U.S. Maple, "Rice Ain't Afraid of Nothing" U.S. Maple more or less perfected devolved rock, where the songs are recognizable as being rock songs, but the form of them is perverted to the straining point. Any more mutated, and it probably ceases to...
OutKast, "Chonkyfire" The conclusion to the classic Aquemini, the record where OutKast fulfilled their promise and delivered one of the greatest hip-hop records ever. That assertion is not diminished at all by the observation that it's not entirely clear if it's their best album. The...
Cobalt, "Gin" Gin, that's a very good idea. Television, "Friction" Forever the song before "Marquee Moon". The Beatles, "I Me Mine" We're skewing old today, which is fine, because I am old. So old. Fine, I'll say something more: Let It Be has some memorable...
Miles Davis, "Bitches Brew" Woo, I am seriously unequipped to comment on this. Kinda feel like I should call it a day. Butthole Surfers, "Human Cannonball" We're with Locust Abortion Technician here, part of the great Surfers run prior to ending up on Capitol Records,...
Calexico, "Voices in the Field" For a split second, at the beginning of this track, there's a burly menace to the sound that the seasoned Five Songs reader/listener would suspect is going to descend into some nightmare basement howling and guitarpocalypse. But no, it's...
