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Artist: Asylum Street Spankers Title: God's Favorite Band Label: Yellow Dog Records Genre: Folk/Gospel When a band calls itself a postmodern gospel band, there are things that come to mind that are not exactly endearing.

The current lineup of Asylum Street Spankers is, from left, Christina Marrs, Shawn Dean, Wammo, Morgan Patrick Thompson, Nevada Newman and Mark Henne.

By Michael Eck Special to The Times Union ALBANY - Spank me, please! The Asylum Street Spankers played a vibrant, wonderful show of wild and woolly acoustic music at The Linda, WAMCa s Performing Arts Studio, on Saturday night.

It's been almost three years since Austin cowpunkers Stickpony have played out, but they'll rectify that Friday at The Independent @ 501 Studios.

Ah autumn ... time of transition and change, blazing colors, economy-stimulating tour buses, and cooler temperatures.

The unpredictable Asylum Street Spankers , a jug band from Austin, Texas, brings its Salvation and Sin Tour to the Multi-use Community Cultural Center , 142 Atlantic Ave., for an 8 p.m. show Friday, Oct.

Black Sabbath, The White Stripes, The Stooges. There aren't many bands worth their salt that want to be compared to other bands, but when I listen to Wolfmother's self-titled American debut, I can Spanks for the Memories Asylum Street Spankers The Asylum Street Spankers are...well...The Spankers.

Black Sabbath, The White Stripes, The Stooges. There aren't many bands worth their salt that want to be compared to other bands, but when I listen to Wolfmother's self-titled American debut, I can Spanks for the Memories Asylum Street Spankers The Asylum Street Spankers are...well...The Spankers.

Black Sabbath, The White Stripes, The Stooges. There aren't many bands worth their salt that want to be compared to other bands, but when I listen to Wolfmother's self-titled American debut, I can Spanks for the Memories Asylum Street Spankers The Asylum Street Spankers are...well...The Spankers.

Mezzanine Massive Attack "Black Milk" knocks me off my feet in this collection of moody and eclectic songs.

Mezzanine Massive Attack "Black Milk" knocks me off my feet in this collection of moody and eclectic songs.

Spanks for the Memories Asylum Street Spankers The Asylum Street Spankers are...well...The Spankers.

Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin This album bears every flavor of genius from the five records that came before.

Poe rocked my world with "Angry Johnny" and "Trigger Happy Jack" , as powe Another Day on Earth Brian Eno In his first proper solo release since 1996's relatively cold "The Drop," Brian Eno has constructed a whimsical and ecclectic masterpiece which is arguably one of the year's strongest records thus fa Album Of The Year Brother Love Killer ...

The Blackberry Bushes, featuring Kendl Winter , Jess Raymond, Joe Cappocia and former Dubuquer Jakob Breitbach, will perform at Mud Lake Bluegrass Sunday on July 19.

Freak folk Man Man, Chandeliers Radio Radio, 1119 E. Prospect St., www.futureshock.net 9 p.m., $12 advance, $14 door, 21+ Sure, the music of Philadelphia collective Man Man sounds loose, wild and attention deficient, but neither the recorded version nor its live incarnation - a fast-paced, instrument-swapping affair with band members sometimes ...

The Asylum Street Spankers are...well...The Spankers. Hailing from Austin, where I saw them live dozens of times, the band played entirely acousti Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Once More, with Feeling Various Artists Most musical episodes of TV shows frankly stink.

For years I wanted to make music that sounded like something between Love and Rockets and Ministry.

So, first and foremost: Happy Fourth of July, everyone! Now, let's talk about the weekend in music, per protocol.