The Best Songs

Begins as a better-than-average country lament and erupts into a raucous, choppy guitar riff. Wilco: https://wilcoworld.net

Energetic song with a refreshingly snotty pop-punk attitude. If Jimmy Eat World, Third Eye Blind, and Blink 182 had a baby, it would be SR-71. SR-71: https://www.last.fm/music/SR-71

Blending bluegrass, gospel, and acoustic country sounds with Southern-accented rock & roll into a good-naturedly eclectic mixture, Big Smith makes arson and moonshine sound like a great combination. Big Smith: https://www.last.fm/music/Big+Smith

Infectious song that’s difficult to place in any particular genre, but regardless of your musical tastes, it’s hard not to tap your foot to this one. Eels: https://www.eelstheband.com

With a sound that is somewhere between Hole and the Go Go’s, Veruca Salt does not disappoint. Veruca Salt: https://verucasalt.com

Starts off with a slow, clean guitar picking riff, and then goes into the usual pop-punk sliding with power chords. Funny lyrics and very catchy. Bowling For Soup: https://bowlingforsoup.com

With their trademark style of hard rock, influenced by the Pixies and Dinosaur Jr and infused with a humorous edge, this song is indicative of the band’s distinctively naughty sense of humor. Lustra: https://www.myspace.com/lustra

Mashing rap with rock with a southern fried twist, this drunken anthem never got wide radio play but became a jukebox favorite. Rehab: https://www.last.fm/music/Rehab

A satirical look at how rock stars complain about how tough their lives are with a punchy blend of power chords, string samples, and disco beats that features Madden rapping in a Nelly-inspired flow. It’s spiked with rock power, but … Continued

The Distillers is a band that slides down into your ear drums. They look around and decide that it’s a great place to have a party. The Distillers: https://www.last.fm/music/The+Distillers