Soundgarden, "Swallow My Pride" A collision of early grunge elements here! This is from the second Soundgarden EP, Fopp, from 1988. It's a time when Soundgarden was still figuring out who they were, and their sound was still mostly a melding of hard rock and...
The Monorchid, "Abyss" The Monorchid brought back together a couple Circus Lupus alumni in a new band, but this record isn't quite the continuation of the noisy post-hardcore of that first band. In some ways, it's sort of the Hot Snakes to Circus Lupus's Drive...
Pixies, "Dead" I was going to make a "ooh, another Lost 90's Gem" joke here, as if anybody has ever forgotten the Pixies. And then I remembered, no, this album came out in 1989. Time is an illusion. Jamire Williams, "Dos Au Soleil" This is...
Pavement, "Texas Never Whispers" Time for a deranged opinion! Specifically: Watery, Domestic, the 1992 EP that Pavement released between Slanted & Enchanted and Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain is, pound for pound, the best Pavement release. Four songs, all killer, and from their peak period. These tracks...
Polvo, "The Fighting Kites" Polvo's final album from their first run, Shapes, had kind of a cool reception as I recall. I know personally that I felt like it was a step back from the previous couple albums. But now, a couple decades later, I...