Cosmic Analog Ensemble, "Pourparlers" Set everything else aside: listen to how good this song sounds. Just the quality of the recording, the way the instruments sound, the space between them. It sounds amazing, just incredibly appealing. Blackalicious, "Jada's Vengeance" This is from a label sampler,...
Blackalicious, "World of Vibrations" It wasn't clear if there would be a follow-up to the masterful Blazing Arrow, but three years later, The Craft showed up. And while it's not quite as good, that's an unreasonable expectation. It's an excellent record, Gift of Gab was...
Buildings, "Smell the Pool" I really kind of tend to think of noise rock as mostly a 90s thing, with it kind of falling out of fashion after that point. But, of course, it's alive and well, and bands like yesterday's Pile and today's Buildings...
Crudbump, "My Dick's On The Phone [Explicit]" I don't normally include the "[Explicit]" tags on songs, but I think you all need that warning when we're facing something as nasty as Crudbump. Has-Lo, "Got My Mind" This is from Has-Lo's tribute to Prince Paul, The...
Blue Scholars, "Cornerstone" The lead-in to the The Long March EP, this really tells you what to expect on this record. And, honestly, this is an extremely generous EP - 9 tracks, 35 minutes, that's plenty of material for a full LP. Blackalicious, "On Fire...
