clipping., "Story 2" CLPPNG, the first full record from clipping., was a record with the band still kind of piecing together what they had. It would be on the next album (Splendor & Misery) that everything would come together perfectly, but there are still times on...
Baroness, "Jake Leg" The second Baroness record, Blue Record, seems to my ears like it's a more confident album than the first one. Alongside that confidence is a willingness to make things a little prettier. It's a little more prone to doing stuff that soars...
NoMeansNo, "Forget Your Life" NoMeansNo mostly played super dextrous, complicated hardcore, but they were capable of slowing down the tempo for pounding tunes like this one. It's the doom metal equivalent of hardcore. Doomcore? A quick search suggests that doomcore is some EDM subgenre. Harddoom...
Gas Huffer, "Nisqually" The first song from the first Gas Huffer full-length, it sets the tone for what they're trying to do: straight-ahead garage rock with zero pretension. Although they were contemporaneous with grunge and from Seattle, they were doing something more parallel to that...
Invisibl Skratch Piklz, "Cocaine" I need to go find some turntable artists operating today. I love this shit. Gob, "I Hear You Calling" The bit where the collapse the tune to just the main riff at :40 in, that's such a pop punk cliche, and...
