Calexico, "Voices in the Field" For a split second, at the beginning of this track, there's a burly menace to the sound that the seasoned Five Songs reader/listener would suspect is going to descend into some nightmare basement howling and guitarpocalypse. But no, it's...
Yo La Tengo, "Raw Power" Yo La Tengo Is Murdering The Classics is a compilation of Yo La Tengo's fundraising appearances for WFMU where the band plays whatever songs are requested. You can usually tell when it's a song they're more familiar with than others,...
Crackerbash, "Bad Karma" I know we've had Crackerbash on here before, but by way of reminder, they're a forgotten punk/power pop band out of Portland who were active for just a little while in the early 90s, producing a very good album and outstanding...
Nice one. Gaunt, "Powder Keg Variety" The formula is so simple. Just big guitars, big choruses, and a fun tune. It's Cheap Trick, basically. But, dammit, it's still delightful, and I can't get enough of this. I miss Gaunt, y'all. Metallica, "The Judas Kiss" The...
Some good stuff today. Crackerbash, "Trinkets" Sub Pop rock artists out of Portland, Crackerbash were part of the very prolific Pacific Northwest scene in the early nineties that still flew below the radar. While they only made one self-titled album and one amazing EP (Tin...
