Song of the Day 10/7/08

…as we count them down, one day at a time all the way from #666 to the greatest song of alltime.The complete list, updated daily, is at the top of the page.

 

Today’s song is:

658. The Dog Show – Masterplan

An obscure treasure from circa 2002, New York City, Lower East Side. Cynical, politically charged, artsy mod punk that builds from one of the alltime great guitar hooks. Toward the end, it breaks down into a morass of guitar noise, but then Andrew Plonsky’s soaring bassline emerges from the maelstrom and brings it back to earth. Unreleased and for that reason unavailable at the usual sources, although there are bootleg versions kicking around: get friendly with a clubrat from the era and you might own it someday