The Wedding Present, "Let's Make Some Plans" The Wedding Present decided to release a single every month for 1992, cranking out originals and covers during the series. They were collected into two records, Hit Parade 1 and Hit Parade 2, and both are great. The...
The Mighty Mocambos, "The Spell of Ra-Orkon" I really like song titles that sound like a D&D adventure. Especially when they're instrumentals, as that means you're not being subjected to lyrics that sound like a D&D adventure. Love Battery, "Easter" Love Battery's Dayglo...
Logic, "YSIV" There are a bunch of long songs on YSIV (Young Sinatra 4), but I'm not sure that it totally works for me. Goodness knows I don't have a problem with long songs in general, but I really kind of want more evolution over...
Die Warzau, "Funkopolis" Die Warzau mostly got lumped in with other industrial dance acts, mostly due to a name that looked like an industrial band and a vocal style that sounded like Nitzer Ebb after some vocal lessons. But in retrospect, there's really very little...
Cloud Nothings, "Sun Meat" You know, cranking out a monthly EP for an entire year is an absolutely tremendous achievement, one of the more impressive ones I've seen from an artist in years. I think it's kind of a shame that they didn't have a...
