[Previously on Still Driving](https://blog.patandkat.com/2010/02/still-driving-part-1/)...[David Stillman](http://stilldavid.com/) needed music for a road trip that would take him from Chico, CA to Boulder, CO. He would stay mostly on I80. Here is his playlist. Well, the middle part at least.
[The Final Cut](http://www.last.fm/music/Final+Cut) -- [Consumed](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002OV8T9C?ie=UTF8&tag=pberrywebedit-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B002OV8T9C) is hard to explain with going into the history of [Wax Trax! Records](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wax_Trax!_Records) and more importantly, [Ministry](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_(band)), but lets assume both of those things are unknown to you. This album is undeniably industrial. Sure, Last.fm has Final Cut classified as an "electronica / (US-)Coldwave-band", but _this_ album is **industrial**. [Chris Connelly](http://www.last.fm/music/Chris+Connelly), circa 1992, as a guest vocalist should speak volumes on this point. This is such a phenomenal release from that era and it's so under appreciated that I tend to share it with anybody that can stand distorted vox and a drum machine.
[Fugazi](http://www.last.fm/music/Fugazi) -- [13 Songs](http://www.dischord.com/release/036) is such a straight edge classic, how could I not include it?
[Goldfrapp](http://www.last.fm/music/Goldfrapp) -- [Supernature](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000TEPJSK?ie=UTF8&tag=pberrywebedit-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000TEPJSK) Beepy? Check. Sexy vocals? Check. What? You need more?
[Hard-Fi](http://www.last.fm/music/Hard-Fi) -- [Once Upon a Time In the West](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00122DE9E?ie=UTF8&tag=pberrywebedit-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00122DE9E) and [Stars of CCTV](ttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001230KSQ?ie=UTF8&tag=pberrywebedit-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001230KSQ) I love brit-pop and this is some great brit-pop.
[Joy Division](http://www.last.fm/music/Joy+Division) -- [Unknown Pleasures](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00122OPYW?ie=UTF8&tag=pberrywebedit-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00122OPYW) is my attempt to teach these damn kids a thing a two about where their favorite music comes from. Don't get me wrong, music as any creative medium is, should be expected to be derivative. But, please, credit where credit is due. Just like Kurt Cobain [gave credit to the Pixies](http://www.4ad.com/pixies/ephemera/kurt-cobain-on-p/), we should thank Joy Division for helping give us [U2](http://www.last.fm/music/U2), [The Cure](http://www.last.fm/music/The+Cure), [Bloc Party](http://www.last.fm/music/Bloc+Party), [Editors](http://www.last.fm/music/Editors), and -- most importantly to me, [Interpol](http://www.last.fm/music/Interpol).
[Julian Plenti](http://www.last.fm/music/Julian+Plenti) -- [Julian Plenti Is... Skyscraper](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002HJ70PU?ie=UTF8&tag=pberrywebedit-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B002HJ70PU) is also the lead singer from Interpol. You know, the band I mentioned above as being really important to me. I've said it [before](https://blog.patandkat.com/2009/09/hot-august-tunes/), the first track will _stab you in the heart_. Lyrically speaking, of course.
[Kaiser Chiefs](http://www.last.fm/music/Kaiser+Chiefs) -- [Yours Truly, Angry Mob](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001O3WNY8?ie=UTF8&tag=pberrywebedit-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001O3WNY8) is brit-pop. Enough said. Thanks, Steven!
[Kasabian](http://www.last.fm/music/Kasabian) -- [West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002B0OVWA?ie=UTF8&tag=pberrywebedit-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B002B0OVWA) I first heard their track [Club Foot](http://www.last.fm/music/Kasabian/_/Club+Foot) on the tv show Numb3rs and was hooked. Their albums are a bit hit and miss, but this is clearly their strongest effort. Fast Fuse and Fire alone are worth the price of admission.
[Leftfield](http://www.last.fm/music/Leftfield) -- [Leftism](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00138F6UW?ie=UTF8&tag=pberrywebedit-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00138F6UW) Toni Halliday and John "Johnny Rotten" Lydon cameo guest vocals on one of the best electronic albums ever released. Don't just take my word for it though, check the [den of lies](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leftism_(album)).
[Low vs Diamond](http://www.last.fm/music/Low+vs+Diamond) -- [Low vs Diamond](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0018Q4C4A?ie=UTF8&tag=pberrywebedit-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0018Q4C4A) is a band that Kat [found on twitter](http://twitter.com/rainnwilson/status/8077922766) thanks to [Rainn Wilson](http://www.soulpancake.com/). His summary was pretty dead on, "kind of Killers meets Muse with an LA indie vibe."
[Manchester Orchestra](http://www.last.fm/music/Manchester+Orchestra) -- [Mean Everything To Nothing](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0026NY6M2?ie=UTF8&tag=pberrywebedit-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0026NY6M2) despite the name, is not british. In fact, they're from Atlanta. Yeah, the one in Georgia. With peaches and everything. I picked this up as an Amazon MP3 Deal of the Day because it was cheap and sounded a bit like Silversun Picksups. Good for I80. I think.
_Stay tuned for [part 3](https://blog.patandkat.com/2010/02/still-driving-part-3/) which will take us from M to W_.