http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4638&rws=%2Farchers-of-loaf%2Ftop-tracks.rssChief insurgents in the 1990s North Carolina guitar revolution, the Archers kicked out some of the catchiest, most ferocious pop anthems this side of Superchunk's "Throwing Things" and Guided by Voices' <i>Bee Thousand</i>. The short, sweet "Web in Front" introduced the world at large to the Archers' chiming, warped guitars (see: Polvo, Pavement) and singer/guitarist Eric Bachman's nasal, nice-punk vocal grit. Ingratiating and abstractly sociopolitical, songs like "Lowest Part is Free," "Audiowhore," and "Harnessed in Slums" qualified as full-fledged calls-to-arms for the Chuck Taylor-clad set. But even as early as their second album, songs began to foreshadow aversion to the sometimes cold waters of mainstream success. In <i>Vee Vee</i>'s "Greatest of All Time," Bachman offers a sympathetic hand to "the front man of the world's worst rock 'n' roll band" who's been placed on trial by a bunch of cigarette-smoking hipsters. The chorus resounds gravely as the jury decrees: "Throw him in the River, throw the bastard in the river." With each succeeding release the band seemed to shrink away from the accessible, eventually calling it quits altogether. - Kelly BaumanNoise Popen720Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:23:51 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4638&rws=%2Farchers-of-loaf%2Ftop-tracks.rss Chief insurgents in the 1990s North Carolina guitar revolution, the Archers kicked out some of the catchiest, most ferocious pop anthems this side of Superchunk's "Throwing Things" and Guided by Voices' <i>Bee Thousand</i>. The short, sweet "Web in Front" introduced the world at large to the Archers' chiming, warped guitars (see: Polvo, Pavement) and singer/guitarist Eric Bachman's nasal, nice-punk vocal grit. Ingratiating and abstractly sociopolitical, songs like "Lowest Part is Free," "Audiowhore," and "Harnessed in Slums" qualified as full-fledged calls-to-arms for the Chuck Taylor-clad set. But even as early as their second album, songs began to foreshadow aversion to the sometimes cold waters of mainstream success. In <i>Vee Vee</i>'s "Greatest of All Time," Bachman offers a sympathetic hand to "the front man of the world's worst rock 'n' roll band" who's been placed on trial by a bunch of cigarette-smoking hipsters. The chorus resounds gravely as the jury decrees: "Throw him in the River, throw the bastard in the river." With each succeeding release the band seemed to shrink away from the accessible, eventually calling it quits altogether. - Kelly Bauman http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2053607&variant=play&rws=%2Farchers-of-loaf%2Ftop-tracks.rss Noise Pop Thu, 1 Jan 1998 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Archers of Loaf on Rhapsody Online 2053607 tra.2053607 Archers of Loaf art.4638 0.99 White Trash Heroes alb.242709 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/3/6/4/1014638_170x170.jpg 2007-10-01 00:00:00.0 1998-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Fashion Bleeds tra.2053607 237000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2053607&variant=play&rws=%2Farchers-of-loaf%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2053607&variant=data&rws=%2Farchers-of-loaf%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11553886&rws=%2Farchers-of-loaf%2Ftop-tracks.rss Noise Pop Tue, 22 Sep 1998 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Archers of Loaf on Rhapsody Online 11553886 tra.11553886 Archers of Loaf art.4638 0.0 White Trash Heroes 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206000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2006638&variant=play&rws=%2Farchers-of-loaf%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2006638&variant=data&rws=%2Farchers-of-loaf%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10240744&rws=%2Farchers-of-loaf%2Ftop-tracks.rss Noise Pop Tue, 20 Feb 1996 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Archers of Loaf on Rhapsody Online 10240744 tra.10240744 Archers of Loaf art.4638 0.0 The Speed of Cattle alb.10228034 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/6/6/1/831667_170x170.jpg 2006-03-28 00:00:00.0 1996-02-20 00:00:00.0 false Wrong tra.10240744 229000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10240744&rws=%2Farchers-of-loaf%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10240744&variant=data&rws=%2Farchers-of-loaf%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.11553889&rws=%2Farchers-of-loaf%2Ftop-tracks.rss Noise Pop Tue, 22 Sep 1998 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Archers of Loaf on Rhapsody Online 11553889 tra.11553889 Archers 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http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2006633&variant=data&rws=%2Farchers-of-loaf%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2006635&variant=play&rws=%2Farchers-of-loaf%2Ftop-tracks.rss Noise Pop Fri, 1 Jan 1993 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Archers of Loaf on Rhapsody Online 2006635 tra.2006635 Archers of Loaf art.4638 0.99 Icky Mettle alb.201261 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/4/6/4/1014641_170x170.jpg 2007-10-01 00:00:00.0 1993-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Learo, You're A Hole tra.2006635 230000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2006635&variant=play&rws=%2Farchers-of-loaf%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2006635&variant=data&rws=%2Farchers-of-loaf%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2006637&variant=play&rws=%2Farchers-of-loaf%2Ftop-tracks.rss Noise Pop Fri, 1 Jan 1993 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Archers of Loaf on Rhapsody Online 2006637 tra.2006637 Archers of Loaf art.4638 0.99 Icky Mettle alb.201261 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/4/6/4/1014641_170x170.jpg 2007-10-01 00:00:00.0 1993-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Toast tra.2006637 278000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2006637&variant=play&rws=%2Farchers-of-loaf%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2006637&variant=data&rws=%2Farchers-of-loaf%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2048574&variant=play&rws=%2Farchers-of-loaf%2Ftop-tracks.rss Noise Pop Tue, 20 Feb 1996 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Archers of Loaf on Rhapsody Online 2048574 tra.2048574 Archers of Loaf art.4638 0.99 The Speed Of Cattle alb.206469 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/4/6/4/1014642_170x170.jpg 2007-10-01 00:00:00.0 1996-02-20 00:00:00.0 true South Carolina tra.2048574 213000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2048574&variant=play&rws=%2Farchers-of-loaf%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2048574&variant=data&rws=%2Farchers-of-loaf%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2006636&variant=play&rws=%2Farchers-of-loaf%2Ftop-tracks.rss Noise Pop Fri, 1 Jan 1993 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Archers of Loaf on Rhapsody Online 2006636 tra.2006636 Archers of Loaf art.4638 0.99 Icky Mettle alb.201261 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/4/6/4/1014641_170x170.jpg 2007-10-01 00:00:00.0 1993-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Sick File tra.2006636 103000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2006636&variant=play&rws=%2Farchers-of-loaf%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2006636&variant=data&rws=%2Farchers-of-loaf%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10240745&rws=%2Farchers-of-loaf%2Ftop-tracks.rss Noise Pop Tue, 20 Feb 1996 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Archers of Loaf on Rhapsody Online 10240745 tra.10240745 Archers of Loaf art.4638 0.0 The Speed of Cattle alb.10228034 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/6/6/1/831667_170x170.jpg 2006-03-28 00:00:00.0 1996-02-20 00:00:00.0 false South Carolina 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