Happy Halloween! Time for a spooky special! Inter Arma, "Scarecrow" Inter Arma released a covers album, Garbers Days Revisited, in 2020. This sort of thing is pretty traditional in metal, thanks to Metallica's Garage Days Revisited. Inter Arma does nice work with their covers, as...
It's Megan's birthday! Happy birthday! I picked a keyword today, can you figure it out? The Budos Band, "Old Engine Oil" The opening track of V, which I like a lot. This track in particular has a lot of classic rock vibes going, which go...
Andrew Bird, "Pathetique" Bird Songs collects all three of Andrew Bird's early records, when he was still recording as Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire. The first two records, Oh! The Grandeur! and Thrills, have a very old-timey feel, very similar to what the Squirrel Nut...
Andrew Bird, "You Woke Me Up!" A companion piece to Noble Beast, Useless Creatures is an all-instrumental exploration which allows Bird to indulge his more exploratory impulses. As always, everything Bird does is interesting, but this is not one of his more loveable records. Victoria...
The White Stripes, "Fell In Love With a Girl" White Blood Cells still strikes me as such an unusual breakout album. The White Stripes didn't particularly soften their approach or anything, it's still the same kind of garage rock they'd been making to this point,...
