We used to dream... (Hercules Rockefeller)

Hello. My name is Hercules. I like the music that I like.

1. Japandroids-Young Hearts Spark Fire
2. Toro y Moi-Blessa
3. Girls-Hellhole Ratrace

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4. Kurt Vile-Beach on the Moon (Recycled Lyrics)
5. Woods-Military Madness

The whole Wavves meltdown at Primavera seems to be an albatross for the new noise scene, but Nathan Williams' pissy rant shouldn't be the focus of what is quickly becoming a vital and exciting new scene. These new bands, along with a wealth of others (The Smell bands in L.A., The rest of the San Diego Scene with Wavves, Little Girls, Not Not Fun, The Intelligence, etc.), are finally producing noise music with pop sensibilities. Conceptually and aesthetically, the two genres are opposite, yet when you hear a song like "Young Hearts Spark Fire," you can hear how the two genres work so well together. It's got everything a great noise song has (distorted guitar, fuzzy vocals, pounding drums, simple and fun lyrics), but you still find yourself humming it and joyously yelling along to the lyrics. Yeah, these songs are still under-produced and raw as hell, but they're also infectiously catchy. Brian Wilson would clearly be proud to see the genre he helped create influencing its aural opposite.

Although in a way this cohesion makes sense; perhaps the most noise thing to do is to start making pop songs before the genre gets played out.