The ‘Dredge Report

Every now and then I put my eMusic.com account on hold for like three months, because why should I be spending $15 just to stare indecisively at my computer and feel musically overwhelmed? I have too much music anyway. But then I reinstate it and see all this fun music that I probably should have downloaded, oh, three months ago. Like Ra Ra Riot. Sorry guys, I’m late to the party as usual. But look, they had me at “cello.”

I also see that the Righteous Babe label has been added to the eMusic repertoire. RB mainly consists of Ani Difranco’s (overly) lengthy discography. I’ve long since deleted all but about three songs of the four Ani albums that I used to own. I know it’s silly to be embarrassed by long-lost musical loves, but I am. Her career has consisted of putting out the same basic song, looped continuously save for a few lyric changes, for the past, what, 17 years? Except for one album, which I grudgingly admit is still kind of worth listening to: Dilate. I know you can’t just cram a totally unrelated album into a very distinct movement years after the fact, but if I could, I would. I spent the first two years of high school listening to Dilate, Call the Doctor, and (a bit late) Live Through This, pretending to understand exactly what they were all singing about. I didn’t really get it until later.

Now, give me some music recommendations that are heavy on the strings yet still have drumming in them.