Song of the Day 5/11/10
The best 666 songs of alltime countdown continues every day, all the way to #1. Tuesday’s song is #79:
The Slickee Boys – Nagasaki Neuter
Meant to evoke the terrible seconds of A-bomb heat that turned “gorgeous babes into Etch-a-Sketch people,” this searing garage-punk song pretty much does the job, guitarists Marshall Keith and Kim Kane matching each others’ ferocious riffs. From the legendary DC-area psychedelic punks’ classic 1983 album Cybernetic Dreams of Pi.
Song of the Day 5/7/10
The best 666 songs of alltime countdown continues every day, all the way to #1. Friday’s song is #83:
The Slickee Boys – Your Autumn Eyes
A one-of-a-kind artsy masterpiece by the legendary DC-area psychedelic punks, a towering, haunting 6/8 anthem that rolls out with graceful anguish, aloft on a bed of beautifully watery guitars. From the Fashionably Late album, 1989.
Song of the Day 4/14/09
Every day, our top 666 songs of alltime countdown gets one step closer to #1. Tuesday’s song is #470:
The Slickee Boys – Pushing My Luck
Desperate, alienated, minor-key noir 60s-style pop amped to redline with scorching guitars by the brilliant Washington, DC psychedelic punk band. From their classic 1983 lp Cybernetic Dreams of Pi, still available from TwinTone as a download. As late as a couple of years ago, the band was still doing holiday-season reunion shows: if you get the chance to catch one, don’t miss it.
