Sometimes, this music is awesome.
James Brown, "I Got You (I Feel Good)" There's a certain strange thing that goes on in my head around timelines. This song was first released in an early version in 1964, and it absolutely does not seem like it should be contemporaneous with, say,...
Spawn of Possession, "Bodiless Sleeper" Every time Spawn of Possession has come up here I've mostly just complained about it. It's all just from the same record, and you know what? Let's move on. Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators, "No One's Gonna Love You" A...
The Mr. T Experience, "I'm Like Yeah, but She's All No" Seems like we've had a lot of East Bay stuff recently. Or am I just imaginging things? Anyway, it's welcome. I might have that impression because I was listening to Operation Ivy in the...
Monsula, "Concession" Monsula were one of the bands in the East Bay who had a bunch of people from the scene move through (up to and including Five Songs favorite Lance Hahn of J Church) and thus helped really mould the sound of a lot...
Leprous, "Nighttime Disguise" Ah Leprous, the perfect band for when you think "dang, I really want to hear a lot of time signatures." Cthulhu Rise, "Opus 23" Cthulhu Rise are an instrumental prog metal/jazz fusion thing. I mean, I suppose you can hear that,...
