American Music Club, "Nightwatchman" Speaking of night watchmen, we watched Night at the Museum with the kids last night, and I was kind of pleasantly surprised that the effects didn't look too janky. I mean, sure, the whole premise was ridiculous, but I thought there...
Grandaddy, "Now It's On" I think I've used this space before to kind of lament how Grandaddy hasn't really connected with me. I can see the quality, but it's just never really clicked. This is a fine tune, though. American Music Club, "Outside This Bar"...
Leatherface, "Scheme of Things" UK punk band Leatherface play it pretty much straight ahead, but they do a nice job with it. The thing that's hard to adjust to is Frankie Stubbs's voice, which is rough, to put it mildly. But, this entire album (Mush)...
Today! The Flaming Lips, "Be Free, A Way" On 2013's The Terror, The Flaming Lips were using their psychedelia to explore not shiny wonder but the depths of despair. With Wayne Coyne's romantic life falling apart and Steven Drozd again struggling with substance abuse, the...
Here at Five Songs, we never stop working for you, the tiny handful of people who put up with this, day in and day out. So, today, we're going the extra 20% with six songs! Such generosity! Johnny Too Bad And The Strikeouts, "Nineteen Fifty...
