge fan, I enjoyed The Sword of God record, though I can only name one song on it, and it's appropriate for today in LA - "It's Raining."

Song of the Day: The Corin Tucker Band - 1,000 Years

I'm a huge Sleater-Kinney fan, though I'm a little embarrassed that I haven't yet posted a song of theirs on the blog.  I'm sure I will make amends shortly, but in the meantime, I wanted to post a track from Sleater-Kinney's lead singer, Corin Tucker.

I haven't yet heard the entire album, but the title track off of her band's recently released 1,000 Years LP is a great start.  It's a lot less frantic than most of Sleater-Kinney's output, but I love how the song slowly grows in intensity, and her voice still sounds terrific after a few years out of the spotlight.