Russian Circles, "Vorel"
Russian Circles usually gets tagged with the post-rock label, which doesn't really hang together to me. There's nothing really post- about most of their stuff. To me, this is really just straight up instrumental metal, and it's faaaantastic at that. They've been...
Third month in a row without missing a day! 94 day streak going here. NOT BAD AT ALL.
Smut Peddlers, "That Smut"
Well, here's a ridiculous album from 2001. While obsession with sex has a long and storied history in music, it's seldom quite so...
The Reindeer Section, "If Everything Fell Quiet"
The Reindeer Section is a Scottish supergroup, featuring members of Belle & Sebastian, Snow Patrol, Arab Strap, Mogwai, and others. The resulting album actually sounds a lot more coherent than what you normally expect from a supergroup, primarily because...
Five Songs is back from the holidays! I'm going to try and keep to a more regular posting schedule around here, rather than the very erratic one from the last several months. It would be nice to get three or four a week at a...
Today!
The Rolling Stones, "Stray Cat Blues"
Because they hung around so long and turned into basically Rolling Stones Inc., a licensing corporation with a neglected music production arm that would occasionally squeeze out a desultory album, it's easy for folks of my generation (old,...