Sometimes, this music is awesome.
Noisem, "Birthing the Bestial" A lot of what I like about thrash are when you've got really chunky, memorable riffs and some pyrotechnic squalling solos. So I ought to love this, right? But I dunno, it's fine. I don't really reach for it. I think...
LCD Soundsystem, "All My Friends" This is my favorite LCD Soundsystem song, by a fair ways, as the melancholy mood and nostalgic lens here is just kind of irresistable. And that piano, this is just such a damn jam. Please enjoy. Trans Am, "Diabolical Cracker"...
Charles Mingus, "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" Ladies and gentlement, the pilot has illuminated the "JOSH IS NOT QUALIFIED TO TALK ABOUT JAZZ" light, please return to your social media app of choice and return your seats to the upright and locked position. Boris, "Hama" Amplifier...
Lollipop, "7 and 7 Is" There's a real danger in over-intellectualizing a lot of rock. Something like this, pure garage punk, run on attitude, energy, and racket. That's not to suggest it's poorly constructed, or that Lollipop didn't know what they were doing, or anything...
Bim Skala Bim, "Sunshine of Your Love" Bim Skala Bim enjoyed covering classic rock warhorses over their career, songs which are really kind of ideal targets for this kind of thing. Any dork who will get upset about a cheeky cover of Cream of Pink...
