People Under the Stairs, "Same Beat (The Wesley Rap)" Fun DMC is such a good album name. Clem Snide, "Some Ghost" After a ten year break between releasing any music under the name Clem Snide, Eef Barzelay released Forever Just Beyond in 2020, and it's...
Prefuse 73, "Eve of Dextruction" Way, way back in probably 1995, I remember making fun of some prehistoric website where someone clearly wanted to be a music reviewer but had no idea how to approach it. He attempted to a bunch of songs, but after...
I need some more high concept entries here. Something where I can actually have a connection between the elements. I'm stymied, of course, by my format. And the fact that I write these as I play the songs, so I don't know what the next...
Periphery, "The Gods Must Be Crazy!" Just pure progressive metal here, with the clean singing and studio wizardry that are hallmarks of the genre. This stuff can be really hit or miss for me - for every Coheed & Cambria or The Ocean that hit for...
Andrew Bird, "Pathetique" Bird Songs collects all three of Andrew Bird's early records, when he was still recording as Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire. The first two records, Oh! The Grandeur! and Thrills, have a very old-timey feel, very similar to what the Squirrel Nut...
