I saw someone reference Thin Lizzy when talking about Philadelphia's Free Energy. That was enough to get me listening up with attention. But when I put on this track, I shook my head in quick judgment -- always on guard to defend the comparative honor of Phil Lynott and the boys. This, sir, is no Thin Lizzy, I thought. Sounds more like pre-experimental-phase Wilco, which is cool, too. I can hear a hint of Pavement and the Shins in there, as well, something to do with the vocals that signal both intellegence and ennui, all tempered with the wisdom to try and wipe it all away with an AC/DC riff. But then the stately harmonized guitar solo kicks in at the end, and it's straight out of Vagabonds of the Western World or Shades of a Blue Orphanage.

"Hope Child" -- Free Energy