A Reader staffer shares three musical obsessions, then asks someone (who asks someone else) to take a turn.
Barkmarket My favorite 90s power trio split in ’97 after three albums (five if you count early nontrio lineups), and each one wrapped its insidious rock hooks in ugly noise, perverse arrangements, and prickly, often blackly funny lyrics—a layer of off-putting avant-garde fuckery that made it seem like they were daring you to love their songs. Guitarist and front man Dave Sardy, who produced most of the band’s output, has since worked with System of a Down, Marilyn Manson, and Oasis, and his soon-to-be-expensive expertise made every Barkmarket record sound more beautifully, elaborately gnarly than the one before.
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