Took a little break over the holiday. Why not! Anyway, I'm back, let's see what we get! Tenement, "Crop Circle Nation" Not bad! Tenement play melodic punk, I suppose you'd call it, although it's really stretching the work "punk" pretty far. I guess it's just...
SIX SONGS WOOOO The Temptations, "Hey Girl" Goddamn, listen to those strings! With Cloud Nine, the Temptations laid down some of the building blocks of funk, as they departed from the traditional Motown sound and pointed the way to the 70s. The xx, "Heart Skipped...
Today! Run-D.M.C., "Dumb Girl" This song is so stripped down that there aren't even any keyboards on it. Unless you count them putting "dumb" into a sampler and using that. It's proof that the alchemy of a drum machine and rapping really didn't...
Here's today. Temprees, "Dedicated To The One I Love" Old Stax track here, from the mid-point of their Atlantic years. Atmosphere, "She Don't Know Why She Love It" This is a bonus track from the deluxe version of Southsiders, which is probably my second favorite...
Pretty happy with today's set. La Gritona is exactly the kind of band I had hoped to highlight here. Atmosphere, "When The Lights Go Out" Atmosphere with Doom and Kool Keith guesting? That sounds amazing. Does it live up to it? Well, Doom is great!...
