Helmet, "Better" Helmet's debut album on Amphetamine Reptile Records was a savage and self-assured record, and they backed it up by touring heavily and blowing people away. Then, Nirvana blew up huge and the major labels started looking for heavy rock acts to sign to...
Goin' with a theme today! Sleater-Kinney, "Buy Her Candy" Now, seriously, what's the point of a Sleater-Kinney song without Janet Weiss? Andrew Bird & His Bowl of Fire, "Candy Shop" Very early material from Andrew Bird, when he was still recording with a band credited as...
Quelle Chris & Chris Keys, "SUDDEN DEATH" Quelle Chris has been on quite a tear. 2018's collaboration with Jean Grae, Everything's Fine, was one of the best rap records of that year. 2019? Guns was again one of the best. 2020 has seen him return to...
Y'all, I've listened to that Hello, Summer album three times since it popped up randomly here, and folks: it's good. Real good! I love that my own blog is teaching me about music...from my own collection. Less Than Jake, "She's Gonna Break Soon" What...
De La Soul, "Rap De Rap Show" There's a concept of a "difficult second album", which is mostly just a farm for confirmation bias, but hell, let's talk about De La Soul's difficult second album. Their first album was a huge smash, a groundbreaking album,...
