Xasthur, "Purgatory Spiral"
Another track from Xasthur, the weird experimental metal act that I ended up with courtesy of a Hydra Head grab bag. It's not really, uh, my bag.
Converge, "Sadness Comes Home"
All We Love We Leave Behind is my favorite Converge record,...
The Aquabats, "SHOWTIME!"
When the Aquabats got rolling, they always had this kind of corny, cracked Saturday morning cartoon vibe. Like they were making songs for a show-within-a-show on some arch adult animation cartoon. And, of course, given the world we're in, the show eventually...
Short and Sweet today. Because it has Matthew Sweet! HAHA! (it's not very sweet)
Matthew Sweet, "Smog Moon"
Sweet, during his peak period, was a reliably great power pop songwriter. But there were times when he'd kind of tip over into a cheesier territory, and...