Samiam, "Head Trap" Samiam were part of the punk scene that would eventualy spawn Green Day. As the labels moved in, hunting for the next big thing, Samiam found themselves on Atlantic Records for a single album, which is as close as they got to...
Albert King, "Born Under a Bad Sign" Majestic. I'm just going to fuck this up if I try and write something. Chemical Brothers, "Block Rockin' Beats" Last time we had a track from this album, I expressed mystification that the Chemical Brothers had a moment....
Michael Kiwanuka, "Black Man In A White World" Kiwanuka's second album, Love & Hate, is an ambitious album that roams all over the R&B and soul maps, unafraid to stretch out the songs, play with lush arrangements, and challenge listeners. It's an album that I...
Good one today! Albert King, "Playing On Me" This merger of King's blues guitar with the Stax horns, with funk folded in, is just delightful. I need to find some more shit like this. You can add blues to the long list of music that...
One of my favorite bands showing up here for the first time today. Calexico, "Coyoacán" I'm surprised we haven't heard from Calexico before now. Calexico is a long-running band out of Arizona that makes an unmistakable mix of spaghetti western soundtracks, surf, jazz, mariachi, and...
