Charles Mingus, "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" Ladies and gentlement, the pilot has illuminated the "JOSH IS NOT QUALIFIED TO TALK ABOUT JAZZ" light, please return to your social media app of choice and return your seats to the upright and locked position. Boris, "Hama" Amplifier...
The Young Fresh Fellows, "A Fake Hello" Tad Hutchinson is really going the extra mile on the drums here. He doesn't have to, Scott McCaughey's singing can carry this little tune. But Hutchinson was always the Fellows' secret weapon, I love his work across the...
Can, "Mother Upduff" I still kind of lament Unlimited Edition being the first record I ever heard from Can. It's so scattered, as befits an outtake compilation, that it's hard to really appreciate it without the context of already loving the band. I decided to...
Palace Brothers, "I Tried To Stay Healthy For You" This is from the first Palace Brothers album, when it was not at all clear exactly who Palace Brothers were or who was playing on the album. It turned out to be Will Oldham, of course,...
Firewater, "This Is My Life" One of the highlights on the best Firewater album, Golden Hour. It's an album that attempts to answer the question "what if we just made the whole album out of highlights". Calexico, "Yours and Mine" Hot damn, shuffle bringing the...
