This Week in MP3s

By FLANNERY CASHILL

Dead Child

Dead Child combine chugging hardcore with heavy metal wails for the ultimate in dude rock.

MP3: Dead Child, "Sweet Chariot," from Attack (Quarterstick Records)

Richard Lloyd, former guitarist for proto-punks Television, gets technical with simian psychedelia.

MP3: Richard Lloyd, "Monkey", from Radiant Monkey (Parasol Records)

More after the jump.

Photo by Aubrey Edwards

The synthesizer noodling of The Octopus Project evoke the flying cars and glass skyscrapers of '50s sci-fi.

MP3: The Octopus Project,"I Saw the Bright Shinies," from Hello, Avalanche (Peek-A-Boo Records)

Thunder Eagle get swampy, horny, drunk.

MP3: Thunder Eagle, "Whiskey + Pills = Lady Shake", from Whiskey + Pills = Lady Shake (self-released)

And Missy Higgins wears her heart on her sleeve with her soft, sentimental pop.

MP3: Missy Higgins, "The Wrong Girl," from On a Clear Night (Eleven: A Music Company)

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