U.S. Maple, "Rice Ain't Afraid of Nothing" U.S. Maple more or less perfected devolved rock, where the songs are recognizable as being rock songs, but the form of them is perverted to the straining point. Any more mutated, and it probably ceases to...
Tiny Moving Parts, "Warm Hand Splash" This is good! I bought this on Bandcamp, and I don't remember listening to it. I still can't decide if that's sad of me or not. It probably is. Yo La Tengo, "Barnaby, Hardly Working" The first Yo La...
The Wedding Present, "Let's Make Some Plans" The Wedding Present decided to release a single every month for 1992, cranking out originals and covers during the series. They were collected into two records, Hit Parade 1 and Hit Parade 2, and both are great. The...
OutKast, "Ms. Jackson" This is, of course, an all-time jam. Also, it makes me remember this (sadly deleted) tweet, which is also nice. Wolves in the Throne Room, "Vastness and Sorrow" Hmm. I wonder what song that is definitely black metal is the closest thing...
The Roots, "We Got You" Just a brief thing from the Roots' live album, I won't spend more time on this than it lasts. Wu-Tang Clan, "A Better Tomorrow" The way the drums start up on this track, that's such a RZA move. The distant...